John McM

You're correct. Synchros are ~ $180 each.

pcarplayer

John, you've mentioned you might drop your engine if you do the gearbox. I'd be keen to lend a hand if you need it as the experience would be great should i decide to do it myself one day. I'm mostly mechanically challenged but keen to learn more

John McM

Warwick, I likely will drop the engine in August and you are welcome to help.

I'm going to do the Integra gearbox and clutch first as it needs to be ready to race in late September. I'll start that tonight. Once that's back out on the car pad I can start on Herman with plenty of room to work in. I have the Esco stands. What I need to do first is make the front board so I can lift the car "Cactus" style. I'm also seriously looking at a quality jack that's wide, stable and has a very high capacity.

Macca

Make sure its a tissue free zone John ;-)

kiwi 911

Ha Ha - I was tempted, but bit my lip.............

Just give to CCS and save yourself the pain...........

John McM

Slow and steady is the mantra. I'll also take full charge. In (small) part the tissue incident happened because the mechanic doing the house visit didn't have sight of the working area. He fitted the oil line without jacking the car up or even taking off the wheel. He was therefore unable to view the pipe ends. Big boy pants etc and I paid up. It also led to catching a slew of issues that would've nickel and dimed me over the following year so all's well that ends well.

Since then I've fitted front suspension, changed out alternator bushes, done engine mounts, fitted the engine management kit, including injector change and am ready for bigger challenges. The clutch and transmission work on the Integra is the entry ticket for me. If I can change the synchros on one one box I can drop an engine and gearbox on a 911. It also sets me up for a lifetime of independence in maintaining an old air cooled car. All good.

John McM

It's not painful for me. It's learning and expanding my capabilities. Fear of failure isn't going to hold me back. Gib stopping and painting is a pain, as is tiling etc. I've got one lot of that to do on the upstairs room, then leaving the bathroom and kitchen to the pros. That's enough labour bills for this quarter.

kiwi 911

Stop being a tight-**** and employ tradesmen. They will do a better quality job that willl reflect in the quality of the house.

Edit: I couldn't really fault the outside painting though? House is looking good with black and white theme.

993 Targa

Side note from all the track talk folks and back on GT3s, if anyone knows anyone looking for some centre-lock wheels for their 997 GT3 (possibly GTS also?) put them in touch as we have a set of OZ Racing wheels (wheels only, no tyres) we will probably never use.

pcarplayer

Nice one let me know when you want to pull the trigger. I have a board which i use on mine. Not much too it really just a piece i had left over from another job trimmed to suit. Honestly, there is no weight to the front end.

There's a real satisfaction from fixing something yourself and that is not financially motivated. As long as the conditions are right. Particularly having room to work on the car and put things away in and orderly fashion. Nothing worse than having store take off parts in the area you are actually working in. I don't know how Rob in the 964 forum managed what he did in his tiny garage

Spokes

Hey John,

The Esco stands, is there a NZ retailer for them?

S

John McM

I bought mine through Pelican and paid through the nose to get them here. Meanwhile Warwick? arranged a local supplier to import them. A number here got relative bargains. It's probably about 500 pages back. I'll have a search.

Edit: Warwick posted reciept of some on page 1183....670 pages ago. Maybe PM him.

John McM

Not worth employing trademen for the small jobs. It's just gib stopping around some new skylights. This Summer will see the last push on renovations and I can sit back, or not as the case may be. It depends on how rough you are on the race cars.

Kiwi Carguy

I've seen these before in Japan but its the first one I've seen in NZ. Mazda RX7 with 993 headlight conversion http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=920537617

pcarplayer

Try http://www.patchrubber.co.nz/ they bought us in a batch as part of a group buy. They may have some left