How did you spend your christmas eve?

[giltranator]

Ok so how do you spend christmas eve and a couple of evenings before....changing your air con condensors of course! Couple of rusty screws holding the bumper in place meant the job took longer than it should have. gave the radiators a blow out with compressed air and vacuum and then given a coat of silver paint. Cleaned up some areas which were dirty such as the plastics and then sprayed some bits which were a bit rusty. Good to find that it was all orginial under the bumper though which no damage or anything.
Here are some pics






Can you guess which one has been cleaned and which one hasn't




Also fitted a new desiccator and now just need to get the whole system regassed. I can't believe on the 991 the condensors are still uncovered. Im going to be fitting some black mesh behind the grilles in the new year.


Happy Christmas everyone

Edited by giltranator on Saturday 24th December 16:36

[Zyp]

How are you going to spend Christmas Day?

Tidying the garage up?




I spent Christmas Eve delivering pork pies in the Spyder!
Great fun.


eta - that's a nice spirit level!

[giltranator]

Everyone needs a messy garage! It makes the perfect working environment!

[Gibbo205]

Well the 911 was clean, but hey now it's truly spotless.

[HoHoHo]

Went for an extended drive supposedly only picking up a few last minute bits and pieces, then washed the car.

Depending how it goes with the MIL tomorrow, I may clean it again then

[doneitnow]

Had to go and do "all" the xmas shopping (well get swmbo a pressie)good excuse to go for a spin and spent the rest of the day scouring pages of PH in the attempt to educate myself a little,should have really sorted the garage so I can at least get the car in their, oh well there is always tomorrow lol

[David Hype]

Zyp said:

eta - that's a nice spirit level!

Colour coded too

[RSGulp]

Worst "we've got a Continental GT" thread ever!

[GreigM]

giltranator said:

I can't believe on the 991 the condensors are still uncovered. Im going to be fitting some black mesh behind the grilles in the new year.

I do think the reason that Porsche haven't changed the design is that its simply not that big an issue. The whole phenomenon of a 996 being worth 2p unless its had new rads lately is a great example of a very small issue being unnecessarily blown up into something massive by the internet - when in reality the vast majority of 9x6/9x7s will happily go through life with no maintenance/cleaning or issues with the radiators.

IMO you're as likely to cause issues and hairline cracks by unnecessarily moving the radiators and pipework than you are to have issues with stones and/or corrosion.

[6C4GTS]

giltranator said:

Can you guess which one has been cleaned and which one hasn't

Remember when you have the bumper off again for the mesh fitting to drill some holes in the rear of these ducts so that you can hose out the crap that gets past the mesh - thus keeping the new condensors in tip top condition

[6C4GTS]

giltranator said:

Can you guess which one has been cleaned and which one hasn't

Remember when you have the bumper off again for the mesh fitting to drill some holes in the rear of these ducts so that you can hose out the crap that gets past the mesh - thus keeping the new condensors in tip top condition

[Catpee]

Have you ever thought of having a clearout? I can see a homeless persons foot sticking out from under one pile of cp

My workshop has to be spotless before I start any work - what with me being OCD and all.