Category Archives: How To – Tips – Hints

Pronouncing Car Names

Here’s how I learned (via an article I read in a car magazine in the 50s — was it Road & Track?) to pronounce the German name of one of our favorite cars: I am always to amazed to hear … Continue reading

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Demystifying 944 Wiring Diagrams

Another good one from Van Svenson:

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Sunroof Subversion – Part 3

This is the final installment of our project to convert my defective 85.5 NA power sunroof to strictly manual operation. This will be accomplished basically by installing manual rear sunroof latches in place of the original powered counterparts. See Part … Continue reading

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Sunroof Subversion – Part 2

In the first installment (Sunroof Subversion – Part 1) we identified the nasty problem of vandalized & ruined sunroof rear hinges/lifting arms and our proposal to replace this defective power sunroof setup with a manually-latching alternative. So I take camera … Continue reading

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Sunroof Subversion – Part 1

Let’s pick up from where we left off a couple of weeks ago… BACKGROUND My 944’s sunroof has apparently not worked for some time, a long time. The previous owner, Michelle, told me that the previous owner before her said … Continue reading

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Herman Installs New Rear Speakers

Herman tells me that the rear speakers in his ’87 944 (slate grey metallic exterior/burgundy interior; you know, that one) needed to be replaced, so he sent along a message describing how he did it, in case I ever needed … Continue reading

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Batten Down The Hatches

As the Blue Curse pounds down the road, it is not always easy to isolate particular sounds and noises from the jumbled cacophony of engine music, road hums, tire whines and the rest of it, but lately more and more … Continue reading

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