Good point by dickster 'bout gluing the nuts on the valve adjustment tool. My first time I nearly lost one of them in there. After that I snugged them up real tight and put some locktite on 'em. It's not a bad idea to have an extra blade for the tool as well. Until I got used to getting the tool in the gap, breaking the oil film, I was putting a lot of stress on and bending the blade and needed to replace it because it cracked. You might want to practice on the exhaust valves, laying on your back in a comfortable position where you can get a good view of the task at hand. And definitely go through and check each one a second time, just to be sure.

Also my car had some sort of black gasket sealer on the head and valve cover mating surfaces, from a long ago valve adjustment. I found than a brass wire brush dipped in mineral spirits (cleaning solvent) dissolved it into thick liquid I could just wipe off. I didn't feel comfortable trying to scrape it off, plus access was very limited.

Good luck,

Its very comfortable to work when you jack the car up and remove the wheels. I try to lift the end up as high as I can for the bottom adjustments and bring it back down abit for the top. Alittle extra effort, but saves your back, gives you a much better view of the valves from the standpoint of the heat exchangers being close and the lower valve covers are easier to install. I have the Heet Sheets, so I have to get better access to get them on.

Ditto, on draining oil the night before when the engine is warm.........let it drip out both plugs overnight..........you'll get it all. The 2.4 is a breeze to turn without removing the plugs..........why open six conduits to destruction??? especially if your using that erector set of a feeler guage!..........leave the plugs in, but replace after the adjustment and before the covers go backon. No doubt its time consuming and I always find myself tightening other things up down there, but overall the sense of accomplishment is DYNAMITE!!! Always have a magnet ready with that screw on feeler gauge.

Regards
Bob
73.5T
:rolleyes:

Guys,

Thanks for all your advice and encouragement!!!

I've just finished jacking her up and removing the rear wheels, in a minute I'm gonna get the oil draining (bit too hot at the moment) and then later tonight I'll have the valve covers off so should all be set for the morning!!

Cheers,

Tim.
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hey guy, you getting a head start on me?? i'm still at work here:(

good luck;)

Hee Hee!

One of the advantages of tele-commuting!!;)

Just drained the oil, checked a few of the valve cover nuts and they all seem to turn fine (without the studs turning as well!).

1HR 40M till 5PM buddy!

Cheers,

Tim.
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1983 SC Targa

That crazy avatar thing you have scares me. I think I had a nightmare about it.

tim,

how'd you go tonight?

took me 2 hours prep.

pulled 3 studs by the premuffler:(

loads of black silicon on the studs/nuts as well, to stop oil leaks i guess. hope i dont need to repeat that.

found out why a return tube is leaking as well - one of the o rings is damaged (from when it was fitted by the look of it).

looks damn clean inside though.:)

Dickster,

Things went OK, got both of the lower valve covers off, pulled about 6 studs in total, I'll be loctiting them back in tomorrow!!

Looking forward to a productive and stress-free day!

I'll re-post once I'm done, although it looks like I'll be spreading the job over most of the day so may not be until the evening.

GOOD LUCK and may the force be with you!

Cheers,

Tim.
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1983 SC Targa

is it necessary to loctite the studs in??

i was just going to put them straight back.

btw - thought i'd get an early start to get ahead:p

no, damn cat just woke me up for food, every morning 5.30am:eek:

guess i'll be prepared for the the days when i got kids running around........(NOT):D

tim

i just finished at 5.30 (started about 10) bar putting the rear wheels back on and tidying the garage!

that can wait til morning - the footie is about to start.

had 3 pulled studs to sort out and the oil return tube was a sob.

stopped for lunch.

car runs and sounds great i must say. i had one or two tight ones, most were very slightly loose, and a couple ok.

how'd the f@ do you refill with oil/check level etc when its stone cold??

hope it went well for you, look forward to the details;)

Dickster,

Finished mine at about 5.30 as well!!

Went pretty much according to plan and my motors definitely running alot quieter now, although one of the valves is still a little bit 'tappy'. I reckon about 50% were loose and the other 50% were fine. I found that exhaust valve #6 was the hardest to adjust, not sure why???

I'm so glad I bought a pack of feeler blades, I used all 3! They seem to bend quite easily, making them hard to fit into the next valve.

