2014/10/23 Another pan

A different type of pan though, during my last Vehicle inspection there were some remarks on the gas tank strap. Indeed, it has seen better days. A double trip to a used parts dealer doesn’t provide a worthy replacement. I can order one in the US but I don’t feel like waiting for it. On the way back from the parts dealer I come up with an idea, fiberglass! I’ve never worked with it before but I hope there’s enough (rusty) material left on the tank strap to shape the fiberglass around it. 

I drape a layer on the inside first and when it has dried another on the outside. Much to my surprise it works. After adding some putty and some sanding I can apply the base RX. Tomorrow it’ll be painted with black RX as a finish. I can’t wait to see the result.

2014/10/20 The pan..the pan..the pan PT.III

After seven hours of wrenching my arms are numb but the crossmember is back where it belongs.Unscrewing the bolts of the motor bridge proves that the crossmember is even doing what it’s designed to do.

The last bit of strength is used to put the steering but the pain in my arms and fatigue prevent me from making it to the finish. Nonetheless I’m happy, Oh Yes, we can!

2014/10/19 The pan..the pan..the pan PT.II

This blog entry is my post n°.928 on the Belgian Porsche forum. Is that important, no it’s not, but reason enough to celebrate with a Stella. It takes 30 bolts to get the pan back where it belongs. I’ve done them all and put a fresh gasket in. Was it successful?

We don’t know yet. The crossmember is still in between me and success. I hope it doesn’t act cross when I try to put it back in.

2014/10/17 part shopping

Last week was spend painting. I’m not sure if we can get everything back under the shark without scratching the fresh paint but the result for now looks nice, I may say.

Today I did quite some milage to get some parts. First of to Middelburg where I have picked up a new oil level sender unit. It’s clear that the old one is missing some parts but the funny thing is that I didn’t find all the missing parts in the oil pan. Next stop was at OPC Antwerp where at first I’d thought that Santa came early this year but it soon became evident that the parts weren’t free of charge. Last stop was at the repair shop; my oil pan is oil proof again, at least at the carter plug end. This weekend I hope to start rebuilding it all. My biggest worry is to get the crossmember back in. Nonetheless a fresh crate of Stella is at hand to celebrate success.

2014/10/10 Crossmember

Today there was time for sanding, scrubbing and high pressure cleaning. The crossmember and other parts are ready to get some RX paint. There were 4 resilient bolts on the crossmember but all and all an easy job. I took the pan to a repair shop where at arrival, a nicely restored Targa was parked.

2014/10/08 The pan

Before reading any further it’s best to watch this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug8nHaelWtc

replace with....The pan.....the pan....The pan…..

2014/10/06 Free at last.

A dance of joy today for the pan has been removed. After removing eight more bolts from suspension/crossmember it still didn’t move. A small bolt keeping the wire harness in place kept the crossmember in. After removing this bolt....it still wouldn’t move as the steering rack was an obstacle. After a bit of juggling with crossmember and steering rack it finally came out. The oil pan is kept in place with two bolts now as the pan itself, the reason for al of this juggling, doesn’t come out yet. No therefore U’ll have to remove the clutch slave cylinder. No probs there but I have to get it al back in sometime later. It is clear that the oil level sender is useless, some new parts will be ordered this week and hopefully we can get the puzzle back together during the weekend.