Good plan.
You'll also be able to tell if you've got no compression i.e one valve tightened up so much it doesn't close properly.
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- Sun May 26, 2024 11:41 am
- Forum: Porsche Restoration Threads
- Topic: 1987 3.2 Carrera Backdate project - Sladeys hotrod
- Replies: 2537
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- Fri May 24, 2024 9:17 am
- Forum: Classic Porsche General Chat
- Topic: Road Tripping to the Pyrenees
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1002
Re: Road Tripping to the Pyrenees
It’s the moral support that matterssladey wrote:Yes when we stopped in the afternoon we were all actively helping Gary trace the noise
- Thu May 23, 2024 7:01 pm
- Forum: Porsche 356
- Topic: Under cover Resto
- Replies: 199
- Views: 95760
Re: Under cover Resto
Lovely detailed work
- Thu May 23, 2024 6:00 pm
- Forum: Classic Porsche General Chat
- Topic: Road Tripping to the Pyrenees
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1002
Re: Road Tripping to the Pyrenees
As James notes my car woes had started by this point but I wasn’t ready to give up (just!) yet… and the roads were just amazing, so I just reduced the pace a little. Following Sladey in his GT4 was amusing as I was exploring every ounce of my underpowered 52 year old car whilst he was tickling along...
- Thu May 23, 2024 10:40 am
- Forum: Pre 1974 - Porsche 911 (longhood)
- Topic: Assessing an unknown engine
- Replies: 143
- Views: 10138
Re: Assessing an unknown engine
If you are worried take it to a reputable machine shop to check. I’m not sure even the best home methods will be close enough to either confirm or deny.
- Thu May 23, 2024 6:20 am
- Forum: Classic Porsche General Chat
- Topic: Road Tripping to the Pyrenees
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1002
Re: Road Tripping to the Pyrenees
Using absolutely everything except the right tool !sladey wrote:
First (unsuccessful) go at fixing Boydys fanbelt
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- Wed May 22, 2024 10:42 pm
- Forum: Classic Porsche General Chat
- Topic: Road Tripping to the Pyrenees
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1002
Re: Road Tripping to the Pyrenees
I’d choose the Portsmouth- St Malo route mainly as I hate ferries! Going out at least this means you turn up in the evening, watch the sunset then wake up in France at 8 having cut out a good chunk of miles and a night in a hotel. We pressed on that day down to just outside Bilbau, a solid 9.5 hours...
- Mon May 20, 2024 6:28 am
- Forum: Pre 1974 - Porsche 911 (longhood)
- Topic: Assessing an unknown engine
- Replies: 143
- Views: 10138
Re: Assessing an unknown engine
I think the greasy fingerprints over the dishwasher tab box might be a clue…. It’s easier to clean the valves once you’ve stripped the heads. Pop them in a drill mounted on your vice then use another drill with a wire brush attachment and the they come up lovely. It also gets all the deposits off th...
- Sun May 19, 2024 5:38 pm
- Forum: Porsche Restoration Threads
- Topic: My '72 911T
- Replies: 1997
- Views: 161965
My '72 911T
What about the handbrake job done just before the trip? I can see a tick tick from that before the diff. Just a thought. Absolutely, it’s normally the last thing you fixed that goes wrong. I’ve pulled the RHS off before I started taking it all apart and all looks good. No contact marks anywhere. Ha...
- Sat May 18, 2024 10:05 pm
- Forum: Porsche Restoration Threads
- Topic: My '72 911T
- Replies: 1997
- Views: 161965
Re: My '72 911T
Odd the output bearing has run on the shaft, but that imho might rumble than tick. I guess the frequency of the tick increases with speed of turn? I’ve had the same swarf on the mag plug in my Lola box, was synchro wear. Fingers crossed for you, but I would expect a total strip soon. I have a Quaif...
- Sat May 18, 2024 9:11 pm
- Forum: Porsche Restoration Threads
- Topic: My '72 911T
- Replies: 1997
- Views: 161965
My '72 911T
As part of the investigation I stripped and regreased all the CV joints (fun!) Nothing of note except some minor contact between the end of the shaft and the grease cap on the outboard end. So I added a little more clearance. These caps are later parts that don’t quite fit into the outer stub axles ...
- Sat May 18, 2024 9:01 pm
- Forum: Porsche Restoration Threads
- Topic: My '72 911T
- Replies: 1997
- Views: 161965
My '72 911T
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240518/a48c99c5a1d018f958a937bd91c33f41.jpg So in detail there is some evidence of surface damage on the sun/planet gears, but that could have been there for years, certainly not one tooth only with a bit missing or anything. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240...
- Sat May 18, 2024 8:23 pm
- Forum: Porsche Restoration Threads
- Topic: My '72 911T
- Replies: 1997
- Views: 161965
My '72 911T
I’ll pop up so photos from the Euro drive once everyone is back, but my own journey was cut short by a loud mechanical clicking noise when you turn right. I’d made it all the way down to the Pyrenees and had a wonderful couple of days in the mountains, but after some ‘spirited’ driving keeping the m...
- Sat May 18, 2024 11:23 am
- Forum: Classic Porsche General Chat
- Topic: What did you do in/on/for your Porsche today?
- Replies: 8015
- Views: 947471
Re: What did you do in/on/for your Porsche today?
I polished and greased my balls
Having already pulled the diff out…
Trying to find a noise that cut my Euro trip short!
Having already pulled the diff out…
Trying to find a noise that cut my Euro trip short!
- Tue May 14, 2024 9:58 pm
- Forum: Pre 1974 - Porsche 911 (longhood)
- Topic: Front wing / underbody coating
- Replies: 4
- Views: 212
Re: Front wing / underbody coating
Yes, within a couple of mm of the radius