Thanks again Boxsey. I have had a break from the HVAC problem at the moment, I believe the problem is with the unit but I have been using my time to crack on with other things. I plan to pull the HVAC out and probably send it off to someone for repair, in the meantime, I am hoping some one has a unit that I can use to test..
So, I have been keeping busy and totally distracted from everything else recently. My main goal has been to get the 964 as clean as possible, MOT'd and everything working (Minus the heating, for now)
This will be pretty picture heavy, I'll let them do the talking.
I had a cap which fits in the lock, it helps disguise it and stop it standing out so much on the black handle, I'll be getting another for the other side.
The carpet was a complete state, spent a fair while cleaning oil and various crap from it. 3 of the fasteners have been pulled off and are missing so I need to sort this out. I've seen that I need 15mm female button things.
The car is very dry underneath, infact, there doesn't appear to be any leaks apart from above the passenger side rear trailing arm. When previously looking through the invoices I have, I could see that the gearbox pipes to the oil cooler were noted as being "Heavily corroded". I worked out that these pipes looked new and obviously replaced the corroded lines.. Evidence of the leak was coming from the coupling, so I tightened the suspect line up and 1 week later, still no leak, so job done!
While poking around, I discovered the car has some height adjustment!! Not much I know
Are these standard fitment?
Some before shots, not as bad as I expected...
Some new brake pads, much required!
The tiptronic surround had some wear to some of the lettering, so I swapped this with the new one I had.
What a tiptronic shifter looks like.
While at it, all of these were jammed, so a good clean and grease and it works like new!
Old Vs New
My first aftermarket part for the car arrived.
A nice sound proofing tidy bar from Germany, thanks to a link seen on world 964 owners.
A bunch of other bits turned up from Design911..
Before the bar..
After
This should have been a 2minute job, but I dropped one of the clips and had to remove the heater blower to find the thing!!
Off for an MOT, passed without a single advisory!
Met an old school friend while there
New tyres being fitted
Sunday just gone, it was time to really put some time into it, jobs like painting up bolts and small details, listing out what new parts I need to buy etc.
Thorough cleaning
While under the arches, I wanted to investigate my oil level sender not working.. Pulled the sender out and gave it a clean, it still didn't work.. I had heard that these can suffer from bad earth, after running a earth from the sender itself to the chassis, I discovered that it worked!! So, I need to work out how you earth the oil tank, or how it should be earth, as earthing the sender to the oil tank did nothing. If the oil tank is earth or is the sender has it's own earth, I don't know... Any advice?
Old seal
New Seal
It now works (This was a shot after the car had been in heavy traffic)
On to the body work. I had already spent some time, mainly by hand, seeing how much work it would need... Alot and by machine was the answer.. I had taken some of the oxidation off by hand but not much and in the dark, it looked better than it did in the below pic..
Time for the body
Ready for a cutting session
And after, I am still yet to tackle the bumpers and some panels need another session but for now, it's looking presentable.
A high shot from my office, the clouds aren't helping the now non faded look
Some random interior shots, only given this a quick hoover and treated the seats to some conditioning.
No way near where I want it to be as yet, still need to polish the bumpers.
Xquisite Automotive should be taking the car in for a full repainting in June but I am hoping they can do it sooner.
I have been using the car and put around 260 miles on it so far, I am really enjoying it, there is a sense of occasion everytime. I had a run on a local test track against my old E46 M3 and was totally shocked at how it didn't fall too far behind it, really impressed us both.
I love the soft, hugging seats, the chunky steering wheel and the tiptronic isn't that bad. Still not my choice but for driving in town, it's quite nice. My girlfriend loves it.
The car does feel heavy, even without a full tank of fuel, perhaps I'm used to the light steering on my MX5 and 997. It wouldn't be my choice for a track car out of the box but I'm sure some low profile tyres, suspension and manual box, it would be a different car. This car is going to stay a cruise, it's nice to pop it into D, windows down and sunroof open and listen to the sound of the engine just rumbling away, some extra noise would be nice though..
Overall, after 260 miles, I am loving this car and cannot wait to see it restored, it's been a fun experience so far and thankfully, it's a perfect solid base car. The garage I took it too for an MOT couldn't believe how good of a condition it is in, they see and even own a 964, amoungst other porsche and air cooled cars, they really commended it. :worship:
As she stands as of 15 mins ago
Front end high as anything! I did notice a difference in my driving position after going from an empty tank to a full one though
I changed the clear silicon piping to black and I can't for the life of me, get that bloody heaterpipe into the new rubber arm above the fan!!
I have some questions...
Is it worth using V power, I have just put in my 2nd tank of it and its the fuel of choice for me, is the car setup for 95 ron or will it respond to the 98 V power?
My oil level sender, should this earth through the oil tan or does the earth go along with the feed wire and earth out on the car somewhere?
I have a gap between the carpet and bonnet pull (see above pic). It doesn't seem like I can close the gap as the air pipe behind the carpet is stopping it, is this normal or am I missing something?
How do I check my coolant level.... :floor:
Upgrades wise;
Is it worth fitting a BMC/DesignTek panel filter for more noise under acceleration?
The upturned air intake pipe, does this add any benefit? I do find it crazy that the OEM pipe is pointed toward the engine..
Thanks,
Mark