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Thanks for the compliments.
once again I pulled the transaxle and engine. Found the offending brake line - really weird. It was like a gouge into the line and a pinhole leak. I must have done it either when pulling the first engine or installing this one.
So I removed the offending hard line. It’s the longest line on the car and I had to cut it into 2 pieces to get it out. Started working on the new line using a kit from stoddard. Will need a splice to reach.
John, I bought this kit from a seller in Hungary but since it will take some work to install, I’m reinstalling the stock pop up headlights to expedite getting the car back on the road.
brake line spliced together with a coupler. Curved the line a bit to take up the overlap. Brake fluid added to my motive power bleeder and finally, after two liters of ATE 200 fluid and lots of air bubbles, the brakes and clutch are fully flushed and bled. :thumbs up:
close up of the 3mm spacer to use turbo brake calipers and rotors on early offset rear trailing arms
close up of the Lindsey Racing exhaust back pressure fitting
Engine, transaxle and exhaust reinstalled. I took advantage of the four day weekend to get a lot done. Finally set the car down on ramps and setup my Smart Strings to get something close to an alignment. Tightened up the control arm bushings again under load. It’s getting close! Might be driving it tomorrow
Last edited by joseph mitro; 11-27-2021 at 11:35 PM.
Success!! Not driving unfortunately but at least firing the engine up again. Spent the afternoon reinstalling the 30mm front sway bar, trying to align the rear end (ran out of time) and reinstalling the intake manifold, vacuum lines, hard pipes and air filter. Filled the coolant, connected the battery, and fired it up again. No leaks, no noises, and the coolant temp sensor works as the first fan kicked in.
after aligning the rear end, I should be able to drive it again
Well I finally got the rear end alignment done enough to be drivable but….haven’t driven yet. One project leads to several others. I wanted to get the tachometer and speedometer working….which meant pulling the instrument cluster….then mounting the Speedhut speed box…..then pulling the entire dash….then recovering the nasty old cracked dash….etc etc
bought A used speedometer to replace the odd 944 yellow faced gauge with correct face gauge.
very cool that speedhut provides a VW-compatible speedometer cable that links directly to the Porsche 924 gauge: Porsche cable on the right, Speedhut cable on the left
Swapped gauge faces to keep the original gauge that came in the car. Probably doesn't matter because the gauge was likely swapped out in the past anyway. True Mileage unknown as BAT likes to say
Last edited by joseph mitro; 12-29-2021 at 10:25 PM.
Next was mounting the speedhut speed box. Uses GPS signal to convert into a mechanical speed signal. Of course the entire dashboard had to come out.
GPS receiver just under the windshield.
in the process the plastic dash cover came off revealing a horrible cracked dash. So next project involves stripping the dash, filling the cracks, and recovering the dash.
removed the AC unit which opened up space to mount the KLR unit.
Last edited by joseph mitro; 12-29-2021 at 10:49 PM.
10-24-2021, 10:20 PM
