The Canary Files: 1969 911T reworked.

[lkadams]

Kav I love pictures of restored cars being put back together and yours do not disappoint!

Cheers,
Keith

[kav]

Kav I love pictures of restored cars being put back together and yours do not disappoint!

Cheers,
Keith

Cheers Keith, I just snap away with my Canon point and shoot (s120), I also record some of the video with the s120 but mainly I use my GH2 for the video.

[mohrgan]

Paul...any updates?!

[kav]

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!!!

Unbelievably I found time this week to not only work on The Canary but also post an update to the thread!

It's time to upgrade the brakes on The Canary and go from solid rotors front and rear to something a little different. The rears will get a set of used SC calipers from Easy's salvage in the East Bay (so sorry to see that place close!) and new ventilated rotors.

The front will get a set of S-Calipers ... from an Alfa Romeo?! I explain it all in the video!
I found the Brembo Milano / 75 Alfa Romeo calipers used online. I ordered all the parts from Eric Shea at PMB Performace. Eric is a super nice guy and was extremely helpful as I had no idea what I was doing!

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As they came on the car back in 1969. Solid rotors and the M-caliper. We can do better than that!



I bought a pair of used rear M calipers from a 911SC from Easy's salvage in the East Bay. SC on the left and original on the right, the only difference I can see is the spacer and retaining hardware but these should do the job.



I remove the brake pads and push out the pistons with compressed air through the fluid feed hole, yes it was a pain in the ass!



I take the caliper apart and inspect all the parts. The pistons look in decent shape. I will replace all the seals etc



After a scrub in the parts washer it's into the blast cabinet



Everything blasted (the retaining rings for the dust shields come in the rebuild kit). I will send all the parts out for Yellow Zinc and black oxide plating.



Vented rotors in the house!



Everything is back from plating and the rebuild kits are here. Time for some assembly!



Pistons pressed into the caliper, new seals from Eric.



I torqued the caliper halves back together in a 1-2-3-4 order at 7ft lbs and again in a 2-3-1-4 pattern at 17ft lbs. The finished result looks great!

[kav]

The Brembo Milano/75 Alfa Romeo aluminum S-caliper bolts right up to my struts! The bolt spacing is 3" and the offset for the vented rotor is perfect! The piston is 48mm so it works with your 19mm master cylinder! If I wanted to go with a Porsche S-caliper I would have to swap out my front struts as the bolts spacing is 3.5". This seemed like a great option for the price.



Removing the pistons with compressed air, these came out much easier than the rears



Splitting the caliper. I want to change the plating to yellow zinc to match the rears.



All blasted, I was careful not to blast the cylinder bores.



Back from plating. yellow zinc looks good on these! The bolts got black oxide.



The pistons had corrosion and pitting, will get some new ones from Eric at PMB



New pistons installed.



New half seals. Being very careful putting these back together.



Torque pattern 1-2-3-4 at 10ft lbs, 2-3-1-4 at 20ft lbs then again 2-3-1-4 at the final 30ft lbs.



New retaining hardware from Centerline International. They look great and I can't wait to see how they perform on the car!



Cheers!

-Kav

[karlusmagnus]

Paul, you had me at "my coordinator Karen saw I was browsing the interwebs for old Porsche 911's, she said her husband had an older Porsche he was looking to sell. My head popped up like a little Meerkat on guard, what year and model?" Fantastic work, and dedication. A pleasure to read through and follow. Cannot wait for more updates.
Karl.

[BrentF]

Great series of videos! Nice to see you've got your daughter involved!

[kav]

I headed to the monthly Porsche meet at Easy in the East Bay (first Saturday of the month) as I try and do every month to chat with nice folks and get inspired as I always do.

Saturday was possibly the last 'real' Easy meet in it's current form. Jim has sold the business, (good luck Jim!) the building and is in the process of clearing house. It's so sad to see that place go but apparently the meets will still take place and Jim, John etc will attend so I will always try and get my ass down there if I can. John jokes every time I go down there asking me when the Canary is going to be parked out front, I always reply, 'soon John soon!'.

If you see me there please say Hi!

Cheers

-Kav.





Terrible shadows, sorry!



One day the Canary will be parked here!









Speedster with no interior. Guy drove it away sitting on the floor!



We love looking around the shop at all the parts.



We bought shirts!

[merbesfield]

Kav, Thanks for your posts and videos. I too have a young daughter, well actually two, but one that is interested in cars. We enjoy watching them. I am trying to keep her engaged with the Porsche culture. So far she loves it. It makes me sad to think about no one being able to walk around EASY and see all that Porsche junk any longer. Must have been fun. Good luck to Jim in retirement.

[merbesfield]

It's hard for me to find the motivation when there are so many other things going on in life so the kind words and encouragement go a long way! I look at other threads and get frustrated because I have no idea what I'm doing and then put it out there on the interwebs hoping I don't look like a total idiot!

Cheers!

-Kav

Kav, at the rate you are going you will beat many of us to the end game, "car on the road". My project seems to move very little, especially compared to yours. You are offering me inspiration to work on my cars. With the cold weather we have been experiencing as well as holidays of late, my project has not moved much. Seeing you work helps ease the frustration. I agree, that this place has become more of a valuation forum than an help forum. I much prefer the latter. But there are lots of guys here that have tremendous knowledge to offer. Cheers!