Im turning my attention to the rear end now, and started by removing the suspension and rebuild them. Music by @Dimiaa #porsche #porsche911 #welding #restoration #classiccars #porsche912
Good work but I believe you might regret reusing the seal. I'd also advise using a brass drift when knocking out the bearing race, as it's unlikely to do any damage to the bearing housing if you hit it.
The seal it self looked good. Someone else gave me a tip to take that spring that’s in the seal and cut a piece of it off and reconnect it. Giving it a tight fit for the seal. Time will tell if I’m wrong
@@ilias8010 Hi, I hope you're lucky, as it looks a lot of work to replace a seal costing a few bucks. If the seal is too tight it can eventually ruin the sealing surface, which then requires a sleeve or spray metalling & re machining. Porsche use good quality materials in general, so you probably won't have that problem, as long as the seal remains intact, but once it starts to wear, fine grit can get stuck and quite rapidly wear the surface, where the lip meets. Anyway keep up the good work, it looks like you have a lot of bodywork to do. I thought MGB's rusted badly but there are a lot of early 911/912's on RU-vid with serious rust problems. At least with an MGB, mini, TR6 if it gets too bad you can reshell the car.
Thank you for the advice I appreciate it. Yeah the body work it’s self is a whole other level of the build. For now I just want to get it on the road and driving before I can think about body and paint.
I assume you realise, but your soft window Targa is a very rare car. With a high quality restoration it would be quite valuable. It's great that you're doing it up, but the finishes and techniques you're using (such as black paint on parts that should be raw aluminium or zinc plated) are not the best option for a car this rare.
I agree with you, I’m trying to do the best I can with my budget. I can’t get the car into concourse condition, really I’m trying to get it on the road and build it for my self.
