insane build dude, thumbs up!!

one day, yes one day i will do something as cool as this (well maybe somewhere cool as this)!

 

**** i knew i was missing out!!


Then you still have room for a line for code for a sig image, AND you can even do a whole line of just smilies

(also, in you can change the verbage of the link like i did when you put the URL in your sig, just do it in 1 line and center align them all )

 

aaaaaahhhh!!!

i give up! i could not get it to work
can you please send me or post something i can just copy and paste into the sig box ?

 

heheheheee stubborness pays off!!!!

 

mmhmm, yisser.. i rekkin thatll do just fine

 

thanks man! i really appreciate it !

 

not much progress to report , i wasted all of last night pushing the thing back on the lift and trying to install the balancer . long story short: balancer needs to come off (again) cause i did not put the AC pulley on ( don't ask) . i lent out my impact gun so i could not get the bolt to come out and i found out that the passenger side Ebrake does not work

had to loosen the front timing chain cover cause i noticed the seal was not sitting right , which meant the alt and water pump had to come off .

coils, wires, and plugs are on , as well as all the sensors are connected . all i need to do now is finish the mini engine harness ( and the balancer )

i'll be picking up some transmission oil today as well as some other vital fluids

start up should be soon
wish me luck!

 

You my friend have talent, and patients! Very good work!

 

He has alot of patients?

 

Guess we should start calling him Doc, LOL.

 

looool , thanks guys ! its more of being stubborn than anything else

well i got some interior parts in today : signal stalk, window regulator and motor, driver side A pillar and top vent covers , and clock spring ( whatever hat is )

i'll try to get them in the car today and hopefully finish most of the interior .

so the plan for today is as follows:

- take the balancer out
- put the balancer back in
- put accessories back on
- check for leaks
- see if she fires up
- video the first startup and not share it with you guys just to tease you
- maybe do the rest of the interior stuff

 

well i was hoping to atleast fire her up tonight, but i guess it will have to wait for a bit : i guess the fuel pump is seized up
and to make things worse , i managed to crack one of the hoses

so now i have to remove the pump and bucket and replace the crappy accordion hose with propper fuel injection hose. i just have to figure out how to remove it from the tank.
the pump looks like it could be easily swapped out with a bosch 044 pump or maybe the new aeromotive 340 pump .

here's what i have to deal with :



another thing i also noticed is that the pump signal only comes on for a couple of seconds AFTER i let go of the ignition switch. so i have to look into that too .


i did think of replacing the whole factory setup with something different , maybe drop in an intank 044 pump and simplify the whole mess in the tank by having one pump and hose in one of the bladders and having a small transfer tube between the bladders to equalize the fuel level . but thats just thinking to far ahead

i did finish installing the balancer, so now i have to get a belt and finish the powersteering pump plumbing and i can call the accessory drive done .

and like i mentioned earlier , i got some interior stuff in and i installed them i just had to stop cause i didn't have the correct size screws to hold the stalk assembly in place . i did however get the window in , and it actually works ! i just have to figure out how to adjust it so it goes down all the way like the other one .




i'm kinda bummed out cause i didn't start it and now it'll take a while before i do ,,,, but things happen for a reason i guess


so , no checking for fuel system leaks next time , but i will try to :
- get a new battery in
- get the pump out
- finish the steering column and wheel
- then finish the door panel/ a pillar / defrost vents
- engine compartment harness.

 

Man I love getting these updates! ha ha So... get her fired up and don't forget to make a video!

 

i lol'd about the balancer in your 'todo' list. wtf is a clock spring?

any clue why the pump went souf?

 

A clock spring is part of the steering column, enables you to have electrical connection between the wheel and column for cruise control, radio controls etc. Mounts right behind the steering wheel. Per wikipedia anyway.

 

i guess the pump just seized up either due to varnish buildup or rust since it was not fully submergedwhen it sat in there.

and i belive red89gta is correct

anyhow , here is a good writup on how to remove the pump on one of these ,,,, these pump assemblies make F-body units look soooo simple :

http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/9...-pictures.html

i'll see if i can repair this one, if not ,,,,, i'll be debaiting going with a new one or just building my own fuel system

 

Umm the round black plastic piece with four wires coming out of it in the picture above is the clockspring and it is for the AIRBAG so be careful with the connectors and the wires that go to them you don't want to short them out while pluging in the bag or any other time I watched a guy (a dumb guy) get blown clean out of the drivers seat in a 5 series BMW when this happend with the door open not a pretty sight. The clockspring also has to be indexed to the steering shaft and steering wheel on your car they should all be marked.

 

you are correct , the nice thing is they have instructions printed on the thing

 

Hey Man,

Fuel pump- there will be connections from each jet pump that you can disconnect so they stay in the tank, you will need to unclip the metal arms that support them from the main pump housing. the pump locks to the bottom of the tank with a 1/4 lock, grab the housing and twist like hell.... While you have everything apart, inspect the jet pumps (plastic ends on the lines on the saddles) and run a zip tie around them so they cant fall out, I have seen it happen before and you wont have ANY fuel pressure and you will replace the pump 4 times SWEARING the whole time Porsche is sending you bad parts.... Oh wait, thats just me... The factory fuel system is VERY reliable, I see VERY few failures of this system, I would recomend just fixing what is there.

ClockSpring- Is for steering wheel controls and Airbag contacts, I can get you factory instructions if you would like.

Window- If you look at the bottom of the regulator you will see a silver T20 torx that is holding in a plastic stopper, remove that and you will get full drop, the same regulator is used for the Boxsters and that is the stop for them. To program the one-touch down, close the doors with you inside roll the windows down and then up, hold the up button till the window closes and you hear the motor stop trying, your one touch down/up should work now.

HTH

Mark

 

i managed to get some stuff done last night ,
i bought a nice big battery and dropped it in to replace the old dying not holding a charge one i was using , i also got cracking on the harness deal , got most of the plug done , just need to run the wires to the sensors.



also got working on the fuel pump deal , i managed to take it out as per marky's instructions , but upon touching it plastic hoses started snapping left and right

here is how it looks after i took it out :



and after fanaggeling with it a bit i got the pump itself out :



its a bit bigger than the walbro 255 and smaller than a 044 pump , but i think an aeromotive 340 should fit finei guess, i just have to do my research. off course i did take a look at fitting a bosch 044 pump in there , and it can be done with minor trimming of the bucket , here's how it looks: ( pump looks much bigger in the pic than it i really is )



so i started trying to fix this mess , first order of bussiness was replace all the crumbling accordion plastic hose with proper fuel injection rubber hose , and while i was doing that i noticed that at the bottom of the suction tubes porsche installed what seems to be a prefilter , only problem is that that thing is tiny ! i'm thinking this would be a restriction when pushing the fuel system later . so i decided to remove them , here is what i'm talking about :





and after a few cuts and a hose clamps i got this :



all i have to do now is get a new pump and connect it to the hoses i made and call it a day ,,,, that and replace the deteriorating sending unit / tank gasket .

also figured out the fuel pump priming thing ( after spending close to 30 minutes searching for the 3 test lights i have in the garage - i swear the mice here are fooling with me ) , as it turnes out i tapped into the wrong relay for the ignition on source , so after figuring that out i had to run a wire to under the dash to the fuse center and now it primes with everytime i cycle the ignition and stays on during starting .

and now for a teaser

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4Fsm38NEMU