04Mar2011
More Internals
Took a couple of pictures of the camshafts this afternoon. This is the passenger intake camshaft. Notice the missing ring in the middle groove, there should be 3 on each cam. Again, this missing ring rides directly in path where this groove appeared in the front cam housing. And the driver side camshaft. All 3 rings present. And another close up of one of the cracked camshaft housing brackets.
03Mar2011
996TT Top End
Tonight Stephen (PorschePhD) came by with the magical cam tools we needed to pull the motor down the rest of the way for inspection. This evening I pulled the driver’s side apart down to the cams and cleaned everything up so we could do both sides. Glad we did. As many 930 motors as I have pulled apart, I have never done anything internal to the 996TT motors as that was always Stephen’s department at the shop. It was a …
27Feb2011
Cover Me, I’m Going In
Started tearing down the passenger side camtower this afternoon. Found another metal shaving stuck to the cam sensor Cams exposed. Now I have to divert my attention to a 996 PPI. The good phd should be by this week with the cam tools we need so we can pull the cams and see what is going on.
27Feb2011
996TT Engine Continued
Took some time this morning to pull the tranny, clutch, and get the motor up on the engine stand. Now to figure out what is going on in this motor. Again, what is involved in pulling the TT transaxles from the engine. Step 1, remove the plastic vent (3 bolts) Step two, remove the 10mm bolt and bracket. Step 3, pull the rubber plug that, along with the above bracket, hold the clutch shaft and bearings in place. This can …