DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Yes, I did queue for about an hour, and yes not so many food stands, but it was a good event with a nice relaxed feel. It did certainly attract a huge number of Porsches of all ages. I saw plenty of familiar cars but never managed to catch up with anyone I knew other than Jonny, who was a sitting du...

Spit Nolan wrote:Couple of Porsches meeting at Warwick services at 9am if anyone fancied a cruise down

I’m heading to Warwick services a bit later, 10:00 ish. Didn’t want to arrive at Bicester too early.

I’m in [emoji106]

Great use of the tea tray [emoji106]

When I drained mine ( very similarly problem, but different configuration) I disconnected the fuel pipe at the engine end and fitted a pipe that I put in a Jerry can. I ran the car’s own fuel pump to pump the fuel out and safe. I only had 10 Litres or so. It might work or yours too Jason. Good luck ...

Welcome back Helen, good to hear from you. Sorry but I can’t see the picture either.

I don’t want to jump to doom and gloom stories but our Boxster did squeal (for a short while) after the seized bearing shell started to spin in the journal. Also got told a similar story on a 911 engine I bought that turned out to have a very similar spun bearing shell. Drop the oil and and check fo...

Nearly… mine’s BWA …G. That does look lovely, and I do feel the number is familiar.

Question for those in the know. It seems that my TAG Heuer isn’t manual winding. If I’ve let it run down, then I can’t manual wind it. But if I wear it for a bit, self winding does the trick. Does this sound feasible? If I listen I can hear what sounds like the manual wind doing something, but not m...

I took my son last year for some instruction. A safe place for him to learn the car. Let’s face it. He calls it “his car” already !

Worth checking the ignition basics 1st, points gap etc as this can lead to erratic tachometer. But you’ve probably done this already…

Happy Birthday [emoji3060]

On the plus side, it’s low pressure!

19mm ID rubber petrol pipe, about 450mm long,
E10 proof. Goes between my tank and the EFI pump. Non standard due to the mix of parts on my car !!

Sorry, I’m going to have to cancel ! Scuppered by a short length of fuel pipe !! Oh well