DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Well, finally adjusted the gearshift linkage alignment at the rear coupler. Resulted in a silky smooth 3rd gear selection. Shame that it now didn’t like second.
So, having used the 911 over the weekend to go to sailing (SWMBO’s Jag door handles are a b1tch to open when frozen, then won’t latch if you do get the open, so she stole my X1), I broke out the spanner’s again and readjusted the linkage. Sitting on the drive, all seemed fine.

Started on my way to Kent yesterday (SWMBO needed my X1 today to take her coven out so had booked my X1, when twin2 asked for help on her house). Second gear now silky smooth but almost impossible to get into 5th, so a quick pit stop at the side of the road, tweak the linkage alignment and I now have a full box of gears. Phew.

I do enjoy driving the 911. Bimbling around town in the winter returned about 18mpg. Hoofing along the back lanes and the motorways returns 24mpg. My takeout from this is therefore to hoof it around, not bimble.

Thanks to Mat's bulk buy from the US, time to fit my new shift linkage bush today (there's quite a post on this topic elsewhere).

The good news is that there is no need to upset the rear linkage connection, although it is a little tight to get the allen key to remove the grub screw on the cup under the gear stick.


Less than an hour to remove centre console, carpet, gear shift assembly, linkage 'cup' holder, replace bush, reassemble and test drive.

The only downside was that following my MOT tester breaking my 3D printed driver's side cup holder, I accidentally leant on the passenger one.


Maybe time to buy an aluminium one.

Notice much difference with that spring?

Sorry Graham, missed that. That's not a spring, that's my Allen key as I was removing bits.


Having been toooo slow and missed the opportunity to buy a fire extinguisher bracket (was typing my response as it was snapped up before my very eyes), I thought that it was maybe time to do something about the 2Kg fire extinguisher rolling around behind my driver’s seat.

I did some inter-webbing type stuff, googled a few options and decided that I would fabricate a simple copy of one. I did however, also notice that all the commercially available versions seemed to be for 1Kg extinguishers, whereas mine was a 2Kg AFFF foam jobbie & I was a tad concerned about the size of bracket to support 2Kg. Now, when I purchased said 2Kg jobbie, that was my only source of un-flaming my car. Since then I have fitted a fire suppression kit (the long tube jobbie) to the underside of my engine lid, so maybe I no longer needed such a big one in the cabin. So, a further peruse of the interweb and I was a soon to be proud owner of a 1Kg AFFF foam jobbie.

Now, back to my design ponderings. I had a length of 25mm flat bar (about 3 or 4mm thick). A quick bit of measuring, some angle grinding, some welding, a quick spray and I give you …



My bracket, which with fire extinguisher, looks a lot like this



It fits under the front seat runner, using the existing securing bolts



And in use with the seat fully back


And forward (can still have just enough room to reach the seat slider lever)



I also fitted an active ‘through glass’ (the signal passes through the glass, but no holes are needed in the glass) DAB whip aerial, as I was fed up of loosing signal. Just need to try that now.

Hi Peter.
Sorry to be a pain, but a couple of questions. What DAB aerial did you get and how good is it, and pics? also what extinguisher do you have.
Thanks MikeS

Hi Mike

Aerial is this one https://incartec.co.uk/product/DAB-exte ... enna--15db



Works a lot better than the original wire aerial that came with the radio.


I think that my fire extinguisher was this one https://www.fireprotectionshop.co.uk/p/ ... isher.html

… and one of these https://www.fireprotectionshop.co.uk/p/ ... strap.html

Peter


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That looks neat Peter.
Was thinking of mounting antenna in top centre of rear glass just behind hoop on my targa project.
This would work well for that….
C

I wanted to do something like that but the distructions give a clearance from any electrical wires in the screens. Where I placed it was the only place I could comply with their recommendation.


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Nice fire extinguisher mount

Driving the car as much as I can now, but that still isn’t very often. Most journeys are just a couple of miles, so I'm considering pottering down to the Beaulieu Spring Autojumble in the morning, just because it’s there.

However, being in the middle of a whole fortnight without sailing and no projects in the garage, I was feeling bored. One thing that had been at the back of my mind is how the rear seats are kept upright when no-one is using them. Googling showed (for SCs) a retaining strap to fasten to the strap on the rear of the seat backs.
Further Googling showed the Porsche retaining straps as with NLA, repros at $35 each plus postage from the US, right up to 4499 each. Strewth, no thank you Sir. So, a quick fleabay purchase of some pop stud fasteners later, and we were ready(ish).

A quick venture into the loft space with my scissors, and voila, some vinyl


Glue liberally and fold over


Cut to something resembling the original shape



Add some pop studs / fasteners


Liberally apply leather stain to the cut edges


Clean up mess, including fingers, bench, etc….

Screw to rear bulkhead cover. I just screwed it through the board, using spire type nuts on the rear, so that I could remove the panel if ever needed, without the bu$$er of a job finding old screw holes through the actual rear bulkhead.


Test attach seat backs




All looks vaguely OK, although the straps attached to the seats (original, except for one pop stud I had to replace) are maybe a tad long.

Definitely need another project, even though sailing is about to get somewhat mental, and coupled with CLM and a family holiday, I won’t have more than a couple of days free at any one time until September now.

As there’s negligible chance of me finding another 911 for stupidly cheap (unless someone has a cheapie just gathering dust and in the way), suggestions for a project so far include
- buy MOT failures and fix up to flip
- as above, but choose a single model to gain experience, specialist tools and reputation. Audi TT was originally suggested, but maybe a 3 series BMW - What are the moneyed yooof driving these days ?
- fix up other peoples’ cars. I don’t want a full time job and how do you deal with liability ?. If I rebuilt someone’s engine and had something break (a mate accidentally snapped his motorbike camshaft through torquing the head incorrectly), that could cost me waaay more than I would have been paid. Similarly, if I kicked over a windscreen while welding up a scuttle….

So, any suggestions for my next project(s) ?????

The Garage Bitch welcomes the prospect of some peridiotic spanner waving

Errrrr, I mean periodic

IMHO, ref New Projects, choose something very different and fit in with time and space.

I keep buying old Boxsters for some reason Peter and taking them apart. Don’t ask me why, they are a nightmare to work on after 20 years of abuse and poor maintenance!


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Ooh, there’s a thought …..


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