Snobby mechanic LOSES MIND, Porsche 944 timing belts, water pump! 

"We're all gonna die soon, and there's no sequel" absolutely classic line to get you motivated in life..

*I* like your sense of humor. It's why I keep watching. :) (Former Boxster S owner who never saw his engine speaking here.) I didn't realize the 944 had a transaxle. That seems pretty advanced for a car of that era.

"It seems to be coming off" - me 5 seconds before i strip a bolt or nut

I am glad that I am subscribed to someone that is a great mechanic and enthusiast, yet has some class and is clearly well educated.

Love the enthusiasm man! Its easy to watch such a high energy person.

I have to assume that Casey talks to himself all day, camera not required. lol

Congrats on 50k! It's good to see you wrenching on the channel.

my dad used to feed rope down into the sparkplug hole (filling the cylinder with it) to hold the engine so he could break crank bolts loose

Not that you need any encouragement, but this has been really fun to watch and don't stop ragging on the Porsche guys, they can take it. This was one of my fav cars back in the 80's, it's a gorgeous design and looking forward to seeing you get it on the road. Please pause and think about the rally lights, I don't think thats a great look, but that's just me.

wearing a white hat while getting your hands dirty is like royalty stepping on dirt... i should know, royalty recognize royalty! silly plebeians .. nice Ricky gervais reference btw lol

"Pick it up peasant" Proceeds to pick it up himself Did Casey just call himself a peasant?

Really like your positive attitude, I've been in situations where I've been told you can't do this, or that. I just tell them to piss up a rope. Just remember the story of Colonel Sanders.

This was the best 40 minutes I have spent today, laughing my A@@ off . Thanks Casey good fun.

looks like the new Swiss army knife saves the day again!

There is a little window in the clutch can . you can rotate the crank , when the bolt for the pressure plate shows up remove that bolt . screw in a longer bolt and it will hold the crank for you! !!!😄😄😄😄🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

5 minutes in and I can already tell this is going to be one of my favorite videos. "Don't touch me peasants!....I have to do manual labor, that's dumb!" ohhhhh man this is gonna be good.

*WOO HOO* I'm not the only one that uses the aluminum jack handle on the breaker bar! :D

As a fan of simple functional, serviceable things.... I wonder if engineers that make things complicated for no good reason look down with smugness at things that are simple and easy to work on.

I love this channel and your sense of humor, keep it up!

I love this guy, He makes fun of all of us Porsche owners being all stuck up, prim and proper types, YET, did you see how he laid out his tools and parts, talk about OCD, He is either straight out of the military, OR out of a mental home, either way he is pure gold and the type we all wish our best friends were more like.

"What's up, peasants?" HAHAHAHA 🤣🤣🤣

So happy to see such an experienced mechanic doing some stupid things as well. Love it! Well explained.. Keep on Going.. Is there a 928 maintenance coming as well?

Boy, did this video bring back memories. The first was that plastic bit that has to come off before you can get the water pump out. I had forgotten all about that. Now, I remember seeing it for the first time and saying, "What in the hell was the person who designed this stuff thinking"? But it also had me remembering all of the bullshit "advice' I got about avoiding Porsche 924S and 944 models with this engine because "you have to" do a front-of-engine service "every fifteen thousand miles or the engine will explode" and "you can't do it at home because you need a special Porsche belt tension tool" and "the dealer who has to do it is going to charge $1,500 bucks" and "those cars aren't worth spending that kind of money on." It wasn't just one source providing these kinds of comments. It was like a legion of humanity singing the same tired refrain. Well, I didn't listen. I bought the 924S. I did the "impossible to do at home" front of engine service within days after buying the car. I didn't repeat it every 15,000 miles. My engine didn't blow up. I didn't use a special tool to set the belt tension. Nothing bad happened. It took a lot of time, every time I did it, but I can think of worse ways to spend a couple of Saturdays than wrenching on a car. And while doing the same basic job is easier on other cars, there are some out there where it's an even bigger pain in the ass, too. And some of them aren't Porsches. That 924S was a fantastic sport car. It made a great daily driver, was comfortable on road trips, and a hoot on autocross courses and road racing tracks. Sometimes I wish I still had it.

You just blew my mind putting the parts in levels when taking apart an engine sincerely thank you... My old unappreciated survivor of Chevy Beauville and its 350 thanks you as well

Any specific car make and/or model lover can truly be made fun of/with. It's all in good fun whether the sarcasm is based on truth or not. I love the humor.

I feel like I learned a lot watching this. Good stuff casey! ... I probably shouldn't be browsing Craigslist for 944s... hahahaha

Credit to the camera man doing the essentials of being a good camera man: patiently being there and zooming in when it matters.

Ah a half 10 night time watch, thanks Casey 😁

Your use of putting your hand close to the head of the ratchet to feel and control the amount of torque is pure me...Totally caught me off guard. You have allot of intuition...Good on you!

1:52 not gonna bust that big nut... good save

It’s amazing how great a Porsche is engineered. They are the most reliable of the European sports cars.

