so this is how a backdate project starts...

[SpyderMike]

Thanks Tagamaynila! The car is great. Of course, I started another project on it. I am putting in electric AC using a hybrid of stock, Griffiths and Classic Retrofit parts. You can find that project here:

1985 AC project

I took a couple of months off to travel and have fun, but I will be back to it soon.

Thanks for checking in. If you have any questions...feel free to reach out.

[tagamaynila]

SpyderMike, good to know you car car is doing great. By the way it looks awesome. The other thing I like is that you post a new thread when you do other things. This way it is keeps things organized. Very much like everybody who has a Gbody our AC needs to be updated. For sure I will be following this new AC thread, fascinated and learning along the way.

[SpyderMike]

Thanks again! I really like this site for all the information that is available. I just try to pay back by posting things I think might help, even if it a mistake I have made, and to do it in a way that might be easy to find.

I hope my hybrid AC works, but, if it doesn't, I will keep at it until it does!

[SpyderMike]

So far, the new hybrid AC system works! I am now in the "dial it in phase"...and waiting for warmer weather.

[SpyderMike]

Due to the new AC system equipment location, I needed to come up with a windshield washer system. I finished it today and here it is:

https://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/1162210-my-1985-windshield-washer-hack.html#post12256552

Total cost around $25.

[SpyderMike]

And the process keeps moving along. The AC system still works great with no issues. For a while I have heard the groan in the front while coming to a stop or a slow turn. I am pretty sure I know what it is. I think the last front bearing change was in the early 1990s somewhere between 100k and 150k miles.

Anywho I got the new parts in from Pelican and started the process of taking everything apart. What a mess! The races are a bigger and I will be using my grill to heat things up as I only got one out with a hammer/drift method. I have got to clean the part too.

So far, things look good for 250,000 miles and 40 years!

[SpyderMike]

Today was door day. I haven't had door stops/stays for years while I looked for something cool. I finally got tired of not finding anything and decided to just install some OEM ones. I did do the modification of trimming back the black rubbers. I also used bolts at the body flanges. Both doors have a nice feel to them without pops.

[SpyderMike]

Did I mention it was door day? I also rebuilt the strikers while I was at it. Nothing fancy, just new plastic inserts.




Now I see that my driver's door needs adjustment as the top is a hair out further from the bottom. That might be why I always need to close it twice with the second being a slam.

That goes on the TO DO list as next in line.

[TastyReuben]

^ this has been on my to do list for a while. What bit is used to remove the striker plates though?

[SpyderMike]

I used an M8 12 point metric:

[SpyderMike]

Here is the video I watched to understand how to do it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVInAg3_KIA

[SpyderMike]

Well, my newish fuel sender seemed to be failing. I spent some time troubleshooting it and figured it out.

The cause of failure was that the float does not float. It moves fine once out of the tank, is it is not getting stuck in the tube. The float must be absorbing fuel as it rests wherever it is when placed into the tank. This was verified by removing the outer tube and observing it not rise when placed into the 3/4 full talk.

Luckily I kept the original which was failing due to the tube being a bit out of shape...the float physically jamming in the tube. I swapped the original tube for the new one and it seems to be indicating properly.

Time will tell. I notified the seller. It was a JP Group Dansk sender PN 90174180100-MFG350.