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Originally posted by Gil
...Also, don't ride down the road with your hand resting on the shifter, it wears out the throwout bearing.
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I thought the throwout bearing was a component of the clutch. Does resting your hand on the shift knob really wear out the throwout bearing?

Also, have you ever heard of clutchless shifting? I've never seen it done, nor do I care to attempt it. Apparently, you gently pull back on the shift knob while you are slowly bringing up the revs. When the output shaft and engine are running at the same speed, the shift knob should pull back, allowing you to upshift.

I assume this can't be good for your synchros, but I've heard of people using this technique when their clutch fails.
 
i perfected clutchless shifting in all of my cars, once you learn it, it becomes quite easy(its all got to do with revs)

some cars ya cant actually perfect they wont do without clutches

it came in handy once. my clutch cable gave up so i drove it home clutchless, only problem was when the lights turned red i pull over to the side, turned the car off, left it in first then when the lights went green cranked the engine (while in gear) and the car jerked and drove off (it wasnt worried about the car just a paddock basher)
 
its not good for your synchros

dont put to much pressure on the shifter or it will grind and do extra damage and wear out synchros faster

i didnt like the idea at first ethier but i practiced on a old bomb

upshifting as the engine revs are slowing the input and output shaft get to a point where there at the same speed that is when it shifts

downshifting ya need to bring the revs up the to get the in and output shafts to line up, this is where heel toeing helps if your braking the sametime
 
Originally posted by Gil
For normal driving don't downshift when coming to a stop, just use brake and clutch. (I confess, I don't do this faithfully). It's cheaper and easier to service the brakes, than to service/replace the clutch.
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You mean like when you want to stop @ a stoplight, just step on the clutch and brake pedal? That's something I didn't know :p

Originally posted by Gil
Also, don't ride down the road with your hand resting on the shifter, it wears out the throwout bearing.
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That's something else I didn't know. I guess I'm too young to drive if I don't know all this :p

Why do people jam their clutches? Just so that they can get faster acceleration?
 
Actually, for me, the fastest shifts come when I press the clutch just to the "friction point" while I shift.
As for the "throw-out" bearing thing. I don't know. My dad told me never to rest my hand on the shifter, gave me that reason, and it has stuck for 24 years of driving. 22 of them with a license.:D
If you just let the car come to a halt using brake and clutch, instead of downshifting thru the gears, (like I do most of the time, even tho' I shouldn't) You save a lot of wear and tear on your clutch.
As far as "clutchless" shifting, I only was able to do it in my old Nissan Sentra, and only going up.
 
Originally posted by Thio
As of today, I've seen about 3 928s on the road. lolz, one of them was racing against a Camaro on the freeway. It was fun to watch, even for 20 seconds as they disappeared into the horizon. Guess who was in the lead :p
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What kind of Camaro was it?

I don't know much about restoring cars, but my dad does, and we have quite a bit on our restoration list. First is a 1974 Corvette Stingray hardtop convertible.

My dad owns a car business that buys wrecks. We sell parts and some of the cars we fix up. Thats how we got the Corvette... it's in peices and just makes me sad to look at it. My dad also had a 1967 Camaro SS when he was a kid that has been sitting for awhile. There are more old cars that we have, but they all need to be fixed and restored.
 
Hah, we finally have the time to start working on this car (Spring Break) :D

Anyways, we took out the spark plugs (which was very hard with the manifold making space tight) and we "rocked" the engine instead of using the starter.The battery died and there is some corrosive stuff on it. How do we disconnect the battery terminal with the cable?

I guess I can post some pictures later if my dad is not using the digital camera this week.
 
You will find that Porsche's are put together like a giant jig-saw puzzle. Many times , you will have to remove one or two parts to gain access to another. Check over everything! I don't know if I understand your question. I think you want to know how to disconnect the battery cable from the cable end, or terminal. Do it the Porsche way, replace the entire cable assembly.
 
Originally posted by thinkers
You will find that Porsche's are put together like a giant jig-saw puzzle. Many times , you will have to remove one or two parts to gain access to another. Check over everything! I don't know if I understand your question. I think you want to know how to disconnect the battery cable from the cable end, or terminal. Do it the Porsche way, replace the entire cable assembly.
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You know how there are two cables that run from the terminal, one black and one red? I do not know the terminology for those "things" but is there a way to separate those two? There is rust around the connection and it is hard to just take the cable off.
 
Go here:
http://www.kanolaboratories.com/

Click on this:
Penetrating-Lubricating Oils

Then find AeroKroil.
Here's what it looks like.
Kroiltb.jpg

This will unfree just about any bolt that needs to be loosend.
 
Originally posted by eddieturner2002
The Porsche 928 is my favourite Porsche, can you supply this thread with any pics?
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I will try to as long as no one from this forum comes to my house to try and steal it ;)

We got something like that, Slick6. It was called a Liquid Wrench, so it should work out, I hope :)
 
Well.....going back to the battery..... You should be able to get the cable off the terminals on the battery fairly easily. Just get a socket set (english or metric....probably metric for Germany) and a ratchet. Then...pray that there's enough room to get the socket on the little bolt, and loosen away! If there isn't enough room, get a little extension thing for the ratchet/socket set. Some of that liquid wrench stuff should help, but you can get a lot of torque with a foot long ratchet. Also....wear some cruddy clothes when you're messing with the batteries. If you get any on your clothes, you got a hole no matter how hard you try to clean it ;)
 
Thio i would suggest going to some of the watercooled porsche forums and talk about it there. There will be people who actually own and refurbish 928s and will know them inside out...
 
Originally posted by bengee
Thio i would suggest going to some of the watercooled porsche forums and talk about it there. There will be people who actually own and refurbish 928s and will know them inside out...
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That is what I did in the past couple of days in my free time. Thanks for the suggestion :) (and to eliseracer).

Here is a picture of the engine bay from the side. It was hard to stand in the front with the stuff in our garage:
 

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Well, we are still trying to identify the problem. I just thought that I would post a picture of what my dad and I have done so far: fuel is not going to the engine, so we took out the fuel filter and the accumulator is still there, and when we try to get the fuel pump to work we hear a "clunk" from the thing you see in the picture that is hanging (fuel pump). We are going to work on it later this week to see whether it is the fuel pump or the accumulator that is causing the fuel to not go to the engine.
 

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