Here goes...1st Engine Drop

[DaddyGlenn]

More explanation on the flywheel. It had been turned before so it was near it's limit and it was warped. There went another chunk of change.

More parts arrived today. Got my Swepco for the tranny and the pilot bearing and a couple of other items. I've got so many parts on order, I'm not sure what has arrived and what I'm waiting on.

My wife has been out of town visiting family since Saturday so on top of the virus thing (gone now) I've had to be the primary care-giver. I can't ask the kids to help yet. Their favorite tools are the hammer and wood rasp. Pounding and shredding are not things the motor needs.

The cleaning is pretty much done so I'm slowly putting it all back together. Once I get the engine and transmission attached I'll start rebuilding the CV joints. The way things are going, I'll bet I have another big bill there, too.

I guess the thing that bothers me the most is, I kinda thought I'd be spending this money on suspension mods next year not maintenance repairs this year.

I'm already planning a "lessons learned" thread after I'm done.

[DaddyGlenn]

You could say the Turkey Rod Run in in my area. Its held at my place of employment. I've never searched the turkey for Porsche parts though. Its mostly an old American iron thing. But you never know. I'd look this year but we are headed for the mountains in TN for the holiday.

[DaddyGlenn]

Donnie - the washers are M6 aluminum. I can't find anyone local who carries them. If you have half a dozen, I'd be happy to take them off your hands.

[TERRIBLEHONDO]

Glenn, I have a question regarding the wiring coming from the alternator. On my car from the alternator I have a short black wire that comes out with a connection on it under the red cover. I do not know what it was or is supposed to be hooked to. I have a brown wire that grounds on the engine. The bentleys book does not appear to match what I and mine does not appear hacked so I was wondering what yours was like.

[DaddyGlenn]

Terrible,

Do you have an external or internal voltage regulator? Picture?

[DaddyGlenn]

Here is a picture of my old alternator with an external regulator. The small black wire connects at the bottom. If you have an internal regulator, that wire is not used.

[TERRIBLEHONDO]

Glenn,
That was what I was wondering bentleys was calling black to external regulator and did not show one for internal I was wondering if mine had been changed to an internal type. Do you have a picture of your external regulators mounting position?
Mike

[DaddyGlenn]

I don't have a picture. It would be in the engine compartment (driver's side) next to the electronic ignition.

[TERRIBLEHONDO]

Glenn, Here is a picture of mine.

[DaddyGlenn]

Nope. No voltage regulator there.

[TERRIBLEHONDO]

Thats what I thought thanks

[DaddyGlenn]

OK, I need some knowledge....

I need to replace the seal around the shifter shaft on the transmission as well as the gasket around, what I will call, the transmission nose cone.

Any tricks to doing this cleanly? I am assuming it is an easy out-and-in seal replacement and just as simple off-and-on with the nose cone.

Please warn me if I'm in for surprises of any type.

Thanks in advance guys.

[DaddyGlenn]

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[dentist90]

Glenn, I believe it is just that simple. The shift rod seal is just pushed in from the front, lipped part facing internally. Use an appropriate sized socket to push it in and make sure it goes in evenly. There does seem to be varying opinion as to just how to treat the paper gasket before installation. JW recommends copper spraying both sides 1st, others like silicone-type gasket sealant (bugger to clean off next time), some suggest spraying the stud-side of the housing with WD-40 before assembly to make future cleanups easier. If there is any scoring/scratching of mating surfaces better to use a silicone sealant. Otherwise I'm going with just JW's advise to to spray copper gasket coating on the paper gasket ( I assume this is to fill micro-nicks in the mating surfaces). I'll be kicking myself later if the tranny starts to leak, though.

[DaddyGlenn]

Thanks Dentist. That was just in the nick of time. I had just broken the nuts loose and decided to take one more look here before going in. I went the silicon method.

Earlier today, I adjusted the valves. Most did not need any adjustments those that did, didn't need much. Of course, there is bad news. I found some pitting on the #3 exhaust cam lobe. Here is a picture. Anyone know how bad off I am? I wont fix it now but I imagine there is a new cam or a regrind in my future. The big question is when?

[p911sc]

Glenn,
Its hard to see in the picture. You may want to shoot it to John Dougherty, screenname camgrinder. When I was doing the rebuild I found some pretty bad pitting on several lobes of both camshafts. He can also give you an idea of cost. I sent my cams and the rockers to John for reconditioning. I was happy with the job he did.
Rick

[DaddyGlenn]

Thanks Rick. I'll send him a PM. But unless the prediction is catastrophic engine failure in the near future, I'm gonna let it go for now.

[DaddyGlenn]

I had a fairly good weekend. Of course I didn't get as much done as I had hoped. The valves are adjusted, engine tin is 90% painted, transmission has a new shifter shaft seal and two other gaskets were replaced plus it has a belly full of fresh swepco. I may be a bit "off" but I love the smell of gear oil.

I also started working on the CIS. the engine was running well so I will not worry about the injectors however, the sleeves and o-rings will get replaced. They just look old and the injectors pulled out very easily so I am suspect on how well they sealed.

It appears that I had a good bit of "blow-by." Anyone know if this is normal or if I have yet another problem to deal with.

[dweymer]

Glenn, that is on the intake side, of it is blowing back that bad you have a problem. My guess would be at some point a clogged oil breather line which lead to a baclup into the cis, or an overfill situation which lead to oil in the airbox.

[dentist90]

Yeah, my 84 throttle body is kinda black and gunky too. It comes from the engine and oil breather lines drawing up oil fumes from the crankcase and oil tank to burn them off. Overfilling your oil tank will give you instant yuck on your throttle as well as fog for mosquitos at the same time (too much oil all at once).
A good spray with O2 sensor friendly carb cleaner will spiff it up, but I worry about the dissolved gunk ending up coating the intake runners and valves. Usually you would have the engine running when you do this, but when you open the airbox to spray it the car runs like crap because of all the unmetered air getting in. I was thinking of packing lint-free shop towels under the throttle plate and then blasting. The towels will hopefully soak up the dirty spray so it doesn't get into the intake. Airbox and air flow meter you can just take outside and spray.