Put the models to work cleaning engine parts, that should make for some interesting shots.

 

not a bad idea... bikini parts wash!

 

Hi guys,

Last weekend I did drop the engine.

Indeed not that hard at all.
I used mostly Adrian Streather, however I had it translated in Dutch, so actually I knew it by head.

Most tricky part of the operation is getting the car high enough.

It took me about 10 hours, but my brother helped me all the time, so maybe you can say it took me 20 hours.
It supprised me how easy everything was going. Not a single bolt broke or couldn't get loose.

After all a happy 964 diy-er.

 

Congrats!

 

Must be something in the air...........I'm in the initial stage of dropping my engine

Most of the bottom work is finished, but (after reading everything in RL and Adrian's book) I don't fully understand what has to be done with the throttle cable. Do I remove the cable completely from the accelerator cable, and pull it out all the way to the engine?

Any clarification is appreciated!

 

Sorry I can't comment on the actual engine dropping, but there is definitely something in the air, and I think it's the weather.... the last couple years, I was able to drive my car at least a few times every week during the winter - without touching salty/wet/slushy/icy/snowy roads.

This winter? I've had to lower my "road condition" standards a bit just so I can blow the moisture out of the exhaust every couple weeks. The main arterials and highways haven't been terrible, but forget driving the kid to school, etc.

Anyways to the point - I think this is just a good winter to take the wheels off the car and get a few projects done.

 

I know exactly what you mean with this throttlecable. I didn't understand it either.
When you follow the exact instructions it will become clear to you.

The inner throttlecable is inside blue one. This as a whole is going through a tube or something like that.
One of the last steps is pulling this one out of the tube.

 

I dropped the engine the first month I owned my 964 (purchased about a year ago). When I did the drop, I disconnected the throttle cable at the gas pedal, separated the coupling under the car, and pulled the cable through.

Prior to separating the coupling (I know - too late now) please note the number of threads and slack on the cable. When I reassembled everything, the car ran great until the winter when I developed a rough idle/stalling issue. It turned out to be the "shrinkage" of the throttle cable causing the microswitch to no longer close at idle. Adjustment of the throttle coupling fixed all.