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Bittersweet day. Spent some quality time replacing the brake master cylinder with a brand new Porsche unit. Was finally able to take the old girl for a spin. The brakes had dragged before.
Washed, chamois, clay bar and waxed. Vacuumed out and cleaned.
Never really put any mods on it except for the side mirror covers and aftermarket carpets, so "putting it back to stock" just means the next owner won't have many dings on the side mirrors and basically good as new factory floor mats!
No idea where to sell my baby I've had since it was new in June of '87, but I'm enjoying making her look nice before she leaves.
EDIT: Oops, didn't know there would be so many questions. I'll put some of the answers in this first post for convenience:
1987 928 S4 Automatic
Venetian Blue exterior, Linen interior
135K miles (Mostly highway, since it was used for a 200 mile commute twice a week back in the day)
Mechanical LSD (other options listed in post #12 below)
Original owner
Starts instantly, runs great
Always garaged so the interior and exterior have no sun damage. ZERO cracks around the dash vents.
Original paint.
No modifications except for replacing the Blaupunkt tape deck wiith a Blaupunkt CD player. (Might still have the original tape player in the attic, will look)
Within the past few hundred miles, I've serviced the:
Timing belt
Torque tube bearings
New Dunlop OEM tires
brake master cylinder and hood/trunk struts.
About $8000 worth of work
Clean CARfax
Issues:
AC works.. for about 2 days after recharging....
Power trunk release motor makes noise, but doesn't pop trunk. You have to use the key. This just started happening this year.
Light bulb behind the "D" gear indicator on the dash went out.
Sometimes check engine light comes on over bumps. I've heard the timing belt tension sensor is crap on these, maybe that's it? The timing belt is new and tensioned right.
The ABS light comes on sometimes.
There is a small scratch on the rear bumper, two small dings on the drivers door and one small one on the passenger door that a paintless dent removal expert could easily fix.
I'll update this as I answer more question or think of other things.
Last edited by mbmb928; 08-15-2022 at 11:27 PM.
Reason: Add car details because people are curious about the car.
Original owner - I’d be checking with BAT to try to maximize price (depending on mileage and current maintenance). If just looking to sell to another enthusiast, this is the right place.
also, join this forum and you can advertise it for sale here. Rennlist membership is cheap, but the audience is wide.
Will do! Selling an antique car is a little involved.... Hopefully less painful than fishing my wrenches out of the depths while changing out that brake master cylinder!
Original owner - I’d be checking with BAT to try to maximize price (depending on mileage and current maintenance). If just looking to sell to another enthusiast, this is the right place.
That's Bring a Trailer, right? Not sure if I want all that hassle, but I'll take a look. Definitely would love to get it to a fellow enthusiast, so I'll get a membership here. Thanks for the hints, love your car.
Here are the options the kind gentleman Rob Edwards found for me in the VIN lookup thread (didn't keep my window sticker.. grr):
1987 S4 Automatic
C02 - 49 state US market
M28.42 - engine serial # range 81H 05001>10000
A28.12 - transmission serial # range 16 H 00001>05000
M139 - Adjustable Seat Heating - Left
I158 - Blaupunkt radio Reno SQR46 - 87-89
M220 - Limited Slip Differential, 40%
I302 - Type designated on rear end
M340 - Seat heating - Right
M418 - Protective side mouldings
M474 - 1986.5-up Boge GZ twin-pipe gas shock absorbers, Fire Red (RAL 3000 paint)
M490 - Hi-Fi sound system (8 speakers, 1987-88)
M494 - 87-88 Additional amp Blaupunkt BQA 80
I513 - Lumbar support - right seat
M533 - Alarm
I537 - Left seat with positrol and lumbar
I538 - Right seat with positrol and lumbar
M570 - High output (rear) air conditioner
I586 - Lumbar support - left seat (12 way seat, includes lumbar memory if I537 (positrol) also present)
M650 - Sunroof
08-14-2022, 01:09 AM
Got the 1987 S4 cleaned up, readying for sale.
