Check out our great how-to's, lots of videos on air-cooled Porsche, mix in a few BMW's and whatever else we are working on. Be sure to check out our website for more, www.klassikats.com Thanks for watching!
Love the videos! Just a question... wouldn't it be easier to put the piston into the cylinder half way and then put in the wrist pin and circlip? This looks very awkward to pull off.
If that works for you then great. For me it is far more efficient using the factory ring compressor and the factory method of installing the piston onto the rod then slipping the barrel on. Kurt
Tony, Thats a really hard one to answer. Its a 7 day snapshot in time of people that are wanting to buy a car. My gut feeling before the auction was high 30's to low 40's. We are just happy that the car is going to someone that will enjoy the car and plans on using it as a daily driver. Thanks Kurt
Is the nut for the exhaust heat exchangers? I have never owned a 911 (only 993+) but I think I have seen it there in older cars and maybe on my 993 when I removed the heat exchangers
I have a 1974 Targa That I inherited that sat in a garage for 25 years. Thanks to Kurt it runs like new, only has 58K original miles. Grandfather bought new so I know the history
Every one of these is different depending on what it needs and when you do the job as parts prices are constantly changing. I would be happy to give you a ball park quote directly on your transmission if you need it done. Just contact us directly. Thanks Kurt
Ciao sto cercando di rimettere in moto la macchina di papà ormai molto anziano , vorrei fargliela guidare perché che lui non possa più farlo 😢 ho qualche manuale che posso consultare ? Mi puoi dire come sono messi tubi benzina in origine pompa elettrica filtro benzina e pompa meccanica!? Come mettere in fase la pompa meccanica benzina ? Purtroppo chi ci aveva messo le mani tanti anni fa ha fatto un po' di errori e non trovando una documentazione non so come e da dove iniziare . Magari lei sa come metterla in fate motore e pompa usando comparatore e goniometro gradi di aperture ed antico per verificare l'allineamento corretto dell iniezione . Spero che mi tenga in considerazione ed a quore la questione . Purtroppo non ci sono quasi più persone che ci hanno lavorato e che hanno le conoscenze dell' auto . Il modello è 911 1970 2.2e grazie mille per la disponibilità
Thank you for this video, the '71 I bought during Covid always shows way low on the '79 3.0 that is installed and its caused me lots of sleepless nights. No more! One question, would it not make sense to install a T-fitting at the idiot light port and mount the gauge sensor there?
Jarno, No, I would not install a T-Fitting. So the first issue you are facing is the 3.0L SC uses a different pressure sensor than the 71 2.2L engine did and a different gauge calibration.. The next issue is the pressure senders are not transferable between engines as they use different threads. You can buy the pressure sensor for a 1975-77 911 engine which will screw into your 1979 3.0L and should be closer to your installed gauge. I would also just measure the actual oil pressure just like we did on this video. That way you know that you dont have any issues and then just drive the car. Kurt
I learn so much by watching these videos and reading the comments. I don’t always understand the concepts, but it makes me appreciate my 9 eleven after 24 years of ownership. Thank you !
My car oil gauge registers on the low side, when it’s at idle it just barley comes off the zero mark. How can you tell if it’s an oil gauge problem, or an oil sensor problem, without just replacing parts and hoping for the best? And yes when you step on the gas pedal the needle jumps up on the oil gauge.
More than likely it is going to be a combination of both the gauge and the sender unit as well as the wiring resistance. As long as the gauge moves and the oil pressure light is off you should be all good. In the worst case you can always confirm your actual oil pressure with an external oil gauge just like we did in the video. Kurt
A diaphragmatic or bordon tube pressure sender operates most accurately between 1/3 and 2/3rds of the range it is designed to measure. Either side of that, their accuracy suffers. Added to that are sweep errors in an electric gauge.
Great video!- Love the AFM reset portion! A current altitude of 7,300 ft is certainly higher than most. Again, great presentation, and now you've made me realize I need to oil my distributor felt.
You have to use copper slip on the threads of the spark plugs? Because you have a steel plug going into an aluminum head? I come from powersports, I dont use it on my plugs, great work you do!
