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- Added lower radiator hose that was on my doorstep at home
- Replaced a defective power steering reservoir
- Cleaned the mess left over from removing the old one
- cut out the rotted alternator cooling hose. Replacing it with 2.5" aluminum tubing
Tonight I will be adding some Zerex and and see if my thermostat and inner seal replacement really helped my overheating at idle issue. First things first before that. New oil!
Applied Drei Bond (prescribed by Greg) to this ATF leak source (Kickdown pivot). Got the Drei Bond at the Tyson's Porsche dealer. Installed a new engine to chassis ground cable and was surprised the engine idled and revved noticeably smoother afterward. Tidied up some wiring and retorqued suspension bolts, surveyed the entire underside of the car before putting wheels back on and taking it off the LiftBars/stands. Will finish up with reassembling the interior post Alpine head unit install.
Thanks for the comment on the wheels. Plasti dipped a beat up set of boxster twists I picked up cheap. Oddly they had virtually new rubber so worked out great. That plasti dip is neat stuff.
Finally got my pod all put back together after fixing the odometer. What a pain! It would have been a lot easier, except my headlight switch harness isn't quite long enough to stick out the hole for the switch. So I had to push the socket in blind with a punch handle with the pod and instrument cluster partially removed, leaning way forward with my arm bent over the top of the dashboard. Then I had to keep pulling the pod up over the steering column to get it in position, and in doing so would yank the headlight socket partially loose again, so that the headlights wouldn't fold down. Took me about 7 attempts. Getting the two long bolts lined up with the holes is a major pain too. Finally got it by using an endoscope to peer up the hole.
Ah well it will be really nice to stop estimating and logging all my mileage.
Finally got my pod all put back together after fixing the odometer. What a pain! It would have been a lot easier, except my headlight switch harness isn't quite long enough to stick out the hole for the switch. So I had to push the socket in blind with a punch handle with the pod and instrument cluster partially removed, leaning way forward with my arm bent over the top of the dashboard. Then I had to keep pulling the pod up over the steering column to get it in position, and in doing so would yank the headlight socket partially loose again, so that the headlights wouldn't fold down. Took me about 7 attempts. Getting the two long bolts lined up with the holes is a major pain too. Finally got it by using an endoscope to peer up the hole.
Ah well it will be really nice to stop estimating and logging all my mileage.
Well my '79 euro MPH odo did not do much today (trying to keep this in the theme...) however, da@n it, I can't much look forward to my "on the kitchen table winter project" when I read this!!
Well my '79 euro MPH odo did not do much today (trying to keep this in the theme...) however, da@n it, I can't much look forward to my "on the kitchen table winter project" when I read this!
Winter '17 project.
Kiwi
Well, the kitchen table part was kinda fun. I can set the odometer to 300 miles if I want to! Wheeee! Nah, I just advanced it to a nice even 170000.
Weird how that one gear crumbles over time. Mine turned brown and had a weird greasy texture. Like semi-liquid but crumbly at the same time. Maybe they were experimenting with some special low-friction plastic. The other gears were all perfectly fine. The number tumblers had so much play I will never trust a Porsche odometer again. I could easily make it skip numbers without even taking it apart. I had a very thin washer left over from the exciter wire on my old alternator and stuck that on the end, leaving a tiny amount of play.
Well, the kitchen table part was kinda fun. I can set the odometer to 300 miles if I want to! Wheeee! Nah, I just advanced it to a nice even 170000.
Weird how that one gear crumbles over time. Mine turned brown and had a weird greasy texture. Like semi-liquid but crumbly at the same time. Maybe they were experimenting with some special low-friction plastic. The other gears were all perfectly fine. The number tumblers had so much play I will never trust a Porsche odometer again. I could easily make it skip numbers without even taking it apart. I had a very thin washer left over from the exciter wire on my old alternator and stuck that on the end, leaving a tiny amount of play.
Mine stopped working one day when the PO hit the trip reset, he said he could hear the "scrunch" and that was that, he then kept an estimate of the mileage, and so have I when I purchased the car, I am tossing up whether to "add" that mileage to the odo when I repair the gear, or not!!
I feel, for some profound unexplainable reason, it's better not to, in the interests of sincerity, should I happen one day to sell my dream car...
FYI- mileage on my vehicle means squat to me, it's the pampering it has recieved over its lifetime that has importance.
Last edited by Kiwi'79; 02-26-2017 at 05:57 AM.
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Mine stopped working one day when the PO hit the trip reset, he said he could hear the "scrunch" and that was that, he then kept an estimate of the mileage, and so have I when I purchased the car, I am tossing up whether to "add" that mileage to the odo when I repair the gear, or not!!
I feel, for some profound unexplainable reason, it's better not to, in the interests of sincerity, should I happen one day to sell my dream car...
FYI- mileage on my vehicle means squat to me, it's the pampering it has recieved over its lifetime that has importance.
I believe mine broke in the same way, since the trip odometer was stuck at "000". Although after seeing the condition the gear material was in, I doubt it would have lasted much longer even if the reset button was never used.
First installed new trans mounts to replace the original 32 year old collapsed mounts. There was no gap when the weight of the trans was on the mount. Trans sits about 1" higher.
Second, installed the Greg Brown alternator, that thing puts out some power. At idle, jump post read 14.3v, with AC on and both aftermarket cooling fans running, 14.2v at jump post.
Third, oil and filter change.
Lastly, flushed brakes and new Super Blue brake fluid.
Installed rebuilt upper and lower control arms, replaced all rear suspension bushings, installed Greg Brown alternator and changed the oil. Getting ready for summer road trips.
02-24-2017, 01:18 PM
