New to 912 s

[paul lomas]

Scruffy little car ....Nope now got fuzzy vision in my left eye perminantly thanks too scaring :cyclopsani hay hay ho .. on the car front got new master cylinder fitted ,had left hand hand carb off as well mistery fuel leak from some ,where which i tracked down to float level being wrong , then while open and closing throttle everthing seemed ok then it startes to weep a bit from throttle link side strange as it didnt when i took it off when i strio that side off there was a bit of play not much but a very slight movement , looks like a rebuild be required but not yet want to get the blood thing on road can live with slight weep , oh might change my name now to mole eyes or eye ball paul

[paul lomas]

Sruffy little car up date ... brakes done been struggle last few weeks with me eye and work commitments , has few hours this morning , managed to clean up all relay connections near peddle assembly ,which were green , while doing it managed to bugger up flasher unit , all the connections were solid and couldnt get them off ,,,,new flasher unit now required . Looking at the 4 pin units on the internet , seems that a lot are interchanable with other vehicals .Lucus 4 pin look the same spec i think but im sure some on here will enlighten me

[newto912]

how did you bugger it up? can you fix it?
you can use a vw unit , or fashion your own out of 2 easy to get relays and an tridon el13 - from the us
see
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche- ... 1-a-2.html

my hazard warning lights were not working, so was about to order the parts,but decided to take the flasher unit apart.
used a dremel to cut it open near where it joins to the brown base board, along the groove, cleaned up the terminals with some emery cloth and some
contact cleaner and now works a treat. well chuffed

[paul lomas]

Sruffy little car ... sorry for late reply been visiting the fartherland for a bit .while i was routing around peddle area cleaned all the terminals of to all the relays that are there managed to pull the one connected to earth half way out ,goung to do what you did and strip it down have a look then hand it my nephew who is a magician at fixing old relays ..let you know how i get on if not i find a old vw one . I see the the wolfberg west advertise is now blue nothing like the one shown in the threed . Cheers for the advise one step forward two back yet again .

[paul lomas]

Sruffy little car up date ... little car seems to be fighting back . But.managed to get flashers brake lights front and back lights , interior lights including front boot light , changed all instrument lights to led ones , including a red one for alternator , nearly there now a little trip to hessish oldendorf then it be ready for the mot ..

[newto912]

Hi Paul
thats good news good news,
I am taking mine for MOT tuesday, just need to mask the US spec headlights which my MOT man has suggested.
where did you get the led instrument bulbs from?
do they make them brighter, I find the temp gauge light useless(3 gauge car)
Andrew

[paul lomas]

Scruffy little car .. hi andrew ya know what you mean about brightness ,it has imroved them but there again never saw them working in the first place .had to change them all due to craped up connections , got all my bulbs from guy who runs a landrover web site next door i find out his web site and post it up top guy ,got some 7 inch sealed beams of him as well most off sealed beams of hat size fit dont intend driving it around much in the dark ha good luck woth mot , did you have to do alot to get it to that state

[paul lomas]

Scruffy little car update .. been a bit slow since i came back from hessish oldendorf .. managed to get washer bag out of the wing !,, with the help of a hair drier to soften it up , air bed repair kit fixed a little hole the plastic pipe caused some how managed to stick its self together ?all systems go now for mot next week , just undersided what rubber to put on mt steelies so many options ..

[paul lomas]

Scruffy little car up date.. well bugger after getting the litle car runing just right some how managed to knock the throttle and jam rev counter a 5000 revs seems to be stuck and not going up or down now totaly miffed of,any ideas out there how fix it,presume it some sort of diodes in side gauge , on another note what sort of revs should i have been seeing , was doing bout 55 with bout 4000any pointers please

[SeanP]

Scruffy little car up date.. well bugger after getting the litle car runing just right some how managed to knock the throttle and jam rev counter a 5000 revs seems to be stuck and not going up or down now totaly miffed of,any ideas out there how fix it,presume it some sort of diodes in side gauge , on another note what sort of revs should i have been seeing , was doing bout 55 with bout 4000any pointers please

Try warming it up gently. Probably a little damp in there. Mine does it if left for a while or used in the winter.

Sent you a mail regarding the mats after all this time. Sorry!

Regards

Sean

[paul lomas]

Scruffy little car update .. hi sean just read in912 bible that engine shouldnt be reved above 5000rpm when not moving opps , as for rev conter spoken to company called JDO west yorkshire ,says he can sort it and a quick turn around to , as for revs sorted that out with new gear stick bushings and allmthe other gubings that go with gear assembly , whomever played with it before me managed to get it well out , was only ever geting in to 3rd ,,,,!!!!know bloody wonder it seemed like it was screaming its tits off , now i have all the gears she bloody flies ha well ps sean i have them mats etc they go with scruffy little car just perfect

[SeanP]

Let me know how you get on with the rev counter as I not only have the moisture problem. Also have a lazy speedo, and a temperature gauge that needs a light tap on the glass to get to work once there is temperature in the oil.

Oh the wonders of the 901 gear linkage! The crank shaft is a known weak link in the engine only having the three main bearings. Once you get the engine set up correctly it's surprising how well they go. It's all in the valve gaps, the carb sync, throttle sync between the carbs, and getting the ignition timing set for the advance above 3000 rpm.

[Black66]

Thought 4000rpm was a bit high for 55mph, think you get about 19mph per 1000revs in top gear

a temperature gauge that needs a light tap on the glass to get to work once there is temperature in the oil.

I get this on my temp gauge, when I turn the ignition on it sometimes does not move but like you say a light lap on the glass gets it to register. It's as though the needle is sticking at the bottom

[newto912]

bit off topic, but can anyone tell me how to wire from the gauge is connected to the temperature sensor at the engine.
I know what the sensor looks like cannot work out if there is a special connection to the wire.
A pic would be great if anyone has one
thanks

[SeanP]

Mine is a flag type spade terminal.

I have some spares if that helps