The Beginning of another project - 911 SC NB RS

[wachuko]

Originally Posted by kkinzli

This looks like an awesome project!

I take my hat off to you... nothing close to what you have done with yours

A few more from today. All glass comes out Saturday. I then remove the dash to recover in leather and get the instrument/ gauges off to have him paint the instrument panel the same color as the exterior:

[wachuko]

While Alejandro worked on fixing the rust in the lower part of the front fenders, I took out all the heater/blower parts and removed the dash and instrument cluster.

Before:



Work in progress:



And my work... Easy to just remove stuff... the tricky part is to be able to put it all back together when the time comes

[wachuko]

Found a few photos of the color we want for the project:





What the tank will look like once it is done... TRE should be shipping the Center Fuel Fill kit any day now.



And the exhaust system I want to install... I can't use the new oil line that the car came with for this setup.



Part numbers for the oil lines needed:

911-107-739-10



and

911-107-729-10

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Center filled kit came in today!!



And a few photos of the work on the front fenders... rusted areas cut, and new metal in place.

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Rennline pedals are in!! Forgot to order the Throttle extensions, duh! I still want a few more items from them so those will come in the next package...

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Alejandro working on fixing the rusted areas...











Looks much better now...



The bottom of the passenger side door does not look that good... I ordered the following from our host to repair it:



SIC-531-012-10 - Door Skin Bottom 6-inch Repair Panel (Right), 911 (1965-89)
SIC-531-026-00 - Door Bottom Repair Panel (Right), 911 (1965-89)

[mmari270]

Damn Money Bags!!

[wachuko]

Repair panels for the passenger door arrived. Will take them Saturday to the shop.

[saxen]

more More MOre MORe MORE!!!!!!! keep up the great work, cant wait to see how this turns out

[wachuko]

Engine stand ready to so that I can split the engine from the transmission and mount it in the stand to have better access. Need to remove broken exhaust bolts, install new (older style) oil lines in preparation for the headers and exhaust.

[wachuko]

Originally Posted by saxen

more More MOre MORe MORE!!!!!!! keep up the great work, cant wait to see how this turns out

You can't wait? Imagine me!!! I have all the parts ready to go! (well, still need to order the exhaust and the seats)

[wachuko]

Oh boy.... I hope we get it right the first time...

Work has started on the install of the center filled setup...

[wachuko]

Car has the center fuel filler installed!! A few photos:

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That was the short update... here is the more detailed one...

First measured the center of the hood line... moved that to the tank and drilled the hole in the tank...







Then marked the hood ( for both of these steps, a plumb-bob came in handy). Alejandro cutting the hole in the hood:







Let's test height... remember to use the rubber gasket for the last test..

[wachuko]

Last few checks before welding in place:



Let's do this...





After bending the metal around where the fiber glass finishing ring goes... some epoxy to hold it in place...

[saxen]

looking good!!!!!

[wachuko]

Back to the project...

I wanted to break apart the transmission from the engine to mount the engine on a stand and be able to work with some broken exhaust bolts, get the oil lines back dated, and have it ready for when I get the exhaust system that I want. I also wanted to inspect the clutch's conditon.

Good news is that it was easy to take it apart. And from inspecting the clutch, fork, etc, everything seems to be new.

Thank you for those that responded on my previous thread on questions about how to take it apart.

First I needed to remove the two tensioning springs...







Removed the starter, the nuts holding the case to the engine... put the transmission jack... and slide out the transmission. I am so happy that it did not give me a fight.





Clutch fork, gaskets, o-rings, all looks to be new...





Surface rust on the pressure plate...



And clutch disk also looks to be new...



Now I just need to move the engine to the stand so that I can work with removing the old exhaust and broken exhaust bolts.

[Justin@Athens]

Looks like a great build. You are making it all look so easy, and working so quick!

[wachuko]

Originally Posted by Justin@Athens

Looks like a great build. You are making it all look so easy, and working so quick!

So far it has been going well... I would not say fast... wished the body and paint were done... But thank you for the kind words.

Moved engine from hydraulic table to the engine stand.







Broken exhaust bolts/studs. Exhaust Stud Repair Tool ordered from Christian... looks like I will make good use of it...



Lots of WD-40 and hoping these come out...

[wachuko]

Oil line ordered (911-107-739-10-M127) :



Also ordered the Clutch Arm Helper Spring and Backlash Spring for when I install the transmission back to the engine. And I ordered the Expandable Oil Return Tube Kit in case I mess up the return tube next to the oil line...

Everything should be here next week.