refresh951

Got my wiring issue fixed, I had swapped the harness between the alternator and the starter. Cranked it a bit until I saw some oil pressure then put the DME relay back in. Started immediately . A little chatter for a few seconds then everything sounded great. I just let it purr for a bit. Man the sound was so sweet. Good oil pressure. Even my leak seemed to almost stop at the coolant ear. Thanks to all who helped me, especially Blown944, Rogue, Lart, Josh B, and ChrisJ951. Here is the first start video:


http://youtu.be/gLZpaWA3kXw

David Floyd

Congrats Shawn !

That is the cleanest first start I have ever seen... all of mine smoke up the garage

blown 944

Right on... Glad its all getting done..

michael2e

Been following your thread like many -congrats! I had the same problem with the cometic, I think it was TonyG that originally sleuthed out a poor design on the gaskets at that corner years ago. So they still havent corrected that flaw yet? I tried RTV and it still leaked externally (only) until a WFHG put a stop to it. Good luck and thx for the post

Scott H

She makes a really nice purrrrrrr. Congrats on the first start!

mtnman82

Awesome first start Shawn!!! I'll bet your still grinning (I know I'd be)... Sounds sweeeeet!!!

95ONE

Oh man.. What a great moment.. Congrats.

URG8RB8

Very nice, jealous! Boy do I wish I went this direction. Congrats!

Josh B

Man - great vid - I am sure that was a high point in your 944 journey

Paulyy

been watching this since the start! Congrats on the start

ausgeflippt951

Great job!! Keep us updated. What'd you choose to do re the Cometic issue?

refresh951

Thanks Rob, a bit of your old motor in this thing.

Thanks David! Yes, not a lot of smoke. Pretty cool.

Quite an adventure fore sure. Soon it will be time to see what it can do. Going to have to get some miles on this thing this weekend.

I am going to call LR today and talk to Dave about the Cometic. I read it was fixed. Maybe I got an old gasket. It leak seems so have considerably slowed down. I am going to drive it a bit and see what happens.

Thanks, the sound is sweet indeed.

Still smiling Thanks!

Thanks Bruce! Pretty great for sure.

Thanks.

It is right up at the top for sure. Thanks for taking my calls with endless questions. Last night I started making plans for a second generation motor. A true beast. Here we go again...

Thanks mate!

Thanks! See above. It might take care of its self.

jlturpin

Awesome. Good to hear your wife being supportive and being proud of your accomplishment. Looks great, sounds great. How does she do on the road?

2bridges

geeze man you realy should not ask that about his wife

refresh951

Thanks. My wife is very encouraging which is amazing considering how much time I have spent working on it.

No worries at all.