DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Thanks Sean and Sladey, the 356's have a ground strap at the front of the gearbox to the chassis, so doesn't need disconnecting when you take just the engine out.
Thanks, I appreciate the reminder.

Karl

So, it didn't go completely smoothly, but the problems weren't big.
I connected the battery.
Switched on the ignition and no lights for the dynamo or oil pressure. I wiggled the bulb holder in the back of the gauge and they came on, bad earth.
Then cranked the engine over till the oil pressure light went out, with the spark plugs out. This took 5 attempts of 10 second bursts, of which I was starting to panic a little by the end of the 4th go, thinking why hadn't it gone out yet.
No fuel in the clear fuel filter, so the obligatory sucking on a fuel line and narrowly missed getting a mouth full of petrol.
Cranked over for more 10 seconds bursts, but no sign of any life.
Took the distributor cap off and arked the points with a screw driver. The spark was there but only a weak one. So checked and reset the points gap 0.6mm, retried and SUCCESS!
I then ran it for 20 minutes at 2000rpm to bed the new cam in per the cam makers instruction.
Next job is to change the oil and filter.

At last .....
And a short video for your amusement.

Thanks
Karl

20240609_142311_1 by karlhash, on Flickr

If they are new points, they all seem to have a coating on them now, which you need to rub off, with say a piece of cardboard between them - been caught out by that a few times. Do not know what it is they use, but it is not very conductive.

Fine workmanship Karl, what an achievement!

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It lives !!

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I love everything about your car. That unmolested, lived-in look is so great.
Excellent that the engine runs. Well done.

Thanks Porsche dudes.
I can't quite believe it works. Ha ha.
I changed the oil filters and oil.
The magnetic sump plug had some shrapnel on it but not as much as I thought there would be. I guess the full flow filter is doing is job. I've yet to cut open the old filter to check all the bits inside.

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The screen caught its fair share too.

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I had trouble getting a new spin on filter like the one that came with the full flow adapter. Mobil 1 . So I thought I would splash out and get a fram racing one. At least the colour would match my new orange old oil filter canister. But when I went to fit it, it was too large. The heater flapper box was stopping it from lining up to spin onto the thread. I ended up getting a bosch alternative for a fraction of the cost.

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Once I got the filters changed, a chance to test drive down the road.
But I pulled the handbrake and nothing.
I had put a new rubber boot on the cable, and not adjusted it up. So that was an easy fix..... and just as I let the front of the car down of the jack, I noticed a dribble of fluid on the inside of the front passenger wheel.
F#$k. A leaking brake cylinder.



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I got a new lower cylinder, fitted but went to put the shoe in the brass slot and no go. I filed the sides of the shoe down a little, and de burred the brass slot....magic, with a little bit of copper slip to aid with the moving parts. No leak. Thank fug for that.
Test drive accomplished, taxed and just got to change the insurance so I can start to run it in.
It never ends.
Thanks.
Karl


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A landmark occasion Karl - well done !!

Now it's time to start enjoying the car again ...

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So , the little jallopy seems to be, generally ok and I was able to take my daughter to her prom in it. I put the bench seat back in so the old torn seats wouldn't damage her dress.

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I have been tweaking here and there. Changed the top of the throttle spring locations, as I had mounted them on the opposite side of the carb close to the rod. Now it is away from the throttle rod it seems so bloody obvious.

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