Participated in our last and very wet PCA autocross of the season. Many thanks to Brent Jones for taking great action shots of my car all season.
Participated in our last and very wet PCA autocross of the season. Many thanks to Brent Jones for taking great action shots of my car all season.
Perry
S Registry #326
58 Glockler Speedster
62 Roadster
73 Carrera RS #0049
95 993 C4 3.8
14 Cayman
Checked it for oil leaks. For the first time since I bought this car over 18 months ago, it was totally dry!! Success... so far.
Seriously, pretty pleased with this. My '84 Carrera was dry over the entire 7 years and 23,000 miles I owned it. So I figured it could be done, was just hoping I wouldn't have to go all the way through the engine to do so.
The last 3 leaks were the #8 bearing, MFI drive on the left cam, and exhaust rocker shaft on cylinder #3. No leaks after a good drive and up to temp, no leaks after sitting for several days.
Last edited by Arne; 10-19-2020 at 05:21 PM.
- Arne
Current - 2018 718 Cayman, Rhodium Silver, PDK
Sold - 1972 911T coupe, Silver Metallic; 1984 911 Carrera coupe, Chiffon white; 1973 914 2.0, Saturn Yellow; 1984 944, Silver Metallic
Waited to the last minute to prepare for a track day tomorrow at Sonoma Raceway (Sears Point). My son and I are both registered but have to share the same car so I am going to track the 356 along with the 911 and make my son drive it during half the sessions. We have 7 20 minute sessions. Should be fun.
Last edited by Jim Breazeale; 10-22-2020 at 07:41 PM.
Two days, really. Three days ago, a guy in an early 'Vette pulled up to me at a light and asked if I knew my brake lights didn't work. I didn't. Over the past two days, I learned all about the brake light system on a '69T. Starting at the ends, my John Audette bulbs both tested OK, but I found a broken fuse at position B6. Not blown, broken, so still sort of making contact. A tiny little 5A thing, I replaced it. Still no brake lights, though. I put the car up in air and checked the master cylinder wires; both seem OK. Both are grounds; apparently, they are for a switched ground circuit that controls a warning system for the early USA master cylinder (which circuit is not shown on my copy of the elusive '69T wiring diagram). I pulled the pedal board and checked power to the brake pedal actuator switch. OK. I tested the switch, and EUREKA; it didn't work! I pulled the switch and ordered a new one from Porsche, which came overnight. Before I installed the new switch, I rechecked the old one. @$%@#&%&. Now it works fine! Probably just some schmutz inside the switch that came loose with all the handling. I thoroughly cleaned the old switch and reinstalled it. Now the brake lights worked fine, but require a hard press. I pulled the switch again, tightened the adjuster screw, and reinstalled it. Voila! Now the brake lights worked perfectly. I then re-installed the pedals, pedalboard, and carpets. Done. What a PIA. I think I saved a small fortune doing it myself. So, does anybody need a brand-new Porsche brake light actuator switch? (Porsche used the same switch for a decade as the cruise control de-actuator switch).
Rich Spritz
1959 BMC Huffaker Mk1 Formula Junior racecar
1967 Porsche 911 racecar
1969 Porsche 911T
1970 Winkelmann WDF2 Formula Ford racecar
1973 Merlyn Mk24 Formula Ford racecar
2007 Porsche 997C4 cab (totaled by an idiot running a stop sign)
2014 Porsche 991 TurboS cab
2019 Cayman GTS (wife's)
Fixing a fuel leak - fuel pump replacement.
Cheers
O-G 26 - Early911S 2407
With some pointers from Jon B (thanks Jon!) I finally finished setting up the R&P backlash and side cover pre-load on my 901 box. Box is pretty much ready now
Installed my new old steering wheel 👍
1970 911 2.2 S Coupé Bahia Red - Early 911S Registry #3174
Turn 3A last Friday
nice !!!..................
Chuck Miller
Creative Advisor/Message Board Moderator - Early 911S Registry #109
R Gruppe #88
TYP901 #62
'73S cpe #1099 - Matched # 2.7/9.5 RS spec rebuild
'67 Malibu 327 spt cpe - Period 350 Rebuild
’98 Chevy S-10 – Utility
’15 GTI – Commuter
Given that I have two early 911s, and I tracked my ‘67 911 racecar on Sunday, testing my new Garmin Catalyst. Last night and today I installed my John Audette Cibie BiIodes in my ‘69. The install was....um....not plug and play. But it worked, and caveat I still need to aim the things, I’m very pleased with the results, which are exactly as billed. Ignore the cross-hatching in the photo; that is a reflection. Rich
Rich Spritz
1959 BMC Huffaker Mk1 Formula Junior racecar
1967 Porsche 911 racecar
1969 Porsche 911T
1970 Winkelmann WDF2 Formula Ford racecar
1973 Merlyn Mk24 Formula Ford racecar
2007 Porsche 997C4 cab (totaled by an idiot running a stop sign)
2014 Porsche 991 TurboS cab
2019 Cayman GTS (wife's)