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Replying to: skidder440 (Oct 02, 2008 10:07 am) If you get bored, check out my site... lots of pictures of my 944 if you're curious about some of the work I've gone through fixing it up. http://www.PontiacPerformance.Net unfortunately, I don't have my 944 anymore, but you can see it if you click on "Past Cars" and scroll down to the bottom. |
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I live in galveston behind seawall and never had water this high since 1900 storm. in fact, never had water in garage since house built in 1901 whcih it has seen at least 7 large storms. i left the porsche in garage and the water got about 15" high, several inches under the fuses & relays-which they do not appear to be blown except 1 fuse which was replaced. the interior dried out nicely. The oil & filetr was changed. The battery was drained and it recharged fine. I have lights. The engine will not turn over and the only sound is the vent fan and what may be the gasoline pump. I do not see relay for starter listed in owner's manual? since the battery was drained, could the water over the starter fried the starter? or any other possibilities. Please Help! I have restored most of this car at cost of about 18k over last 15 years and really feel bad that we did not have the one more driver to get it to Houston before storm. Thanks Ted Labuzan
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Replying to: tlabuzan (Oct 03, 2008 6:09 pm)  Dolphins.NFL.com if you have any specific questions. Basically... the starter COULD very well have been damaged by the water. But you would more than likely at least hear something. There are some easy things you can check, but with respect to the starter itself, there are TWO things you can do. 1) You'll want to check that in fact the IGNITION wire is giving power to the starter. Of course, the heavy gauge battery cable connects to it directly, but secondly, when you start the car, you feed power to the solenoid / starter mechanism which engages the starter. I believe this is your problem. I don't think the starter is getting power from the ignition. 2) You can test the starter on a bench by jumping it with a car charger. Now, with respect to the ignition, there are TWO things that I can think of initially that would cause this. Does your car have the "factory alarm system"? If you see a lock that's on your drivers side, just behind the drivers side door (and not to be confused with the one in the door), then you have the factory alarm. These fail when they get wet, and I BELIEVE the control box is mounted somewhere on the passenger side floor (maybe under the seat?). Now, this alarm is an immobilizer that actually de-activates the ignition, preventing you from being able to start the car. The OTHER thing that might cause this, is the DME relay. You should always keep a spare with you, because these can tend to leave you stranded. If the DME relay isn't connected, it would prevent you from being able to start the car. In your car, it's in the second row of the fuse block (where the relays all are) and it's the long one in the back. Refer to the chart in your manual to see specifically where it is. Good luck! Todd
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Replying to: todd82ta (Oct 04, 2008 10:38 am) 
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Replying to: todd82ta (Oct 04, 2008 10:38 am) thanks for help i looked in owner's manual and it does not show a relay for starter or solenoid and I could not figure out how the appx 1.5" x .5" x .5" relays come out (ie i tugged on one). there are aeveral ones listed in manual as "not used". however, it appears all sockets are used. there is one much longer than the others. there is no factory alarm. Ted |
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Have a 1985 944. Went and got a book to start doing some work on it since I can not get the Sunroof to work. Unfortunately in the book there was nothing on the sunroof. I can't get it to lock into place in the back. Any ideas what the issues might be? I tried the manual over ride and even that didn't work
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Replying to: R85Baby (Jan 22, 2009 10:06 pm) I assume you've got an electric sunroof, right? There is an adjustment and it can be made at the sunroof motor location which is in the drivers side rear quarter. You have to pull the carpet back (as you may already know) and it's mounted to a bracket up against the firewall there. The adjustment isn't so obvious, but if there's slack you should be able to loosen everything and make it taught. Do you know for a fact that the sunroof can physicially close by itself without the cables? What is the condition of the sunroof seals? |
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I have had my 944 sitting in the garage for the past year after an accident. I am at the stage of bleeding the clutch and have some difficulties. When the clutch is depressed the peddle springs to the floorboard of the car. I have read some bleeding directions but cannot begin to bleed the system as long as it has no hydraulic action. The brake/clutch fluid is full and I need to know where to start with the clutch.
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Replying to: LA_ICE (Jan 24, 2009 4:07 pm) Anyway, remove the clutch line. Take the cap off the top, and fill it with clean fluid. Have someone go into the car and depress the clutch pedal until you start to see fluid come out of the clutch cyl. To be honest, your best bet is to get a master cyl bleeding kit. It's basically a tube that screws into the clutch line opening on the cyl, and you put the end of the tube in a can of brake fluid. As you depress, it will push the air out, and when you release, it will suck in fluid. You keep doing this until you get ALL the air out. You'll want to disconnect the clutch line at the slave cyl, and then siphon (or force rather) fresh fluid through the clutch line at the master cyl side. When you think it's full, tape off the end (so it doesn't leak) and then quickly attach the clutch hydraulic line to the clutch master cyl. Hopefully, the clutch slave cyl doesn't need to be bled, and you can just hook the ine up directly. You should have plenty of clutch action at that point. |
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Replying to: todd82ta (Nov 21, 2007 10:04 am)
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