'7X 2.7-6 Projekt Thread, Updated 5/4/08 - IT IS ALIVE... well, sort of... Options

[KaptKaos]

I finally got my car moved around in the back so that I can get it up onto jack stands and take a look around.

My short term goal is to get the oil changed, swap the gas tank, charge the battery and try and fire her up. I took a few steps towards that today.

First, I was under there cleaning stuff up. I noticed this on the passenger side of the trans.



I assume that it is the throttle cable, but being this is my first /6, I need to confirm.

Secondly, I drained the oil from the case and the tank. For those that don't recall, here is my 911 tank, cut into the floor.



Problem is that when I drained the case and the tank, I only got 1/2 gallon of oil. I was expecting about 3.5 gallons (14 qts +/-). Not even close. This is my first dry sump motor, so am I missing something?

Here is a picture of the engine mount bar.



I don't know if this is stock, custom, aftermarket or ??? A little help pls. The mount bar sits so low that the side shift trans rod is above it.

Lastly, when I got the car, the PO said that he had buggered up the trans. Its a side shifter. I cleaned it up a little and took off the shift rod head and the ball socket. It's a new socket bushing which is nice.

I was able to move the selector through all gears. I noticed that the shift rod head was about an inch longer than the one on my car. In fact, it looked as if it was extended somehow. It's odd. I noticed this because I had to put the bushing on the ball and snap it down, before inserting it into the shift rod head. If I didn't do that, the shift rod head was so deep that I couldn't push it on. I am hoping that I get lucky with this.

Also, the cone set screw was replaced with a longer set screw, with a square head, that is drilled so it can be wired for additional safety.

Anyway, more to come soon. I have my work cut out for me.

[KaptKaos]

Update

It's not seized!!!

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I cleared the gas lines, put in the new tank, replaced a hose to the oil tank, put gas in the tank, oil in the tank hooked up a battery and let er rip!! She cranks!! Woohoo!!

However, The battery I used didn't have a lot of juice, so we hooked up the charger and Mark didn't know I was going to crank it and I blew that out. Then I used my jumper box and that drained before we realized that the gas tank was sitting at an angle (we put a block of wood in there to hold it up while I was tightening the lines underneath and forgot it). Since there is not a lot of gas in the tank, that tilt kept the gas from the lines.

Charging batteries and jumper boxes tonight. Tomorrow we dine in, um... well... you get my drift (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)