911SC Bumper support?

[GTT]

I’m putting my first 911 back together after someone else took it apart and while the parts catalog has been invaluable, there are some things that I just can’t figure out how they go back together. It looks like I am missing part no. 91150546300. Two questions, (1) how important is this piece, and (2) can someone post a picture of what it looks like and where it goes? I circled it in red in the attached picture from the manual.

[Ian Comerford]

I didn’t recognise the part on my car and checked PET. The part numbers for items 2, 3 and 4 are missing from the table, it goes straight from 1 to 5. No idea what the part is or why it’s not called up in PET. Sorry

[Ian Comerford]

[ccallana]

Isn't that the extra bracket to help save the Oil Cooler in the event of a crash?

[Schulisco]

Side note: Get the Haynes Repair manual for the 911. IMO this is the perfect addition to get to know how the 911 is mounted.
https://haynes.com/en-us/porsche/911/1965-1989
It contains many exploded views of every component of the car whoch is quite useful.

Some pictures here :
https://www.f c p e uro.com/blog/replace-hard-oil-cooler-lines-air-cooled-porsche-911
https://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/101_Projects_Porsche_911/26-Oil_Cooler/26-Oil_Cooler.htm
https://youtu.be/Z0cfxK15ywA

Thomas

[famoroso]

Originally Posted by ccallana

Isn't that the extra bracket to help save the Oil Cooler in the event of a crash?

That is, indeed, what that is. Part of the 5 MPH impact bumper standard (protecting the oil cooler in order to meet the repair cost upper limit in the event of an impact up to 5 MPH). It is not needed, per se.

If you're running without it, you might consider adding some foam seal / weatherstripping to fill the gap around the oil cooler shroud.

I have one of these that you can have for free (plus shipping).

[GTT]

Thanks all for the responses. Sounds like it's not absolutely necessary. I'm still running the trombone oil pipe so I may just go without the bracket.