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V near Heathrow, v cheap (20 quid an hour when I used him) is Patrick Schembri at Porschembri. May need to google name or see 911&PW. He can certainly do tech work, not sure about full rebuilds. Would advise getting engine from breakers maybe? Have googled. Details are: www.schembri.co.uk Tel: 0208 577 9520 His rates may be higher these days, I used him about 4 years ago. >> Edited by domster on Friday 29th November 17:06 >> Edited by domster on Friday 29th November 17:06

Thanks domster, I'll give him a ring on Monday. I know I wouldn't trust this to any old mech. Also I have the complete set of Porsche factory manuals so if I was able to find a Porsche mech that did "privates" this could be an option.

Simon, We rebuilt the engine from a nice S2 manual a year or so ago, mainly due to oil consumption problems. We fitted rings, valves and guides, with the usual pulley upgrades on the front and a new water pump, but from what I can remember the final bill, with very competitive parts pricing, including a new clutch, worked out to about £5000 including VAT. Now, for the work involved I think that this is reasonable, but not when you consider that I was offered a 928S4 manual two weeks ago for less than £4000. So my advice is to consider your long term objective for the car, it may be a lot more sensible to just repair the gasket and upgrade the car to the S4 as soon as it is done.

Thanks for your advice NineMeister. As you see It's a bit of a problem. AFN Chiswick quoted me circa £5k for a complete rebuild. I don't want to throw the car away as it already stands me in about £5k. Then there is the body work to consider; it's not that bad but could do with some fresh paint. If I did all the work and kept it for ever then this could be feasable. Somehow though, I can't see me doing this either which means I would just be throwing good money after bad. Back to square one. Clearly this is the reason that 928'S are cheap second-hand.

Contact James at JM Autos 01992 788 911, in Waltham Cross. He's looked after my cars (including my 2 928s) for several years and is a 928 specialist. In fairness, I should state that he is a friend - but he is recommended as a specialist by 911 and Porsche World and 928 owners' clubs.

My ongoing quest for a "winter" car has continued and failing to find a good BM 635 I've been looking at 928's. I was offered a 200k 1997 s4 last week, think I could have had it for about £3750, it has fsh, new tyres, rebuilt gearbox and a new rad (however the coolant system warning light is still on), not leaking though?? any thoughts everyone ?

Cheap car now but it still has supercar costs if anything busts. Even for a winter hack, you'd be looking at steering rack/suspension/random electrics problems.

Buy it, sell the engine to Ultrasimon, flog the problematic rack to Whoozit, punt the tyres onto a 911 owner, pocket the profit and scrap the rest...... Or just buy it, enjoy it, and if anything major breaks take it on the chin.

Or buy my nice 944 which will be on the market soon for under that cash

has to be an auto I'm afraid Iguana.

UltimaSimon, This may be of interest. ----------- Advert follows. Adtype is forsale, Status is trade Porsche'' breaking Body style: all Gearbox: all Fuel: all 911 SC 928 944 924 e-mail for parts availability/prices Location : Slough, Berkshire Telephone : 07764188787 To email the advertiser go to www.findit.co.uk/cars/porsche/489891.htm >> Edited by HermanTheGerman on Wednesday 4th December 08:47

I have full list of breakers somewhere that I did for Stig when he wanted a G50. Dodn't include Don Valley as thought he knew them already. They are the largest and they google. For the rest, I will email them if you want.

Thanks for all your help guys, I will let you know what happens as soon as possible

My everyday driver was an old 928S (83) but it suffered a blown head-gasket recently, rendering it a 4.7 litre waterpump. It literally empties the entire cooling system out of the exhaust pipe. I know that these cars are not that popular amoungst the "true Porsche" fans, but it was an excellent car until now, and as their resale value is virtually nothing, I have decided to spend the money and get it done and keep it. It may well need a full rebuild or another engine as it has covered 152K now. Can anyone recommend a decent Porsche engine builder / mechanic that charges sensible non main-dealer prices near to Heathrow? Thanks for any advice in advance, Simon