Some Porsche maintenance today.

**Brad B** · 09-05-2011, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by Ch96067

I am nowhere near mechanicaly inclined as you and I just wanted to ask if you get the feeling that after everything is put back together again things dont feel so `factory tight`. I cannot put it in better wording, apologies.

Perhaps it gets better with experience

Interesting comment. Yes, I have thought about that. It`s interesting to take things apart sometimes and think that the last time this part was seen was by a worker in a factory in Germany. But usually when I am doing such things it is more of a renewing and assuring that the part is still up to factory specs and working as it should. I am very meticulous and take care that when things are put back they are done exactly as the factory would. (if not better.) I am a stickler for getting factory parts and using factory manuals for assembly and torque specs. It sounds silly but for me it`s a way to bond with the machine and continue the care I think it was given when it was designed.

This reminds me of what happened when I was restoring my 1958 Jaguar XK150. I was behind the wooden dashboard of the car and found a pencil inscription on the wood that said "Nigel M., 14 September `57, Coventry. Cheers!" A sense of history rushed through me. It was living history. A note from a worker, I imagined. I penciled underneath, "Still smiling. Brad B. 2 July, `02. St. Louis". Our notes may never be seen again. But it was a fun connection to make.

**C. Charles Hahn** · 09-05-2011, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by Brad B.

This reminds me of what happened when I was restoring my 1958 Jaguar XK150. I was behind the wooden dashboard of the car and found a pencil inscription on the wood that said "Nigel M., 14 September `57, Coventry. Cheers!" A sense of history rushed through me. It was living history. A note from a worker, I imagined. I penciled underneath, "Still smiling. Brad B. 2 July, `02. St. Louis". Our notes may never be seen again. But it was a fun connection to make.

Oh wow. That would be just too cool!

Kinda reminds me of going through stuff at my grandparents` house after they died and coming across newspapers lining the dresser drawers from the late 40s and early 50s. It`s always interesting to read some of the mundane day-to-day goings on from back then, and many times to see how a lot of the same debates and problems were going on back then as we`re dealing with now.

**Brad B** · 09-05-2011, 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by Accumulator

I think I`d be all about doing that undercarriage! I always like sprucing up stuff like that that when it`s so wonderfully designed.

You all might be shaming me into doing this now. But I have some mechanical work to do on the BMW so gotta get to that first. Work on the fleet is never done.