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With Racing and helping other folks move and lots of other crap going on, I deferred a lot of routine maintenance on the old 940. When you become as "familiar" with these cars as I have you know how far you can push things but it certainly does not mean it is without consequences.
I am firm believe in just adding pads on non warp rotors that are within spec come brake pad time. I did this apparently once too often this time around (I am SURE I mic'ed them the first pad change but equally sure I did not this time). Rotors were worn enough beyond spec that I couls see metal to metal contact on both rotors either from the bracket or caliper. One of my rehab'ed slider pins had seized making matters worse.
About two months ago I found the cause of my occasional long-crank issues with what I thought was a pinhole leak in the fuel filter which is what sidelined the care to emergency only duty. Today I pulled the filter and pump to find that the low pressure line to the main pump had a crumbling clamp. Of course the filter was perforated in multiple places under the clamp and the pump-side line exploded upon attempted removal (banjo fitting, filter-side turned to dust trying to remove).
Lastly, my new in 2012 sway bar links were broken. This time at a weld so likely a manufacturing defect. I did what we do on the race cars and just replaced them with COT urethane bushings, all thread and nuts.
I noticed one bump stop (driver front) is starting to deteriorate so struts and new bump stops...possibly new springs...are in my future.
Still, not bad for 175K of which about 50K of indifferent ownership has not done any permanent damage. Some day I will get a cream puf and treat it as such, but life has a way of keeping my in DD that jst won't die.
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