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Just now, fat fuchs said:

Yeah, I think I will leave well alone. Fast running out of things to do on this one so maybe time for a new project:whistling:

OH FOR GOODNESS SAKE!!!!

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Went out for a drive this morning before tackling the next job of changing the front discs, pads and dust shields....

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The discs were quite glazed and although the dust shields are solid, I picked up a nice set at Greatworth autojumble so they're going on.

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Left the bolts to soak for a while and then applied a little heat to remove as i've had these snap on me in the past..

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Resisting the temptation to whip the calipers off for plating as they're in good working order if not the correct finish. Dust shields fitted and just waiting on the discs/pads from Matt.

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45 minutes ago, GrahamTompkins said:

Quick question Sir. I see you’ve put red blobs on the shield bolts.  Is this to replicate the factory build process to show torqued .?

car looks fantastic btw

 

Graham

More to remind me that i've done them Graham.

16 minutes ago, Type911 said:

Your package will be with you tomorrow young man

Cheers Matt

15 minutes ago, R2D2 said:

BB, i had mine plated but just found they ended up looking rusty because of brake dust etc, a black coating helps hide this I found.

Yep it probably is more practical.

26 minutes ago, Busybee said:

Gorgeous. Ahh plate the calipers Andrew. Would look much better :)

Don't encourage my OCD Haith lol

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29 minutes ago, fat fuchs said:

Don't encourage my OCD Haith lol

😂 sorry Andrew 

45 minutes ago, R2D2 said:

BB, i had mine plated but just found they ended up looking rusty because of brake dust etc, a black coating helps hide this I found.

Wow. Would have expected it to be pretty durable. Black it is then FF. or maybe red 👿

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  • 1 month later...

Well after coming very, very close to selling the SC to fund the purchase of a pre-impact bumper 911S restoration project, I've decided to keep the car and leave the early stuff alone as the rust is on another level to IB's although the prices being asked doesn't reflect that.

So having made that decision, I've completed a couple more 'preventative maintenanace' jobs over the last week. Installing the hydraulic chain tensioner kit (thanks Matt) was the first task.

The first stage was removing the rear valance, silencer and engine tin wear to gain access to the chain covers. The dizzy also needed to be removed to gain access to one of the oil lines.

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Then removed the covers and fitted the new tensioners (after securing the chains in place)

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Then installed the new covers/gaskets plus gasket sealant for good measure...

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The engine is now less noisy so the old tensioners must have been getting tired so glad this is completed. Next up was to remove the valve covers to check the head studs and cure some minor oil dampness. Hands were too oil covered to pick up the iphone and get more pictures at this stage but all head studs OK and new gaskets now installed.

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Then removed the reflector to fit a new bumper seal using high temp adhesive rather than the self adhesive tape.

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  • 3 weeks later...

Few more jobs tackled last week. First up was a gearbox oil change followed by new gearbox mounts...

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Then removed the front screen as whoever installed it didn't get it seated correctly. Pleased to find a rust free screen recess which is quite unusual...

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Fitted the new Porsche seal and letting it settle for a while before re-fitting.

 

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  • 4 weeks later...

Fitted the screen but later decided to get a new green top tint item to replace the clear one that was in the car when purchased. Re-used the seal as it's only a few weeks old and popped in the new screen.

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Took the car down to Simply Porsche at Beaulieu on Sunday...not many IB's to see sadly

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1 hour ago, Busybee said:

Looking very nice Andrew. Can I ask where you got the screen from? That new seal trim too? 

Thanks Haith. 

I purchased the screen via AutoUmbau Ltd (no idea who their supplier is but it was manufactured by Saint-Gobain). The trims were the existing items.

Cheers

A

 

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