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I thought hopefully this time it would be different. I would be able to get it in the air with the lift so could hopefully get bigger muscles onto it (previously the car was on axles stands and I would have been lying on my back. The other thing that was worrying me was that I needed to have the eng...

Then it was time to fit the clutch. I searched and searched but couldn’t find the clutch centring tool I made about 15 years ago, so I made another one with an old socket bar and some tape https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240420/dab8f224a935c931a53a021f6b3ce8d0.jpg The tool worked great https://up...

OK so today was a big day The aim was to get the engine in the car and if all goes well maybe try to start it. So first was getting it off the stand https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240420/cc641be5d0bf6eefdab0ca8aed2e5596.jpg Yes I know it’s on the wonk but good enough to get it onto me trolley ht...

Never mind Graham. You might feel better about it when you’ve left it alone for a while.

Thanks Wayne

Next was the heater hoses Now I’ve never been entirely happy with the diameter of the hoses I’ve been using. In order to fit onto the 993 heat exchangers I had to order 76mm ID hose. The problem is that they are too big to fit onto the pipes coming off the fan https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202404...

OK So I posted an update last week-end but it was lost in the forum update, so I’ll try and remember what I posted. In answer to the suggestion that there had been excessive wear on the camshaft or rocker due to oil starvation I took the cover off and had another look https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.co...

Thanks for the offer Nick but if I changed from the 993 heat exchangers then I’d probably go to to SSI’s myself


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I did an update last Sunday but it was lost in the upgrade. Will try and re-do it this weekend along with current progress

I will be in this

Oh bugger

I forgot to write about the stud that caused this whole thing! This went in OK. The stud was supplied with loctite already applied to it which was useful. I screwed it in by hand but it just kept on screwing in so to keep it at the right depth I popped a bolt in from the other side https://uploads.t...

I’m not sure if I mentioned it the other week but I re-torqued all the head bolts. I say re-torqued but actually all I did was check that they were torqued correctly - nothing was loose - the torque wrench just clicked out every time. I now wanted to set the tappets - I’m not sure if I’ve done this ...

I can’t believe what a meal I made of this. First I took my time making sure everything fitted OK - cleaning out some of the threads with a tap https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240414/73478604b183cca862bad51be55598fa.jpg And then it was all screwed in place. Then I went to fit the grey shroud exte...

Then it was time to actually fit the alternator. I was back and further with this over and over again because I wanted it to be spot on. First I wasn’t sure where the earth was meant to go (two terminals are named, but it’s not obvious what the third one is) - when I looked at the manual on the webs...