A Photo Diary of a top-end rebuild. Or, The Tale of a one-armed rebuild.

[Dixie]

Put seperate items like fasteners and catagory parts in a ziplock bag and label the bag with a sharpy. Clean them first......

Yup, I'm doin' the ziplock bag trick. But right now, I'm storing them dirty. I'm also a big proponent of putting the nuts and bolts back where they go after removing something. …Loosely of course.

[wilke3169]

When I pulled my engine I removed the bumper which buys quite a bit of clearance. Took just a few minutes +/- but it was worth the effort. I also only raised one side of the car after dropping the engine to crazy height to pull the engine out.

[Dixie]

Hi Kevin,

How did you remove the bumper? I thought about it, but it looked like a lot of work

[mark '87 930]

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[ipapilot]

Rob, not sure if those alternator boots are replaceable by Porsche, but I got new ones from a repair facility at the local airport. They are silicone, unlike the factory rubber, and should not tear like the factory ones. Don't forget to get new ones for the starter, too, if you need them.

[Mitch Leland]

Rob,

Here's a follow up on Brian's suggestion for neoprene electrical boots. It doesn't appear that Pelican carries them.

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/el/terminals.html

[911 tweaks]

Great post Mitch!!. What size do we need for our 911's? Can you post the complete p/n here for all to see?
Thanks, Bob

[DaddyGlenn]

Yeah Mitch. Thanks, thanks a lot.

You had to post that when I have the engine out. You just added to my while I'm in there list.

[Gunter]

Here is what I did for lifting:

Make sure you put large wedges under the front wheels before you lift.
Get a jack that has a lift height of at least 22", don't worry about the low range because you can pre-lift the car with jacking plates in the square holes under the doors.
Instead of jacking plates, I use regular 7/8" key stock 5" long, one on each side with Bottle Jacks.
Pre-lift the car a little at a time, place the wide-base stands under the T-bar covers.
Heights required: 32.5" from floor to underside of bumper will clear the engine to be rolled out on the floor jack. To obtain 32.5", I found that the T-bar covers will be 23.5" off the ground resting on my 5-ton jacks: VERY SOLID plus the Bottle Jacks!.
Center the large floor jack on the engine seam; the "Sweet spot" for balance is in front of the sump plate, NOT ON IT!
I made a plate from Ÿ” ply-wood with cut-outs to support/balance the engine/transmission on the jack; you can make one or buy the steel plate for this.

[Nickatnyt]

An oil change pit in your garage? Now that's a rarity.

Keep us updated...always great to see these 'rebuild' threads!

[Mitch Leland]

Bob,

Here's a break down of the different sizes I'll let you decide which is best for you. I might add the "E" dimension is the most important. If the "F" dimension is too big, I just put a tie wrap around it.

See ya,

[911 tweaks]

ok Mitch... I am being lazy... well sorta... I hurt myself yesterday at the F1 go-carts here in Boston... It will wurt if I attampt to go out to the shop and dig around for the Brown gnd wire to spec out what I need for these boots... from the dis assembly done last fall, I know I want to lenghten the wire as it was a bi^ch to take off the alt etc and the boot(s) were toast... thus, I need to find out the wire outer dia to fit through the "G" dimension & the wire lug dia to possibly also go through the "G" end but also work on the "D & E" dimensions.
If you know this I would greatly appreciate it as I want to order a bunch of these today from aircraft spruce... you know how it is, gotta get "something" done every day on the p-cars to keep up with things...
Thanks, signed wounded Bob

[Mitch Leland]

Wounded Bob,

I'm glad you're still alive, those rocket sleds go pretty fast with your butt 2" off the ground. I hope you'll be OK... How fast is fast?

You don't need a boot on the brown ground wire, it won't buy ya anything... You do need them for the positive cable at both the alternator and the starter. You'll need one size for the alternator and a larger size for the starter lead. I would just get some of the larger sizes, you'll be fine.

[Porsche_monkey]

Originally Posted by Nickatnyt

An oil change pit in your garage? Now that's a rarity.

Because they are typically illegal. For groundwater contamination and carbon monoxide reasons. Anyone I know that has one built it on the sly without a permit.

Not to imply that the one shown contravenes any applicable codes...

[911 tweaks]

mitch, the carts get uo to 45 mph max... I was told that the best technique to keep the speed up is to master the art of sliding through and around corners... well my slide turned into a right front corner of the cart hitting the wall at about 30!!! I will never forget that... then seeing all of the others closing in on me I thought I was history!!
I just bought 4 of ea size boot... spares I guess for when ever
Thanks Mitch and sorry everyone for the interuption to this post.
W.B.

[mthomas58]

It's just not right for this post to have fallen to pg 7! Anxiously awaiting an update and new pics. What's on the agenda for this weekend? Was thinking about this thread as I was adding yet another quart of oil this AM at the gas station.

BTW, I may have missed it but how may miles on the clock? (Duh! 98,000....got it!)

[Gertvr]

Good luck! subscribed

[Kroggers]

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[Dixie]

It's just not right for this post to have fallen to pg 7!

Unfortunately, I'm instructing at CMP this weekend. (Like that's a bad thing. ) However, doing so negates any engine work this weekend. But it's not that big a deal. I'm still waiting on my cam holder to show up. The one wilke3169 kindly lent me fits an SC, not a Carrera.

I will provide this bit of info instead. Here's what I've spent to date, not including shipping:

• $6.00 CV Joint Bolt(4)
• $81.75 Reverse Light Switch
• $72.00 Cam Bar tool
• $25.20 Exchanger Nut Tool
• $54.25 Thermo valve
• $163.19 Fuel line
• $16.00 Ball Socket Retaining Clip(4)
• $1.20 Cable Holder
• $194.00 Position Sensor (2, BMW)
• $73.75 Temprature Sensor
• $687.34 TOTAL

Notice I haven’t even gotten to the heads yet.
…I knew I'd have to keep "scope creep" under control.
…I knew the head work would be expensive.
…I knew I'd probably need a clutch.
What I didn't account for are the 20 year-old parts that would evaporate when touched.

[billybek]

Originally Posted by Nickatnyt View Post
An oil change pit in your garage? Now that's a rarity.
They banned them here years ago after some wac job started shooting at the cops from his pit...