My first 911 valve job

[911Jarle]

Hello guys!

Getting the 911 on my two post lift this friday, to do a valve adjustment and oil change... How many hours should I reckon to use on this?
I'm starting friday evening, needs to be done before monday morning work time

Looking forward to working on the car!!

Done valves on my Lambo and Maser, so technically I don't think there will be issues.

Thanks guys..

Cheers, Jarle

[Rot 911]

Your first time, doing it right and double checking everything: 3 hours.

[911Jarle]

Originally Posted by Rot 911

Your first time, doing it right and double checking everything: 3 hours.

Thanks! Will certainly double check everything. Sounds like I have plenty of time then.

Got the special feeler, gaskets and all..
The aircon compressor needs to be moved out of the way I guess, looks kind of cramped in that area...

Will read through the Pelican articles on it!

Thanks..

Cheers, Jarle

[rallen911]

Jarle,

It sounds like you are more experienced than I am, so I am guessing that you will do better than I'm doing.

I haven't had any real problems, just a lot of questions. I'm in about 8 hours, so far. I have lots of interruptions too, though.

Good Luck!

[LakeCleElum]

2 to 3 hrs; more toward 3 for the 1st time. Just so you have your lingo correct, you are doing a valve "adjust", not valve "job". Valve job indicates pulling the heads and all.......Good luck.......

[kidrock]

don't be surprised if it takes more than 3 hours. But if you've done Lambo and Maser valves, I'd imagine a P-car should be a fairly simple procedure.

Did you mention the year of your car? You will need to move the A/C compressor, and if you have a '84-'89, you'll need to remove the heater blower motor too.

[911Jarle]

Originally Posted by LakeCleElum

2 to 3 hrs; more toward 3 for the 1st time. Just so you have your lingo correct, you are doing a valve "adjust", not valve "job". Valve job indicates pulling the heads and all.......Good luck.......

Sorry, lingo problems. No valve job that I know of
Just valve adjustment...

If I reckong 5 hours, I should be on the safe side!

Cheers, Jarle

[911Jarle]

Originally Posted by kidrock

don't be surprised if it takes more than 3 hours. But if you've done Lambo and Maser valves, I'd imagine a P-car should be a fairly simple procedure.

Did you mention the year of your car? You will need to move the A/C compressor, and if you have a '84-'89, you'll need to remove the heater blower motor too.

Hey!

It's a 79, so heater blower is situated in the left wing, out of the way.
Ac vompressor though, needs to be moved out of the way I think.

Thanks!

Cheers, Jarle

[WIL84911]

Scraping those old gaskets is the pits.... hopefully you won't have any like I did.

[burgermeister]

I took 6+ hours for my first adjustment ... and I got it wrong, so I had to redo it. It's a PITA, I don't care what anyone says. I can do it in 4 hours now ...

[MindtrapX]

I'm due for one myself. Just got my ECM back a few weeks ago from 911Chips, now it's time for the caliper rebuild & vavle adjust. It'll be my first time as well. Let us know how it goes!

[80-911SC]

my first took two weekends but i had issues, found a c clip in the cover that i had to figure out what it came from, wound up being the timing chain link, put the clip back and done, about 7k later and checked three time did last adjust in about 3

(in my first i also took out engine tin and a lot that didn't need to come out but
WHILE I WAS IN THERE ...... famous last words )

[Hugh R]

Do the exhaust first at least you can see them and figure out what you're going to do blind on the intakes.

[rallen911]

I just finished my first valve adjustment. I've turned the crankshaft a few times now, and they are ready to be checked. I gave up on trying to find a "baseline" to figure out the feel, because they were all too tight to get the gauge into.

[Canada Kev]

Originally Posted by kidrock

Did you mention the year of your car? You will need to move the A/C compressor, and if you have a '84-'89, you'll need to remove the heater blower motor too.

I don't need to remove the heater blower on my '87, but the ducting does have to come out. Removes with one or two screws.

[Canada Kev]

Originally Posted by rallen911

I just finished my first valve adjustment. I've turned the crankshaft a few times now, and they are ready to be checked. I gave up on trying to find a "baseline" to figure out the feel, because they were all too tight to get the gauge into.

Yeah, I had/have issues with that, too - just can't get the damn feeler back in after I remove it on a properly adjusted valve. The last time I did an adjustment, I used the back side method to check all the valves. I check them first so that I don't bother to "fix" something that's already adjusted properly, and then again after if I make changes.

[CCM911]

And don't be afraid to losen the adjustment to get the feeler in place, and then adjust. It will save you a bunch of time as well as blades on your feeler gauge.

[rallen911]

On my '86, I had to "fold" the AC compressor onto the fender and removed the heat duct, but not the motor.

[gtc]

Mine almost always take more than 3 hours... but I like to take my time.

[911pcars]

Fairly simple job, but the hours are there. If done correctly, owners can save some significant dollars compared to a repair shop doing it. BTW, what's the going rate for reference purposes?

Sherwood