Help Porsche 924 sports coupe 1982 Wreck

[plumbo1]

Hi all i'm a newbie to the sight, I recently suffered a brain surge while watching wheeler dealers doing up a Porsche 924 i thought i can do that, So i went on ebay and brought one for £200 without seeing it, had it delivered what a mess it has been sat for 6 years, been broken into, window broken and not covered so rain etc has taken it's toll, All my mate at the local ale house are p------ themselves has i know next to nothing about restoring a car ( I'LL SHOW EM ) But i need a bit of help, help help, When it was broken into they took a lot of things, relays, window motor, ignition barrel, headlight lifter, etc The problem i have (apart from the car) is that i got a fuse board with all the relays and a ignition barrel with key and a friend who's a electrician' put them in for me but we can't get the car to turn over he recons it could be the immobilizer but we don't know how to get bypass it any ideas would be great, I will post some photo's as soon as i can (No laughing please) cheers

[TooMany2cvs]

Ignore the wiring loom completely, and just put a +ve to the big starter terminal, a -ve to the block, then tickle the smaller terminal with a +ve. That should see the engine turning, if it isn't seized.

But - really... An incomplete, rain-damaged automatic 924? It's scrap. To get that back on the road will cost multiples of the end value. Break it for what few bits of use it might have. Sorry, I don't want to come across as overly harsh and dismissive, but it pains me to see people lob good money after bad.

[m4tti]

TooMany2cvs said:

Ignore the wiring loom completely, and just put a +ve to the big starter terminal, a -ve to the block, then tickle the smaller terminal with a +ve. That should see the engine turning, if it isn't seized.

But - really... An incomplete, rain-damaged automatic 924? It's scrap. To get that back on the road will cost multiples of the end value. Break it for what few bits of use it might have. Sorry, I don't want to come across as overly harsh and dismissive, but it pains me to see people lob good money after bad.

And its an auto.. cant be many of those left surely.

The only immobilizer on that would be aftermarket, in which case, find it, remove it , and rejoin the cables which have been spliced into.

[TooLateForAName]

TooMany2cvs said:

But - really... An incomplete, rain-damaged automatic 924? It's scrap. To get that back on the road will cost multiples of the end value. Break it for what few bits of use it might have. Sorry, I don't want to come across as overly harsh and dismissive, but it pains me to see people lob good money after bad.

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[TooMany2cvs]

m4tti said:

And its an auto.. cant be many of those left surely.

Is that a bad thing?

[m4tti]

No not a bad thing as such. An auto box alone once removed from the car will probably fetch more than the amount paid. There's bound to be a 924 with a shagged engine and auto box there(if these aren't either)... But at least there will be a way of recovering the funds invested.

[TooMany2cvs]

m4tti said:

There's bound to be a 924 with a shagged engine and auto box there(if these aren't either)...

I rather suspect anybody in that position would be looking to convert to manual.

[zcacogp]

I can't really disagree with the comments already posted. You didn't make the purchase of the century, to put it politely.

I'd also suggest that if your electrician mate who has seen the car and worked on it can't find out what's wrong, a bunch of guys on t'interweb who have never even set eyes on the thing are unlikely to be able to help.

Best of luck with it all the same.


Oli.

[Ozzie Osmond]

Walk away. You'll just be wasting time and money.

[bimsb6]

You only paid £200 , you could break it for more than that ( unless the rest is a crap as the interior )

[Raize]

Scrap it. These things are worthless even when Concours.

[johnnyBv8]

Unfortunately I think the reality is that you will never get that car back up to standard...and even if you had all the necessary skills, time, and parts needed it wouldn't be worth it financially.

Don't hang onto it to save face with your mates - scrap it or relist it!

[budfox]

Rebadge it as a VW Scirocco, they'll be queuing at your door.