The cure for happiness - Page 5

Shaun @ Tru6 · 09-12-2015, 06:44 PM

Totally different but still the same: dirty, grimy, rusty parts that need to be restored.

This little switch was captive in the cage. Had to bend back the little tabs to free it and clean the cage.

Everybody in the pool.

304065 · 09-13-2015, 04:41 AM

Shaun, is that a vibratory tumbler with green pyramid media? How do you like it?

Shaun @ Tru6 · 09-13-2015, 10:37 AM

Hi John,

It's a tumbler but doesn't use the consumer type media, instead it uses abrasive impregnated ceramic and porcelain. I bought it to launch a cadmium, zinc, and chroming service mostly for Pelican and Early S. Phenomenal machine.

Parts after 2-step process starting out with pyramids and then going to bevel cut cylinders with some wire brushing and bead blasting in between.

All pretty much ready to bring to the plater.

sand_man · 09-13-2015, 10:53 AM

^^^^Nice!

sand_man · 09-13-2015, 10:54 AM

This is for sale locally at a dealer that i do business with:
Motorcar Investments, Inc. - (919) 851-4044, Raleigh, NC 27606

billybek · billybek's Garage

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Shaun @ Tru6 · 09-17-2015, 06:38 PM

Got the plating today. Hoping to get it all back together on Saturday.

Shaun @ Tru6 · 09-20-2015, 06:15 PM

With incredible weather this weekend, I should have been working the whole time and driving the car around this afternoon. Instead, other fun required my attention so I got very little done. And still need to get another radiator anyway.

Waterpump went on with no drama, it look longer to clean the block mating surface than to get the pump on. Then it took 3 tries to get the timing belt on correctly, which must be installed tightly as you go. Not so easy. As it sits now, the right cam is a half tooth off but when you manually engage the tensioner, the mark falls into place. Such a good feeling. Thanks to everyone's offer of using their tensioner gauges and such. I opted for the PorKen automatic tensioner. It uses an Audi tensioner and pulley. I got the model that deletes the air pump so saves a little weight and cleans up the engine bay making access to the AC compressor a lot easier.

Getting the belt on and ready to pull the tensioner pin seemed like a good place to stop for the day. Should take 2 hours to button it all up nicely and then I can move on to the injectors.

Left side bank marks line up nicely.

Right side is half a tooth off.

Manually tensioning the tensioner, pin is still loaded

Marks line up nicely now.

Ready to go once I pull the pin.

DonDavis · DonDavis's Garage

Most beautiful! I love this kind of stuff!

How much of the hardware you cleaned and plated was removed for the pump replacement?
I'm wondering how much "whileYerThere-itis" is infecting you as you go along.

aigel · aigel's Garage

Nice work. Blech on timing belts ... just did my Sequoia for the last time - immediately sold it afterwards.

G

Shaun @ Tru6 · 09-21-2015, 08:29 AM

Thank you Don and George. Why Porsche didn't create a feature to lock the cam gears in place is beyond me.

Don, if I didn't want to drive the car until October, I would have taken half of the engine bay out and sent it to the plater. That's what I'll do this winter when the car is in storage. While I was working, I was seeing more and more I should have pulled off now. Terrible sickness. But I love working with "brand new" hardware.

Shaun @ Tru6 · 09-22-2015, 04:40 PM

A little more progress. I think the radiator will be the only thing to hold me up from getting it running. May use my leaking one (dribble) for testing once I get the injectors in.

Really enjoying the process. But as noted on while you are in there stuff, wish I had pulled apart the alternator mount and tumbled that. Winter project.

Pulled the pin and the stars aligned.

Original dipstick o-ring has seen better days.

I love little details, even if they'll be covered up. While I'm not a concours guy, the car needs a thorough detail...grime is everywhere.

Today's money shot

35 lb of junk

Baz · Baz's Garage

Nice work, Shaun!

Thanks for sharing - and for saving the life of this classic Porsche !

Shaun @ Tru6 · 10-05-2015, 03:59 PM

rwest · rwest's Garage

Nice, how does it run?

Shaun @ Tru6 · 10-05-2015, 04:44 PM

It started right up Rutager and ran smoothly. So happy! BUT, I need to do the injectors tomorrow and take out the air injection system. Also have to get the gauges working. But very happy all in all. I think it will be roadworthy in a week or two.

Some pics from the last week or so.

Cleaning up all the engine bay plastic I took off

Radiator was leaking, was about to order a new one from 928sRUs when my old friend dtw saves the day and sends me this one out of an 865 parts car he had. Old original Behr radiator on the right. Have to do mods to the new Al one but it's great to have!

All the ancillaries installed. Again, wish I had taken so much more out and tumbled it or plated it.

Jewelry

Dave's radiator ready to go in.

In and running, have to get the fans in still.

onewhippedpuppy · 10-05-2015, 04:51 PM

Nice Shaun! I wish I had the time to really obsess over the details like that, it makes my engineer OCD happy.

1990C4S · 10-05-2015, 05:18 PM

That car is lucky you bought it.

Shaun @ Tru6 · 10-06-2015, 06:08 AM

It's a terrible disease Matt but I hope they never find a cure. I am down to hand filing customers' bolts with rolled edges for their plating jobs.

Shaun @ Tru6 · 11-08-2015, 03:25 PM

I am here to tell you that while pulling a 928 engine isn't a terribly difficult job, it is definitely not a one person job. Hit a major snag with the upper bell housing coupling sleeves frozen to the block. That provided an hour of fun. But the rest of it wasn't very challenging. I know 928s have a bad rap for a lot going wrong with them, but they are pretty easy to work on.