I don't have any abnormal sounds with the car in neutral....

I do have the "rocks in the dryer" sound when the car is in gear and lugging.

This sound is most prevelant in second gear at low rpms.



Bob-

 

I'm still going to keep my fingers and toes crossed

I have had a blast. My only gripe is it took so long, but I sure learned a lot!

Thanks for the heads up about the light fixture, I'm sure it'll make more sense as I'm putting it back in. Have fun at the game, The University of Tennessee right? My car originated Knoxville

 

All the wires are back where they belong in the engine bay and almost all of the various tubes ect. I have one last vacuum tube... anyone know where it might live? Could it be from the heater blower that is now MIA? I looked around in there and didn't see an obvious spot, and the matching #5 piece of tape must have fallen off

 

Update -- I would like to publicly send a big thanks to Dan and Wife who very kindly sent our 6 month old boy a few nice outfits!! Thanks so much Dan (and wifey)! It put a huge smile on my face as well as my wifes!!

 

Yep, the small diameter nylon vacuum line goes to the heater blower motor lump-o-plastic -- specifically the small damper valve.

 

I'm glad they got there safe. Only 4 more weeks and we'll be welcoming our newest member to the family I'll be sure to show her the bushings (my first knows what a transmission is already )

I'll add it to the zip tied wires of uselessness

 

Woohooo! Best of luck!!



Be sure to cap it off!

 

The car is finally on the ground, and I couldn't be happier. I really wanted to get done this week since our daughter is due to be born any day within the next three weeks. Plus tomorrow is the local PCA coffee meet here in the Tricities. Thank you all for your encouragement and help along the way, but I'm calling this project closed

Unfortunately I haven't started him up yet, no way in heck am I going to risk waking up a 37 week pregnant lady lol. Tomorrow morning will be the true deciding point. But... I don't have extra parts, everything is torqued according to the Porsche manual, and I have all the fluids in (and brakes / clutch bleed).

I've said it in this post before but I want to finish with a thank you to those who this couldn't have been possible without. NSully / Andreas for the transmission DIY, Boulderbobo for his engine drop DIY, pcarworkshop crew for numerous DIYs, Steve W. and Jeff at Rennsport / Rothsport for the transmission and questions, Mark D at FD Motorsports for numerous parts and many many questions, Chris Walrod for his generosity and help, Phil at Sunset for getting those parts to me quick. You all are awesome, I'm happy to have worked with you and read your posts!

Now as is customary... my finishing shot:

 

^^^^time to fire it up already^^^^



Bob-

 

Very inspiring! Thanks for sharing with a generous spirit. It makes my upcoming PSS10 instal a little less scary by comparison.

Now, can we hear the engine, please? (she must be awake by now!)

 

LOL the label on the glass is funny stuff.
Can't wait to hear the results Dan
Good luck!

I have a slight amount of appreciation of what some of the masters of the black art of coding do after spending 2 days working on improvement to a certain web site... just adding a couple of php forms. Painful to a total amateur!

The form SW provider said "no programming required!".
Sure... unless you want it to actually work!
(to be fair, it was only editing but you have to dive in and figure out what to edit)

 

Done! It actually started The first turn was a bit scary, but it finally figured out it wanted to start
My suspension install is where this all started. Take your time, read the Porsche manual on how to do it, and read the DIYs. I'm sure you'll have fun (with a few trying moments mixed in).
My mother-in-law got me those glasses, I think they're great. I think of all my undergraduate work when drinking from them. The "no programming required"... I've heard that story before, you're experience mimics what I've seen.

 

So he started up! I'm very pleased. I honestly couldn't tell much difference when I took it out but I was babying it and listening for things falling off lol. It was stalling whenever I coasted with the clutch in, but it seems to be getting better... or I'm adjusting how I drive.

I do have to engine codes off the durametric 108 and 107. Anyone know what these might mean? I stopped by my friendly mechanic to get the codes, and he didn't have the book handy to look them up. I've taken off so much and changed many things... but it does seem to be running ok

 

How is the car running ? I am in Pa and am thinking of shipping my 1996 C4S to Steve to get the trans sorted out and the engine rebuilt ?

Patrick
1996 C4S (gear whinning sound, #3 cyl leak, chain cover leak, oily smell, sec air fault lite, 140k miles).

 

Unfortunately I haven't had much opportunity to drive my car out on the street. Mainly because I busted up a rim and all I have are my race wheels with Hoosier A6s on them... which I try not to take out too often. From what I did get to drive, the LWF caused a bit of stalling at first, but the car learned what it was doing and went back to normal operation fairly quickly. It revs much faster now that I shed the weight. The transmission shifts solid and so far I'm happy with it. The real test will be on the course to see if it jumps out of 2nd gear still (I doubt it will). Steve and Jeff at Rennsport / Rothsport were very informative and helpful. You can't go wrong with their knowledge and experience.