04-12-2005, 11:56 AM
I read in an old post on 968.net that someone thought that a weakend coil might have affected (stressed) the brain causing it to fail. Don't know if that's true or not and not sure anyone does. I do know that, on the 928, the coil wire is often replaced relatively regularly to maintain optimum performance.
However, when I make long trips, I like to carry spares of key items. I will be putting a new coil wire on my newly acquired 968 as well as a new coil...and carry the old one as a spare. I'll do the same with the fuel pump. I can do these easier in my garage than on the roadside in the desert just outside of Resume Speed, Utah. Here in the west, we tend to travel some long distances.
One can look at this several ways. The 968 will someday be as unreliable as the 928 when it gets some more age on it...or they found the weak points in the 928 and addressed them in the 968. BTW, there are a lot of 928 owners that disagree with the reliability thing. Key to keeping a 928 on the road is maintaining it meticulously and regularly and driving it regularly. When they sit...they get gremlins.
Harvey
However, when I make long trips, I like to carry spares of key items. I will be putting a new coil wire on my newly acquired 968 as well as a new coil...and carry the old one as a spare. I'll do the same with the fuel pump. I can do these easier in my garage than on the roadside in the desert just outside of Resume Speed, Utah. Here in the west, we tend to travel some long distances.
One can look at this several ways. The 968 will someday be as unreliable as the 928 when it gets some more age on it...or they found the weak points in the 928 and addressed them in the 968. BTW, there are a lot of 928 owners that disagree with the reliability thing. Key to keeping a 928 on the road is maintaining it meticulously and regularly and driving it regularly. When they sit...they get gremlins.
Harvey
