Babalouie's 911 - start on p7

[RotaUte]

Seriously PFs biggest obsessive compulsive. Keep up the good work Babs. ps: and call mr tomorrow too ya slacker, have news to discuss

[Babalouie]

fml, on my car i can't even figure out the heater controls gonna be trouble fixing the connector?

No idea At the moment, the relay and fuse are removed, so there isn't any fire-hazard.

But in a 964, Porsche simplified the HVAC controls. So instead of having levers, dials and knobs on the dash, the console and next to the handbrake you just have this:


The dial on the left regulates temp, the one on the right is fans speed, and the sliders in the middle split air between the floor/vents/screen. The problem is, while Porsche made the controls simpler, behind the scenes it seems like they made the mechanical side a lot more complex. There's heaps of sensors, servos, fans etc. There's even a weird climate control unit with a little fan on it that it uses for sampling cabin temp. And all that stuff is now 20yrs old and deciding it wants to retire.

Replacing that melted connector doesn't look too bad...assuming I can find one for less than a gazillion dollars

[peal]

It looks like you can replace the connector easy enough, it appears to un-bolt. I would do that.

[Babalouie]

It looks like you can replace the connector easy enough, it appears to un-bolt. I would do that.

So...unbolt the plastic bracket that holds the connectors, wiggle the female spade terminals out of the dead plug (and maybe replace the burnt one), jam the spades into a new plug, bolt back in place....profit?

[clutch-monkey]

But in a 964, Porsche simplified the HVAC controls. So instead of having levers, dials and knobs on the dash, the console and next to the handbrake

my windscreen fogs up, cue panicked pulling of levers and sliding of random buttons

Replacing that melted connector doesn't look too bad...assuming I can find one for less than a gazillion dollars

when T&D split pretty much their entire lot of second hand parts got loaded into shipping containers and sold off to a shop in sydney (no idea why), so i dare say you'll be able to find your part down there (scored a 993 steering rack before it was shipped off)

[Babalouie]

Interesting...Autohaus Hamilton has a shipping container sitting in its parking lot...

[clutch-monkey]

Interesting...Autohaus Hamilton has a shipping container sitting in its parking lot...

well there you go, possible cheap solution hopefully! sounds like everything else is running perfectly

[TRH510]

Source one of these locally? Better check the part number though. Obviously need relay but should be simple enough to source.

[Beavis]

Babs, if you ever need anything sent from here, let me know.

[peal]

I don't think they'd be that hard to find. Probably used in other euro cars.

[Babalouie]

Ta for that!

Seems it's only $8

(how on earth did you figure out the part#)

[XXX19X]

Nice car! Where are some good roads to take a drive in the early hours?

Old Pac, Wisemans, Palm Beach and Putty Road are alrite. Anything better?

[Babalouie]

Nice car! Where are some good roads to take a drive in the early hours?

Old Pac, Wisemans, Palm Beach and Putty Road are alrite. Anything better?

Did Old Pac the past couple of weekends. Great long run, but there's been quite a lot of cyclists and traffic on it recently. Putty is great but is a bit of a hike from my place (Old Pac is maybe 15mins from my door). Wisemans is alright if you like hairpins and Palm Beach just has the Bilgola Bends and the rest is a bit so-so.

Basically Old Pac is the best, if only you can get a clean run

[Babalouie]

Here's an interesting solution


Carrera Cup cars did away with the heater blower, and just had this bypass pipe instead Apparently there's still plenty of heat, just less airflow (and rpm-dependent airflow at that, since it's the engine driven fan that pushes the hot air into the cabin!). Saves 4kg and de-clutters the engine bay

This RS heater bypass pipe is available and isn't that exxy I spose .

[peal]

I would be tempted, but I can see fan speed varying with rpm as getting very annoying on a daily.