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"B" is a two pin socket with no globe!  What is this device and its function?

Any suggestions please!

Just throught I would introduce my self, my name's Matt and I just got my first Porsche. Always been a dream car of mine since I was about 8.

I just sold a beloved kombi I had been fixing up for a number of years but couldn't pass up the opportunity to get a 911.

I have ended up buying a 76 911 sportomatic. It needs a bit of work to get driving but not to much. It has come with a huge book full of receipts but it does need a lot of TLC as some things have been left for to long.

Any way here are some photos. Got underneath it last night and got the drive shaft out to fix the broken cv boot. It's so damn messy and oilly under there but the clean should happen this weekend if I'm lucky.

Plans are to get it all nice and cleaned up  mechanically so I can drive it around for a bit and then get into the body work.

Thinking of changing it to a manual at the moment, I do like the sporto but just would love a manual. I know there are a few people hear who love the sporto and will kill me a little for changing it but I will keep everything I pull out and keep it all to then one day if I ever change back it will all be there.

So if anyone has a rhd pedal set or nice flywheel they are looking to get rid of please send me a message.

Thanks for looking

Cheers Matt

welded in the r/h lower part of the tail panel today and took a couple of pics...

My 996.2 has the dreaded inoperable combo switch problem. Does anyone know where I can get a replacement at a reasonable cost?

4 Stalk switch w Indicator, Wipers, Cruise & OBC

Regards,

Ian

Originally imported from Japan back in 2005 I believe. It was then sold on to the owners who I purchased it from. 
The lovely gentleman that I purchased it from had it for about 10 years and over that time spent quite a lot of time and money on it.  Mostly focused on converting it from LHD to RHD. Unfortunately he became sick and had to move the car on for someone else to be able to finish his hard work. 

In order to do the RHD Conversion, he got in contact with a VicRoads approved engineer who had experience with Porsche steering conversions. The engineer advised him what was required to meet the required approvals. So, most of the work has been completed. The steering has been swapped across, the dash has mostly been completed, as have the pedals amongst other things. The engineer's certificate still hasn't been ticked off... so, once I get it running, I'll have to do the final few jobs to meet the engineer requirements. 

The interior has pretty much been stripped out with all the door cards and rear inner panels needing replacing.  The carpet has been replaced - I think with a homemade set... it will do for now. 

I've heard the car running for about 10 seconds... enough to hear that that there wasn't any obvious knocking or scary sounds... here's hoping that when I eventually get it started, it stays that way. 

Once we got it home yesterday, we gave it a good vacuum and wiped down all of the interior as it was really, really dusty.  I felt much better once it was all cleaned out. 

The car was originally white, but sprayed Red in Japan.  I was told that the car had only completed 83,000km's in it's life (as per the speedo reading) but there's no matching documents to prove this is correct., Also I find it strange that someone would respray a car before it had done even 100,000kms. I personally dont think the speedo reading is correct - but who knows.

I actually love that this car comes from Japan. I visit Japan as much as I can, so for me, it's an awesome bit of history. I'd love to find out more about it's Japanese owners and where in Japan it lived before coming to Australia.  

Brand new seats installed by previous owner.  I don't love the colour - but they seem like very nice seats.  Shame they aren't just plain black. The owner wanted to go for a 90's red theme inside it seems. 

Including steering wheel and gear shifter cover. 

This is the nightmare I have in front of me.  I know nothing about car electrics. I can do engines and bodywork... but electrics I have no experience with. I'm wondering if it would be easier to start again with a brand new wiring loom.  I guess this is what happens when someone does a DIY steering conversion. 

Some more Japanese delivered Porsche goodness.

What do you do when your car is full of electrical gremlins? Add some more electrical components to complicate things! (Previous owner installed this). Don't know if it's hooked up yet. 

Please let me know if you see anything completely out of place in the engine bay

One of the dashboard bits that isn't working.  The Handbrake light works ok, but the seatbelt light does not... possibly not hooked up correctly... or maybe a blown bulb.  Any easy way to test the bulb with a multimeter?

