QUOTE(sean_v8_914 @ Mar 24 2011, 09:17 AM)
like Rich said, " once every 40 years"
I just find it funny that alot of the issues that come up are 40 year issues.
Dirt, corrosion etc.
First time I did the rear tailight sockets I was shocked at how much crap was in there...I even looked into buying new sockets to replace them.
that was after chasing all the circuits..fuses etc...
A few minutes with a dremel/wire brush and some dielectric grease...done.
I now just do it whenever I get a new car....all them porsches seem to lack a decent enough ground....and it creates loads of corrosion over the 40-50 years of never being cleaned.
First thing I do now...find, remove, and clean all the grounds.
There are what...10 maybe...I think there are less, but its pretty simple to do once you have the dremel setup...
Distributor grease....same deal.
I chased this for a long time...replaced all sorts of stuff on both the ignition and FI...turns out it was just dirty advance plates.
Sometimes the answers you get here may be short and sweet, but I agree with everything above...and it comes from all our collective wasted time chasing ghosts.
Rich