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Car starts fine now after replacing. I couldn't find torque specs, so just did it as tight as I could by hand, no extra leverage, with a 5-6 inch crescent wrench.
Did enough to crush the washers on the wire terminals.
My wires looked fine, looked routed correctly, had no chaffing, etc.
Love the look of the white 968! I'm crazy, have a pristine 87 951, a 35K mile 996 and I still lust after the 996!
If only it had the power of the 996 it would be so fantastic!
Tracking the 996 for the first time tomorrow. The car handles better than the 968!
I think it is one of the good colors! I am trying to get some of the paint back, but struggling with what looks like slight yellow drying, maybe from being under a tree in the past. Gonna try clay barring it next (car is not all original paint)
Before this 968 I had another black one about 10 years ago and a few 944. I got the 968 to track it in DE, I started looking at 996, but couldn't find one I like for my budget.
The IMS/RMS issues made me nervous, since I didn't know much about that line, but then again I was familiar with all the 944 problems and a bit of the 968.
The 996 you have with the aero kit looks looks good! That was the year I wanted, since it still has the manual throttle.
Did your starter come with a bushing (for the bell housing)? If so, did you replace the old one?
It did come with one, and I did not.
I did a bit of interweb research, and learned that the oilite bushing should be saturated with oil, and does act as a semi-permanent lubrication. The alloy, invented by Chrysler in the 30s I believe, is porous and holds the oil for quite some time.
My visual inspection, while not measured, showed very little wear, and I felt the risk of me damaging something else while attempt to remove, was greater than leaving it, so I didn't. Worse case I ruin a starter that will only last X years instead of another 23.
If I had a lift, and space, would have done it, but on my back, too much work for me.
I did a bit of interweb research, and learned that the olite bushing should be saturated with oil, and does act as a semi-permanent lubrication. The alloy, invented by Chrysler in the 30s I believe, is porous and holds the oil for quite some time.
My visual inspection, while not measured, showed very little wear, and I felt the risk of me damaging something else while attempt to remove, was greater than leaving it, so I didn't. Worse case I ruin a starter that will only last X years instead of another 23.
If I had a lift, and space, would have done it, but on my back, too much work for me.
05-13-2015, 09:48 AM
