My '72 911T

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Re: My '72 911T

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jwhillracer wrote:……… and it looks as though it will look something like that in the next few days again :-(

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Re: My '72 911T

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I had only driven it around the yard at home, but when I drove it up to our space at the top of Prescott paddock, it was making a horrible noise. We changed the oil back to EP90 in case it was caused by trying GL5 75/90 oil, but no.
Hopefully it is just backlash adjustment in the CWP
Rather more work to do in the next week than I needed :-(

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Re: My '72 911T

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Hope it’s not the oil… I’ve got some 80/90 GL4 lined up as EP90 is a bit obscure these days!
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Re: My '72 911T

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Well the oil change didn’t make a difference, so you ought to be OK.
A lot of work, and lots of help here from Yellow491 :-) but I’ll have to sit this one out.

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Re: My '72 911T

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Oh dear

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Got other things on for the rest of today, but ready for the big lift tomorrow :)

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Re: My '72 911T

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Brilliant stuff
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young but I'm just backdated yeah
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Big step. Go carefully. Good luck
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Re: My '72 911T

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Make sure that you have some big washers for the top of the engine mounts, just sayin'.



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Re: My '72 911T

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PeterK wrote:Make sure that you have some big washers for the top of the engine mounts, just sayin'.



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Sooooo many washers… :)
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Re: My '72 911T

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Well. This is nice to hear:

https://youtu.be/-N8OZj29LiQ

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There’s something odd going on as it only sparks when the starter isn’t running, just managed to catch this on the throttle as I turned it off and it burst into life. Not going to miss that opportunity!

Some fault finding to do, but it’s a big step forward. :)
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Re: My '72 911T

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Sounds fantastic Gary! Great job!
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Re: My '72 911T

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Congrats Gary! Perseverance pays!
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My '72 911T

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Got some new batteries so I can rule that one out later once I finish work.

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…and a new eezibleed as mine was looking distinctly vintage :)
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Re: My '72 911T

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Quick lunch break…
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Success!
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Not the new batteries (although they do spin the engine faster than the pistons…) but some idiot having connected a red wire clearly labelled 8B to fuse 6B…

And guess what fuse 8 supplies, yes it’s the feed to the CDi box during cranking.

Which is the problem John pointed me towards yesterday in a message…

Thanks to DDK this simple mechanical engineer has fixed an electrical problem of his own making :)
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