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    Senior Member BrentF's Avatar
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    You weren't kidding about that "clouds of blue smoke" thing!

    Best of luck to you on the restoration. Looks like you have the garage thing going for you as well.

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    Nice intro Smokey
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    Quote Originally Posted by LongRanger View Post
    Hey, Paul . . .
    that one Poor Guy walking musta gotten a lung-full
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    LOL!

    One of my friends only drives his 964 once every two or three months (when I force him to)- but the oil buildup brings the local police - the house where he is trying to smoke out the neighbors is actually a nice retired couple who just come out with great concern. Another neighbor gets outraged for being delayed 20 seconds.

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    Hello Paul,
    As a fellow paul, fellow Brit and fellow imigree to the States we have much in common, my 911 is more recent and I have less hair on my head and I really really enjoyed reading your post...
    My mother still gets annoyed with me when I blame her late father for inflicting the porsche illness/ addiction/ affliction on me... Who ever is to blame it goes a long way back.... and at some point the need surges and rational disappears....
    Well done and good luck... Ask your wife to support you morally and occasionally physically and you will be fine...
    Paul
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    Engine Drop

    After much anticipation and concern that I may cock this right up I started the process of removing the engine and transmission from the Canary! I followed the instructions in Wayne's book: '101 Projects For Your Porsche 911' plus added a few extra steps to remove the drive train as one unit. The process went something like this:

    - I ran the car to get the oil nice and warm.
    - Emptied the oil from the oil sump and oil tank.
    - Removed both of my batteries.
    - Labelled and removed all the relay's I could find as I don't know which one is the for the fuel pump.
    - Jacked the car up as high as my jack plus a block of wood would take it.
    - Placed it on jack stands under the torsion bar covers in front of the rear wheels.
    - Removed the rear bumper for more clearance.
    - Removed the exhaust because I could.
    - Disconnected the hard and rubber oil lines.
    - Disconnected the clutch cable.
    - Labelled and disconnected the starter electrical connections.
    - Had a cup of tea and a coconut macaroon.
    - Disconnected the reverse backup switch.
    - Disconnected the speed cable nut from the rear of the transmission.
    - Disconnected the heater hoses from the heat exchangers.
    - Removed the pin in the shift coupler from inside the car (under the plate between the rear seats).
    - Disconnected the fuel lines from the fuel pump to the carbs.
    - Forget to take enough pictures as I got quite excited at my progress.
    - Disconnected the main wiring harness, which is labeling and removing everything you can find that ends up on the engine itself.
    - Got very intimidated by the alternator wiring at the side wall and removed the fan and alternator off the engine instead.
    - Disconnected the breather hoses.
    - Had another cup of tea.
    - Disconnected the accelerator linkage bar.
    - Removed the rear sway bar (forgot to mention this in the video below, oh well)
    - Disconnected the copper ground strap from the transmission to the body of the car.
    - Removed the transaxles.
    - Supported the weight of the engine and transmission on my jack plus the block of wood.
    - Removed the two transmission cross member bolts.
    - Nervelessly removed the two engine mount bolts.
    - Lowered the engine and transmission onto a furniture cart and pulled it away from the car!
    - Had a shower and a beer! (not at the same time).

    It's out!

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    Way to go. I like the fact that you are willing to do your own work. Keep up the good work and have fun.
    Andy Anderson
    ps. last time I saw smoke like that was last month when my wife and I were in Nicaragua visiting her parents. The Government was using what locals call,
    "Pipa de Fumigar" to kill the mosquitos. Mosquito abatement...
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    Had a few GREAT cars. Do I miss any of them? NO!!!
    However, I am Glad to have the one I have now:
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    Love the smoke, and the videos.

    It's gonna be interesting watching you fall into the "While I'm in there" pit. We've all had to claw our way out of there...
    Rich
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    Clean Up

    Today was about cleaning up the mess. I separated the transmission from the engine, removed the starter, carbs, shroud, engine tin, etc. There was a small ecosystem going on in certain parts of the engine crevasses! I mopped the garage floor clean of all the grease and dirt. I then plugged any holes in the engine that I didn't want water to enter. My youngest daughter Lily and I power washed the transmission, we both got soaked through and there was gunk all over the driveway. Another lesson on this journey learned!

    For the engine I pushed it up the driveway on the furniture cart to the curb. I got my full rain gear on with rain boots and face shield and power washed the gunk away spraying and scrubbing with engine degreaser as I went. 2 hours and 6 cans later I was done!

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