Much appreciated

I have a knock as well.. can't isolate it , and it doesn't always happen . In the spring , my next thing to eliminate will be the front engine mount . When I purchased the car the inspecting mechanic said the knock was the upper rear strut mounts and lower ball joints ..changed both, no difference. I saw the strut bump stops were toast when I replaced the upper strut mounts and got new ones , but they didn't help either . My car sometimes lurches/bucks at low speeds in first gear... a worn engine mount would cause this , The engine would rock back and forth on the mount and pull slightly on the throttle cable causing the slight bucking,..it would also clunk over bumps. I will be doing the vid. as soon as spring comes.

fupabox Thanks I look forward to it

very welcome

Thanks for watching!

野村和弥 cheap Porsche? Only to buy one, repairs are often, expensive and complex. Worse than Mercedes???

well...too expensive running costs...I can't buy,it is only dream car...

I made sure to find one that had all the $$$ known issues already fixed . Recent clutch , water pump , oil/air separator and IMS bearing , new soft top with glass rear window . $10k in repairs in last 6k miles. + new brakes all around for good measure. The issues were a non working roof with a box of dubious parts , lower control arm ball joints , leak in a/c system , peeling chrome on one wheel and rear upper strut mounts . Otherwise in great shape and never seen snow. I tried to find one with all the big $$ stuff already done , but needing attention in other areas . some parts seem a little pricey , but not much worse than any dealer prices for even Japanese cars . Oh I forgot .. non working keyless entry . I need to have some stuff to do to it or it would be boring LOL.

use the force Luke... lol.. JK you can just try to estimate . figure 100 ft lbs is about what a lug nut is torqued to and 20 is a spark plug and you can get a general idea of how much force to use when tightening

@@fupabox Makes sense. Thanks for the tip!

I didn't/couldn't as far as I recall . The torque spec, I gave is just to give an idea of how tight to tighten it . I have no clue how a torque wrench would fit on there .. lol

@@fupabox Here is a possible answer: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qLSoqdNqnM3YooE.html . Watch the end at 14 minutes.

It should

Front upper strut mount bearings are likely gone . if it gets harder to turn at certain points when you turn full left and right then it's pretty likely the mount bearing . seized ball joints could also cause this .If you can hold your hand over the lower ball joints while someone turns left and right you will be able to feel if they are moving as they should . My first guess would be mount bushings/bearings

pretty sure they were either mevotech or moog. Still fine ..only have about 1000km on them

I would lube the crap out of the bolt and try turning it with a breaker bar or a wrench .. once the bolt is turning wiggle the control arm and the bolt should wind out

Thanks for reply! I got it figured out. Didn't realize beforehand that I had let the bolt rotate outside of it's "key" fitting with the washer (washer on front side). So the washer was jammed. I used some vice grips to hold the washer down to the mount and rotated the bolt back so the key lined up with the notch in the washer. Ruined the washer and bolt, but that's a cheap fix.

Patrick Hansbury excellent .

for anyone reading this 4 years later, I had the same issue and used a AUTOZONE tool called BALL JOINT TOOL and it creates top pressure and the thing slid right after a few turns. look it up, super useful and they rent it for free.

prob 1 hour

north of Toronto

fupabox you should come to southern cali in LA and help me get my r129 together still having issues with that damn pasanger seat lol good news though got some sickass brabus monoblock I think S rims on my r129 black looks beast! i swear

Damn .. I love the monoblocks .. Pics ?

fupabox shoot me your email ill send you the pics

twilso1109@rogers.com