I was investigating some oil leaking from higher up on the engine when I took off the timing cover. To my shock, I noticed that the timing belt seems to be shedding a little bit. Whether this is normal in any regards, I have no idea. I've gone to the forums asking questions and seeing what I can do to alleviate the problem. As you know, a timing belt failure on a 944 is usually catastrophic in nature, totally the engine (or at least its head).

I got a parking pass for my new job. I thought it'd be a good thing to drive to work in the rain and wind rather than bike, especially if I'm dragging a laptop around with me. But the very first day I drove, I misjudged the distance between my car and the curb. The end result is not pretty.

More pictures of the damage inside...

I decided to reset the odometer on my car every inspection to see how many miles I put on the car (at a glance rather than doing simple subtraction). Turns out that by doing so, you take the risk of jamming the gears in the odometer. Nothing was broken. No infamous deteriorating plastic gears. Just good old misalignment.

Videos and pictures through the link...

The higher the gas prices, the less I drive the 944. At ~$4.00/gallon here in PA most of the year, I just can't afford to drive it. This year, 422 miles were put on the car, down from the 600 I put on last year. The good side to that is that wear items don't get worn. What's quirky is that the one item I've almost never used is the one that failed. The horn stopped working. A quick walk up the street to NAPA, $15 later, a new high-tone installed. It's a meep-meeper, but again, I hope to never use it.

I replaced the shifter back in 2008 hoping to fix it's slop. I realized that in addition to the shifter, the shift linkage is worn as well, leaving some obvious slop in the shifter. I tried another method today using aluminum flashing. Pics and a read inside.

My new speed and reference sensor harness arrived. Hopefully, the $107 spent on this will guarantee a start every time. I hate no-starts. No soldering required...but the use of a pin tool may be. I don't have a pin tool.

Been looking at this one for a while but didn't have the motivation to do it out of a lack of necessity. Since the brake lights worked, why add another one on each side? Well, the weather has been nice so I attempted it with a friend and all went well. Read on for the write up on how to do it. This project can be done in less than an hour if you have the parts.

I've been working on the Idle Stabilizer Valve for some time. You can read back through this post for the history. To recap, it didn't work...but not because the valve was bad. The computer circuit powering it was faulty. Read on to see how I fixed it.