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Not surprising considering the rarity and condition of your car.
Thanks for the compliment.
I suspect it is a really slow time for collector's plate applications.
I am itching to drive her so I will likely be taking her out in the rain sometime this long weekend.
With the amazing warm weather I have had to park my daily driver (Audi S6) as it has winter tires on. I have had to insure and drive my wife's summer car (350z convertible) in the rain. Man she is a handful to drive (the car that is).
I am itching to drive her so I will likely be taking her out in the rain sometime this long weekend.
With the amazing warm weather I have had to park my daily driver (Audi S6) as it has winter tires on. I have had to insure and drive my wife's summer car (350z convertible) in the rain. Man she is a handful to drive (the car that is).
Seems that in recent years we rarely go below freezing here...just mild and wet. I'll take that over what they're getting in the east.
Powerflex rear bushings installed today. Well drivers side only since 2 pieces broke during install. Emailed Powerflex about it. Will be waiting for their response.
The install didnt take too long, and I did it with the arm still on the car. Hardest part was finding a way to remove the bushing with a press. Good ole hammer and punch slowly and steadily until my hands were killing me.
I replace the blower motor fan in the engine compartment and air temp sensor in the air duct. Pretty easy job, and cheaper than the $400 full assembly. One thing I noticed was that the engine seemed to decelerate slower with a non-working blower and bad sensor. I think the ECU believed the engine was cold.
Powerflex rear bushings installed today. Well drivers side only since 2 pieces broke during install. Emailed Powerflex about it. Will be waiting for their response.
The install didnt take too long, and I did it with the arm still on the car. Hardest part was finding a way to remove the bushing with a press. Good ole hammer and punch slowly and steadily until my hands were killing me.
I did the front months ago, but held off on the rear since I didn't feel like removing the arm. Was the extra aggravation worth not having to remove the arm?
Fixed my door lock issue last weekend- when I went to lock the car the tumbler pulled out with the key- now it's fixed and good as new! Never pulled a door panel before- pretty simple and fun stuff.
Hope to hardwire my Valentine 1 this weekend and continue to diagnose the cause for my ABS not working properly.
Where/how are you planning to route the wiring for the Valentine 1?
I looked at her, sitting under a layer of 3 weeks of dust (we had two sand storms - so it's a thick layer)... and looked up why her two coil ignition modules haven't arrived yet.
Since I'm off to Jordan for the week, it'll be another week before she's back on the road.
Spent yesterday fitting some refurbished 993 calipers to the rear to balance up the 993 front calipers that went on last year. That also meant new rotors for the rear and new Brembo HP2000 brake pads all round. Seeing as everything had to come off at the rear I decided to fit new brake shields on the rear. This was the most time consuming bit because most of the screws that secure the shields were so badly corroded that I had to saw through them to get them off. It's always the unexpected little things that turn a simple job into a slog.
I did the front months ago, but held off on the rear since I didn't feel like removing the arm. Was the extra aggravation worth not having to remove the arm?
The rubber for the rears is so much easier to remove due to some parts not being used and the ring you pop off of the center piece has all the rubber on it. The only hard part for myself was removing the bushing from the arm. Cleaning the rubber out of the arm isn't to bad, but the angle can get tiring. I tried a c clamp to push it through, didn't work. I ended up slowly punching it out with a hammer and punch. I didn't want to remove the rear shock bolt so I removed the spring plate bolts and bushing bolt only. I wouldn't want to remove the arm because of the axle,caliper, ebrake, etc.
Spent yesterday fitting some refurbished 993 calipers to the rear to balance up the 993 front calipers that went on last year. That also meant new rotors for the rear and new Brembo HP2000 brake pads all round. Seeing as everything had to come off at the rear I decided to fit new brake shields on the rear. This was the most time consuming bit because most of the screws that secure the shields were so badly corroded that I had to saw through them to get them off. It's always the unexpected little things that turn a simple job into a slog.
993 brake system on a 964 is a great upgrade! Well played.
02-07-2015, 02:58 PM
