shin2chin
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Up bright and early today, desperate to get out for a drive. Balanced the carbs with my little home made synchronizer. Colourtune plug in and idle mixture set to a lovely blue burn. Jump in, clutch in and clonk, pedal to the floor! Noooooooooooo! No drive today. Luckily for my wallet the cable is OK, just the plastic end that attaches to the pedal, unfortunately it's not available from Porsche (unsurprisingly). Its just an M6 clevis pin end so I had a look at various VW and Porsche bits and have hopefully identified a match with an early 911 one. £3 from Porsche so will see if it fits when it lands next week. Sods law, get you car running sweet, beautiful sunny day and something goes wrong. Grrrrrrr! At least it happened now and not on the M6.
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shin2chin
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Mar 20, 2015 14:26:43 GMT
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Clutch cable ends arrived last week and have just managed to get em sorted. You can see the plastic original and the new metal version which should last. Fitting the pedal end meant contorting myself upside down, head in the foot well and screwing it onto the cable by touch then attaching to to pedal. Much swearing ensued. I ordered a second metal end as the clutch lever end was plastic too. Looking at this you can see how much it's worn. The clutch lever was a bit stiff so I used a coil spring compressor to lift it and attach the cable. Bit of adjustment and we have clutch again, yay! I also ordered new clutch and brake pedal rubbers as the originals were a bit worn and slippy. £6 for Porsche ones or 99p for exactly the same VW Golf ones. Pays to shop around with 924's I've been playing around with mixture screw turns, needle shims and main jets and have got it set now so it pulls well through the rev range without any bogging down. Timing also needed advancing a few degrees to get a nice idle. All good just doesn't like to start from cold, once started and warm it fires first time so still need to have a play.
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shin2chin
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Mar 21, 2015 15:40:23 GMT
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Bit of tweaking today got it starting from cold much better. Balanced the carbs again and everything is good, smooth idle, pulls well, no flat spots. One job ticked off my list for this year.
Next up is to tidy the interior a bit. Seats and carpet are good but the dash and dash cap needs painting and the cracked centre console replacing. I've got a spare set of door cards to have a mess about with and a roll of brown vinyl to replace the headlining.
And we have a baby daughter due on Monday too!
Wish me luck!
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jpsmit
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Mar 21, 2015 21:30:26 GMT
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Good luck indeed and blessings to you all!
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qwerty
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Fantastic project. Love your attention to detail. The carb install looks particularly good. Could well be a little known factory special!
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shin2chin
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Mar 22, 2015 18:07:41 GMT
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Cheers guys. Baby has not appeared yet so got some garage time today to start on the interior bits. A dash cap had been fitted painted in gloss brown which didn't match the rest of the dash and reflected to make it impossible to see out of the screen when it was sunny. I could change the dash but uncracked brown ones are pretty thin on the ground and expensive. Wilkinson's were selling off their Plastkote so I grabbed a couple of cans of flat brown to paint everything a uniform colour. The centre console had chunks out of it so would not be going back in Whipped out the stereo and gauges making sure I labelled the wires I bought a replacement console and glovebox off a guy ages ago but it was in black. Scotchbrited, plastic primer and Plastikote job done. I then scotchbrited the dash, cleaned it with panel wipe then masked up the vents and screen. The corners of the dash cap weren't fitted very well so I trimmed them with a dremmel and re glued them and gave the lower half of the dash a light coat of plastic primer. Then gave the lot a few coats of Plastikote Will leave it to dry then put it all back together. The headlining has looked awful since day one so that will be next job. I got a whole roll of brown vinyl out of a skip so just need to get some contact adhesive and I'll crack on.
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Last Edit: Mar 23, 2015 6:29:18 GMT by shin2chin
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stevek
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Mar 23, 2015 11:45:41 GMT
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Just wanted to say i'm enjoying your thread, great project.
-Steve-
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shin2chin
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Mar 23, 2015 13:45:02 GMT
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Cheers Steve. Baby still not arrived so I nipped out and put the dash back together. Pleased how its turned out, looks loads neater. Unfortunately its made everything else look curse word now. Might go and get some contact adhesive tomorrow and get started on the headlining if there aren't any more pressing matters. May have the interior done before I have to go back to work!
