Had a little Audi work the other day. Doing a job for some of old man Kaspar’s friends. This is a really nice 01 Allroad. These are bad ass little (ok, its a station wagon, she isn’t little) car. You can get some big hp out of these cars, and tear up the streets with a serious grocery getter. mmm v6 twin turbo power. To change the belt, the car needs to be put into service position. Front bumper removed. …
Had an early meeting at the shop this morning to get the 993 loaded up and headed across country. Off to the east coast she goes! I always love seeing what comes through! Meh 4.0 GT3 Seen it before Cooool! And original 68 IIRC. Very nice car 🙂 This is another SWEET car. Another 68 I believe. Coming out of Oklahoma City from Classic Recreations. They start with an old tub, and completely build the cars up to new spec. …
Had the old 965 in the other day for an oil leak. Damn thing doesn’t get driven enough, and so it sits up on the owner’s lift and pouts! As it should! Leak was coming from the turbo scavenge pump area, which isn’t uncommon to leak in that area. There are a couple of things that can leak, including the rear cam seal, but this turned out to just be the upper line leaking due to a loose connection. I …
Parts arrived this morning! With the new clutch kit (what I call our stage 2.5/gt2 kit), I was able to start putting this puppy back together 🙂 New main shaft seal installed. Note. In the picture can see where the clutch shaft inserts and runs across to the driver side where it sits in a needle bearing assembly. Make sure to dab just a touch of grease in there, and make sure ALL the needle bearings are sitting where they …
Something I have been tinkering with for awhile now. My grandpa Wilen’s old tool box. Another thing that has been hauled around for years without much love, lol. There really isn’t anything special about this box, I just thought it would be neat to clean it up a bit. Years on the farm and in various garages had it looking pretty rough. It was surface rusted pretty badly, but for the most part was still fairly solid. I’m not even …
When the supercharged C4 came in for a new belt and waterpump, the clutch pedal was occasionally sticking and the clutch was slipping. We put it off for awhile, but now the owner is ready to take care of it. I could tell immediately something was wrong in the rotating assembly, even though the owner didn’t want to believe it. I quickly shot down his slave cylinder theory as when a slave or master cylinder fails, the clutch pedal typically …
16Jan2013
Porsche 951, Exxon Valdez, RennsportKC
Tires arrived for the Valdez today, so I got them mounted and balanced! Off to alignment at the next opportunity, then she heads out the door! A fresh set of Summitomo HTRZIII’s
Had a few minutes today to knock out some more work on the Sherman. I am waiting on an exhaust gasket that I stole from Scott so long ago that I forgot about it, before I can put the rest of the exhaust on. The CEP fuel rail and Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator use custom lines which are attached in the fender well. Old lines are cut and new compression fittings installed so the new lines can screw on to …
15Jan2013
Porsche 951 Upgrades RennsportKC
Towed this puppy over to the shop earlier this week to reconstruct it. It came as a roller along with a pile of parts in boxes 🙂 I even got almost all the parts needed on the first run. Due to time constraints, it just wasn’t getting put back together by my good friend Scott. Not even a KCWS wrenching session could save it! It was time to either put a bullet in it, or get it running 🙂 Now …
Had this Pepper come into the shop today for a quick rear brake job. With all the lifts full, it was back to working like a peasant. Special tool required for the rear bolts on the calipers. Normally brake jobs are easy DIY’s, but I don’t recommend trying to tackle these without a good set of tools. The caliper bolts are usually seized in VERY tight and extremely difficult to get out. On a lift you can get enough leverage …