Greetings all:
I'm looking for some suggestions in regards to some recent repair work that seems to be going south. Let me first state that I am not much of a DIY guy these days as work / job is keeping me extremely busy. I'm hoping that one or several of you can point me in the right direction.
In late October early November of 2007 I decided to get a variety of issues dealt with in regards to my '72T. I saved diligently for over a year managing so stash a little over 3K in a "hidden slush" fund. I had the car towed to a very well respected shop in the H.E.B. area here in the Dallas metroplex. NOT Ed Mayos. In previous years on one occasion back in 2000 I used 911 Enterprises and in April of 2005 I used the shop,which I'm not going to name, for the first time. I am / was / will / continue to be very thankful, appreciative of the level of service, and happy with the work done by both of these shops.
With that said let me tell you a little about the car. I posted a small photo in the "Show your ride" thread a while back and am still trying to figure out how to get around size limitations. I'll attach a couple more pics at the end of this post. This is 72T currently carries a 2.2 70T engine and 901 tranny. Wish it still had the numbers matching engine and transmission as I have the original window sticker and Porsche maintenance record along with several service receipts from the first and second owner. Originally purchased in California and somehow made it's way here to Dallas in the early 80's.
When I had the car delivered to the "unamed" shop I sent a letter with some details regarding what I'd like to be evaluated / repaired / estimated / etc. In addition I asked them to take their time as winter was approaching and the car would otherwise sit in the garage. Long story short, and a ton, not mentioned. I get a call on January 10 of this year, "Your car is ready" , great I go check it out fires right up, looks good, sounds good, feels good, pay the bill and inquire about my missing drivers side floor mat. Granted the mat is 36 years old, however, it only had one small wear mark from the heel at the gas pedal. I figure I must have pulled it out prior to having it sent to them as they have no "old" 911 floor mats laying around. WRONG. God carpet kits are expensive!! I get the vehicle towed back to the house here in far East Dallas after the following were repaired.
Weber 40 IDA 3C carbs rebuilt, new master cylinder, new brake lines, all new pedal bushings, new fuel pump, all fuel lines replaced, change oil and filter (Brad Penn oil.. ), spark plugs (BOSCH WR7DC, W175T30). In addition they took care of a few minor details, reattached a chrome trim piece, fixed a turn signal bulb issue, and a few other things that they didn't bother to mention on the bill.
I appreciate you continuing to read this saga.... and I apologize for the length.
To date I've put approximately 250 miles on this vehicle since repair. Generally weekend drives, a little around the bario here, and several highway miles at "various" speeds to try and keep the carbs clean. Since the cars return it continues to get harder and harder to start. I noticed a bit of an idle issue almost immediately with the car where after warm-up and driving a bit and coming to a stop the idle stays around 1700 RPM's. I can engage the clutch a bit and the idle will return to what I guess is normal, around 750 -760 RPM's. Last weekend after about 15-20 pumps on the gas pedal, with the pump running it finally fired up, sounded like it was missing, but cleared up and fired on all cylinders after several minutes. Tonight, with severe weather approaching, same thing, as I had to move the wifes new car into the garage as well. This time, however, it never cleared up, and after ten minutes of running idle would never get above 500 RPM's and the air reeked of fuel.
My question to all of you is this. Should I contact the shop and inform them of these issues or should I pull the plugs and post photos so all of you can tell me how much I need to start saving for the next go around.
Any feedback or advice would be greatly appreciated.
To the best of my knowledge, this engine has never been rebuilt. I can verify that it did have the chain ramps upgraded at one point, but does not have pressure fed tensioners. In addition, the valves were adjusted back in 2005 and Carrera covers were installed at that time, a few seals were also replaced. The vehicle has one small oil leak at this point. Between 2005 and the current repairs the vehicle was only driven about 500 miles due to the bad carbs. They popped, spit, gurgled, stalled, prior to this current rebuild.
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