Free or Cheap Projects While Quarantined

[ELUSIVE]

This post needs more pictures.

[sugarwood]

and video

[Sboxin]

Replaced 915 trans cooler electric pump with new/better Tilton 527 pump - input fitting was cross threaded and leaking
. . . also had 915 rebuilt by CMS and 3.8L 964 engine tuned by Don Jackson (Porsche
Indie) and oil leaks fixed mostly on chain covers . . .

Regards,
Roy T

Photos - -

Pump under rear seat back - cooler on floor with NACA duct to rear window



915 Rebuild by CMS LAke Havasu City, AZ

[Geronimo '74]

Originally Posted by ELUSIVE

This post needs more pictures.

can someone post a picture of the blinker fluid reservoir? I can’t seem to find it. Thx.

[Geronimo '74]

Good thread btw!

[1979-930]

Remove seats and carpet. Clean floor and pedal assembly under the carpet.
Use a home Bissell type carpet cleaner or good old soap, water and hose to clean.
Most old car smells are under and in the carpet.

Clean and condition leather as mentioned. A lot easier with seats out.

For a few bucks more you can dye the carpet after cleaning and get it looking new again. There are water based dyes you can order on-line that match original colors exactly.

[Bicykiller]

I ordered Kersten's helper spring for the 915 shifter, it was only $50US. Can't wait until that arrives! I will take pictures!

[pos911neg]

(Sorry for sideways pics!)

I have a solid driver... I've been looking at replacing the steering wheel.... which would be a $500 investment. The center section and stitching are in good shape so I thought I'd give a steering wheel refurb a try... What did I have to lose? I was REALLY happy with the results. It cost me $16 for supplies from Amazon.

To start, the steering wheel leather was in rough shape. It was very dry and the top (sun facing) was cracking and rough.



The first step was to sand the leather. It takes some guts.... I put down sheets to catch the dust and started with 400 grit... worked up to 600 grit. I sanded all the leather until it felt smooth to the touch. The next step was to apply black dye. I did about 3 rounds of dying.




After the dye dried overnight... I applied a leather conditioner (I had some for my leather seats). I conditioned until the leather stopped absorbing it. Finally, the most drastic improvement was made with the Resolene. I applied 2 rounds of resolene.





It is not perfect... I didn't try to fill the deep scratches but a million % improvement.

I'm very happy with the results.



-Jim

[shoooo32]

Best bang for your buck on a 911 is rebuilding the pedal assembly. Our host sells the brass bushing kit. It's a solid three hours of laying upside down (or pulling the driver's seat), swearing at frozen bits or fighting gigantic springs, but when you're done it drives like a different car.

['76 911S 3.0]

Turn your no longer used fog light switch into a 4 position ECU map switch

[Funracer]

Originally Posted by pos911neg

(Sorry for sideways pics!)

I have a solid driver... I've been looking at replacing the steering wheel.... which would be a $500 investment. The center section and stitching are in good shape so I thought I'd give a steering wheel refurb a try... What did I have to lose? I was REALLY happy with the results. It cost me $16 for supplies from Amazon.

To start, the steering wheel leather was in rough shape. It was very dry and the top (sun facing) was cracking and rough.



The first step was to sand the leather. It takes some guts.... I put down sheets to catch the dust and started with 400 grit... worked up to 600 grit. I sanded all the leather until it felt smooth to the touch. The next step was to apply black dye. I did about 3 rounds of dying.




After the dye dried overnight... I applied a leather conditioner (I had some for my leather seats). I conditioned until the leather stopped absorbing it. Finally, the most drastic improvement was made with the Resolene. I applied 2 rounds of resolene.





It is not perfect... I didn't try to fill the deep scratches but a million % improvement.

I'm very happy with the results.



-Jim

Great job! That looks fantastic! A few dollars and some elbow grease. My kind of project.
FYI I bought the exact same wheel for my 83 for $275 with the Make An Offer function on eBay.

[oh snap]

I installed a high beam relay (cheap) after replacing my high beam switch (not as cheap). Going to add a hot start relay next week. I see a lot of people mount them at the starter but I wanted to do it away from dirt/moisture in a spot you can get to if you need to test it. Engine bay fuse panel seems like the easiest place in that case but any other ideas or reasons why I shouldnt put it there?

Changed my transmission fluid as well and noticed It seems to be leaking from the output shaft seals. Going to try to attack that before the heat and humidity kick in.

[Geronimo '74]

Originally Posted by Funracer

Great job! That looks fantastic! A few dollars and some elbow grease. My kind of project.
FYI I bought the exact same wheel for my 83 for $275 with the Make An Offer function on eBay.

Yep, that came out really nice!

[David Inc.]

Originally Posted by Sboxin

Replaced 915 trans cooler electric pump with new/better Tilton 527 pump - input fitting was cross threaded and leaking
. . . also had 915 rebuilt by CMS and 3.8L 964 engine tuned by Don Jackson (Porsche
Indie) and oil leaks fixed mostly on chain covers . . .

Regards,
Roy T

Beautiful work. What are your thoughts on trans coolers for the 915 and when they might be necessary?

[Bicykiller]

Originally Posted by pos911neg

Looks great! I have a similar stain on the center part of my wheel too. What causes that? Any way to remove/reduce it? What material is it even?

[Bicykiller]

Installed Karsten's shift spring and replaced the shift bushings while I had it off! What an amazing improvement for very little money! The spring went on in 2 minutes and it keeps the shift lever firmly on the 3-4 plane with no slop. Love it.

[Sboxin]

Originally Posted by David Inc.

Beautiful work. What are your thoughts on trans coolers for the 915 and when they might be necessary?

David Inc. - -
Trans cooler for race car only - do you race ??
If you don't race then regular maintenance of the fluid is important . . .

We were getting temps around 250F in our 915 - our Trans builder CMS recommended
the cooler when he saw what kind of wear we were getting . . .but we didn't put in the
spray bar until this last rebuild . . . should have done it sooner . . . The gears really
don't wear - its the other shifting moving parts and bearings that wear and need periodic
replacement . . . remember our 3.8L race engine lives between 5K to 7K RPM . . .

The pump also will now provide the fluid flow to the new CMS spray bar to get the fluid
exactly between the gears in the correct position . . . this also sprays the ring/pinion . . .
We previously had the cooler just flow the fluid back into the regular fluid fill hole . . .
This kept the fluid cooler but didn't return the fluid to the location where it would
be more beneficial to the gears and other moving parts . . .

We have been using this 915 for 10 years now and this is only the second rebuild . .
.

Regards,
Roy T

Pic of cooler rear seat floor - -



Pic of CMS fabricated spray bar adapter on rear cover . . .