[earossi]

I am getting set up to change out the leaking water pump on my 968 and had some questions on sourcing parts and "other" work that I should do when I have the front of the motor exposed.



There are 3 or 4 suppliers that advertise parts in Panorama or Excellence, and I was wondering if their parts are as good as OEM? In particular, there is a firm on Ebay right now offering a belt and roller kit for $180. Does anyone have an opinion of these items?



At minimum, I plan on changing out all the belts (balance shaft, camshaft, and accessory), and replacement of the belt rollers. Obviously, I will change out the water pump and the thermostat. But, should I change out all the seals while in there? The seals I'm thinking of are the balance shaft seals. And, should I consider replacing the camshaft belt auto tensioner?



Lastly, how different, for the 944, is changing out the camshaft belt on the 968? Since the car has an automatic belt tensioner, is there anything other than making certain that the motor is at TDC and the camshaft markings properly aligned?



Thanks in advance.

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[Harvey]

Here's a message that I posted about a year ago. I've installed most of the parts not but I didn't use several of the parts. And some parts were for something besides the 968. BTW, there's a 968 roller I bought that is listed on the PET but there's no place on the 968 to mount the roller. Case of parts list being printed before the car was manufactured i guess. At any rate, they sold me the roller. Not sure what else it might fit. But it's a start when trying to figure out what all you might need. I could have gotten by with much less but I want my car to last a long time w/o tearing the front off again.



Harvey

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I recently ordered a bunch of parts to update many of the "wear" parts on my 1994 968. The following parts have been delivered but I've not yet installed them. In fact, I can get by and may not even need all of them but, while I'm in there, I thought "Why not?" Sooner or later they will wear out and after almost 70k miles, I might as well. Can you do a similar update cheaper? Absolutely as I'm also replacing bolts and gaskets, etc. that may still be fine. These are all Porsche parts or Porsche OEM. I just thought the list might be interesting to those of you who are looking for a listing and get confused between 944 parts lists and 968 lists. The dealer checked this list over and made some changes so I'm banking on it being accurate.



The following prices are what were charged to me on 4/28/05 and subject to change and do not include handling charges, freight/shipping, rush orders from Germany, etc (For me, that was about an additional $150.00 or so). Different dealers will have differing prices and, in some cases, there may be product quality differences. Almost all of the above parts were purchased from a Porsche dealership. No guarantees are made as to accuracy of the list. I'm not a great typist. Please double-check with the PET listings and the dealer you work with before ordering. Also, you may not want all these parts but here they are just in case. Good luck on your belt and waterpump rebuild!



Balance shaft belt (polyrib) 944 102 219 04 $81.71

Camshaft drive timing belt 944 105 232 02 $74.14

Balance shaft tensioner Roller 944 102 025 07 $16.05

Balance Tension Roller 944-102-277-06 $19.62

Tensioner stud (or oil pump?) 944 102 216 01 $4.44 (This isn’t listed as a 968 part but is a good no. for part used on 944’s. I won’t know if it fits 968 until I get in there)

Intermediate shaft O-ring 999 701 652 40 Two @ $1.97 ea

Timing belt roller 944 105 631 10 $57.21

Timing belt tensioner 944 105 172 03 $83.98

Camshaft belt tensioner roller 944 105 241 02 $27.98

Camshaft belt roller 944-105-241-04 (new number)$27.98

Camshaft oil seal #1 999 113 282 40 $15.17

Plastic camshaft seal #2 944 105 321 00 Three @ .42 ea (these are the small wafer thin gaskets, 3 needed)

Camshaft rubber oil seal #3 999 113 424 40 (30x48x7) $16.30

Camshaft rubber oil seal #4 999 113 425 40 (30x47x7) $14.85

Crankshaft seal 999 113 331 40 $10.77

Crank 0 ring 999-707-283-40 $1.91

Thermostat w/gasket 944-106-019-00 $5.10

Thermostat Thin gasket also needed 944-106-929-05 $1.07

Thermostat snap ring (Circlip) 900 042 025 01 $1.10

Thermostat O-Ring 951 106 155 00 $5.10 (Note: this is often pressed into new/rebuilt water pumps for cam tensioner

Oil Supply Tube 944-105-167-06 One @ $151.63 (I passed on this one)

Copper oil supply tube seal rings 900-123-050-30 Two @ .32 ea.

Cam chain 944-105-501-05 $22.52

Cam chain tensioner pads/guides 944-105-509-00 Two @ $19.45 ea. (these are two “uppers” that apparently are used both top and bottom by most people since the lower pad with a different number are sold only with the complete cam chain tensioner unit)

Woodruff key for balance shafts n-012-708-2 Two @ .31 ea

Woodruff key for crank shaft 900-117-036-00 .51

Bolt hex head 900-075-043-02 (M10x30) Two @ .51 ea

Bolt hex head N 010 445 2 (M10x45) .60

Locking nut 900 910 034 02 (M 10) $1.66

Washers N-011-527-12 (A 10, 5) Two @ .13 ea

Water Heater control valve 928-574-573-03 $46.42

Valve/Cam Cover rubber grommets for bolts Thirteen @ .93 each

999 707 283 40 O-ring $1.91

999 707 875 40 O-ring $1.12

999 707 078 40 O-ring $1.12

928 144 443 08 Tower Plug Gaskets Four @ $1.85 each

Valve Cover or Cam Tower Gasket $12.72

Porsche Remanufactured Waterpump Kit w/thermostat and bolts $174.87

928 106-921 XX Waterpump gasket $16.67

968 Flywheel Lock Paragon alt #000 721 920 61 $99.00

Balance shaft locking bar (tool) $44.95

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1994 968 Coupe, Black/Black, 6-Speed, 70K miles

1985 928S, Red/Black, 5-Speed, 67K miles

2002 Audi TT Turbo, Glorified Volkswagen, 20K miles

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