So that is a point of contention. Bosch has been saying for a while now that you dont have to use an anti-seize on their plugs due to the thread design they use. However, they first time you have to remove a seized plug that pulls all the threads out with it because it has corroded you will be a believer in copper grease. A small amount of lubricant also helps to get the correct torque value on the any thread. Lastly 35 years of applying copper grease to threads is a hard habit to break. Kurt
@@klassikats my understanding with two stroke bikes is that it will not allow a correct "plug chop" thus not a giving you a proper read. I stopped using lubricant, that is just me though.
You have to admire the owners of these old cars spending all that dough to keep them on the road. I wouldn't do it, because I work in DC yet my home is in Denver. So I need a late model performance car that is reliable and doesn't require substantial service. It's a long drive back to Denver!
So a lot of things have changed in cars over the last 100 years or so. Some of it has been good and some of not so good. All machines need maintenance and having the ability to perform maintenance and adjustments can prolong a cars useable life span. With many of todays cars we have traded service intervals with replacement intervals. As far as cost of service is concerned there is no benefit there. Labor expense may be lower, but the cost of service items are much higher. Kurt
Go to their website and read their "Why Auto Repair Shops don’t want you to bring your own parts." diatribe. Want to order Rennline's KW Variant 3 shock kit for your 1987 Porsche 911 and have them install it? That's a hard no according to them. I'm not certain where this business is located, but that idea wouldn't be tolerated in the US. Enthusiasts bring parts to their shops because they want BETTER THAN OEM parts installed. Like better after-market shocks, struts, rotors, clutches, etc. Products that a shop wouldn't sell, that could take quite some time to get. Enthusiasts also want things like headers, exhaust, and shift-kits installed. Plus there's many, many after-market solutions to known issues that this business is saying they don't want to install for you. According to their policies they'll only sell & install the same OEM part that prematurely failed, again. No after-market solution for you!!! A shop like this that seems to be dedicated to enthusiast's vehicles like Porsches not allowing their customers to provide parts? Yeah.....that wouldn't fly here in the US. How oddly out-of-step with the very types of customers they should be catering to. They also claim it's about not making the money on parts if they don't sell them. And there's a simple answer; CHARGE MORE FOR LABOR. Porsche enthusiasts aren't trying to keep a VW Golf running, they're trying to baby their baby, and they're willing to spend real $$$ to do so. Charging more for labor to those that supply their own parts is perfectly reasonable. There's also fearmongering lies about parts warranties in their policies. That's pure bovine excrement.
Just love the information I get from this channel! An underbody clean would not hurt this car 😅. Question: what is the spark plug change interval on a 3.2?
Spark plug change is at every 30,000 miles. The underbody is in pretty good shape and still has a large amount of the factory applied wax to everything. We see to many people cleaning off this protection and yes the car looks great the day it is done and is still on the rack where you can see it, but in reality it is just exposing the car to corrosion and shortening its life span. Kurt
@@klassikats thanks! I totally agree on the fact that the undercoating applied by the factory should stay there, but the dirt and grime can go because it holds moisture. Question: what can be used to add to any wax gone missing?
Re: 5:30 and using a 2 foot cheater bar, when i first changed the gear oil on my 915 gearbox, the fill plug was in so tight i needed a SIX FOOT bar! Wish I could have put an air wrench on it… I did replace the plug . And last but not least, THANK YOU for documenting and sharing your wisdom and skills for those of us who seek knowledge on best practices with these old 911s. I think I speak for a lot of guys when I say I’m very grateful to guys like you who help guys like me keep these wonderful machines on the road !
It is possible to back date, although you would need to change the fuel distributor and warm up regulator to the ones used in 1978-79 models. If you dont want the O2 sensor to control your fuel trims you can just unplug it. This will keep the system in open loop and the frequency valve will remain at a constant 50% duty cycle. Kurt
I hit 210k on my 78 911SC. it sat for 15 years and over the past 5 years, completed (it's never really complete) restomod. Stripped everything out, had it painted inside and out GT3 white and dropped in a 3.6L varioram from last of the air cooled
