Here's what's going on so far:

8/31/2006    Bought car                               
    Mileage 203345                               
9/31/06     got car home, put ATF in PS reservoir, tightened all leaking PS hoses (whine went away!)                               
10/1/2006    called for option codes on VIN WP0JB0928FS862219                               
    490    Hi fi sound system                           
    650    Sunroof                           
    158    Radio 'Monterey'                           
    533    Alarm system                           
    481    5 spd manual trans                           
    418    Protective side moldings                           
    319    Changed Step- up of Fan- Japan, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Australia                           
    494    Amplifier system                           
Paint code    L999?          Don't know what this means, but other research indicates it's 'Meteor Grey Metallic'
Engine code:
    M28/43
    82F00791
   
10/1/2006    changed oil, oil filter, plugs, cleaned oil pan                       

10/01/06 Shifter went into business for itself on the Parkway in 4th gear.  Went limp and I had no way to shift.  I tried to get home in 4th (probably burned about 2 years worth of clutch) before I just pulled over.  I was able to pull off the knob, pull up the shift boot and play with it until it went into gear.  Got it home gingerly and ordered the forward shift ball socket.


10/15/2006    Electrical tune-up: Plugs, wires, caps, rotors, connect loose vacuum lines                               
    checked compression:                               
    cyl1    165    cyl5    155                   
        2    158        6    155                   
        3    157        7    165                   
        4    156        8    170                   


10/15/2006    replaced ODO gear, put clamp on forward shift ball socket until I can replace it                               

10/15/2006    changed tranny oil with Redline 75w90                                

11/3-11/4    Replaced motor mounts and pan gasket                
    $50 worth of parts, 16 hours of labor!                               
    mileage- 203,780                               

11/20- Cleaned out and replaced hood insulation with setup from Rob Budd.  It looks cool with the silver decal.

12/5- Hood insulation looks cool, but it's starting to sag in a few spots.  The glue I used was 3M interior spray glue, may have to pull it and redo it.  Hope I haven't ruined it 'cause it was expensive.

mileage: 204,384
12/09- TB/WP job, John Cho (Tomcat) gracioulsy loaned me his Kempf tool and I got started on 12/9 with the 'worldwide tb/wp party' that never really happened.
12/11   Got into the job and realized I was going to need all new sprockets, the cam gears and oil pump gear are dished and badly worn.  I've order them to be
             sent overnight from 928 intl.  I also ordered the steel crank gear, but don't know if it needs it, this one isn't aluminum and doesn't look bad at all.
            
12/11      Got some much needed help from online about the tensioner, it's in bad shape and all stuck together so it's hard to tell how it's supposed to come apart.

12/14/06  Got the new water pump in (remembered the anti-seize) got the tensioner in (after futzing with the spring backward).  I had to fabricate a new ground                     strap, mine was broken and had been jumped out.
                I also painted the belt covers, which came out pretty cool.  I like the way it looks and I can't wait to see it when it's done.
                I got the belt on, but when I went to turn it, its' off by exactly 1 tooth on both cam gears.  They're both really consistent though (through several rotations)                 so I think I've got the technique down.
                I took some notes as far as differences between the '85 and John Pirtle's write-up for the '87.  I'll put these on the site somewhere.
12/15/06  Cranked up the car, but there's a bad chirp chirp sound.  Shut it down and check it out.
                Found that it was the bolt for the tensioner roller, I put it in backward, need to take everything out to get the center cover off and remove the tensioner                     arm .  Here's a pic (that groove with no paint shouldn't be there!).

12/18/06   Got everything back together and turned the key- YES.  Everthing looks good.  Ran it up and down the road, no issues.
                Total time for TB/WP, about 20 hours over 1 1/2 weeks.  Cost of parts- eh, lots.

1/6/07   Forward shift ball cup 'mod' - This didn't start out as a 'mod' but it turns out I like the really tight shifting.

1/13/07  Rear Seat Delete started- I hadn't planned on starting this, but when I started to clean out under the rear seats I just couldn't put them back in, they were nasty.  So I started thinking and trying some things.


2/3/07 Installed Motorsport crossovers with 100cpi cats and new O2 sensor mileage 204,928.  Passed inspection!
Also got headlight relay from Andre and headlights go up and down.  Checked/adjusted belt tension, refilled oil in tensioner (a little leak found) and replaced front brake pads.
2/15/07 replaced rear brake pads (still squeaks.  may need to get rotors cut, or check on parking brake)

Check out Emissions story
205K!

3/31/07 This was a good week, and a bad week.  I spent last week working on the car while the wife was in Ireland. 
205,500 miles
          Rebuilt PS rack
          Rebuilt PS Pump
          Replaced tie rods
          Replaced sway bar bushings
          Fixed leak at crossover-to-exhaust clamp.
    ** car was a little low on oil.  added 1/2 quart or so and it's right in the middle of the range again.

   Car ran like a dream.  Silky smooth and really nice.  There is a huge difference.  Car was so smooth that I drove it really aggressively and ended up with a noise coming from the clutch and it started to shudder a lot when I let out the clutch in 1st.  The noise is a very pronounced squealing or squeaking when I let out the clutch all the way either in or out of gear.

I did some searches and I think it's the pilot bearing for the clutch.

Now I'm looking for all of the clutch parts
The search I did showed this advice from Jim Bailey:


The minimum clutch service should probably be ...release bearing , pilot bearing , ball socket for arm , friction disc and as was mentioned the updated clutch release arm and new guide tube. If the pressure plate fingers are worn from a failing release bearing spinning the race then it needs the plate. The short clutch drive shaft if the splines which engage the discs are worn , replace. If the fly wheel is blued/ grooved , resurface.

Also, there was a recent thread on Rennlist about this service for an '85 so I read up on this as well.  It looks pretty easy to replace, but I need to scrape together the funds because I just spent my April allowance on some carpet and other interior stuff because it was running so good.

4/5/07 -4/21/07 car was off the road!!
mileage 205650
OK, replacing the clutch was a MAJOR hassle that took three weeks.  Getting the old clutch out was the biggest problem.  check it out But eventually with a lot of advice, I got it out.

Here's the list of parts replaced:
Clutch discs (both)
pressure plate
release bearing (throwout bearing)
pilot bearing
release arm ball bushing (this was gone completely)  I think this caused the noise when the pedal was all the way up, but the friction disc was worn down to the rivets, and now I don't have to worry about anything for a while.
clutch slave cylinder (bled out clutch portion of hydraulic system as well)

Parts that were OK
i-shaft (intermediate shaft)
i-shaft sleeve
intermediate disc or starter ring gear
I also didn't remove the flywheel and have that resurfaced.  I probably should have, but I was pretty deep into this already and didn't need any more vendors/tasks to complicate it.

Got the car back on the road with new tires on the back (thanks John) and it runs great.  The clutch feels perfect and is nice and smooth.