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gary71 said:
Rebuilt and fitted the driveshafts yesterday night and took the car out this evening for a local pub classic meet which was absolutely packed with an eclectic mix of cars.
I cant imagine that it looked any better when it left the factory. Really something to be proud of, nice one.Edited by gary71 on Friday 13th June 20:23
gary71 said:
Some years pass...
...and I poked the rust bubble again...this time I'm not going to trust someone else with the prep and f
k it up for me!
What annoys me and I'm sure it annoys you is you pay expecting a proper job and often the results look great but only for a while - it seems if you want a great job you have to DIY......and I poked the rust bubble again...this time I'm not going to trust someone else with the prep and f
k it up for me!Well done BTW - cracking car and now I've read the whole thread it's been a really nice early evening.....
Now what I should be doing is getting my car ready for the classic so I'd better get on with that!!!
Edited by B'stard Child on Monday 16th June 19:40
Thanks for the comments. Problem is with this kind of metal work, no matter who is doing it, is that achieving the required standard of rust free prep, perfect weld, cleaning, treatment and paint is really difficult, if not impossible. Without large replacement panels joined by nice clean seams it’s always going to come back.
Whilst you can’t see it in the photographs the paint in the area around the LH torsion bar is going again!
Whilst you can’t see it in the photographs the paint in the area around the LH torsion bar is going again!
Time for a quick update as the summer draws to a close. After Le Mans Classic I wasn't quite done for big road trips and noisy camping, so I went off to Spa a couple of weekends later to support the Bentleys in the 24hr GT race. Another 600 mile each way trip, this time with no stops in either direction to keep the weekend actually down to a weekend!
The only fault on the drive was a slightly sticky throttle now fixed with some new bushes on part of the linkage.
The only fault on the drive was a slightly sticky throttle now fixed with some new bushes on part of the linkage.
Each year the group of early Porsche owners I'm part of try to do one big driving event outside of Le Mans. This year we went back to Scotland and to Loch Tay.
Two big days of driving taking in Applecross pass, Glencoe etc and staying in a garden shed. One step up from camping I guess!
Now is time for the car to retire for the summer and get a bit of TLC to fix the niggly things I've been ignoring like clunky wipers, sticky window winders etc, paint peeling off the bumpers. Luckily it doesn't need anything major so this can be enjoyable tinkering rather than painful restoration.
Two big days of driving taking in Applecross pass, Glencoe etc and staying in a garden shed. One step up from camping I guess!
Now is time for the car to retire for the summer and get a bit of TLC to fix the niggly things I've been ignoring like clunky wipers, sticky window winders etc, paint peeling off the bumpers. Luckily it doesn't need anything major so this can be enjoyable tinkering rather than painful restoration.
Time for an update...
I've not done anything to it!
At some point I guess it just becomes a car/toy rather than a project and now I just drive it rather than fix it which is odd... Even those jobs I mentioned above just got ignored as they don't really need doing!
So new MOT obtained last week and time to get back out to Wales with the boy today for a drive just because we had nothing better to do!
I tend to stop at the same point each time, although not always in the same direction, on some random sheep track off the Bwlych Groes pass and take a photo. Interesting to see how that has changed over the years:
June 2015
June 2013
July 2011
February 2010
I've not done anything to it!
At some point I guess it just becomes a car/toy rather than a project and now I just drive it rather than fix it which is odd... Even those jobs I mentioned above just got ignored as they don't really need doing!
So new MOT obtained last week and time to get back out to Wales with the boy today for a drive just because we had nothing better to do!
I tend to stop at the same point each time, although not always in the same direction, on some random sheep track off the Bwlych Groes pass and take a photo. Interesting to see how that has changed over the years:
June 2015
June 2013
July 2011
February 2010
Edited by gary71 on Saturday 27th June 23:06
gary71 said:
At some point I guess it just becomes a car/toy rather than a project and now I just drive it rather than fix it which is odd...
What a great thread, I have really enjoyed it. Your observation above is really astute: it is a bit odd when it stops being a project and becomes what it was always intended to be. Great photos, too.So I've got bored with it working and being reliable so decided to take the engine apart!
