Engine Misc Grommets

[earossi]

Just about done with my 3.6 motor rebuild and down to the few miscellaneous items that need to be done.

First, the O-ring kit I purchased does not include the two O-rings for the banjo fitting on the power steering pump. Sunset says they have to come from Germany! Does anyone have the specs on these two seals so that I can purchase them locally?

Second, accelerator linkage grommets. On the rear end of the throttle cable there are two grommets......both in need of replacing. I am "assuming" that one of them is the grommet that mounts in the rear engine tin where the cable passes through the tin. And, there is a bracket attached just below the throttle crank that appears to be in need of another grommet. In talking to Sunset, they said that neither grommet is available separately and must be purchased with the entire throttle cable at a cost of about $150 which is absurd. Does anyone know a source for either or both grommets and can you provide me some description of how or where the grommets actually mount; or, are my "guesses" above correct.

[HawgRyder]

Any time I need grommets...I go to McMaster-Carr.
They have thousands of them...in SAE and Metric sizes.
ALso...be advised...they come in different materials....choose something that is immune to oil.
Bob

[earossi]

Still haven't resolved my issue with procuring the two grommets that are used on the end of the accelerator cable, on a 3.6 installed in a 993. Surely someone else has run into this same problem?

Also, I assume that one of the grommets is for the pass through the rear engine tin. What is the second grommet needed for? There is a bracket attached just below the throttle bell crank that receives the end of the cable. Might that second grommet be meant to mount in that bracket? For some reason, I did not document the removal of these two grommets, and want to get them right because of access after the motor is installed.