70-914-6 Clean Up, UPDATE: Fuel Lines Installed! Options

[ctc911ctc]

Here is what I am trying to fix - all of this old glue.......why did they use glue as a lubricant in the old days........

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[Cairo94507]

It may not be the same, but when we replaced the belt on my 3.6 distributor, we had to drill the pin out. I ordered a replacement from Porsche when I ordered the new belt. We installed the pin and used a punch to flare the ends of the pin; it is not going anywhere.

[ctc911ctc]

Engine Ready for the tin, looking better,



Moving on to the carbs...........

[ctc911ctc]

*******UPDATE*********

Cleaning up the engine,

The engine Bay and other parts

I was able to get a smaller power-spray handle so I could get into the engine bay with the spray handle.



I am trying to understand if this car was coated by 'Zeibart' or similar, some of the crud in the engine bay was grease and grime, however, on the underside and wheel wells, there is a very tough material that seems like oil and gravel, however, it comes off in sheets in some places and will not come off in others.





Does anyone else have experience with this type of undercoating?

Also, this is as clean as I am going to get the engine bay - will wax/buff it next





Here is the engine ready to go into the engine bay

[Cairo94507]

That may be undercoating applied when new. Mine had that on the bottom and some of it came off in large sections, the rest had to be blasted off. We re-undercoated the complete bottom and then shot it the body color. Your engine bay looks nice. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[ctc911ctc]

Tooth Brush and Brake cleaner......... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

That may be undercoating applied when new. Mine had that on the bottom and some of it came off in large sections, the rest had to be blasted off. We re-undercoated the complete bottom and then shot it the body color. Your engine bay looks nice. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[ctc911ctc]

What did you use for the blasting?

That may be undercoating applied when new. Mine had that on the bottom and some of it came off in large sections, the rest had to be blasted off. We re-undercoated the complete bottom and then shot it the body color. Your engine bay looks nice. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[Cairo94507]

It was sandblasting and scraper.

[sixnotfour]

Dry Ice Blasting ..I saw this Six at Morris Brothers Motorsport...
It cleaned up Nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYtQQBYdMQo

[gereed75]

Love this kind of preservation/ restoration.

Great looking car!!

[BillJ]

I am a huge fan of dry ice blasting. Did the whole underside and wheel wells on mine and made inspection and recoat a breeze

[ctc911ctc]

OK, Dry ice it is.........last time I bought dry ice it came with salmon from Alaska...............will figure this fish story out.....more to come!

[live free & drive]

You can get the pellets at Continental Carbonic and I think they may rent the equipment too: 472 Amherst St Unit 26, Nashua, NH 03063

[ctc911ctc]

Cleaning the underside of the lid, dang the old oil is like glue - turns out that this rubbing compound works really well, cuts through the grease,

HALF WAY DONE (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

[930cabman]

I am a huge fan of dry ice blasting. Did the whole underside and wheel wells on mine and made inspection and recoat a breeze

Breeze is good, did you rent the equipment? I have seen some results of this process and looks great TIA

[ctc911ctc]

*********UPDATE********

ICE ICE BABY

I spent 20+ hours cleaning the engine bay. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

Here is the process:

Focus on a few square inches at a time

1. Scrape with plastic edge (I have a variety depending on the curves, corners,etc)
2. Clean with Brake cleaner to agitate the baked on grease but not etch the paint
3. Rubbing Compound - there is a mild solvent in these compounds that further removes the grease
4. Wipe clean - the compound leaves a white trace behind

After 20+ hours, i put the car on a flat bed and it will be Dry Iced - Too much time wasted.

[ctc911ctc]

Back from the ICE house, good kid, hard working - smelled like his shop needed an exterminator, I have heard the south shore of MA is infested with Skunks,,,,,,well this shop has a few.......

Very cool dry ice setup - no, i did not take pictures of the setup. However here is the dry-master.

He treated the Frunk/Trunk/All underside including all running gear front and back. Cleaned all of the wheel wells, removed most of the Zeibart (does anyone know if the 914-6 had optional undercoating from VasakPolock Hermosa?)

Here are a few pictures.

Fuels lines next and then engine goes back in.

Dry Ice Guy


Engine Bay - was covered in Black

Just like the the underside of the trunk as seen in this picture to the right towards the back



Wheel Well - before ICE, does anyone know what that stuff is? Zeibart?



Car was dry iced and then waxed - wheels too



Engine Before the work



AFTER

[ctc911ctc]

On its way home through Boston Traffic!




Next UP? Fuel Lines and cables.

[Montreal914]

This seems like the way to go. Looking very good!

[ctc911ctc]

********FUEL LINES***********

Took out the Tank - yea, I filled it a week or two prior to starting this adventure (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)



It had been out prior, but the lines we still original, not in bad shape but I want to assure that I have a low probability of fuel leaks - added the Stainless lines from Tangerine - Thank you Chris



My daughter - the only one home - crawled under the car ( said "ew" perhaps 10 times) and pushed on the lines. I was under the dash with the peddle board sticking into me while guiding the lines through the grommet at the front bulkhead. Seems like it went in OK.






Pretty certain that the lines wrapped around EVERYTHING, not a straight forward task - however - I will be replacing the Clutch and throttle cable.

Getting Closer!

The breather hoses are $80/meter! YOW!

Also, I took off the skid plate and found that the PO decided to save a little current - not sure what is happening here......will let you know when I do.