alabbasi

Oh yeah, the thread would be a little ridiculous had it not caught fire

jimlam56

there are lift points on each side of the car along the rocker panel.

Paulyy

The lifters sound noisy. Hows the oil pressure?

alabbasi

Oil pressure gauge is pinned to the max pretty much all of the time. I suspect carbon build up as it sat at the salvage yard for several months until the insurance settled with the owner.

I've added a little MMO in the tank to see if it will help free things up. May add a little to the oil too and then drain after a few hundred miles.

alabbasi

Actually, there may be a problem with my oil pressure sending unit. The gauge is pinned to the top but I suspect that's because it's faulty. furthermore, when the warning light appears, it's at idle and goes away when i rev the car. I suspected that this was a weak alternator but I now notice that the low oil pressure light is goes on (very dimly) when the warning light turns on.

The sending unit is on the same side as the fire so I would like to replace it, but no doubt from the lifter noise that I may have low oil pressure. Any common areas that I need to address here?

raleighBahn

The point for your floor jack is under the diamond marked in middle of the rocker panel. Rear jack stand along same rail and looks like square opening. Front jack stands do not go at the similar opening towards front - will bend. About a foot inward perpendicular you will see where the front points are. Put hockey pucks in between jack stands and car.

Will send you vacuum line routing pictures that will get them out of the way of sitting on intake. Just did mine. Lindsey racing had nice kit with metal T'sl. The rubber T's are awful for leaks.

konakat

You might want to consider an aftermarket oil pressure gauge. The OEM sending units don't work well when new, let alone a quarter-century old.

alabbasi

I've ordered a new filter and sending unit and bought some castrol 20w50. I'll put the car up in the air this week and see if I can take a look at the wiring, as well as give it a good clean while i change the oil.

alabbasi

The oil pressure issue turned out to be a false alarm. Replaced the oil pressure sending unit but also had to swap the wires around as they would not read correctly when the right way.

Removing the old oil pressure sending unit was a huge pain. had to use a crows foot 24mm connected to a 3/8 inch rachet with a long extension and a longer breaker bar on the other end.

Oil pressure is excellent now at a hair under 3 bar at idle and pegged when I get on the throttle. Hopefully I should be good for a while as I just changed the oil to Castrol 20w50 with Redline ZDDP additive.

I also addressed my sloppy shifter issues by replacing a very worn shifter and bushing.

F18Rep

I've never done this, do they just pull out or is there a trick?
Nice save BTW. Bruce

alabbasi

You could pry out the old busing to get the bracket out with a screw driver. I just pressed the new bushing by pressing down on a table. Worked fine.

FASTRNU

Sweet job rescuing your 951. I always wanted a white 968 or 951,to do a body in white race car. Is it Alpine white? With the damage did you get a bargain price? You've come to the right place for advice, these guys have helped me build a sweet track monster. Larts the man to help you with parts, great prices and good quality. He knows the what's what when it comes to the 951.

alabbasi

Thanks, I did not pay much for the car as I bought it at a salvage auction, but I don't think that it will ever be worth much as it has a salvage title now so I wouldn't call myself money ahead. But I do have a fun toy which is fine by me.

I'm sure that the rebuilding the wiring harness and replacing the vacuum lines has probably resulted in this car running better then it did before the damage. I'm planning to pull the intake on my 88 928 and doing the same as it was in a fire before I bought it and had had running issues since I and the PO had owned it.

I appreciate all the help that everyone has given and hope to continue getting help as I work through the new issues. My biggest issue is getting the a/c working. It's getting mighty hot outside here in Texas.

alabbasi

I pulled a vac on the system in my 951 which held for about 30 minutes before I began to charge, but the compressor was not engaging. I had to run a jumper wire from the fuse box to one of the pressure switches (the one with the exposed spade connectors at the bottom of the dryer) to get it engage and it then sucked refrigerant down nicely.

System was still blowing hot air which I suspect is caused by a faulty heater valve so I zip tied it shut. Need to find the reason why the compressor wont engage. I suspect the relay which I will order tomorrow (unless anyone can advise me of a way to test it).

alabbasi

OK here's my problem. The compressor was not engaging by adding freon or by jumping the pressure switch, but I was able to get it running by running a power cable from the fuse box to the pressure switch which got the compressor running. I determined that the problem was the relay which I replaced today and it turned out that it was not (now i have a spare relay). The reason why the compressor would not engage is because fuse 17 was blown (marked heater control on the fuse map). Not sure what else this fuse does but upon replacing it, the compressor ran for about 10-15 minutes before the fuse blew again. Anyone know what would cause it to blow?