Club1320

Replaced my S spoiler on my 86.5 today. Fun times...lol... Its coming along nicely.

Rob Edwards

I am helping finish up a 22 year service on Dr Bob's '89S4. 100,000 miles, and honestly a lot of it didn't really need to be touched, but he's sporting all new intake rubber, injectors, fuel lines, vacuum elbows, intake and VC powdercoat, etc.

ammonman

Made the third attempt at attaching the spring clips/clamps to the underside of the front of the rear section of the rear A/C plastic grill. The first attempt was with 5 minute epoxy from Loctite. The second was with real deal JB Weld. This time we are trying some left over bumper repair epoxy. If this doesn't hold I guess it's off to the hardware store for some mo betta stuff.

por917

Fired the engine up this afternoon, after the fuel line replacement and vacuum line replacement. All looks good .

the flyin' scotsman

Bon chance mes amis.

Are you looking at the oil filler neck, hall sensor, CPS, grounds at the rear of the intake and.......fuel hoses?

To name but a few

martyp

Laid in a new set of Lloyds mats - black with gold logo to complement the black/champagne interior

finally!

In short it involves sanding with finer and finer grit of sandpaper then polishing, buffing and then wax. I had mine done (if memory serves) with 2000 then 2500 then 3000. It removes damned near all the orange peel and imperfections leaving the paint very close to perfectly smooth. It is amazing the difference in the gloss. A simple way to tell the difference is with your car freshly washed and waxed stand next to it. Look at your reflections in the door glass as compared to the door itself and other areas like the hood, etc. Color sanding makes them close to indistinguishable as far as the reflection goes.

ALKada

Finished fixing crimped power steering hose, flushed system, replace top and bottom radiator hoses, flushed coolant and took it for a short drive. Pulled into a 7 /11 and she would not start up. Battery drained. So, tomorrow will be pulling battery, cleaning terminals and all ground points. If she charges up fine, yeah. If not, time for a new battery.

jacal128

Finished the brakes and fluid flush, changed the fuel filter, waiting for the wheels to get her back on the ground.

BigAl1

Finished stripping all the brake calipers, last of the cleaning, painted them. Also cleaned up the rotors and painted the hat areas.

dr bob

Oil iller neck is perfect so not changed. Hall sensor, TPS, CPS, knock sensors, fuel hoses, vacuum and oil vent hoses, MAF boot, all the plastic oil vent hose connectors, fuel injectors, gaskets and such, all renewed.

Rob and I decided that the brand new top of engine harness he has stashed is in no better condition that one in my engine bay. All the plastic sleeves, boots, insulation, etc. is like new. The only evidence of age that was apparent was the deteriorated insulation on the knock sensor cabling at the sensor end, and the CPS connector on the sensor side, which I managed to crack as I was disassembling. CPS hold-down bolt took a couple whacks on the impact screwdriver to get moving, but once loosened it came out fine; full threads coated with blue loc-tite made it stiff to turn on the way out. The CPS itself then came right out, just a twist with fingers and lifted gently, and it almost flew out of the hole. Clean living on the owner's part (not on purpose, it just worked out that way...) and our dry, no road salt, pretty much rainless lifestyle also have something to do with that I'm sure.

There's a vert slight hnt of fuel seepage at the rail side connector on the rear damper. We opened the connection and retightened it, better but still there. I'll pull it apart again tomorrow for a better inspection of the sealing area. If it's damaged maybe a new damper is in order. All the connections went together fine with just fingers on the fuel line nuts, then tighetened with wrenches, but no misalignment at all.

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Can't say enough about the support on this project from Rob Edwards, two solid days of detailed tutoring and hard work on the project. Could not have done it without him.

Hats off and a big thank-you to Greg Brown, who had a couple hoses and trim pieces for the project, and available on a sunny Sunday in SoCal.

928mac

Doing some more checks and test fits.

Landseer

Brad, some nice closeups of that porkensioner install would be helpful if you get the opportunity!

Abby Normal

SharkTuned the turbo car all day and going for a second round at higher boost today...dyno in the morning.

the flyin' scotsman

Good stuff. The ISV should be checked as well as the throttle plate bearings. Flappy operation and bearing seal should be inspected and the Orings on the intake side plates.

Previously on RL we've had interesting discussion on the orientation of the intake stud shoulders.....whats your thoughts?