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Project: 1976 911S - Printable Version

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Re: Project: 1976 911S - Mike - 09-16-2013

BLINGMW Wrote:so by later today.... you mean next week?

:thumbup:

Re: Project: 1976 911S - Apoc - 09-16-2013

BLINGMW Wrote:so by later today.... you mean next week?

I didn't think anyone was actually paying attention and I spent most of last week deathly ill. Tongue

It was a failing alternator. There was enough charge not to trip the warning light, but not enough to power the fuel pump under load. I ended up in a bit of a battle with the shop I took it to because they tacked on a few part upgrades in the quote without telling me what they were doing. They basically said "yeah, it'll be X to replace it" when in reality they weren't doing like for like. In the end, I got the upgraded part (internal regulator) for 30% off their originally quoted price. It was still too high though.

Re: Project: 1976 911S - Mike - 09-16-2013

welcome to porsche?

Re: Project: 1976 911S - Apoc - 09-16-2013

Mike Wrote:welcome to porsche?

Part Porsche, part that shop is blingy. There's a guy a bit farther up north that could have done it 40% cheaper than what I paid. I couldn't get a hold of him when I was having the car towed, so I took it to the place by my house. Knowing what I know now, I should have towed it to my house and then re-towed to his shop when he could look at it. Of course, that probably meant we would be living as a true one-car family for a week or two.... which isn't a huge problem, just not terribly convenient.

Re: Project: 1976 911S - Apoc - 11-25-2013

I decided to remove the quick release hub in favor of reinstalling the horn. I commute in the car 1-2x/week and it's a bit uncomfortable being such a small car with no way to make people aware of my presence. I liked the security of the QR, but I only ever took the wheel off when I was going out of town. On the bright side, I can probably get close to what I paid ($280) for it.

Re: Project: 1976 911S - Mike - 11-25-2013

Good move. I hated not having a horn in the Civic. It's just a car. If you had built it yourself, different story, but it's replaceable. Might as well fully enjoy it and not count on someone stealing it.

Re: Project: 1976 911S - Apoc - 01-05-2014

I've taken to putting the car on a Batter Tender. The current battery is the one that got hosed when the alternator went bad. It needs to be replaced, but I'm waiting on Optima certs from my dad for a freebie. Big Grin It almost stranded me a few weeks ago, but I managed to get it started and home. It's pretty strong on a charge, so I plug it in when I'm not going to drive the car for a few days.

Also, It was a nice day... so I took a couple photos.

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Re: Project: 1976 911S - D_Eclipse9916 - 01-06-2014

Yum, looks great!

Re: Project: 1976 911S - Jake - 01-06-2014

Goodness, I love that green.

Re: Project: 1976 911S - Senor_Taylor - 01-21-2014

Oh gosh. My pants.

Re: Project: 1976 911S - Apoc - 05-13-2017

I'm embarrassed to admit that I put gas in this thing for the first time since February 2015 and in that time I drove 127 miles. There was a long time that my back was so jacked that I couldn't even get in/out of the car. At some point in there the front right caliper got stuck and then the wife got pregnant and had a kid. It eventually got to a point that the tires dropped down around 16 psi and I had to get air in the tires. I ordered one of those portable air compressors back in February, but never got motivated to take it to my preferred shop. Because logistics. There's a shop with some pretty nice vintage race cars a few doors down from my gym, so I finally pulled the trigger on having them do a once over. That appointment is next week, so hopefully it'll be good to go for the summer.

So, yeah. 127 miles in 26 months. At least I started it every week?

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Re: Project: 1976 911S - JPolen01 - 05-14-2017

I'm sure one of us would take it off your hands and give the drive it deserves.

Re: Project: 1976 911S - SlimKlim - 05-14-2017

And people say I don't drive mine.

Glad to see her getting some attention, I wonder if you'll need to have the carbs rebuilt after running it on old gas.

Re: Project: 1976 911S - Apoc - 05-14-2017

All 911s have been fuel injected since 1972. 8)

Re: Project: 1976 911S - D_Eclipse9916 - 05-14-2017

I thought I was crazy for not driving the M3 I just bought for 3 weeks.

Re: Project: 1976 911S - WRXtranceformed - 05-14-2017

Apoc Wrote:So, yeah. 127 miles in 26 months. At least I started it every week?
I've seent it! Glorious sound it has :thumbup:

Re: Project: 1976 911S - Steve85 - 05-15-2017

That stinks to hear your back was getting in the way of really enjoying it, hopefully it'll stay healthy for ya so you can get out and enjoy it. At least it seems it's been "printing money" while it sat!

Re: Project: 1976 911S - Apoc - 05-24-2017

Got the car back today. The front brakes has one seized piston and one that was well on its way to being seized, so both were replaced. There were a few other minor things that needed to be addressed, but nothing worth talking about. The car actually feels quicker now that the brakes are dragging. :lol:

Re: Project: 1976 911S - Apoc - 07-01-2017

I drove it somewhere that wasn't a mechanic.

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Re: Project: 1976 911S - JustinG - 07-01-2017

Matching grocery bags... You fancy sum bitch