My Latest Porsche 928 Debacle! If I Didn’t Have Bad Luck, I’d Have NO Luck! Part 17

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  • Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
  • Yup! My Porsche 928 broke down the day before I was due to drive to meet my Porsche buddies down at the Tail Of The Dragon. A crash three weeks ago and now this! Porsche 928 ownership! If only someone had told me!
    #porsche928 #breakdown
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  • @daggidding4478
    @daggidding4478 Місяць тому +5

    Oh man, when it rains, it poors. I feel for you, Jay.

  • @tool79
    @tool79 Місяць тому +6

    The joy of classic car ownership!

  • @francescorochira773
    @francescorochira773 Місяць тому +4

    Glad it was an easy fix Jay. Stay positive. At least it's not a boring EV 😎

  • @louannwatt4447
    @louannwatt4447 Місяць тому +3

    Had this happen to me. Fortunately I caught it before the bolts backed completely out.

  • @johnmcdonnell81
    @johnmcdonnell81 Місяць тому +4

    Nothing to do with the car per se, whoever fitted the new gearbox should have applied thread lock on the axle bolts, it's a basic procedure on most cars. Anyway, great the car is back on the road.

  • @dinodinosaur2930
    @dinodinosaur2930 Місяць тому +2

    👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Good & honest mechanic ... They are hard to find

    • @JAYREAD
      @JAYREAD  Місяць тому +1

      He is a LEGEND!

    • @johnvigolo4972
      @johnvigolo4972 Місяць тому +2

      Yep, more of an overrated legend IMO.
      Common known problem they were well aware of, yet why did they not use new bolts & use proper loctite?
      Sounds like to me, someone forgot to tighten the bolts to the torque specs when they last worked on the transmission recently?

  • @johnrb9397
    @johnrb9397 Місяць тому +4

    Didn’t these mechanics work on your car recently. Why didn’t they loctite it properly especially since they have had it happen in other instances??

    • @johnvigolo4972
      @johnvigolo4972 Місяць тому +2

      ….and your mechanic should reimburse your towing expenses etc!

  • @AA-ve4vn
    @AA-ve4vn Місяць тому +1

    Aw man, so happy it was just the axle flange! Now go have some fun!

  • @marcusslade9804
    @marcusslade9804 Місяць тому

    That you kept smiling through the preliminary phase of this problem before the “easy fix” was revealed, speaks volumes about you Jay. Fingers crossed you experience some good luck very soon…you’ve earned it.

    • @JAYREAD
      @JAYREAD  Місяць тому

      Thanks mate!

  • @TJSTR
    @TJSTR Місяць тому

    I love Mat. When he sees Jay he must just see dollar signs. I write this after taking my 996 to have a check over today to see if anything may need doing in the future and if I’d bought a generally good car (I know, a ppi should come before purchase). Car is still there as one of the brake calipers was leaking and not really safe to drive back. On the plus side it will hopefully also come back with working ABS/PSM, cruise control and a shiny new PCCM+. I think I saw the reflection of some pound signs on my way out.

    • @JAYREAD
      @JAYREAD  Місяць тому +1

      Glad you are consulting the best!

  • @Landshark928
    @Landshark928 Місяць тому

    Ha Jay! The 928 is a sensitive car, she must feel uncomfortable over the last weeks due to her damaged hip so now this happened. Glad it was an easy fix and I wonder about the upcoming transformation😊🎉

    • @JAYREAD
      @JAYREAD  Місяць тому +1

      Not giving up……yet! ❤️

  • @JohnWicksdogwalker
    @JohnWicksdogwalker Місяць тому

    Hang on in there, it's all part of the 'experience' and vicissitudes of 928 ownership. I've had a hankering for one for decades, but I'm 'lucky' enough to not be able to afford one. Think I'm over it, and happy enough to enjoy one vicariously 👍 Greetings from the bottom right corner of the UK!

    • @JAYREAD
      @JAYREAD  Місяць тому

      I need to be more like you, I thunk haha!

  • @jusssy5078
    @jusssy5078 Місяць тому +1

    Happy that you are now happy!

    • @JAYREAD
      @JAYREAD  Місяць тому +1

      Thank you! ❤️

  • @joshswan06
    @joshswan06 Місяць тому +1

    I asked my mechanic before I bought a 928 he said hell no so I got a 996 😊

  • @M_IkeLeBlanc
    @M_IkeLeBlanc Місяць тому

    Hang in there Jay. 👍
    Glad to hear it was something “simple”.
    Safe travels!!!

  • @da8149
    @da8149 Місяць тому

    Good for you ! It's not only the money , for a while your faith in your purchase is seriously in doubt.

    • @JAYREAD
      @JAYREAD  Місяць тому

      Very true haha!

  • @jeffryrosen3438
    @jeffryrosen3438 Місяць тому

    I did the tail and Blue Ridge Parkway after Parade. It was amazing. Have a safe, enjoyable trip.

  • @justinmaccreery2490
    @justinmaccreery2490 Місяць тому

    Glad to see it wasn't the end of the car.. and your sanity!