Unfortunately the only place I have found rust so far in the car is inside this filler next to the petrol filler. Is this the wiper fluid filler? 
It was pretty rusty inside... I sanded it back as best i could, vacuumed out what I sanded to stop it dropping down the tube... put some rust converter on it for about 20 mins and sealed it with some penetrol for the time being... hopefully that slows down the rust. 

It came with this funky tool kit... not sure if it's the original... the tools do say they are made in West Germany though. 

I turned the ignition onto ACCESSORY and got a really loud buzzing from the engine bay... I couldn't quite pick where... is that normal??

Anyway... I'm going to have to think about how i'm going to proceed with all the wiring that is EVERYWHERE. No matter what I do, I'm going to have to get very good at reading wiring diagrams - or find a pile of cash to pay an auto elec to sort it out for me. 

Here's one on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SERVICE-RESET-TOOL-iCarsoft-POR-II-2-PORSCHE-OBD2-II-Fault-Code-Reader-ABS-OIL-/112167549164?hash=item1a1db4f8ec:g:wz4AAOSw8w1YAg5o

I'm looking to reset my "service now" warning as I've done an oil change etc and no longer need the reminder every time I put the key in the ignition.

I've already looked into the Durometric but as it costs a fair bit more than the Carsoft version, thought the Carsoft might be a viable option.
 

Thoughts?

Cheers

ducktail lid

front and rear glass bumpers 

Any 3.2 go fast upgrades 

Apart from contorting yourself to feed the 60mm hose to the upper vent it is such a simple fix.  Remove the hose that runs from the blower to the passenger side diverter.  I initially fitted a y piece to split the air between feet and dash but it resulted in almost no flow to the dash. I fitted the hose directly to the centre vent and the video proves the result😁

I'd show the wind in my hair but these days the string will need to suffice. 🙄

I wonder what seat options will fit easily, be ergonomically ok without knees up near ears or hinder elbow across to gearshift, or what may fit with rail mods etc? 

It would be interesting to know what other Porsche cars have had successfully fitted alternate seats fitted too (and pics if possible ?)

I had read online that to remove the plastigauge you could use degreaser or brake cleaner.

I found that brake cleaner worked really well, but I also noticed that it changed the colour of the bearing.

At that point I realised I probably shouldn't have used brake cleaner on the bearings.

Is it possible that I've stuffed the bearings? Should I shell out for another set?  They actually still look fine - but I'm just being paranoid!

I have been meaning to document the process of this build for 8 months now after purchasing a 1976 914 2.0 fuel injected car as a base. This is my 3rd 914, I keep gravitating back to them!!

This car was imported into WA in the early 1980s and was converted to RHD and remained with the one owner since then. It had a massive file with even the sales documentation when first purchased in the US, and a massive box of spares that I shoehorned into the front boot!

I bought this car sight unseen on the Trading Post (of all places), flew to Armidale NNSW and drove the car home to Melbourne. It was quite the trip, made all the more special when Apple Maps took me across 3x causeways that were underwater, with one of them requiring a fair bow wave to get through and the feeling of losing traction with the ground on that particular crossing.... After a quick change of underwear, the journey continued and it didn't miss a beat

I drove it for approximately a year whilst I planned the build and commenced the purchasing of the required parts, with most unfortunately coming from the U.S. and incurring horrendous freight and currency conversion costs

This is the starting photo tucked up in the garage at home

And this the absolute inspiration  !!

The first step was the tear down...

I then rolled her out into the lane way and stripped the paint off, not worrying about the guards as these are to be removed in favour of the steel GT flares!

One of my first purchases from the U.S. was a set of the required 15x 7" and 8" fuchs. This was them when they landed-

I then set about the process of restoration of the rims, a fairly involved process but very worthwhile- you can't beat a set of anodised Fuchs on an early P-car 

The next step was to change from the VW 4 stud hubs to the Porsche 5 stud hubs as per the 914/6 build, so off she went-

...and voila (albeit that the rears were rubbing in the narrow body guise)!

