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The green wire from HELL
Ok replacing this wire really took quite a bit of time and effort. There are no new connectors available so I had to reuse the old one. I clipped the old wires flush with the connector on both sides, then carefully clamped it in the drill press vise, and using a center drill I was able to drill out the old shielded wire from the back. The wire is molded into the connector and will not just pull out. I took my time to prep the new wire and test the new crimp tool with the correct factory crimp terminal I sourced from BelMetric.
https://www.belmetric.com/e316-small-female-spade-with-tab-p-5384.html?cPath=19_164_200  The crimp tool I got from Amazon. IWISS SN-28B DUPONT Terminal Ratchet Crimper 2.54mm 3.96mm (AWG28-18) 0.1-1.0MM˛ - - Amazon.com It makes the correct factory crimp, as can be seen. I was very pleased with the result. |
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02-28-2016, 06:04 AM
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My first attempt to thread the wires into the connector, and provide a strain relief. I clipped it off and tried again as the strain relief was not flexible enough and the wires were getting fatigued from the number of times I had test fit everything.
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02-28-2016, 06:10 AM
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Connectors on and crimped. Ready for assembly.
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02-28-2016, 06:14 AM
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So now the new wire is together, I still need to get it into the wire harness. I just soldered the new wire to the old and pulled the old wire out. This was harder than I thought because the old wire was glued into the harness.
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02-28-2016, 06:21 AM
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Success. One more little task checked off the list.
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02-28-2016, 06:22 AM
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I have little knowledge of wiring and wiring repairs so that looks like it sucked!!
But ggeat job on all the progress I'll be keeping an eye on this thread! |
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02-28-2016, 07:04 AM
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I used 7 pictures to detail the repair of the green wire. I probably should come up with a formula to determine the correct number of pictures compared to the level of pain and suffering each of these tasks takes. This task deserved each of those pictures.
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02-28-2016, 09:54 AM
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Finally put the distributor back together. Advance mechanism now works smoothly.
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03-01-2016, 05:38 PM
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Variable reluctor went in next. I had to spend a bit of time making sure everything was centered properly before snubbing the three screws down.
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03-01-2016, 05:41 PM
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Got the clips on next, new felt plug for the advance, new vacuum can, new cap and rotor.
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03-01-2016, 05:44 PM
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I have continued to work on ignition stuff. Installed 6 new NGK BP8ES plugs. The Bosch W3BPO were pretty fouled out. Since I had been looking for test items to clean in the ultrasonic bath I rigged it up to clean plugs.
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04-01-2016, 04:00 AM
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After picture
 I will be using these plugs again. Anyone want to send in some low mile dirty plugs for cleaning? I could do them for $4.00 each. |
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04-01-2016, 04:05 AM
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Ok, the fuel tank in my 1986 930 was replaced with a new Porsche tank the year prior to the previous owner parking the car for 9 years. Draining the gas and looking in the fuel level sender port showed significant sludge and rust buildup.
  So it looks like the inside of the tank is covered in a nice thick brown velvet....... I read through many Pelican horror stories of cutting tanks in half and sand blasting. I decided that I would first try to clean the tank with no cutting. I pulled the tank back in April, and have slowly been building a device to clean it. |
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10-12-2016, 08:12 PM
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I spent many days pondering the problem. If the tank were small I could just fill it with cleaner, shake it around some, wash, rinse, repeat until clean. Of course it's a 20 gal tank, I am not the Hulk, can't just shake this tank. So I figured I could build a rotisserie for the tank, get a little electric motor to turn it and slosh the cleaner around until it's all clean.
Step one, build box around the tank. I purchased one 4*8 sheet of Advantech 3/4" subfloor.   
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10-12-2016, 08:24 PM
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Now tank is in box, put box on "stick" and spin, totally easy so far. My son Morgan greatly enjoyed helping with this build.
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10-12-2016, 08:28 PM
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Now I just had to come up with a drive system that could turn the tank for a week or so...... Hmm, more thought required. Then summer happened. Still more thinking. Thought of strapping box to friends tractor tire. Thought better of it later.
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10-12-2016, 08:31 PM
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Found an electric motor a friend would let me borrow. It has a 20 rpm output, but I figure d even slower would be better. Decided to make a flat belt drive system. 7" pulley on tank, 3" pulley on motor output. I don't have a lathe, I do have a hyd press and a drill press.
 So Morgan and I cut out a bunch of disks.   A little bit of glue and 20 tons of pressure, produced a very rough cylinder. Drill press can act like a lathe if you work on it a bit. |
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10-12-2016, 08:41 PM
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  Sourced some very sketchy bearings from Tractor Supply..... And the tank actually spins pretty good. |
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10-12-2016, 08:44 PM
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Coated the pulley with some polyurethane PL30 black construction adhesive to make it a bit grippy.
 Cut a piece of nylon webbing and coated one side with the PL30. Then sewed myself a flat belt.  The belt seemed to want to slowly walk off the pulley so clamped a skateboard to the frame and it tracks perfect. |
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10-12-2016, 08:50 PM
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10-13-2016, 05:07 AM
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1986 Porsche 911 turbo