Once a Porsche bolt had been removed, it must be carefully placed upon a special Porsche component fastener retention unit. If a bolt is dropped, it must be immediately replaced!

"Casey, I don't like your sense of humour, you're mocking Porsche owners!" Ever met any? Because Jesus Christ, DON'T TOUCH ME PEASANTS.

Casey Once I was using a Slide hammer and I was pulling on it and I nearly chopped my entire Right thumb off hahaha

There's a Porsche, a 280z, and a couple of BMW's at my house that were all bought cheaply and are only affordable because my son and I can fix them. I love seeing videos like this, and I especially love that you don't edit out everything that didn't go perfectly to plan. Too many youtube videos make it look like the creators never make a mistake or get stumped for a minute and I much prefer the honesty of this. You're doing good work sir. Much respect to you.

Lmao, the guy I bought my Porsche from told me a joke when I went to look at it; "Whats the difference between a Porsche and a Cactus? Well, with a cactus, the pricks are usually on the outside!"

I watched the entire video. Nice.

Im enjoying the slow egotistical spiral into madness tbh

With humor, nothing is off limits. Even Porsche owners!! :)

A great 'bare knuckle' episode!! Well done, keep going!!

@Casey: You may find your other puller on the floor of the 928... wasn't it in there in case you needed it to pull the steering wheel?

3 levels of cocky is really impressive, you should be really proud of that, not many people can accomplish that feat

you're obnoxious, loud, overbearing and snarky. But you are also a damn fine mechanic and funny so I subbed and will continue to watch. Thanks for the laughs and education.

Best cheap way to remove the balance shaft pulley is to use some 90 degree bent needle nose pliers and locate the ends of them in the holes on the pulley. The Porsche tool is like a spanner with two pegs sticking out and can also be used to pull back the tensioner.

Porsche snobs have been living rent free in Casey's head since 1993

You remind me so much of my father especially the nay sayers only say no because they can't do it but also the rtv he uses it on almost everything but exactly how you said with a tiny amount not globs love these videos man thanks for making them raw and uncut for the most part

YOURE ON THE MONEY MAN you're the realest person I've heard of

Great work Casey. Glad to see someone showing people how easy it is to own fun cars and save money working on them.

Casey, I could see a lot of people that are both posh and eng-gain-ears just going crazy because of your humour LoL 😂🥰

I hate the conversation of money and value when it comes to cars. I have heard many times “why would you put that much time and money in that? you’ll never get your money out of it” Well one I sell nothing so I don’t care about sell value, two if I wanted money I would keep the money and not bother with the car. The only time this is a problem is with insurance.

All you need is a vest & monocle🧐 are you addressing me peasant. Don't forget to stop for a spot of Tea. Hip hop cheerio.

I have a few folding tables like a card table I got for putting parts on and use as a light duty work bench. I have a small folding table on my service toolbox at work and with industrial downtime being expensive when there is planned downtime you have everything out, opened and ready to go on a table saves time. Also working on the toolbox there is only so much room then the table top help keep you off the floor saving the knees lol

A trick I use is to rest a breaker bar on the frame rail or subframe and bump the starter.

At a salvage yard, I filled the cylinder with oil and put spark plug back in, I hung from the exhaust I had on the end of the breaker bar and it came loose. On a side note...left hand threaded crank bolts are so annoying.

@Casey As a Porsche 996 owner, you are hilarious keep up the awesome work. Peasants!

6:48 caught me off guard LOL

to ondo the crank pulley bolt, either socket and bar on the bolt and flick the starter or remove starter and jam the flywheel with screwdriver

Never have found a good reversible snap ring plier. Buy an inner ring plier and an outer ring plier. The only thing good about the reversables is the ability to change the tip sizes which comes in handy sometimes. Turn your head, close your eyes or wear safety glasses when dealing with them is good practice as well. You lucked out getting that one to seat after you had already installed the pump. Most snap ring placements don't have the cylinder to help compress them to work into place.

Thats all right Casey, just remind all those air cooled rear engine design snobs, that 911s are just high performance Volkswagens. It took the 928 to turn Porsche into a real car company. Not just a fast dune buggy manufacturer. (I'm going to go hide in my basement now and lock all the house doors!)

Still searching for that three thousand dollar 944. Funds allocated to buy a 944 are quickly getting dispersed to orthodontist payments and home repairs. My 944 fund is drying up . Help!

The most import part of this entire video is captured at 22:02 I'm enjoying this refresh series. I'm about to do a cooling system refresh this weekend and I've picked up a couple good ideas from here. Side table to lay everything out seems so logical, but I've never planned ahead like that before. 👍

Nice vid ! Bad idea spraying sealer on the water pump gasket. The gasket will squeeze out under pressure.

