landsharklady

Brilliant, thanks Doc.
Car decided to go from a couple of drops to all-out spurting from fuel line-luckily,, it did it while we were at austec! Been patched fantastically with airplane quality high pressure fuel hose, and is being booked in to have the rest of the lines done-but they have a long waiting list so might not be for a month, but they say the but they did today is good, and the rest if the pipe is not as corroded as the but which decided to leak so we should be good until they can do it-obviously, keeping an eye on it.
This does mean the immobiliser planned for next wk had to be put off, as fuel leaks are more urgent, obviously!

docmirror

Oye,,,, carbeque averted.

The fuel hose repl is a good DIY job on a nice sunny day. Some good write-ups here to follow, few tools needed, no jacking, and instant gratification. I am pushing this way, because unless you have unlimited budget for fixing bits on these cars, the labor will eat you alive. A hacksaw, few screwdrivers, sharp knife, and pliers will do the fuel lines. It also gives you confidence to tackle other tasks as they surely will come along.

landsharklady

Thanks for that, will check it out.
Also printed off where all the ground points are, and will do that too.
Investigated the horn-full of water! I suspected that.

911 Crazy

A shark Cab, cool. Congrats!

Big Dave

Welcome! Love the color/colour!

landsharklady

Thanks, I will get more pictures up later today.

landsharklady

Doc-I'm not brave enough for my first proper DIY job to be something potentially lethal!
I fully intend to get more hands on with this car, but baby steps until I'm confident I'm my abilities.
I can see in theory fuel lines easy, but in practise... Not brave enough!
How can it be done without jacking the car? I can't get under it and I'm tiny.

SteveG

The fuel lines that he refers to and the kit that Roger supplies are the rubber ones up front and under the air cleaner, no jacking necessary. Roger provides printed instruction. The metal lines under car to/from the firewall are usually OK. The fuel pumps(s) (one in-tank, and I think you have one under the cover at rear bumper) and the connections are accessible under the rear bumper and also no jacking necessary. the search function here is helpful as is the new visitor thread.

Shawn Stanford

Very sharp car...

Strat_928

Awesome car....quite sporty in yellow! I saw an all yellow Cayman and it was sweet as well.

landsharklady

it's the metal lines under the car which are the problem.
Right now, it's good, the front half of the fuel lines aren't too bad-don't know what it's like for you guys with the nicer weather, but in UK, Front half tends to dry off quickly with the engine great, back half stays damp longer and thus, corrodes faster
Front half is being replaced with the super-awesome race car/aeroplane hose at start of August.

alabbasi

I have to say that some easy DIY jobs for us on this side of the pond may be a lot more difficult for our friends in the UK because of the environment. I lived in London up until my mid 20's, most houses in London don't have a garage and if they did, it would have been converted into an extra room.

When I worked on my cars there, it was either on the side of the street, or in the drive and it was not usually that much fun as the weather was usually damp and dark.

Almost every car guy that I know here has at least a two car garage, full range of hand tools, air tools and many people have their own lift. It's night and day.

landsharklady

Very true.
I'm in the country side, we have mud, a tiny garage which there is no way in Hell the shark is going to fit in, and more mud! We're shady having the wettest June ever, just had more flood warnings

landsharklady

Also, not shady!

landsharklady