My '72 911T

[PMNorris]

That's my video.... One of my best I think!

Paul

[Gary71]

It’s been a while since I updated my own thread, so let’s bring it up to date Very little spannering, mainly driving which is how it should be Most of this pic heavy update has been posted elsewhere so look away if you don’t want to see another green overload!

Back out across the Peak District for another Uni Dad taxi job:

Winnats Pass


Then of course the highlight of the year and off to the Alps with my son and the DDK tribe



Early morning at the top of the Grossglockner

Where it earned another sticker:



Chilling with friends after an Alpine blast. What it’s all about


Part two incoming:

[Gary71]

Traffic can be scenic at times!



So much of this I think it’s fair to say the system has been flushed through…


Top of the Timmelsjoch pass:

A little drama for JP on the Autobahn:

[Gary71]

At the Baden Baden hotel. Tired but happy.


And onto the next day with a stop on our 670 miles in one day trip home…

When in Reims it’s rude not to:

Eurotunnel had faith in my handbrake…

And that was the end of the big road trips. A few little ones to come.

[Gary71]

Work event at Oulton Park
A rare action shot!

Village transport festival


Pistonheads 25th Birthday at Bicester Heritage



Where it won a prize!

[Gary71]

Up on the horseshoe pass with my son:


At work:


And a little Lego to finish!

[Gary71]

Short update!
Over enthusiastic use of salt by our local council stopped play in November, I wouldn’t normally be put off driving but after the hours I’ve got in the bodyshell of this thing I’m going to look after it a bit better this time.

Grabbed the last sunny afternoon before the salt to give it a thorough rinse and blow dry before parking it up over Xmas until last weekend.



The first Cars & Coffee of the year had a great and varied turn out. Took the very long way home as it never ceases to make me smile this car.


I didn’t join the Porsche parking

My friends 944 (came to CLM with us a few years back) with his newly rebuilt engine and immaculately painted shell with some bespoke body lines and rear end mods that are so subtle they look stock but really tidy it up.

Evening drive with some work cars making even Crewe look good in the sunset


Still need to do the winter jobs I’ve not done, new handbrake shoes etc and a service would be good!

[911hillclimber]

There is a YouTube of last weekend.
The green Ford Pilot there is a favourite of mine.
Might take my 73T for a Sunday run if dry.

[Gary71]

So with only a few weeks to go before another massive Euro road trip across some mountains I can’t put those jobs off any longer.

Relative to Mr Slade I’ve got the easy prep!Engine is staying in

Job list:
- Look at points and decide they are still there and ‘ain’t broke don’t fix it’
- Valve clearances? They have some clearance so they will be fine
- Clean plugs - Actually did this one
- Oil change
- New handbrake shoes, hardware etc - Still work in progress, but I’ve done one side

Other than that I might clean the idle jets and top up the washer fluid

Can’t wait to get back out there on a long run. Done a few local things, but it’s not the same.

OE filter where the Porsche logo points the wrong way when tightened up. Boo.



Fiendish handbrake parts putting up a fight. Only need 10 pairs of hands, like trying to set 5 mousetraps at the same time. Ones that were on there may well have been original. I’ve not replaced them in the 22 years I’ve had the car and they looked old when I got it!

On the way back from the Alps last time they made a horrible noise at the last services on the M6 which then suddenly went away again. It seems the spring that sits between the two expanders on this side had rusted and collapsed, meaning things weren’t quite tensioned as they should be. Guess something went off centre as there is signs of contact between the springs that hold the shoes on and the drum. Probably enough for the horrible noise.



Typical garage scenes.

[sladey]

Nice one Gary - you and I will be doing synchronized handbrake turns


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[Gary71]

Got to test drive my new custom Alcantara cushions (thanks to my mums sewing skills) to help my elderly back.



Topped up the gearbox oil, before the big Euro run. I know it shouldn’t go down, but after a good few thousand miles since the rebuild it needed about 250ml.


Think I’m ready to roll now Even checked the tyre pressures…

[Gary71]

I’ll pop up so photos from the Euro drive once everyone is back, but my own journey was cut short by a loud mechanical clicking noise when you turn right.

I’d made it all the way down to the Pyrenees and had a wonderful couple of days in the mountains, but after some ‘spirited’ driving keeping the moderns honest the ticking started and got inside my head! I’d tried to check anything obvious in the hotel carpark, lose driveshaft bolts, a catching handbrake etc, but to no avail.



After another day of nursing it I decided to quit whilst I was ahead and drove in the straightest possible line home.

My prime suspect is the diff, so now I’m home and after checking the handbrake mechanisms, and every bolt I can find I pulled it out.



A somewhat hairy gearbox drain plug…


Another ‘bits of your car you’d rather not see’ pic!

[Gary71]

So in detail there is some evidence of surface damage on the sun/planet gears, but that could have been there for years, certainly not one tooth only with a bit missing or anything.


One bigger issue, although I struggle to link it to a ‘click’, is that the LH diff bearing (the one in the cover) has spun on the shaft to the point it came straight off by hand when it should be a tight driving fit.



I’ve also checked the preload this afternoon and it’s next to zero in that the diff only just stops moving as the cover seats down, it should be zero with the cover still some 0.3mm (or more) off fitted. Backlash is also excessive, so some work with shims needed here.

[Gary71]

As part of the investigation I stripped and regreased all the CV joints (fun!)

Nothing of note except some minor contact between the end of the shaft and the grease cap on the outboard end. So I added a little more clearance. These caps are later parts that don’t quite fit into the outer stub axles so have been adjusted already. They’ve been there years though so nothing’s changed.





I’ve ordered a new diff bearing, some er ‘bearing glue’ and a load of oil (it will be coming apart again for sure!) and I’ll get a selection of shims so I can get some preload.

Other than that I’m going to put it back together and see if the noise has gone.

It’s unlikely so I’ll then need to go deeper which will probably involve a new Quaife diff…

Got to go through this process though…

[911hillclimber]

Odd the output bearing has run on the shaft, but that imho might rumble than tick.
I guess the frequency of the tick increases with speed of turn?

I’ve had the same swarf on the mag plug in my Lola box, was synchro wear.

Fingers crossed for you, but I would expect a total strip soon.

I have a Quaif in the Lola, nice unit.