parts for '95

ordering dog bone struts and spark plugs for the '95 today. Dog Bones are a special order part.

Porsche repair

Yesterday I called a couple of Porsche repair shops to get quotes on replacing the struts in the front (they've been shot for a while, the car bounces all over the place).

The first place I called quoted $195 per strut, and $350 labor and did not give me a price for alignment (because I forgot to ask)- $740.00 pre tax + $80-100 for alignment

the second place quoted me $268.52 for one side and $290.20 for the other plus $275 labor and $110 for alignment, and said "we only use genuine porsche parts, none of that cheap stuff here." - $943.72 pre tax

give me the cheap stuff!

All parts in

I had intended to do the brakes on the '67 convertible last weekend, it being a long weekend and all, but the weekend went by so fast.

Since we will not be going to 'vette magic this year, I decided to do the brakes this weekend. but this weekend is also the goodguys show, so I might need to make some room for that as well...

More Parts!

Today I got the brake Drums, and hardware kit for the '67 deville, and the brake pads for the '67 Eldo. Hopefully, I'll get the Brake shoes for the '67 deville by Thursday.

First Part arrives

It is the least urgently needed... the air filter for the 944

shipping confirmation!

I get the notice that my parts are shipping today! There are six parts and 5 packages. it seems a little wasteful on their part to ship so many packages.

Cleaned the 944

I washed the Porsche today, so it will look good for anyone who might like to buy it... I also started working on getting the tree sap off of it. I had tried this little hand held sap remover thing where you squeeze some goonk onto the sap and then scrape it off with a rubber scraper, but that didn't work so well. So today I tried this other stuff, which works better, but is a lot of scrubbing. I got about 7 spots done, but there are probably 20 more that need to be done. Sap is really a pain. My advice is to avoid it at all costs.

Ordered parts!

Today I got of my lazy ass (well, actually I didn't as I ordered online) and ordered a ton of parts from RockAuto.com

I got air and oil filters for the Porsche

Brake pads for the '67 Eldo

brake drums/shoes and hardware for the '67 deVille

YAY!

Why are the prices different online?

I find it incredibly annoying that I have to go online and search for the best price on a part so I can have it pricematched at the store. Kragen is so much more expensive in the store than parts america which is owned by Kragen. Why? why don't they just have the same prices? or why can't they at least offer to look it up in the store for you instead of sending you home to look it up and drive back to order it?

example: a drum for my 67 deville is $51.99 online at PartsAmerica (again, owned by Kragen) but it is $110 in the store. what on earth could possibly cause such a huge price difference?

I have let all this suspend my parts purchasing for another week.

Spark Plugs

I think I'm going to need new spark plugs in the 95. It's starting to feel sputtery, and the plugs that come in the car are supposed to last 100k miles, and I'm now at 100, 200.

OW!

While I was trying to see if there was a vacuum leak that was causing the transmission problem, I burned myself on the hot exhaust pipe.

new air filter for the 944

I put in the new air filter yesterday. I need to bring it to get the oil changed as well. I hope the place I've been going still has the oil filter in stock.

I also attempted to drive the Cadillac around the block, the car would shift but only after the engine was revving really high (since there is no tach, I can't say exactly how high)when I parked it in the driveway after going around the block, the carb was smoking. I have no clue what's wrong with it.

Turned 100,000

The odometer turned 100,000 miles last night on my way home from work on the 95 Eldo. So what was that? 2,000 miles in six weeks?

How did another week go by?

I had intended to buy some parts for a bunch of cars this week, but somehow is has gotten for Friday already and I haven't done it. I was even in a parts store last night picking up the air filter I ordered a month ago for the 944. I guess having a car that runs makes you forget about the cars that don't run...

new parts store

I need to check this place out, it's near where I live:

Walnut Creek Morgan's Auto Parts
1285 Parkside Drive
Walnut Creek, CA 94596

944 websites

http://www.clarks-garage.com/