Special tools required for rebuild
 

Good morning everyone,

What special tools are required for a engine rebuild?

Thanks

David

What year?

Cam Holding Tool is a must and Stomski tool is awesome but the OEM tool work just as well my only mod was to wrap the socket so it centered in the OEM tool, works like a charm.

Z block and Dial for cam adjusting, two would be better to time both sides.

Rod and chain holding brackets or a helper when putting case back together.

Tapered Ring Compressor Tool, a must.

Wrist pin tool but I found small screw driver and proper technique works the best.

Depends on the engine

Why this instead of the cam bar tool/wrench? The cam tool is $60 on the internet. VS $160 for a one time use for the Stromski...

Is it that much better?

Hi David:

I would strongly suggest you purchase Wayne's book about rebuilding Porsche engines since it covers all the necessary equipment and tools you would need to rebuild your engine, if you haven't already done so.

Good luck with your build and do post pictures of your progress for our enjoyment.

Some things I found were almost required:

the porsche specific yoke for your engine stand
caliper and micrometers
Wayne's book
Z block
dial indicator
cam sprocket tool that works with your engine
Piston ring compressor tool
torque wrench
long 3/8" extension and 5mm hex bit for rocker shafts
triple square for flywheel bolts
exhaust barrel nut tool


There are probably more that I'm forgetting but I couldn't imagine doing it again without that stuff. And your normal toolbox full of all the normal stuff.

everything above and also a clutch centering tool, they usually come with the clutch disc. And the Special stromski tool for pulling the pin out of the indexing sprocket on the cams is just a spark plug with the little snap end screwed off.

The spark plug / index pin tool! I forgot that one.

On the clutch disc however, i didn't use a clutch alignment tool. By the time i was putting the trans back on after my rebuild I was just about sick and tired of ordering parts and tools so i left the pressure plate bolts just slightly loose (but tight enough to have friction on the disc), eyeballed the disc centered and then put the trans on until the input shaft was in the pilot bearing. The input shaft aligns the disc when its inserted so then i just removed trans and tightened the pressure plate bolts to spec.
That's an old trick i learned when I was a teenager and very hard on clutches! I probably changed the disc or flywheel every 6 mo in my old 240sx back then.

I have a bunch of clutch tools in my tool box. Every time I get a new one they send me a tool also. I think they only cost a couple dollars.

Yeah you can get an EMPI one from the local VW shop for under $5.