QUOTE(Jeff Bowlsby @ Oct 5 2009, 01:49 PM)
Hi Tom, I did post the website links update a week ago...Some may have missed it in the main forum:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=99714I hope you will let us know if you actually get the recall work performed, this has been discussed here several times over the years and no one has received the recall work at this late date, regardless of what the recall paperwork says.
QUOTE(Tom_T @ Oct 4 2009, 09:58 AM)
QUOTE(Jeff Bowlsby @ Oct 4 2009, 09:19 AM)
Sorry - I was one of those who missed it!
Thanx for the alert & link!
For All:
BO & BH ALLOY WHEELS RECALL:I would think that subsequent work or long term damage on the BO/BH wheel fitment recalls for anyone who never had it done & drove a 914 for 37+/- years on the "wrong wheels", &/or those like mine which no longer have the OE Fuchs 2L wheels, would negate Porsche doing those 2 recalls at this late date.
If they did one, then PCNA would probably just offer some negotiated compensation in lieu - with a full release of Porsche's liability of course, and let the owner source their own -01 wheels on the open market; or else offer alternative wheels with the proper fit.
However, for the groups' info., I'll post here any letter/docs. which PCNA provides to me on the matter "for the record".
HO RECALL FOR BATTERY & FUEL LINES ON ALL 914S:If others want to make a run at Porsche/PCNA to get this done for their 914 at this late date, PM me & I'll give you names & contacts to pursue it, so we can see if they really will do it!
As to the HO Recall - battery covers, pads, hold down parts, fuel/etc. hoses covered under that "All 914s" battery acid/fuel lines recall - are all still readily available, such that they could do them if followed through by a current owner. That is, even if some/most aren't "Genuine Porsche" parts now, but even "back in the day" they often used an Audi or VW full-top battery cover, from what I understand from others who had it done back then.
However, those parts are also still available at not too much cost to us regular folks thru PP, AA, etc. - so I think many may just do it themselves.
Some others may have had long term lack of notification problems - e.g.: because of their records problems at PCNA on my 914, I never got the HO Recall notification from them since I bought it back in 12/75, nor did the PO back then have one to pass along to me. In such cases, I don't know their liability (if any) to also replace the battery tray/support & any other "collateral damage"?
If/when I get it done, I'll update here &/or do a fresh post (since it's off-topic & we don't want to give poor ole Pat a coronary!
) - as well as to post any sort of an "official" letter or doc. from PCNA in regards to those recalls - for the info of all 914 owners here!
However, since mine has been holding down blocks in the garage for 24+ years now, it really needs them all & more replaced before running/driving - plus the extent of body repair & resto will most probably be a full strip job! So I don't know if it will even be worth having it towed first to the Porsche dealer to do the HO Recall while the car is still intact, then to my mechanic to pull the drivetrain/etc., then to the body shop, etc......get my drift!?
I'll be playing that by ear, weighing cost-benefit-savings & if it's necessary to get the "official" HO sticker at this late date in terms of authenticity, safety assurances &/or future value, etc. - as I spend big bucks to restore it???? ...vs. just doing it all myself??
Any thoughts on that last aspect, from Jeff or others?
(I've now got most parts in hand & tray/support just in case I do it myself!)