I guess you missed the first two words "just curious". Actually, I just like keeping track of the break ever point of collector cars as to when it's economically practical to restore as opposed to buying a car that's original or already restored. Since the author of this thread is cost conscious, I thought he might be keeping track. Also, others that are contemplating such a project might be interested to know what they are in for from both a time and financial commitment.

Dave

I should have put a smiley on my post. It was meant more "tongue and cheek" than anything.

No problem, I didn't take it personally. I don't want to hijack the thread, so I withdraw the question. On with the rebuild!

Dave

Closer to the truth to say the owner has become cost-unconscious

Headed out for paint? You're going to cover the pink?

The carpet doesn't match the drapes Eric

Its Salmon Eric

Going back to original L80E Light ivory.
Not too exciting but original and clean. Black interior, silver negative stripe and chrome bumpers. Polished 2.0 Fuchs, Euro lenses and funky Euro additional fogs.
No backup light. I wouldn't want anyone thinking I'm pretentious
My brakes are zink colored

All painted Light Ivory!

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So the paint shop said it would take six weeks to paint my Teener. As usual, painters have no concept of time and are generally full of crap

So....They did it in a week and a half. Kind of a problem for me as I had a wrecked 944 being torn apart in my shop and the six weeks would have been convenient. But as I try not to assess the oral hygiene of a free equine I ditched the water pumper and am moving into the build phase of my true love.

I have the answers I need on the motor and I should be able to put it together over the holiday. The I'll start putting the body back together

I am particularly looking forward to doing the interior and figuring out how to mount my cool Euro fogs on the front bumper.

fresh paint always looks so good, yours is no exception! cant wait to see what it looks like when its all back together

Awesome! That looks great and I'm very partial to Light Ivory since that's what my car is!!
Good luck with the engine build

Yeah, I wasn't super excited about the white color, but after seeing it I'm stoked! It was the right choice and no one can fault a PO for going back to the original color

some light ivory cars
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Mongo LIKE!

Got her back in the tent Christmas eve but I had to travel for the holidays.


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Looking very nice!
We will say it is on a rotisserie and call it good.
Happy new year!

Spent Saturday pulling out parts and doing jobs I had materials for. It all seems daunting until I start one small task and just work through it one step at a time. A little extra time equates to better details.....

Engine bay wiring and hold down clips cleaned up and installed. I cleaned each one and coated it with protectant. I then heated them over my heater for a few minutes to make them pliable for install.

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Sway bar restored and installed (mostly). I scored some restored suspension mounts from Bruce here too. Everything he sells is uber top notch!

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Wiper assembly refreshed and installed. I read a post on different wiring on early vs late cars so I swapped my original and working motor out on the clean assembly I bought here. Wiper jets were in the stash of NOS bits my friend Eric Wills gave me.

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Installed my upper dash and secured the dash itself. a little heat should tighten up the vinyl. 914 Rubber dash to window seal went in easier than expected.

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Rear trunk wiring going in. I have a few connections that I need to refresh. The PO had painted all this orange so I took the easy rout and just wrapped it back up after inspection

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I had to mount one of my Euro tail lights to check it out. New seals fit well

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I'm pretty happy with my handy work on the rear trunk repair. It's not super perfect but it's pretty good for a first timer.

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My work is nothing compared to Scotty B's. Scotty got busy with better paying projects so I had a local shop do the final paint. I think the body paint is a 9.5 but the details are lacking a bit. Trunks and engine bay could have been better but I'm happy.

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Finally unpacked the bumpers I bought three years ago. Rear is great but the front will need some polishing.

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Shea restored headlight carriers. Like allot of stuff I've bought from Eric, the quality is beyond compare. But I need allot of fasteners

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Lookin good mang

Very nice!

Looking forward to seeing it all come together.



John

Vedy Shagadelic...

You're CRUSHING the rebuild. This is the best part to watch, and most rewarding by a long-shot. Shows you what all the hard work has accomplished.

Stay at it mate!

Good times in the g-rage. I sanded and polished my trim, washed allot of the original rubber so I could salvage the outer door seals and front hood seal. Installed rear trunk seals and stuck the logo on the back. It's straighter than it looks

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I also worked on cleaning and finding all the little parts on the light housings. I have a few favorite used vendors that I have made requests for the missing pieces.


