Tony,
Thanks again for the offer and hope to get you down on a Saturday before March. The engine stand is great!

Cheers,

Bill

NoYouRelax.... touche.. any time I have the opportunity to put the bumper in the dining room, I can't pass it up....... nice... I will post it when I do it.!

[B]A Bad News Update.... While prepping for a valve adjustment, I felt the engine mechanically lock as I turned the crank. I was able to rotate it freely about 270 degrees. I turned the engine on the stand to cylinder vertical position and the locking cleared. When I turned the engine back to horizontal, the rotation locked again..... Time to map out which cylinder is creating the binding and get a borescope. Many folks in the engine rebuild forums talk about chains bunching up. Not sure mine could as they are under good tension.

Razzzmm Frazzmmm

Is it possible that something fell into an intake port while you were disassembling and is now keeping a vale open and not allowing the piston to go to TDC? I am thinking that because the engine turns normally when you rotate it on the stand, so something is loose and moves with gravity...

Zippy... That is what I am guessing to. I hope my engine pukes it up with some tumbling on the stand, but more likely I will have to look for the smoking gun....most likely with a borescope.

Shop vac is your friend BTDT

And gravitvity JJ... LOL Will snoop and vacuum tonight.

What was your verdict on your Flywheel mine looks the same and is now going to the scrap heap. Advised that taking metal off it could cause chatter. If your buying new what did you buy OEM or a light weight one?

B15 AAL, Machinist noticed that the flywheel had been cut once previously and saved me money by not doing exploratory cutting. He saw the surface cracks as end of life, its time to shop. I am not sure what a light weight flyweel gets me and maybe its a track thing. I am thinbking OEM flywheel.

Crisis averted! I found a washer where the #3 cylinder spit it into the exhaust. I will inspect that valve soon for damage. Wheeewww!!!

Fingers crossed! ;)

Seems like more scrubbing than fixing so far but parts are starting to roll in. I bought a handy steam cleaner by Vapor Clear to help with the cleaning....awesome for detailing. Engine, transmission and engine caompartment scrubbed. I have to admit, as I scrubbed the engine and and transmission I hit the wall and said good enough! Pebble Beach is not calling me and I want to drive again SOON!

BTW I had to steam clean something inside the house before my wife realized it was for my project alone.

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My friend gave me this but he wants it back when he get another 911.

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Super clean engine and tranny - nice job. Was the steam cleaner responsible, or was it a combination of things? I just spent my day cleaning the top side of my dropped engine, I'm ready to go get myself a steamer based on your results.

GK

Engine cleaning.......
 

Bill,

What type of 'steamer' did you get? Could you post a picture? This could save me a lot of man-hour degreasing and cleaning engine & trans. Thanks.

Tony

I still used light degreaser and steam and lots of detail brushes.

I bought a Vapor Clean IV model (not cheap) works well for heavy household application or maybe light comercial. Continuous fill is a key feature ove the next model down.

Meet The Vapor Clean IV Vapor Steam Cleaner - YouTube

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Tony,
I would gladly let you try mine before you decide to buy one.

Bill

Smoove...If they rent these units somewhere it would be great. However, I think I will find enough household applications to justify this model. It is dangerously hot compared to your standard household models.