Winter Projects..Not Honey do, P-Car do

[cellison]

Who's doing what over the winter? Me:

1.) rebuild A/C compressor, new dryer and recharge
2.) fix power window
3.) recarpet
4.) basic maintenance

Charles
88 Cab

[dotorg]

1) Full suspension refresh
- new (used) torsions
- adjustable spring plate
- new koni's in the front to match the ones the PO put in the rear
- new bushings
- turbo tie rod kit
2) Rust chasing
- POR trunk. Its a big mess. Gas tank support is shot, but the tank isn't falling out. Getting someone to replace it is a spring task unless I find someone local who knows how to do it and wants to help for beer
- Examine some worrisome rust bubbles.
- Find a place that can color-match my paint, since I don't have a paint code.
- Touchup chips where the original white, or rust is peeking through
3) Some mechanical stuff
- Get temp gauge working
- If I'm feeling adventurous, drop engine, refresh tranny.
- Plan for a spring tuneup (adjust valves, clean and adjust carbs, see if I can fix the idle, etc)
4) Misc body stuff
- Replace windshield and rear window seals, quarter window seals, misc other seals.
- Upgrade rear lighting. Its spotty at best, and way too dim.
- Fix drivers window once and for all. Sometimes it goes up and down, sometimes it doesn't.
5) Spring planning.
- Find local shop who can fab a roll bar for the car assuming it'll be less than the crazy $900 they seem to be for the SWB based cars from tuner shops.

[cellison]

You have much longer winters than we do!
Charles
88 Cab

[Raynald]

Hello
for me this winter will be for small project, i will remplace all black trims for chrome, i have winter time for find part missing or if you have it for sale let me know ...
Ray

[dean]

EFI and center mounted oilcooler. And maybe shroud headers for heat

[efhughes3]

1. Recaros
2. RS carpet kit
3. Roll bar
4. Harnesses
5. A/C

My wish list in order. Everything but the A/C is probable.

[n8marx]

Long enjoyable winter up here. Some projects are smaller than others.

1. Good buff job and many coats of wax
2. Polish/paint Fuchs
3. Adjust Valves
4. Rebuild Calipers (again)
5. Fix rattling window tracks
6. Fix rattling sunroof
7. Fix squeaky dash vent
8. Lube or replace clutch cable
9. Refurb Tachometer trim ring (got a dent)
10. Headlight relay kit and Euro H4s w/ High wattage bulbs
11. Replace rotor/cap/plug wires
12. New oil pressure sender
13. Design/build strut tower brace
14. Rebuild air cond. compressor and recharge system
15. Seine systems shift gate kit
16. New stereo (head unit. speakers, wiring)
17. Shocks?

Does Pelican sell a/ A/C compressor rebuild kit? Does anyone?

[Matt7084]

1. Fix defrosters
2. Fix doorlocks
3. Fix sunroof.
4. New steering wheel w/ turbo tie
5. Fix/New rear sway bar

already removed my entire door panel and still cant see whats wrong with the freaking driver side door locks!! randomly works on and off!

-matt 86 911 Coupe

[Alan Cottrill]

not much...

engine rebuild, already out and tore down.

remove all evidence of air conditioning.

[Zeke]

Originally posted by cellison
Who's doing what over the winter

Where do I start? Sigh

[bkrygier]

I have just started my project.
Remove engine and tranny, replace all of the dried and cracked stuff there is on a 20 yeart hat needs replaced and clean and detail engine compartment and underbody.
I have taken out my axles and taken apart my cv joints. the grease was really bad inside. I have read up on the things to do when the engine is out, hope i don't forget anything. I will add pics later.
I am leaning on taking my airconditioning completly out. Don't know yet, but it sure shows the engine off better and dosn't work anyway
bk
83 cab

[Leland Pate]

I'm just starting to put together a list.
It's gonna be fun!

[clnilsen]

Hmm

1) Carerra Oil Cooler
2) Front Bumper Smile Strip Replace
3) Backdate Heating
4) New Seatbelts and brey krause fire extringuisher mount
5) Exhaust if I'm lucky... :-)

Chuck

[Pat S]

Project 1: Drive
Project 2: Drive more.

I spent my summer doing an unplanned rebuild. I plan to drive on every nice day I can this winter.

[kepperly]

New halfs shafts, rear wheel bearings, new shorter studs to fit
1" spacer instead of 1 3/8" to be able to run 275x40 tire without the ocaasional chirp. PS I have made a tool to remove the rear
wheels bearings without removeing the swing arm, when I'm done I would either sell or rent it to anyone on this board.

Keith Epperly

[Erakad]

Let's see:

1. Just fixed headlight washers
2. Rear window defroster
3. Fix power mirrors
4. Vent cables
5. Fix AC
6. 1 more hose for heater system
7. Oil Change
8. Valve adjust
9. Timinig adjust
10. Re-dye seats and door panels
11. Buff and Wax....buff and wax some more...then more

[Shaun @ Tru6]

84
- Fix wiper motor
- paint front and rear bumpers, duck tail, and if I ever get the rest of the interior back from Original Fit, that goes in too.
- interior light
- driver door hinge strengthener

69
- wire brush front trunk and underbody, then POR-15 the whole thing
- Momo Prototypo
- reset dash

71
- learn to weld
- cut rear quarters off
- weld in new front pan and rear longitudinals
- strip entire car (what's left)
- weld on SC quarters
- learn to paint
- paint car smoke blue
- Chuck's bearings on Carrera F/R suspension (powdercoat suspension)
- big bars (torsion and sway)
- all glass becomes plastic
- carbon front hood
- carbon R fenders
- glass S bumper
- carbon rear bumper
- carbon ducktail
- rollcage
- 3.2/915/oil lines with Chuck's big mouth install
- fuel cell
- seat and belts
- fire extinguisher

[geof33]

Most of my project is done... Pics soon...

Color sand, buff, buff, buff, polish, polish, wax.... (I'm really liking my Porter Cable variable buffer!!!!

Carrera side script

New steering wheel, rare momo martini two spoke...

Might redo my "new to me" Fuchs.

Relocate wiper reserviour.

corner balance/align