Partially because I want to, partially because the smoke is becoming embarrassing and that tick from the worn cam isn't going away.
No great plans for upgrades, if it needs pistons then the CR will go up, other than that it's intended as more of a refresh than minty rebuild.
Took it to work on Friday for a last drive and some chap in a nice GT turned up
Anyway... Here we go.
Whilst the apprentice took the carbs off this morning I managed to tweak the missing disc in my lower back lifting the car slightly to get the jack under it... This has rather slowed the pace!
I went over to see a fellow early 911 owner who has kindly offered to lend me his engine stand. Talking cars for a few hours and looking at his lovely time warp '73 E gave my back a chance to recover, but still painfully slow going.
As I couldn't face any more lifting today I did the simple jobs, driveshafts (hateful things) and decided to spend some time stripping the top of the engine ancillaries so I don't have to jack the car as high to get it out. This was a good idea until I remembered those inaccessible shroud fixings in front of the oil cooler.
Anyway got them eventually so this is were I stand just before the rugby started.
At least one of the oil leaks is pretty obvious!
Should be out of the car tomorrow and on the stand depending how the back feels in the morning.
Partially because I want to, partially because the smoke is becoming embarrassing and that tick from the worn cam isn't going away.
No great plans for upgrades, if it needs pistons then the CR will go up, other than that it's intended as more of a refresh than minty rebuild.
Took it to work on Friday for a last drive and some chap in a nice GT turned up
Anyway... Here we go.
Whilst the apprentice took the carbs off this morning I managed to tweak the missing disc in my lower back lifting the car slightly to get the jack under it... This has rather slowed the pace!
I went over to see a fellow early 911 owner who has kindly offered to lend me his engine stand. Talking cars for a few hours and looking at his lovely time warp '73 E gave my back a chance to recover, but still painfully slow going.
As I couldn't face any more lifting today I did the simple jobs, driveshafts (hateful things) and decided to spend some time stripping the top of the engine ancillaries so I don't have to jack the car as high to get it out. This was a good idea until I remembered those inaccessible shroud fixings in front of the oil cooler.
Anyway got them eventually so this is were I stand just before the rugby started.
At least one of the oil leaks is pretty obvious!
Should be out of the car tomorrow and on the stand depending how the back feels in the morning.
Edited by gary71 on Sunday 27th September 00:06
It's been a few days but it's out:
Just getting it up onto the stand was good fun!
Up in one slick move from trolley balanced on jack, to motorbike lift and onto the stand.
I appear to have stuck the rocker covers on with some evil sealant last time around and just spent a joy filled 2 hours getting them off. I now need two new upper rocker covers.
Note to self: Don't do this again! They didn't leak though...
Next step: Exhaust manifolds off. It's only 12 nuts. How hard can it be? Bloody hard.
Not sure how this ever got torqued up, and it's not coming undone as there is no way I can get a tool secure into that nut.
I can get to it now though:
Final score 1 snapped stud, 1 needing a bolt welding to it (after cutting off the manifolds with an angle grinder, chisel and crowbar...), making a custom low profile socket and finally 1 nut needing the attention of a splitter. Always fun taking the exhaust off a 911.
Not.
Engine strip started today but tools stopped play due to the lack of long reach 10mm allen socket to get the heads off.
Just getting it up onto the stand was good fun!
Up in one slick move from trolley balanced on jack, to motorbike lift and onto the stand.
I appear to have stuck the rocker covers on with some evil sealant last time around and just spent a joy filled 2 hours getting them off. I now need two new upper rocker covers.
Note to self: Don't do this again! They didn't leak though... Next step: Exhaust manifolds off. It's only 12 nuts. How hard can it be? Bloody hard.
Not sure how this ever got torqued up, and it's not coming undone as there is no way I can get a tool secure into that nut.
I can get to it now though:
Final score 1 snapped stud, 1 needing a bolt welding to it (after cutting off the manifolds with an angle grinder, chisel and crowbar...), making a custom low profile socket and finally 1 nut needing the attention of a splitter. Always fun taking the exhaust off a 911.
Not.
Engine strip started today but tools stopped play due to the lack of long reach 10mm allen socket to get the heads off.
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