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Well home safe and sound Christmas it was not. Quite a lot of rot but the body is sound. Boat load of work not sure where to start figured I would start with the seats.
Well home safe and sound Christmas it was not. Quite a lot of rot but the body is sound. Boat load of work not sure where to start figured I would start with the seats.
Took the seats out and started cleaning -Thanks Jim that was the right way to start.
The sun damage is so extensive to the interior that some plastic pieces just crumble. The vinyl has come off and shrunk so I will need to remove and replace. The engine I haven't cleaned yet I want to vacuum out everything the PO stuffed plastic bags in the intake ports I think I will just suck them out. I pulled the dipstick hardly any oil in the block barely registers on the stick. I might just pour some cheap oil in and then drain again. Will post more pics as I go.
The other bad thing the buyer failed to mention was the missing ignition! Keys but no ignition does anyone know if I can swap out an ignition from an '84?
Yes the radio is makes me feel better I found the face plate but haven't found the ***** yet.
Both Jim at 928 classics and Roger 928 Rus carry NOS "radio kits" from Porsche with new *****, faceplate and install hardware..around $40 or so...can make it look pretty on a shelf while you prepare the rest of the car...
Went through a couple rolls of paper towels and shop vac'd the full interior. Moving on to the engine bay that I vac'd but now need to take out the plastic bags stuffed into the intakes and then put the spark plugs in.
Any cleaner solution advice and which steps or preventative measures I should take befor starting?
The engine would come out for cleaning, seal and gasket replacement, etc. You'll invest more in corrective language tutoring if you get below the memozoic layer of the surface dirt with the engine still in the car. I know it's everybody's dream to find the car that needs just one small easy but obscure thing to make it run perfectly. But that's a dream.
Having the engine out lets you do a boatload of other cleaning and refurb work on the front half of the car, especially within and under the engine bay.
And those plastic bags in the intake ports... I'd --very carefully-- lift those out, keeping an eye for the crud that lives in the bag now becoming crud that's in the intake port. Hint: having the engine in the stand means you can flip it over and let the gravity be your friend.
I'd probably pull the engine and clean/inspect/measure clearances/replace gaskets and seals/fix everything that needs attention and leave it on the engine stand until the rest of the restoration is nearly complete.
I can only imagine what kind of shape the fuel system is in on this car, since it has been open to the elements and all. Those steel delivery fuel lines are probably rusty inside, along with the fuel nozzles located in the manifold tubes...and will only cause further issues if you attempt running the car before resolving that issue. Plus, we'd need to change out the rubber fuel lines before getting to carried away.
Now, if I were hell-bent on hearing it run before investing any more time or money into the project. I'd pull the plastic bags out of the manifold ports, while holding a shop-vac nozzle close to the opening to suck up any loose debris. Shoot some penerating oil down the spark plug holes and reassemble to the point of making it start-able. Having buckets of water and a fire extingisher handy, and certainly wouldn't start it in my garage...unless...everything is heavily insured.
I will start with the shop vac today and out all of the plastic. Maybe attaché a funnel to the end of the hose to get into the chamber.
I am as rookie as it gets for engine repair experience... I'm still buying tools to dismantle a totalled burn victim 928 ($200) -which I hope to learn on. I'll try pulling the engine out of that first and make my mistakes there.
Is there a good step by step thread for pulling an engine?
Thanks for the advice I really need it.
03-30-2016, 09:33 PM
