hacker-pschorr

The way Mark buys cars and Rob works on them.....it reminds me of these two:



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Mark Anderson

We all know Rob is taller than me so I guess I'm the short fat guy. The upside is I have more hair now

Rob Edwards

Does Ed install the CIS injector grommets upside down, like I did in the picture above?

Rob Edwards

Distracting y'all from my mistakes with shiny metal objects:

hacker-pschorr

William A

Thanks to Rob and Marks help, we got a few things done today. Injectors replaced, and tried another warm up regulator and fuel distributor since we could barely get it to start and then it would not increase RPM at all.

Got it restarted with all the new bits, fan reinstalled with the correct aluminum and air pump bracket tensioner that was missing. Ran very well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YQJ...ature=youtu.be

William A

Looking through the PET parts list, '78 and '79 have "matte" wheels and later years it says "clear"

We are pretty convinced that there was no paint or clear coat, but I want to hear others' opinions who have vastly more experience than I do.

Input very welcome!

The Deputy

William,

If you are having problems finding 78 parts out there, and need the plastic cowl piece, that covers the heater motor...I have one. And I believe I have an original radiator cap, too.

Parted out #0613 this summer and have a few things I can part with.

Brian.

William A

^^^^^^^^^^

Brian, thanks for the offer. As I have trouble finding parts I will be leaning on you!

William A

yesterday, Miverva '78 was put back on the road, albeit in less than prime form. But it starts, shifts gears, brakes, and turns (and smokes!)

There is a ton of oil, dirt, grime, and schmeg all over the mechanical side of the car, so today it gets a major steam clean so we can see what we are doing (and my wife will allow the car in the garage)

Rob Edwards

I've seen the underside of your cars, it has nothing to do with your wife.

Are you taking it to the place in Costa Mesa?

William A

haha, guess my secret is out!

Yes, Dr. Detail, I am here now and watching the transformation is inspiring! I see blue and metal colors on the underside now.

We found where a previous owner had cut the torque tube tunnel to access the shifter pin(?), so they are trying to be careful not to blast water into the back seat area. Too bad someone tried a shortcut there, another area to address.

Still, all in all a some very encouraging discoveries.

Tom. M

Interesting. Shouldn't have been an issue to get at stuff back there? Could this have been some sort of early car fix at Porsche given the nature of a first model year 928? Might be worth looking into before you "fix" it?

William A

Tom, I will post some pics, and you will see it appears to be a distinctly amateur effort. But worth looking into.

By the way, at Rennsport Reunion this weekend the Customer Service folks were there to verify factory info.

I was able to get option codes, of which there were only 2: C03 - CA emission; 220 axle lock rear; Pirelli tires (I'm assuming P7's(?))

Rob Edwards

William, while you're sitting there at the car spa, you can mull over this diagram RE: fuel pressures. Man, this CIS stuff is complicated.....