Another "What's It Worth" Thread '71 T Coupe

[DanielJ]

Left side heat exchanger was a walk in the park to remove compared to the other side. Issues are that one of the studs is a little longer than the others and is at a bit of an angle. Guessing that this stud has been pulling out of the head.

Left & Right side:





Taking a closer look at the carbon build up, there is a little area where the carbon has been scraped off. Thinking that the rings/valve guides might be in good shape. Clearly not an expert here, so if anyone can do a forensic reading on this issue, would be greatly appreciated:





And….

since the starter is exposed, yeah, just had to take it out and will do a job on it and check the brushes/bushings/bendix.



Think too, while there, replace that oil line.

Thanks for following along.

[Gumby]

Daniel, Great work..since your into the engine this far have you thought about modifing the engine cooling tin?

[DanielJ]

Daniel, Great work..since your into the engine this far have you thought about modifing the engine cooling tin?

Thanks for the suggestion, Ron.

For the life of me, can't seem to find the tin you show and pretty sure all the tin is off the engine. This is a 2.2.

Thanks for your encouragement too!

By edit........ Between the cylinders?

[DanielJ]

A little more progress today. Drained the transaxle and thank goodness, there was little collected on the drain magnet. The starter checked out OK on the inside and much more pleasant to handle on the outside:

[Gumby]

Yes Daniel the, 4 middle ones between the cylinders
Porsche had a bulletin on this

[DanielJ]

Yes Daniel the, 4 middle ones between the cylinders
Porsche had a bulletin on this

Thanks again Ron.

Looks like the oil return lines/tubes would need to be removed to access these baffles. Does the 1/4" hole drastically improve cooling performance?

Also what is the dimension for "A"?

Thanks again for your interest and help.

DJ

[Rob R]

I am really enjoying your thread, great work can't wait for you to start the motor.
I bought a 1970 burgundy 911T from the original owner 3 years ago that had many of your same issues along with the rodent infestation. I have about 800 miles on it and continue to refresh it.

[Gumby]

Daniel here is a link to the cooling tin mod

https://www.pelicanparts.com/techart...in_cooling.htm

[DanielJ]

I am really enjoying your thread, great work can't wait for you to start the motor.
I bought a 1970 burgundy 911T from the original owner 3 years ago that had many of your same issues along with the rodent infestation. I have about 800 miles on it and continue to refresh it.

Thank you! Very happy to read you have found this thread to be of interest. We are getting excited to see the plums of smoke erupt from this car when it finally fires off. Should be quite the sight.

Your car looks great and can certainly sympathize with you on the rodent infestation. To this day, still get the odd oder emanating from somewhere in the car. Time will fix that.

Thanks for taking the time to post.

DJ

Daniel here is a link to the cooling tin mod

https://www.pelicanparts.com/techart...in_cooling.htm

Very good! Will look at the link a little later on this evening.

Appreciate the information and your time to post here.

Thanks again guys!

DJ

[DanielJ]

More parts arrived today. Pretty soon, parts go back on the car and not off:



Lubricated all the rocker arms and cam surfaces with Swepco 306. Just wanted to make sure while adjusting the valves there would be some lubrication on the cam. Also decided to do another round of MMO into the cylinders…. Did they need it, probably not but figured if a little is good, isn’t more, better?

The only valve that was very tight, that is to say, no movement when at it’s TDC was the exhaust on #5. The rest all had play but most exhaust valves needed to be re-set:





Interesting figuring out the marks on the crank pulley. Of course, it has not seen any cleaning in a long time, and, wanted to make sure the correct marks were hit:



And what is up with the distributor rotor? Wonder what the science is behind that design:



Last off the list to do today was to clean the ground strap. Straight forward stuff:



Thanks again for following along.

DJ