Living with a Porsche 944

Thankfully I managed to fix the issue with my sunroof today! After reading all posts and web pages again & again, that I could find regarding the sunroof, I came to the conclusion that I'd spend the morning with my son's help fine tuning the "adjusting screw and locknut" to eliminate it from the equation, before I tried to trouble shoot relays and micro-switches. I had my son sit in the cabin, finger on the button. I backed off the adjusting screw until the motor just whirred. I then started to thread in the adjusting screw little bit by little bit until it engaged - this was less than a quarter turn at a time. Turn screw, push button, turn screw push button etc etc etc until the motor pushed the roof up. Then I turned the locknut - the first few times it the motor went back to whirring. I tightened it up and back it off until the sunroof was working as before. So as it turns out that adjusting screw & locknut need minute adjustments to set the slip cl...

Not withstanding Englands first game in the World Cup this evening, I think I will tackle my sunroof issue today. It won't go up - only down. I've had lots of advice regarding this anamoly, which only started after I'd removed the sunroof a couple of months ago to soak up the first of the summer sunshine. Don't you just hate it when things work perfectly then all of a sudden don't - without any obvious reason? Hopefully I can get to the bottom of it quickly.

My fan was grumbling. Squeeling sometimes. Not my idea of a cool fan at all. It was time the fan got replaced with an eBay special for £38. I couldn't resist it at that price considering new ones are a fair whack over £250. Sure it's a flyer but this is what keeping a 24 year old 944 on the road is all about when you're on a budget! I like it when big boxes arrive at my front door - especially when they contain parts for my 944. As there was some nice sunshine today I decided to open said box and install the contents: a new fan for my aging radiator (which I think is going to need to be replaced soon). Removing the radiator fan is a fairly straight forward process: 1> remove the undertray front bolts so that it flaps down; 2> undo the four 10mm bolts on the fan shroud; 3> unplug the fan cord; 4> slide the fan assembly out from under the car; 5> slide the replacement into the engine bay from below, bolt it in and connect the plug. I'll head out ...

Cruising along the motorway this morning my 944 experienced a rapid let down! The offside rear tyre punctured and flatted incredibly quickly whilst round a long left hand bend. At first all I heard was a buzzing sound usually associated with a tyre making contact with the wheel arch. Futhermore it was only buzzing when making adjustment to the steering wheel - which made me think that one of my arch liners had come loose. Thankfully I was able to make a hasty route to the hard shoulder through the traffic. Upon inspection of the front wheels and arches I saw nothing amiss, but walking to the rear I saw the culprit: a completely flat, yet intact rear tyre! I was amazed. Losing all tyre pressure at speed so rapidly had not seriously effected the car. I would have thought that the 944 would have snaked & squirmed about on that bend, but the converse was true. Thankfully this puncture didn't end in an armco! Changing a wheel on the shoulder with back to the traffic is not a pleasa...