The Beginning of another project - 911 SC NB RS

[jjeffries]

Nice job on all this work. Very cool. John in CT.

[wachuko]

Originally Posted by jjeffries

Nice job on all this work. Very cool. John in CT.

Thank you John!

On other news. Sunroof is done:



And in the process, found the sunroof tool I could not find earlier...

[wachuko]

I think I answered my own question... I was not clear on what I was looking at... I thought the PO messed up both ends of the taillight harness... but I went to the garage and removed it and the second harness is fine... it is the section that goes to the actual light bucket the one that needs work at the end of it (where it would go into the light buckets), the plug that mates with the rest of the harness in the car is fine...

I should be able to rebuild this harness...





Need to go to the local VW place and see if they have this grommet for the wires as they go into the rear cover... and then figure out what wire goes where...

[wachuko]

Rear torsion bars arrived!

[Cairo94507]

I love the color you have chosen. Your work is outstanding. Glad your son is involved in the build too - very cool experience for him and you.

[wachuko]

Originally Posted by Cairo94507

I love the color you have chosen. Your work is outstanding. Glad your son is involved in the build too - very cool experience for him and you.

That is the best part of all of this... seeing my son getting involved with the project.

[wachuko]

So I started to work on replacing the master cylinder for the 930 unit the PO had in one of the boxes of parts that came with the car...

Assembly removed:



Some rust that turned out to be just surface rust from some leak of previous master cylinder...







Inside everything looked great



Painted using caliper paint that I had left over from the caliper reconditioning:



Open the box... guess what? Not the correct 930 master cylinder... crap... Needs to be Part #: 930-355-011-03.. order placed for the correct m/c...

[wachuko]

Since I need to wait for the master cylinder to get in... figured I would work on the tail lights wiring...

Old ones donated the internal wiring. Took a few photos for reference... to make sure I new where everything went... harness was easy to match since the PO did female/male different on each side... that was good...

Old units were in pretty bad shape...







Units donated by Douglas, pretty darn good!!



Let's move the wires over...

[wachuko]

Got the hardware back from yellow zinc plating! Now I can finish the rear suspension!!!



Yeah...could not resist to include the Porsche wrenches in the batch, lol

[wachuko]

Originally Posted by Modifier02

I love getting crusty parts back all zinc'd and pretty. Who do you send yours to? I have a place but haven't used them in a few years and may need a backup.

I am in Orlando, FL... I use Seminole Metal Finishing (Seminole Metal Finishing Inc | Seminole Metal Finishing Inc). Very happy with their work. But this batch, with all the parts that needed baking, and because some were so dirty, and add to that the rubber pieces from the bushings that were stuck to the torsion bar pieces (and I did try to clean that as much as I could, but they had to sandblast a lot of these parts)... it was not cheap...:crying:

A few more photos. Can't wait for the weekend to start!

[wachuko]

I had to sort everything...



This also came in yesterday. Correct 930 master cylinder:



Installed on booster with new hoses:



Also installed the rear e-brake... but I am ordering new E Brake Expanders... I knew those might be on their last leg... but once I saw them back from plating, I can now clearly tell that those need to be replaced... And I know...I need to remove it all to install those e-brake expanders but I had to take the photo





I also need to call Seminole Metal Finishing... I am missing the bottom part for the engine lid lock upper assembly. In the photo I just used a washer to hold the spring in place...



Correct parts in this photo...



First time something like this happens, and I have taken very small stuff... hopefully they find it...

More baby steps... installed the rear engine lid lock lower part...

[wachuko]

Had to go out to get new lock washers for the spring plates..



Installed the front lower and upper lock mechanism







Now working on the front lights to connect all that and be done with the front wiring...

[wachuko]

Finishing the brake master cylinder install...



Lines and plugs connected...





All connected inside...



That is all for tonight...

[wachuko]

One down... one to go...



And this is back together... had to buy a used one to take the part and install it here...



Also, got these this morning:



Now to finally finish the rear brakes and mounting the tail lights!!

Removed center reflector, installed missing clips... installed rubber trim/seal between bumper and car...



Installed center reflector and one of the side tail lights... One side done...







Don't forget the wiring... plug in place



And car harness plugged in...

[wachuko]

Engine lid upper lock in place...



Replaced the expanders... I had to use the new spring as the old one was bad....






And installed the hub... one of them... the other one, I messed up the bearing (just placed an order for another one from here) ... the hub pushed the half of the race out as I was installing it... my mistake...



Now to continue with the driver side of the tail light... finishing the harness tonight... I thought the car had the correct lock nut... I guessed wrong... so I had to also order two more of those...

I also order a set of horns since the one in the car were broken...

Back to the garage...

[wachuko]

I was able to replace the damaged bearing... I am getting good at this

Removed everything again...







New one ready to go in...



I have really put this tool to good use...







Had to use the puller again to remove the race from the hub...



E-brake assembly goes back in place...



And this time I used the same tool that I used to extract and install the bearing, to install the hub... everything went in smooth, no risk of pulling out half of the race from the bearing... I am ashamed of grabbing the 3lb mallet to do the first install... what a stupid idea that was...

[RobWeiss]

Very impressed with this build and what you're able to accomplish. Also, I do my best work the second time around

[wachuko]

Originally Posted by RobWeiss

Very impressed with this build and what you're able to accomplish. Also, I do my best work the second time around

I am learning so much just by pure repetition


Well... parts came in... I am afraid to say it... but here it goes... NOW I have all the parts to finish the rear suspension and tail lights ...




Also, could not resist and bought two more 964... from a fellow rennlister...

1:14





Next to my 1:43 scale 993 C2S Vesuvius Metallic

[wachuko]

Baby steps... with the new special nuts, installed the driver's side tail light.

[wachuko]

Baby steps... installed new wing nuts for the cover...



Also... I decided to replace the other bearing as well... feel better now. They both turn smoothly and there are no weird noises...

Installed the Elephant racing rear torsion bars and stock spring plates... this was fun as I forgot what nuts were supposed to be used... had to look at many photos to figure it out... and not sure on the direction of the two bolts that go to the arm... some photos have those entering from behind, others from the front... my car, looking at the before photos, had one going in one direction and the other one in the opposite direction









Now to install the calipers and brake lines...