  • @frankirvine316
    @frankirvine316 Місяць тому

    Jay,
    Sorry to hear your news mate,that’s terrible,from the highs you have had,much the same with mine
    But I’ll tell you a different story that prevents me from completing my 928
    Mine is health related,bilateral lung transplant,Dec 2021,Lymph Node,2023,which was metatastic,6 rounds of Radiation,Stage 4 Cancer ♋️,Chemo at 7 rounds(2 more to go)
    But wait there’s more,blood clot in the lung,and while in hospital got Covid 😢and I’m hanging in there
    Oncologist tomorrow
    As much as I really like the 928’s I may have overdone it
    Cheers Jay
    Frank✅

    • @JAYREAD
      @JAYREAD  Місяць тому

      Frank, all the love in the world from me! Please hang in there! JAY ❤️

  • @purematossan
    @purematossan Місяць тому

    keep you on your toes -) glad it was an easy fix ...ouf !

  • @sand0077
    @sand0077 Місяць тому

    Glad it was an easy fix. Jolly good, carry on! ☺👍

    • @JAYREAD
      @JAYREAD  Місяць тому

      Absolutely! Haha!

  • @frankstavro
    @frankstavro Місяць тому +2

    If you buy a clasic transaxle, well, good luck! My personal downfall and financial ruin was a 944 in the early 2000s. - A horror story almost all the way.

  • @BRAN911
    @BRAN911 Місяць тому +1

    wow...unsecured wheels 😲

  • @scott1814
    @scott1814 Місяць тому

    Can tell he’s a proper gent…..he used tow hook that screws into bumper!!! 🎉

  • @TwoDollarGararge
    @TwoDollarGararge Місяць тому

    Welcome to owning a classic car

  • @djhightopfade4940
    @djhightopfade4940 Місяць тому

    Glad it was an easy fix. I wonder. Would it have been worse if you had limited slip? I imagine the loose axle dragging while the car was running.

  • @tjautocross
    @tjautocross Місяць тому

    Burt!!!!!! Guess he’s a bit of a jokester. 😂
    Enjoy the Dragon.

  • @jonwarshawsky5288
    @jonwarshawsky5288 Місяць тому

    Glad it was a quick fix!

    • @JAYREAD
      @JAYREAD  Місяць тому

      So was I haha!

  • @eddieselman8942
    @eddieselman8942 Місяць тому +2

    The sad part is, no matter how much money you throw at them, they don’t appreciate in value. I think it’s called a labour of love. I’ve spent around $AUS30K on my GTS in the last 2 years and still things go wrong. Insured for $140K but market says less.

    • @chesswizard31
      @chesswizard31 Місяць тому +1

      What are you talking about? The GTS especially is very valuable and continuing to appreciate.

    • @eddieselman8942
      @eddieselman8942 Місяць тому

      @@chesswizard31 Not in Australia, especially if it’s imported from the U.K. The local Porsche dealers have been rubbishing imported cars, including 911’s, since the seventies.

    • @chesswizard31
      @chesswizard31 Місяць тому

      @@eddieselman8942 I’m Australian, I know what you mean about the ‘Australian delivered’ phenomenon. But really, I think only people looking to flip care as much about that. Anyone smart and in it for the car itself would take a UK or HK car in proper condition etc. over a lesser Aussie delivered one.

  • @leemitchell1874
    @leemitchell1874 Місяць тому

    I. Want. Tears.

  • @9and3
    @9and3 Місяць тому

    I am looking to buy one of these thats had differed maintenance... You're terrifying me.. I might need to back away from it!!

    • @JAYREAD
      @JAYREAD  Місяць тому

      Hahaha! No! Do it! They’re truly amazing cars!

  • @w.l.davisjr.1
    @w.l.davisjr.1 Місяць тому

    Yep yep... I'm happy I tune to your channel. I'm selling mine. Can't tell you how many times a lift truck picked up my car. Since 1987

  • @johnsmith4219
    @johnsmith4219 Місяць тому

    Don't get discouraged. My Porsche was running until the crank shaft pully went out. Now I have the joy of trimming the car and find its sweet spot along with missing the Porsche car show this weekend in Saratoga Springs. My next plan of attack is to have a priest perform an exorcism on the car.

    • @JAYREAD
      @JAYREAD  Місяць тому +1

      I’m at that stage too HAHAHA!

  • @peteconrad5859
    @peteconrad5859 Місяць тому

    What's their hourly rate? Around here (NH) it's $200/hr.

  • @johnrb9397
    @johnrb9397 Місяць тому +1

    Did you get the insurance money Jay?

    • @JAYREAD
      @JAYREAD  Місяць тому

      Update coming soon!

  • @LindaRead-n4z
    @LindaRead-n4z Місяць тому

    You should listen to your mother! From Mum xxx

    • @JAYREAD
      @JAYREAD  Місяць тому

      HAHAHAHA! ❤️

  • @w.w.trader1813
    @w.w.trader1813 Місяць тому

    I solved all the problems and bought a Lexus🤪