So off to the next stage- the steel flares from Auto Atlanta, a necessity for the true GT build

The motor has now recently been dropped in preparation for the 6 cylinder P motor (still to be finalised)-

The later model 914s had the horrendous and terribly heavy impact bumpers which needed to be removed and backdated to the earlier steel variety for the build. I located these locally (and the bumper tops) and had the bumpers chrome stripped and copper plated ready for when they will be painted black

Then the cutting of the front for the oil cooler set up from Patrick's Motorsports- I gritted my teeth when taking to it with the grinder. 

The first cut was in the spare wheel section, slowly, slowly...-

And then the front section...

Next job is the through bonnet fuel filler, more cutting....

Cheers

Craig

Bought the console delete kit, trim piece and also the ashtray delete/ non-smokers shelf. The latter is to claw back some (barely) usable storage space.

Having just done a track day post mod, I am very happy with the result- can keep hands on the wheel, I think it looks pretty good as well.

Ash tray delete https://www.suncoastparts.com/product/9X6NSS.html 

Centre console delete and trim piece https://www.suncoastparts.com/product/gt3console.html 

Dark interior doesn't make for great photos, but hopefully you get the idea. 

The mechanic narrowed it down to the Xenon ballast and was quoted, by Chellingworth Porsche, $1,500 plus shipping from over east.

Its actually a Hella part (the part I pulled out actually had Hella's part number on it then Porsche's own part number below) and I got them for  $184 plus express shipping from Germany. I even bet it gets here faster than shipping from over east.

it’s currently having a major major service belts pumps, rebuilt head ,  the whole enchilada and while there decided to rebuild the torque tube 

bought the Black Sea Super Bearings x 4

Great bit  of kit. Seriously over engineered but they work and Constantine who makes and supplies these is a great guy with near instant email or phone call assistance - note hes in the states 

read and read all the threads . Lots of hair pulling and teeth gnashing going on in them.

So I decided to use a pergola and a winch and a few other bits n bobs to make a press of sorts. KY was also invaluable 

Once sorted was easy and painless 

Better IMO than using the threaded rod method 

TT is all together now with 4 new super bearings . In the morning I’ll put in the drive shaft 

And then go back to Sydney and help the mechanic reinstall it along with the renewed rear end 

I’ll post a few pics 

Owned it for over two years now and just sat waiting patiently at the panel shop for well over a year till it had its turn

Now the panel work is done, progress will be faster. Fingers crossed

The car is a 1970 T. Delivered in California and converted in Sydney in the mid '70s. Have a bunch of history documents with it

The original Sydney owner pulled the car apart for a quick resto but the usual story, got distracted and sold it on to the previous owner who I bought it from in 2014

At some stage in the '80s, the car had a colour change to red amongst other typical '80s updates like a graphic equalizer (!!), sport steering wheel and cookie cutters. All of which I will be reversing soon

Here are a couple of pictures when I bought it

i notice I have some chips underneath of the car where the schutz has been removed( knocks , chips rust etc) leaving the metal work exposed and the surface rusted. What is the best way to fix and blend these areas with new schutz? The areas around these spots is super tuff and won’t remove easily 

guessing wire wheel

grease remover

Por 15 or KBS

then schutz - Wurth and “blow” in with compressed air( read this somewhere that gives factory look?)

then paint

Thanks for your help

Mike

What are the recommendations of those who have pulled their rims to pieces and successfully reassembled them??

Car will be lighter and with a lot more HP and as I’m replacing pretty much everything I may as well think about suspension to keep power to the ground and me out I’d ditch lol. Anyone used Werks ASP adjustable spring plates?  

Any ideas of a good rear set up ?? I’d like to hear all ideas. I do want to try keep the idiosyncrasies of the old girl. So nothing too modern or over the top. 

Go ?