rufrob

I have had this 86-951 for about 5 years now as long term project.
It had a couple of coolant leaks from the heater valve hoses. After that the clutch started to chatter in reverse only.
I pulled the clutch in an afternoon and found the disk had a some strange marks on it. I have done this type of job many times, on my back in the gravel. This is a step up on a concrete driveway. I once pulled a clutch on an 944S2 in 1 hour. This is my first time doing a turbo. It appears the PO didn't really torque things down so most of the bolts came off pretty easily.
Regarding the coolant leak it was quite a lot actually first I for got to torque the housing where the heater valve entered the block then the hose split causing a slow leak. It's was right after that it's started to chatter/and shutter. Guess I'll do the rear main seal sand the flywheel and pressure plate. I bought a new clutch disk a while ago so it will go in.
Re: torque tube its spins feely and quietly so I'll leave it alone for now. I would love the remove the black paint the PO applied the the rear undercarriage, transmission and all.

Over the last 2 weeks I sanded and rattle can repainted the whole body since the PO did a really cheap paint job in Rosso red which was cracking a peeling in chunks.
Final job will be to recover the interior panels with new vinyl.

User 41221

Awesome!

rufrob

After cleaning the clutch it's clear to see some contamination. I also found a significant ridge on one fork pin side of the guide tube. I filed and sanded it smooth, greased it and reinstalled it. Let's see if this car likes me and doesn't have anymore issues.

rufrob

Now to clean the transmission and try to remove the black paint from the undercarriage.

rufrob

Progress

968to986

Looking good. Keep going!

rufrob

Got new crank and reference sensors today and she fired up smartly. Clutch action is smooth, tachometer works. Yeah!! Next the cycle valve nipple is mostly gone so it's manual boost controller time and time to redo a pesky oil leak between the cam cover and front cam seal.

rufrob

I put the shim on the wrong sensor, thus grinding up one brand new crank sensor. Luckily the old ones I had still worked somewhat. The issue I was having was the tach would not work sometimes. Car all back together I turn it around the check the clutch operation, all it perfect until I see oil dripping at the starter. Further inspection determined the clutch hose is leaking. It's looks really ratty.
The rattle can paint job is a far cry better than I expected. The hood needs more polishing, but my arms just gave out.
Next is to retrim the interior to black and repair the edge of the sunroof panel.

rufrob

Not bad for $300 rattle can paint.