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Craig,
Lol, I am definitely and expert in headaches and frustration at this point. Which would explain why I'm shopping for a much younger 911. I love the 912, and I'm still keeping it, but it'd be nice to have a much more reliable car as well. Hell, I can't sell the 912, I'd never even get a third of the money I've put into it back.
Anyway, I was planning to take off the fan shroud (and still may later on), but I took the carbs off and it looks like that was all I needed to do. With the carbs off I could see what was wrong with my fan shroud. I'm glad I didn't have to decide whether or not to do it with the engine in or out of the car.
Thankfully the shroud itself isn't in terrible shape. The problem is that the left ball joint for the crossbar (the one that is attached to the shroud) had been broken at some point in time before I owned the car, and it had been repaired by someone who didn't really know what they were doing.... much like what caused the fan to disintegrate in the first place. It looks like it was just glued back into place.
I'm going to try to weld it back into place with the engine still in the car. Yes I'm planning on being very careful. If all goes well it should be back on the road this weekend.
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