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Last Edit: Mar 23, 2015 15:14:20 GMT by shin2chin
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shin2chin
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Mar 25, 2015 14:30:33 GMT
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There is nothing more disconcerting than peeling back a corner of headlining to have a shower of rust and water fall on your lap. One of those jobs you plan to have done in a day that will end up taking a week. Anyway I unscrewed all the sunroof clips and sunvisors, peeled the door and hatch rubbers away and carefully took the headlining down. The headlining isn't on a board on the 924, it's just stretched and glued under the window and door rubbers. Getting it out in one piece means I can use it as a template to cut out the fresh one. Now back to that rust. My concern was that in 1977 924s were only galvanised up to the bottom of the windows so what had 38 years of water ingress done? Not alot to be fair! Bit scabby but no holes so will hit it with my trusty knotted wire wheel/grinder combo and give it a spray of phosphoric acid and coat of red oxide. I'm not sure where the water is getting in as it has new sunroof seals and the drains are clear. All the rust is at the front so I recon it may have something to do with it being parked on a gradient facing down. As long as my wife doesn't go into labour tonight I will crack on tomorrow.
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Mar 25, 2015 15:08:38 GMT
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top work chap, the dash is looking much better now. Admire you keeping it the original colour rather than giving in to a black dash.
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shin2chin
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Mar 25, 2015 15:45:56 GMT
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Cheers, nothing says 70's like a brown interior!
You can see the original body colour in the photo's above, will be reverting to that in the summer with a modern twist. Think there's more than enough guards red Porches in the world.
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Mar 26, 2015 15:25:40 GMT
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You've got pretty much the best 924 in the world right there...!!!!!!
A gem of a gem if ever there was one!
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***GARAGE CURRENTLY EMPTY***
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shin2chin
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We were blessed with a healthy baby daughter 12 days ago. Absolutely amazing and terrifying in equal measures. My wife and I are taking turns on the night shift so are feeling like zombies during the day. Not to waste my paternity leave in between changing nappies and making bottles I've been doing this..... I bought the car because it was an early one but have always hated the colour. It had had a poor respray in guards red in the past but the original colour was brocade red which is quite a rare colour. I always planned to revert to the original colour but with a modern twist aka satin because A. (call me weird) I don't like shiney cars and B. I had seen a satin sky blue early 911 on the net which looked amazing. It's almost done now, I've just got a spare bonnet to paint now as the one on the car is dent city. I appreciate the satin-ness may upset some people but I love it (and it matches my Defender)
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Last Edit: Apr 17, 2015 8:19:05 GMT by shin2chin
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Looking good sir...
Your car = Your rules!!!
I think that keeping an early 924 on the road is a great thing so carry on as you were!
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***GARAGE CURRENTLY EMPTY***
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Apr 17, 2015 16:44:37 GMT
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really coming along...keep up the good work...amazing transformation so far...
JP
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I know its spelled Norman Luxury Yacht, but its pronounced Throat Wobbler Mangrove!
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duncanmartin
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Apr 17, 2015 20:18:34 GMT
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That's really cool. The satin suits it. And congrats on the new arrival. You can fit belts in the back, but I wouldn't bother with the inertia reel ones - static ones are much simpler. Cheers Duncan
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shin2chin
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Cheers guys.
I've got a free day today so should be able to get the painting finished
Duncan - I've got a set of 3 point static belts to go in once once I've refitted the headlining and c pillar trims.
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duncanmartin
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Apr 18, 2015 17:34:44 GMT
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Cheers guys. Duncan - I've got a set of 3 point static belts to go in once once I've refitted the headlining and c pillar trims. They are pretty straightforward to fit, but the bolts go in at odd angles, so it's worth fitting them without the carpet/headliner in the way so you can see how it all goes together. Otherwise (especially with the central bolts) it will take ages to get the bolts installed properly. There is a pretty comprehensive guide on the 924oc forum with good pictures (IIRC you're a member?). How did the painting go? Cheers Duncan
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Apr 18, 2015 19:07:50 GMT
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Loving this...yet more inspiration for mine re the plastikote and satin paint would the plastikote stuff work on a steering wheel do you think? The black momo with a brown interior is affecting my OCD and will be watching the headliner install with interest
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Last Edit: Apr 18, 2015 19:09:49 GMT by baggabones
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shin2chin
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Loving this...yet more inspiration for mine re the plastikote and satin paint would the plastikote stuff work on a steering wheel do you think? The black momo with a brown interior is affecting my OCD and will be watching the headliner install with interest It could work, give it a go (that's what I always do!)
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