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A new distraction arrived Saturday
Yes, my other dream car, an '89 Westy. $4500

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PS.
I was never a fan of white cars

I worked on my trim last week. It all looked pretty tired

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So I sanded it with 400, then 600, then 1000. Then I used a buffing wheel and some metal polishing compound followed by a little mother's aluminum mag polish. The toughest part was getting past all the old anodizing and getting the surfaces flat enough to sand.....
Voila

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Installed the rear bumper and top along with the signals and trunk electrical

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Great looking build Mike...really nice.

Lookin really nice, Mike. I'm sooo jealous!

Thanks guys. No garage time today, it's 6 outside and I'm working in a tent

I worked on the front signals this weekend. Got them painted and partially installed. I bounce around allot as required knowledge and needed parts send me back to the computer

NOS Euro lenses look sweet! My housing seals seals were in perfect shape too. I replaced the harness seals behind the housing with some good used units. This forced me to replace the connections, they were toast anyway. I'm finding that a fine 3m pad and some tire cleaner cleans up the rubber real nice. Then a quick coat of silicone to give it that dull shine.

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Looking good man...

Started my transmission rebuild Friday. My amigo Eric gave me a hand. I had the tailshift that came with the car and a sideshift i bought from a member here (who's name i will not mention, you'll see why....)

The hope was to make on good sideshift trans out of these two.

Sideshift on the bench ready for disassembly.

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Coming apart. The DAPO put this together without any gaskets. The problem with this is that the pinion lash was off.....

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Because the pinion lash was off the pinion went too far into the pinion gear causing wear on the pinion. The pinion and the gear are a matched set. There are numbers that correlate to each other.

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So we pressed out the main shaft and pinion from the intermediate plate. The factory tool is pushing evenly on both shafts so they come out together. Much more accurate than a hammer

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Ok, so far i have a bad pinion, first gear was bad and fifth gear was toast too. All this transmission's dog teeth were suspect as were the syncros. Hopefully the second tranny would be in better shape. Remember, this was a working trans i bought here

So we pulled the tailshift appart....

Not so good.....

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Fortunately Eric had a reasonable pinion and gear. First the bad gear comes off the differential and gets swapped out. We used a big torque wrench to get these to 80lbs...

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Then the locking washers are installed. Now I'll have Porsche not VW spec pinion. There is a difference. The Porsche parts are measured and factory tested. Notations are seen on the parts....

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Next we strip all the shafts and start the hunt for good parts....
More factory tools make this job much easier.

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Next we chalk the shaft up in the lathe to make sure it's straight and we use a little 3m pad on the sealing surfaces to ensure they are smooth. This one checks out.

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Now to dig into the gears and sliders. I was in need of a few sliders that we sourced from eric's stash and the other trany. We made sure all the gears stayed matched pairs. Another slick tool holds the recess on the slider.

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Then the gear can be pressed out. This tool will also work to install the slider and gear back together.

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The gears go back together with new syncros and updated brakes.

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I spent some time detailing the case today. More on that next time....
I should be doing the assembly next week with new bearings and seals. I do need a nice 5th gear (ZD). Everything else is fully pimped

dude, kudos on tackling this. Transmissions scare me... I of course am not doing anything on mine except clean up the outside, and changing the fluid......

Nice! I did the trans clinic this last weekend and all those photos and discriptions are what we went through with ours.

I learned so much at one of Evil's clinics-very rewarding. You're a brave soul tackling one without Evil. Having those custom tools is will make all the difference.

Evil is the man. He's like the Obi Wan Kenobi of transmissions.
Eric is Yoda
I am far from doing this alone.

Cool little project. I installed a battery switch using a Porsche center cap as a centering plate.

I machined it to fit....

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Finis....

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Making steady progress.....

Installed my fresh air system

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Sorted the lights, running lights and Pilot lights

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Dash face and heater controls in....

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Keep on it man....it'll all come together real fast!

Installed the rear window and more sound deadening. I'm using peel and seal roofing material. Cheap and effective.

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Transmission build continues. We did the pinion depth setting. The pinion and all gears were installed with a single gasket. The setting was checked with a factory tool and dial indicator. It was .20mm to far in. The gaskets are .25mm thick so we added a second gasket. It came up perfect.

This tool approximates a diff and uses the same bearings. A dial indicator is held inside that can be seen inside the hole. It bears on the tip of the pinion shaft.

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Next we set the lash. This factory tool attaches to the output shaft. We used a spacer to lock the shaft and pinion so the whole assembly rotates. .15-.20mm is optimal. Mine was .17mm. Done! We also set the drag while we were at it. Drag is a product of how much shim installed, lash is adjusted by where the shims are installed, port or starboard side of the diff.

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