Been waiting for the rest of this video! Love the common sense approach to wrenching.

i have GOT to meet this guy.....love your sense of humour and common sense dude....i did my Audi A4 B5 cylinder head myself and did a super job....attention to detail...that's it [ i'm not a mechanic...computer tech ]

Someone in some sort of Porsche shooting brake decided to sneer at me in my expedition today. It's a shame they're afraid to actually enjoy their car, because if they did, they would have beat me off the line

"Having an extra nut left; that's the secret to success!"

Every time I’m spitting my coffee reacting to your sar.....um...humor, I realized I’m laughing AT the butt-hurt thin-skins as much as your comedy. Smear some icing on the cake by featuring in one of your videos, one of the many 944’s on RU-vid with a bowtie LS under the hood. 😎😂

Yes, the balance shaft design comes from Mitsubishi, on the Astron 2.6 litre. Running the 2.6 without them is okay on a racecar, and they will pull a little harder without the added drag, but there's zero advantage in removing them on street engines.

Breaker bar on the frame rail, bump the starter.. works everytime..and buy some rachet wrenches..

I've just discovered your channel (and subscribed) but you're the first you tuber I've seen that has arguments with the voices in his head.

Great video, brought back memories of my friend and mentor who taught me how to work on cars.

You say taking the timing cover off is easy and fun, the two most inaccessible bolts on mine, the "nut" is spinning in both. Edit: Also yes, balance shaft belts are a Mitsubishi design, Porsche failed to make their own and licensed Mitsubishi's.

Bring a whole new perspective to Jeremy Clarkson’s observation, “it’s a Boxster that’s a a Coupe, they should call it the Cockster!” Your in good company making fun of Porsche owners. Of course Porsche owners are nothing compared to Turbo owners. They are an entire different class of rectum. Great instructional video. Thanks for putting in the time! 🤙🏼

I spent years wrenching for VW/ Audi, guys at work wouldn't work on those foreign American cars, friends always gave me a hard time for working on "crazy German cars", I explained to all of them, "they're all pink on inside"

I am finding the 944 rebuild very entertaining and informative. Thank you so much for what you do. Don’t go changing. 😉 Additional thought: Perhaps the jokes are hitting too close to home for some people? The poor babies.

While you are at it maintenance prevents so many people from upgrading the car as a whole by taking their money to replace what works simply because you "should"

Glad to see video finally made it up.

I'm so glad you did these videos I want one of these cars but I was afraid it would be too complicated or expensive to work on myself.

Casey my 87 944 lost all electrical power battery connections are good and battery cable ground what do I do

Don't get cocky, kid! Opinions on the '91 - '95 968? Another underrated Porsche, in the opinion of a peasant.

@Casey Putsch I agree with you they are fun to work on and such a rewarding car for your money. I have owned 3 of the 944 series, the last one being a 1990 944s2, I had a blast working on all 3 of them, my only regret is letting my 944s2 go because of a financial bind from a divorce. Currently looking to get back in. Keep up the good work!!! 😁

crank the starter motor to get the harmonic balancer bolt loose

You think Helicoils are strong you really need to check out Time Serts, we use them for LS1,LS2,LS3 head bolts, sometimes when doing the heads on the GM aluminum blocks you will pull the threads out with the old head bolt, ,,in comes the Time Sert, ,,great video I'm about to do this same job on my 87 924S

What are your thoughts on "stretch" bolts? Truth or malarkey?

Your hater impression sounds like the manager at that tv series superstore 🤣🤣 0:13

Thanks for the help!

Hey Casey, what’s your favorite source for 944 parts?

I was thinking that you installed the thermostat already. Oops. Lol I love your videos

I know you are trying to prove a point but you should always use the manual. These 944s are fairly simple but there are easy to mess up the timing. They will still run with bad timing but lack in power

I know the timing cover on my integra's always runs into the belts for the cover that is next to the block, it tends to warp from the heat and then it rubs on the belts so far I haven't had any problems with it other than it being an annoyance.

hahaha if you ever will need to do it again - change the thermostat on the water pump housing while its in your hands , not on the block

Not to be mean or anything, just constructive criticism* I didnt care about the Porsche owner jokes at the beginning, but they were just really repetitive. Love your content tho!

Great vids. I always say one thing. Right or wrong my belief is to always use either locktite or anti seize on everything bolt you tighten. Lol They come off when you want and only when you want....

Like your video interesting informative. I'm one of those guys that are thinking about buying a 944 s turbo buddy of mine has one low mileage great condition had to factory chip put in. so been looking for information about them and your vid was very helpful I subscribed to your station will be looking for more in the future.

You know what makes snobs have an aneurysm? Rotary swaps

I made a tool to hold spur gears using an old timing belt and a aluminum arm . I like to use hylomar* just a thin brushed on with a acid brush

the cheap snap ring pliers do have a 90 degree attachment, other than that, ya they r pretty crappy. hahahaha

decent porshe owners are a rare sight the snobs are as abundant as "the florida man" how ? ive no idea

Ok.. whoever gave you whatever you were on in this video gave you a little to much.. calm down a litte. Lol

I have had the complete opposite experience with lock washers. I have yet to see them work on any application. 🤣🤷‍♂️