proporsche Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 here in pelican parts http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/SuperCat/911M/POR_911M_ENGman_pg3.htm These are the best o ring in market ,blue i cannot recommend at all and the red seams the same as blue..try to locate those green... i am going to look in my stash in garage Ivan i am talking about the color of the o ring;-) i have 2 green o rings for ya if you like send me your post by MP and i will send it to you Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proporsche Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 There is also one mucho importante thing. Once you have the o ring nicely snug tight against the case put on the washers and the nuts.Make it hand tight .The important thing is the washer MUST not turn-not even 1mm. So ,make sure you hold it and in the same time tighten the nut. If it will spin you will have an oil leak.What happens is the o rings get pinched and that is also the reason for the green type .they are much better quality. What i use to do is on the other side of the washer i made a little punch mark (away from the ring place)so when the washer meet the case it will stop it from spinning. believe me i have seen engines being taken a part right after rebuild because of the washers were spinning during assembly. Anyway that is all for today i`ll go have a beer....... Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaseeaton Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 Good advice, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaseeaton Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 So while I wait for the washers and o rings to turn up, some suspension parts turned up. I went for 500lb springs and will get some 21mm front torsion bars to match. My sway-away spring plates with new bush housings, new Boge rear shocks and standard rear torsion bars will be for sale if anyone is interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaseeaton Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 EDIT: I went for 350lb and want to get 22mm front torsion bars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Nice shiny bits! After running your car and setting things up did you not like the way it handled in standard form ? hence the rapid upgrade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaseeaton Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 I literally drove the car down the road and back! I thought theres no point setting the car up on torsion bars when I plan on converting it to coilover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaseeaton Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 The rear suspension got me excited and I ended up ordering the front coilover conversion kit. So the front new Boge inserts and standard torsion bars will be for sale soon too. I've gone with 350lb rear with 40lb helper springs, and 300lb front with 40lb helper springs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Fair enough , hope the washers sort out that leak . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaseeaton Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 Fitted the upgraded rear suspension today with the cambermax which I've been meaning to fit for a while. Need to fit some helper springs which should come next week. Had to massage the SSI for clearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichD1 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Hi Jason, Love the re-build, but can you confirm what process and products you've been using to re-furb the various satin black fittings on the car please? Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaseeaton Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Thanks. Just powdercoat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaseeaton Posted May 1, 2016 Author Share Posted May 1, 2016 Productive day on the car yesterday. I fitted the washers with o-rings from Ivan (thanks again) and no leaks! Hope it stays that way. Also fixed the leak on the stat, no now I'm leak free! Also fitted the helper springs on the rear coilovers. The front coilover kit will come next week, I think I'll take the front strut off and as I need to cut the brake pipe and pad wear sensor off the shaft I might as well get them powder coated in Bilstein yellow. Finally I fitted the new door cables and RS door cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALEX P Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Door cards look good. Did you make the membrane or dig deep for the Porsche items? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaseeaton Posted May 2, 2016 Author Share Posted May 2, 2016 Thanks, happy with them. I bought some sheet off ebay to make my own, first pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaseeaton Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 Front suspension upgraded, not much left for the MOT now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaseeaton Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 On Sunday I replaced all the front brake pipes with braided hoses which look much neater. I'll get some pics when I sort the boot out. Still working on the wiring, I managed to get the electric windows and headlights working off the switch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 point 2 Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 The LED's looks cool. Want to wire mine up now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammillyard Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 did you use standard flywheel and clutch or an uprated, light weight alternative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaseeaton Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 Just standard clutch and flywheel. She came out today, will crack on with the wiring and bits to get an MOT when I come back from Le Mans Classic... I promise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredGassit Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 That's looking tremendous! Any chance the wheels could be getting a splash of satin black instead of the bling-tastic gold? Even though it is a road car I note it has sprouted belts and a harness bar. How about a modest rear cage ST stylee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaseeaton Posted July 4, 2016 Author Share Posted July 4, 2016 That's looking tremendous! Any chance the wheels could be getting a splash of satin black instead of the bling-tastic gold? Even though it is a road car I note it has sprouted belts and a harness bar. How about a modest rear cage ST stylee? Thanks. No way, I love the gold! I know, I know. Can't help myself. No half cage, I'm concentrating on getting it MOT'd next. Still got the MX5? Treated myself to this last week... Not going crazy with this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredGassit Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Yup, rag top hasn't rusted to bits yet. Caterham should be back on the road soon too! New toy looks nice (now the style bar and "Eunos" light covers are in the skip). Is it a minter to keep polished up, or the basis for another track weapon? "Not going crazy with this one." Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... You do know a Lexus V8 drops right in, don't you??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaseeaton Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share Posted July 13, 2016 Yup, rag top hasn't rusted to bits yet. Caterham should be back on the road soon too! New toy looks nice (now the style bar and "Eunos" light covers are in the skip). Is it a minter to keep polished up, or the basis for another track weapon? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... You do know a Lexus V8 drops right in, don't you??? It will be a sensible trackday car Had a great time at Le Mans Classic this weekend, the mx5 did me proud and didn't skip a beat. Now the 911 is back in Coventry I can crack on it in the evenings. This evening I managed to get the hazard light switch working all the lights. Don't think the indicator stalk is fully wired in so that will be one of the next jobs. I also fitted the original motor to a new wiper mechanism, it worked first time! I bought some new arm while I was at Techno Classica earlier this year, but couldn't find the new plastic bits that go underneath them. The old ones are too tatty to fit so I'll have to order some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaseeaton Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share Posted July 28, 2016 (edited) After a few wiring issues I've made good progress over the past few days. As I fitted a Stack tacho, I needed to add some tell tales for the MOT, so I made a panel for these and front heated screen switch. I thought it would be a simple wire them up to the original tell tale connectors The first issue was the main beam wire had some feedback when on dip beam, about 3.5v which is enough to light up the new LED tell tale but not a normal bulb. I thought about knocking the voltage down to about 8v with a resistor, but while explaining the issue to the electrician at work I had the idea of moving the blue and while tell tale wire to pre-relay which had no feedback. Simple fix. The second issue was joining the left and right indicator tell tale wires to flash one light, it backfeeds to the other side and flashes all indicator lights when I indicated right or left. This was fixed with a couple of diodes to block the backfeed. The last issue I've found over the past few days was the high beam. Flashing was fine, but going to high beam (pushing stalk forward) would cut the LED units off. I needed to fit a diode from the high beam relay signal to the dip beam relay signal to fire both dip and high. Apart from that and a few other wires not plugged in, all the wiring is now sorted for an MOT. Another issue I found tonight was I bought LHD wiper arms So I fitted the old ones for now and will buy some RHD ones. LHD set going cheap! I've booked the car in to Centre of Gravity on the 17th Sept. This should give me plenty of time to get the car MOT'd and debug the suspension before I spend money on getting it setup properly. Edited July 28, 2016 by Jaseeaton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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