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jasongibson wrote:

Thanks Jason!

Hi all, just to let you know that i bought the car, (2 weeks ago now) and have had a ridiculously wide smile on my face ever since! Many thanks for the help and advice you guys have given me!

Steve

steve 1973 wrote:Hi all, just to let you know that i bought the car, (2 weeks ago now) and have had a ridiculously wide smile on my face ever since! Many thanks for the help and advice you guys have given me!

Steve

Great news!

Any pictures of the car?

Here you go...



The 964 being inspected at an OPC



At this month's TIPEC meeting



And again...



And a very happy new Porsche owner!

very nice!

Very tidy looking, enjoy

Thanks

Thanks for photos Steve, very nice.

Love the black wheels on a white car.

I was probably sat in the club meeting room when you took your photos so sorry I missed it in the flesh. But know who you are now! Will say hello at the next meet if you are there.

Thanks Marc, i look forward to it! My original plan was to return the wheels to standard, but i quite like them now!

Probably lower cam covers, If I had put a pound in a savings account every time in the last 25 years I have had to change lower cam cover gaskets on 964's I would probably have enough to... erm.. Ok, not enough to buy a holiday home in Florida, but certainly enough for a couple of weeks there on holiday! lol

jmgarage wrote:Probably lower cam covers, If I had put a pound in a savings account every time in the last 25 years I have had to change lower cam cover gaskets on 964's I would probably have enough to... erm.. Ok, not enough to buy a holiday home in Florida, but certainly enough for a couple of weeks there on holiday! lol

Hi Jon,

If you weren't so far away i'd be booking the car in for some work!
Is that a big job?

jmgarage wrote:If I had put a pound in a savings account every time in the last 25 years I have had to change lower cam cover gaskets on 964's I would probably have enough to... erm..

"If I had a pound every time..." - said many times, but it doesn't really work in this instance when you think how much you did make, as one assumes you must have charged more than a pound for the job.....

Not a criticism, just being amusing

Oh yes, made more than a pound each time, I just wish I had saved a pound each time into a savings account.

But, I think it was more of a dig at myself for always saying "If I had a pound for..." such as, "If I had a pound for each time I told my youngest son to clean his room this month" which is a bit daft, because most of the time when I say that the answer is I would not have enough for pint at the local! lol

To Steve1973, its not a super massive job, but a slightly time consuming to clean all the surfaces so it will seal properly, and using the right gaskets.

There is a chance that you have rotten oil drain back tubes, which can be replaced without tearing apart the engine, but still not a quick 5 min job to do properly.

Hi Jon,

Thanks for taking the time to reply! I'll enjoy it a bit longer before exploring that issue further... In the meantime i've just had 2 CV boots replaced, with the other 2 rear boots being replaced in the near future, the car's booked into an independant Porsche garage near to where i live for rear discs, pads etc next Friday, and the rear tyres will be getting replaced very shortly indeed.

So...i'm wishing i collected coins for every time i said something (probably along the lines of "D'OH!"), because i'm seriously skinted now!!

Still- SUPERB car

P.s. Check out "I Want That Car" on ITV4, Wednesday 4th December...