Oilleak

[911 targa]

Taking out the oil tank tomorrow to fix the damn pin hole by the drain plug it works out cheaper than oil plus it makes a mess of the garage floor
Paul

 

[911 targa]

Easier said than done everything released except for the large hydraulic hose on the tank its taken up squatters rights the 36mm nut is solid even after soaking in wd40 any ideas (heat is not reallyan option)
Paul

 

[chrishak]

Easier said than done everything released except for the large hydraulic hose on the tank its taken up squatters rights the 36mm nut is solid even after soaking in wd40 any ideas (heat is not reallyan option)
Paul

Sacrifice the hose? Then take the tank to Alan D who must have seen the problem a hundred times...

 

[chrishak]

Easier said than done everything released except for the large hydraulic hose on the tank its taken up squatters rights the 36mm nut is solid even after soaking in wd40 any ideas (heat is not reallyan option)
Paul

Sacrifice the hose? Then take the tank to Alan D who must have seen the problem a hundred times...

 

[Geoff_Fields]

As Chris as said, that hose fitting usually so corroded it needs cutting and splitting to get off.

 

[911 targa]

Bugger

 

[sesame]

I feel for you Paul... if you do resort to sacrificing the hose you may find the nut on the other end doesn't want to release from the (rather delicate and expensive) aluminium thermostat housing. The steel nut can corrode to the aluminium housing, and wont come undone without careful cutting and splitting. Mine wouldn't budge, but luckily in my case, it was the nut that had seized to the steel oil pipe and preventing it from turning. Fortunately once the oil pipe was cut through the nut came undone from the thermostat easily. If you end up replacing the pipe I hope yours goes okay. In preperation I had used lots of penetrating oil over a number of days and had been tapping the nut with a hammer at a slightly undoing angle on the nut flats to help persuade both the oil to penetrate and for the nut to start to surrender into undoing.
Steve

 

[911 targa]

Thanks for that Steve ,why did they use such pipe that's capable of 15-20bar????
Paul

 

[chrishak]

It's a PORSCHE Paul!

 

[911 targa]

I have fitted smaller to 57 ton quarry fork lifts
Paul

 

[chrishak]

Were they built by Porsche (in the air-cooled days, I hasten to add!)? Thought not.

 

[911 targa]

Ok the consensus is to operate so a new pipe ordered design911 and on its way
Paul

 

[graham tompkins]

Yeah, don't you just love these cars? I've just finished replacing all four shocks, not without grief, head scratching , genuine blood, some sweat and tears. Some joker called Wayne Dempsey suggested it was a 3 hour job. I did think about covering his book in butter and posting it back with a diagram showing where to stick it ! Ok so I thought I'd tackle a few easy jobs l.e new dizzy cap and rotor arm...can't get the bloody rotor arm off.............Oh well it's a "Porker" ....
( no wonder that's also a pet name for a Pig! )

Graham

 

[chrishak]

Yeah, don't you just love these cars? I've just finished replacing all four shocks, not without grief, head scratching , genuine blood, some sweat and tears. Some joker called Wayne Dempsey suggested it was a 3 hour job. I did think about covering his book in butter and posting it back with a diagram showing where to stick it ! Ok so I thought I'd tackle a few easy jobs l.e new dizzy cap and rotor arm...can't get the bloody rotor arm off.............Oh well it's a "Porker" ....
( no wonder that's also a pet name for a Pig! )

Graham

Great 'how to' write up on Impact Bumpers Graham, you kept me occupied during our crossing from France yesterday. Maybe you should post it on here under its own topic - or even put an article together for PP...

 

[chrishak]

Ok the consensus is to operate so a new pipe ordered design911 and on its way
Paul

Was it not available from Porsche Bournemouth? Or is it one of those 'HOW MUCH..?' items.

 

[911 targa]

£145 from PC £57 from Design911
Paul

 

[chrishak]

HOW MUCH..? ??

 

[911 targa]

Exsactumant Monsuir
Paul

 

[graham tompkins]

Yeah, don't you just love these cars? I've just finished replacing all four shocks, not without grief, head scratching , genuine blood, some sweat and tears. Some joker called Wayne Dempsey suggested it was a 3 hour job. I did think about covering his book in butter and posting it back with a diagram showing where to stick it ! Ok so I thought I'd tackle a few easy jobs l.e new dizzy cap and rotor arm...can't get the bloody rotor arm off.............Oh well it's a "Porker" ....
( no wonder that's also a pet name for a Pig! )

Graham

Great 'how to' write up on Impact Bumpers Graham, you kept me occupied during our crossing from France yesterday. Maybe you should post it on here under its own topic - or even put an article together for PP...

Yes I'll do that Chris, I'll rewrite it later while still fresh in my mind and the scrape on my left thumb knuckle is still throbbing and will post it on here, hopefully will help some other members undertaking the "three hour" task.
cheers
Graham
PS the guys on the IB site are a really helpful and supportive lot

 

[911 targa]

Where else can one obtain such info, nutters like us Graham make life a little easier for other owners (one hopes)
Paul