Chasing our first oil leak
Quick timeline: Changed the oil at 119k Miles or so (Jan 8) Got my UOA back and it recommended fuel injector cleaner because it looked a...
Quick timeline: Changed the oil at 119k Miles or so (Jan 8) Got my UOA back and it recommended fuel injector cleaner because it looked a...
Our old cars would have a hard time being more different. The odd couple? I thought it would be fun to look at some of the engine design...
One thing that happened when I took the car in for its inspection was we saw the front turn signals were not working. It felt a bit like...
You're just driving and minding your own business, you go to close the sunroof and it starts to close but then stops and won't close any...
There is a good chance, if the car you are buying is >25 that the stereo (such as it was) is dead. I didn't buy an old 911 for the...
What: An Elephant Racing quick release front strut bar Why: The 911 was designed in 1964 and todays performance tires can exert a lot...
While this is a very simple operation, I have seen almost no pics of a G50 pedal cluster or details on them online. So this is more of a...
Thought it might be handy to have a list of parts for a major service and some ballpark costs for estimation. For general maintenance,...
Update: Jan 2024 I've had the car a couple years now, and have rebuilt the front suspension entirely as well as had it professionally...
I had a mildly annoying problem; when the car got hot, the throttle would stick a little and the car would idle a bit high. I sprayed it...
One of my goals is to feel good about taking the car for medium length trips, weekend sort of things, a few hundred miles each way. Part...
Your engine and transmission are the source of a lot of what auto engineers refer to broadly as "NVH" - noise, vibration and harshness....
The air-cooled 911's have some interesting differences that seem to make checking and changing the oil a bit more challenging for the...
If you have them and you like them, you can skip this one. If you are not crazy about them, they are fortunately easy to remove. With...
The US DOT is very good at some things. Headlights are not one of them. The ROW cars got nice bright H4 halogen lamps which consisted of...
Every old car has issues. Rufus is no different. It's just part of the journey. My PPI looked for accident damage, serious engine issues,...
I knew I wanted to go to track days, probably some autocross events too. Not make a race car out of it, but it was going to need to be...
I bought a car online, having never driven it. A very odd experience. I did a bunch of research first, read buyers guides, and tried to...