what did you do to your 944 today
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A good clean up, re-wet the polymer (I used a plastics oil and a dye, never use a heat gun though!), and a screen print, jigged up correctly with the right high pigment epoxy ink.I had most things to hand at work and hey, I had the time and motivation, mine was an absolute eyesore!
Chasing a top end oil leak.
It looks like oil is traveling along the join between the Head and cam tower.
So
New cam tower gasket(s)
Replaced the tappets with some NOS ones I've had in a drawer for years
Thread inserts on the fuel rail bolt holes
Some silver engine paint, sand the lettering and a coat of engine clear coat.
Not convinced I've fixed the leak, but it looks nice .
Picked up a boot full of shiny goodness from the vapour blaster, need to replace or re-plate the gearbox bolts to finish the look and do a full reseal using the repair kit from Porsche.
Trailing arms are going to get new bushes which appear to be available still from Porsche but aren't listed in PET on the rear axle diagram for the 1990 Turbo -
PCG501541 (was 477501541).
Trailing arms are going to get new bushes which appear to be available still from Porsche but aren't listed in PET on the rear axle diagram for the 1990 Turbo -
PCG501541 (was 477501541).
Kongsodoken
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Fitted new Speedo gear .... just in time a recon it was very brittle
and cleaned all the digits whilst I was in there []
and cleaned all the digits whilst I was in there [
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Dan944t
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Well after nearly 3+ years off the road since engine build i have finally made a start on my ma mouth Holset HX 35 Twin Scroll turbo conversion with full home custom exhuast build [8|]
Hell and i mean He’ll of a lot of working out and labour especially when your lying on your back in the garage and zero time on your hands BUT !…. really getting into it now ,..
few pics below i’ve got more of the twin scroll turbo flange i had to make as there’s zero room anywhere !!!! but i’m determind to see it through …well not got much choice now
[link=https://imgur.com/a/KG3iqHl]https://imgur.com/a/KG3iqHl[/link]
Daniel
Hell and i mean He’ll of a lot of working out and labour especially when your lying on your back in the garage and zero time on your hands BUT !…. really getting into it now ,..
few pics below i’ve got more of the twin scroll turbo flange i had to make as there’s zero room anywhere !!!! but i’m determind to see it through …well not got much choice now
[link=https://imgur.com/a/KG3iqHl]https://imgur.com/a/KG3iqHl[/link]
Daniel
Dan944t
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above is the 3” outlet from back of turbo,… here is in inlet to twinscroll of the side of the turbo which there wasn’t enough room to make twin 1,3/4” pie cut bends as it would hit the chassis , so i made my own idea to get round this from 3mm high grade stainless sheet
[link=https://imgur.com/a/HWqFcCu]https://imgur.com/a/HWqFcCu[/link]
Daniel
[link=https://imgur.com/a/HWqFcCu]https://imgur.com/a/HWqFcCu[/link]
Daniel
blade7
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Dan944t said:blade7 said:
Nice and strong is all that matters to me Blade - no offence taken mate,.. i’m a doer not a Poser….
m that’s the least of my worries mate
I've got some very old certificates that imply I was a coded welder in the distant past. I reckon some pigeons might have crapped on your exhaust fella
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Dan944t
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Blimey mate,….you even got given a certificate in the olden days ,…you must be a hell of a welder mate ,..i bet your migs look like tigsblade7 said:Dan944t said:blade7 said:
Nice and strong is all that matters to me Blade - no offence taken mate,.. i’m a doer not a Poser….
m that’s the least of my worries mate
I've got some very old certificates that imply I was a coded welder in the distant past. I reckon some pigeons might have crapped on your exhaust fella
blade7
Well-known member
Dan944t said:Blimey mate,….you even got given a certificate in the olden days ,…you must be a hell of a welder mate ,..i bet your migs look like tigsblade7 said:Dan944t said:blade7 said:
Nice and strong is all that matters to me Blade - no offence taken mate,.. i’m a doer not a Poser….
m that’s the least of my worries mate
I've got some very old certificates that imply I was a coded welder in the distant past. I reckon some pigeons might have crapped on your exhaust fella
Certs were for MMA, or stick to uninformed. I understand they taught monkeys to mig. Joking aside I've welded Ali with mig in the past. It's all in the setup, and if it looks right, it quite often is.
Dan944t
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ohh dear,…. i am expecting mine to fall apart then [blade7 said:Dan944t said:Blimey mate,….you even got given a certificate in the olden days ,…you must be a hell of a welder mate ,..i bet your migs look like tigsblade7 said:Dan944t said:blade7 said:
Nice and strong is all that matters to me Blade - no offence taken mate,.. i’m a doer not a Poser….
m that’s the least of my worries mate
I've got some very old certificates that imply I was a coded welder in the distant past. I reckon some pigeons might have crapped on your exhaust fella
Certs were for MMA, or stick to uninformed. I understand they taught monkeys to mig. Joking aside I've welded Ali with mig in the past. It's all in the setup, and if it looks right, it quite often is.
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vitesse
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Coded welding is just that-you submit to the exam-perform all the required exercises which are then cut up ,etc to ascertain depth of penetration etc ,maybe Xrays,Dye testing & then if successful become a coded welder required for top class work on quality critical jobs -however ,if you ever watched the production welding on nuclear submarines at Barrow in Furness,guess what they were using-MIG sets ,not MAG,because there is much less risk of porosity than if a stick has to be continually changed,cooler welds so less metallurgical disturbance,better for the welders & more productive.
I remember being on the stand for Renold Chains at the Motor Show back in 1968 with the British Oxygen stand opposite but downstairs ,when MIG sets were really just being introduced door-they were demonstrating how they could cut a large hole in a Vauxhall car front door & then repair it by letting in a piece of mild steel with virtually no distortion.
Obviously they ground off the outside but could get at the inside of the panel.
Having said that,you can't beat the old Oxford 2 or 3 phase MAG sets for heavy work like Machine Tool bodies etc but they won't produce the good results you get when welding MS to CI for example,even using nickel rods.
Many car/van rear axles were produced by MIG welding steel tubes into CI diff & hub castings.
Grinding/buffing does however allow you to check for porosity.
I remember being on the stand for Renold Chains at the Motor Show back in 1968 with the British Oxygen stand opposite but downstairs ,when MIG sets were really just being introduced door-they were demonstrating how they could cut a large hole in a Vauxhall car front door & then repair it by letting in a piece of mild steel with virtually no distortion.
Obviously they ground off the outside but could get at the inside of the panel.
Having said that,you can't beat the old Oxford 2 or 3 phase MAG sets for heavy work like Machine Tool bodies etc but they won't produce the good results you get when welding MS to CI for example,even using nickel rods.
Many car/van rear axles were produced by MIG welding steel tubes into CI diff & hub castings.
Grinding/buffing does however allow you to check for porosity.
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