What did you do to your 2002 today !

[PapaG]

Got the pitman arm removed from the sector shaft after wasting a couple of days with the wrong puller, heat and copious amounts of PB, which eventually resulted in busting the puller. Got the correct one and it was off in 2 minutes. ?

 

And with THAT, my disassembly of the car is complete, finished, every nut and bolt. From this point on, it is individual part or sub-system restoration. Hooray!

[jp5Touring]

Spent the afternoon cleaning up for The DeutscheMarques Show at Gilmore Car Museum Saturday.

 

[JFM]

Wow

[ray_]

Balanced my driveshaft.

 

 

[cdbeemin]

Motor is in the car and all the “stuff” has been connected. Ran the starter without the fuel pump and have oil pressure. Connected the fuel pump wires and turned on the key to pressurize the system and all 4 seals on the top of the Kugelfischer leaked...damn. It had been sitting for over three years dry, so I should’ve expected it. New O rings on the way and got new washers for the lines and inlet while I was at it. Will work on the ignition while I wait. Installing a IE tii style electronic disti. Will have the motor going next week! Finish line goal is August 14 for Monterey Historics.

[02Les]

2 hours ago, ray_ said:

Balanced my driveshaft.

 

 

 

One of those clamps is the wrong way round........not sure which one though?

[ray_]

4 minutes ago, 02Les said:

 

One of those clamps is the wrong way round........not sure which one though?

I was trying to ensure that two of them wouldn't be.

 

?

[Son of Marty]

19 minutes ago, 02Les said:

 

One of those clamps is the wrong way round........not sure which one though?

If you were double clamping a hose thats exactly right if you put the clamps on the same way your likely to pull a pooch in the hose causing a leak if they are oppisite they cancel that out.

[D.martijn]

 

More rust repairs 

 

 

 

The hole is getting bigger and bigger ?

 

New panel for the floor.

Pretty straight forward panel to make, only the profile of the floor I needed to mess with a little using the shrinker and hammer/dolly.  I still need to trim is some more but overall pretty happy how it turned out.

 

 

 

[72pdx02]

I purchased some Steelies from Blunt and painted them today with some single stage ful-thane 7058 Polaris silver I had leftover from another project.   

[cdbeemin]

Did compression test this morning and interested in feedback from those who are smarter than I am... so, in past posts I’ve seen “good” numbers in the high 150 to mid 160’s. My numbers were #1 - 175; #2 - 170; #3 - 170; #4 - 180. Are those to be expected of a fresh rebuild? I have a 1974 tii motor that I’ve set up per the tii manual. Anything I need to consider on my setup? Haven’t started it yet due to leaking Kugelfischer. Will have new o rings tomorrow to resolve that. 

[Rodolfo Lasparri]

My '73 Tii 5K post rebuild when I'd checked (very tight motor) was  1/176, 2/175, 3/177, 4/181. So no worries on your numbers

Edited July 11, 2021 by Rodolfo Lasparri
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[Leucadian]

Dizzy cap and rotor popped during a 1st gear pull.  The cap managed to stay in the engine bay, connected to the wires, but the rotor decided to exit the premise somewhere on the 101...

 

Thanks @rstclark for providing some local troubleshooting and traffic control.

 

Also, residue on the cap, and condition of my #4 plug indicate that my blow-by issue might be a little more pressing than I thought...Time to run a compression test.

 

 

[Son of Marty]

Cap coming off on a hard pull is usaly caused by a bad engine mount.

[PaulTWinterton]

@cdbeemin

 

My tii has 120k original miles on the clock.  Cold my compression #s are 130-135-135-140, while hot the values increase to 175-175-170-175.  

 

If your #s are taken while cold you are doing well, IMHO.

Edited July 11, 2021 by PaulTWinterton