C4inLA

Reason I asked, I removed and just used mushrooms and didn't want to hear I did a major #%*+%# ...

John McM

Haha. I just did the rears and they had both the plate and mushrooms. Maybe it doesn't make any difference either way.

John McM

Went to start dismantling the front suspension, only to find the Allen key needed is a 7mm and every set I have jumps from 6 to 8mm.

So I decided to fit the RS style engine mounts instead. Easy work although the old ones didn't look that shot. Into the spares cupboard they go for the next 964.

Also did the rear engine lid struts. Huge difference using heavy duty ones designed for the turbo. One is enough to hold up a NA tail, but I fitted two. Overkill.

Now time to make like the cat and get some sleep.

John McM

Engine lid holding itself up.

John McM

Two heavy duty struts is overkill

John McM

Front struts out in 90 minutes. Probably 3 hours to change over springs and reinstall them. Might get both ends done in time before I go away for work again. Love working with the AC Jack and Esco stands.

C4inLA

Between this and flywheel thread, like the way you get after it... I am thinking couple helpers just out of camera frame, fess up

John McM

Nothing to confess, just me in my happy place. Every day there are professional mechanics doing these jobs with no issues or need to share. I hope that a few people will read this and take on the DIY challenge and keep their cars well maintained. The previous owner of the Silver car could have used some encouragement!

C4inLA

"beyond those doors are various forms of oxygen and various gases, do you want to continue?", she said yes . A keeper

John McM

All geared up to change the springs over when I realized I didn't have the gear strong enough to undo the top nut. Instead I fitted the bonnet lid struts. I got it in the end but I won't volunteer for that job again. It would help to have a very long narrow screwdriver. I bent a pair of tweezers and taped them go another screwdriver. It took me 90 minutes to do both. A few additions to the swear jar.

John McM

I sourced the materials for the seat re-padding.

This type of foam is meant for auto seats and will last years. The thin foam will cover my reworked areas so the surface comes out nicely for the covers.

John McM

Pic

Jlaa

Good job with the first time carpet install! I just finished up my own first time carpet installation a week ago as well, and, like you, had some difficulty with the compound curves on the center tunnel.

Looking at the position of your "collar" piece relative to the outboard rear seat back hinge points, my installation is similar to yours ... Skewed to one side of the car by a centimeter or two. I also had some unfixable bunching right behind the center hinge point so
I slit the collar in an undetectable place.

Kudos to your install! You did a very nice job!

John McM

Nice, very nice. What are you doing for the rear seat pads? I'm not sure whether to use synthetic horse hair or hard foam.

John McM

I admitted defeat on the shock top nuts and went to a specialist. Five minutes and they were both off. No charge.

I knew the shocks were stuffed (check out the bump stops), however unfortunately the springs are missing part of their coating so I'm going to replace them.

BTW I asked them to check the spring stiffness. A simple setup with a jack and a meter. The double progressive nature seemed too hard to measure e.g. At mid range it was 96 lb for a one inch move.