The worst problem I hit was trying to get the spark plugs out with my standard plug socket tool. It hasn't got a rubber insert and I rapidly gave up, I'm gonna have to get the proper tool. Whilst I was delving around I found a split in one of my CIS vacumn hoses so I fixed that while I was in there.

As far as checking the oil level when cold I just made sure that I put the same amout of oil in as what came out! Mine took two large bottles of magnatec (9 litres in total).

In the morning I've just got to get the wheels back on and replace the fuel filter then I'll take it out for a spin to enjoy all that extra power that the valve adjustment has unleashed!!

For all you lot out there who are wary about adjusting your own valves don't worry, just do it! once you get going you'll soon be able to judge when the valves feel right and it's a great feeling when you start the engine and you can hear the fruit of your labour!

Cheers,

Tim.
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1983 SC Targa

sounds good tim.

nah, the most difficult would be inlet no 3 but lucky it didn't need adjustment;) htf do you get in there :mad:

i still got two unused blades:p

had to be done with the wheels off - much more psace to work in.

glad thats over for a couple of years.:)

Well done guys.....sounds like a job well done.
Good result last night too heh ?

damn lucky - very poor performance:)

It was pretty shocking stuff wasn't it - like a game of 11 year old school boys playing on a soggy, wintery wednesday afternoon. But hey, it's the result that counts.

Dickster where do you live ? Anywhere near Guildford ?
If so, have you seen the 935 'Moby Dick' in Martini racing colours positioned in the front window of Porsche AFN Guildford.
What a beauty !!!

Apart from losing the tappety sound, have either of you guys noticed any performance change or increase in smoothness since adjusting the valves ? Although it isn't really a good day to be taking the P-car out for a 'spin' (spin being the operative word)today I must admit......

Well done guys, sounds like it all went to plan.

The sense of achievement is great. I know from a couple of weeks ago. For me no 3 was the worst to get to...

Deeks, where abouts are you, I live in Guildford, I went past there today actually but AFN seemed to be undergoing some construction work. I must admit to not looking that closely in the window.

You're not a red E/F reg carrera by any chance, I have spotted one quite a few times now.

Cheers Jakes

Hey Siena911,

I live in Worplesdon, just north of Guildford.
I'm a green 1974 3.0 RSR (In my dreams).......

Unfortunately I'm not even a Porsche owner.... yet. I'm going back to study Chiropractic for 5 years so I'm scaping my ££££ together and still driving my trusty 106 Rally. As soon as I graduate though I'll be in the market for a 204bhp 1982/3 SC and ready to join the SCWDP...... sorry.

However, I don't know if the red 3.2 Carrera isn't my uncle's ? It's a 1989 (F registration) mint condition car normally driven around Cobham or Guildford. Growing up with that car, and his previous sandy yellow 3.0 Carrera were the reasons that I now visit this website everyday ..... and am now dying to own one myself !!

:rolleyes:

I know what you mean about AFN Guildford. I never really check it out too closely since normally it's just stocked up with boring old 996's - but I think they might have Moby Dick on loan from PCGB.

Do you know of any 911 events around Guildford ? Are you a member of any local clubs ?

I went down to a 928 meet in Hindhead last week with my friend and his old man (928's are an old mans car after all). Not my cup of tea, though I must admit the V8 s do sound great.

i'm near brands hatch.

the car is quiet, it feels smoother but then it would, wouldn't it??;)

less oil on the garage floor:)

Guys,

Mine is definitely smoother and I'm sure it feels a bit torquier (is that a word?) as well.

Dickster, well done on the blades! don't know how you managed that!!!???

Hmmmm, what shall we do next? I'm thinking about whipping my muffler off and having an extra tail pipe welded on, it'd sound extra mean thenhttp://www.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/nuts.gif

Or perhaps I should be less enthusiastic and change my bloody spark plugs!!

Cheers

Tim.
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1983 SC Targa

You've inspired me now to have a go myself. Am I right in thinking that the gaskets for the valve covers come with the service kit?

Also which viscosity of Magnatec did you use? And did you need an abnormally large oil collecting can? - 9ltrs doesn't sound too bad - I was expecting more.

Thanks for any help.