3.2S Winter rebuild from Scotland

[Duffy3074]

Not updated this in a while albeit been busy!

Rear suspension going back on, I'm fitting a complete set of TRW arms and a 'ROW' MO30 kit, I should notice quite a difference.



We have a lot more corrosion here than a lot of you will see, these are the old handbrake cables that had to be chiselled off.



and the new ones



I flushed and changed the power steering fluid, the old stuff was pretty black!



I spent some time cleaning the old back box which is made by a company called Janspeed, who were very well though of across here. Between this, the sports cats and the new exhaust manifolds (headers) it sounds pretty good.





Driveshafts and rear suspenion going back on



Before....................



After!

[Duffy3074]

Rear brakes back on



No bodging!



Front suspension subframe off for cleaning



Front suspension back in situ.



and before!

[Duffy3074]

Tackling the radiators at the front



Replacement frames for the condensors/rad's due to corrosion on the old ones.



Gearbox lube kit, the original oil was very red and smelled completely different from the pukka Porsche stuff, it'll be interesting to see if there's an improvement in shifting quality.



The K and N filter went into the car 44K miles ago, it's obviously never been cleaned and was filthy.



Sorted!

[Duffy3074]

Cabin filter in the same boat!



New fuel filter, last of the new brake pipes and brake fluid.





Front end back together!



Wheels back from refurb, shiney!!!!!!

[Duffy3074]

Mechanical work is now completed with the only problem being that there was a leak from the thermostat outlet caused by a faulty hoseclip, it felt like it was torquing up to the required 15nm but was actually locked and not clamping.

Started to clean the plastic undertrays (There's a lot of them!) and put them back on.



A couple of bits of the underside being replaced



And then onto the inside!

[Duffy3074]

I've already got a 996 dash wired in and working, I ended up getting a facelift dash to go in soon



I'm going to paint the roll hoops, the dash vents and the centre console in artic silver
and I'm going to a double din Pioneer DA-100 and have got the final part of the cruise control and OBC to install (the 996 dash was a good shout as it was OBC enabled).





I'm also going to play with some alcantara covering for the door pockets, to go with the steering wheel that's already been done.

Finished by tomorrow then...............

Regards

[Michiganstar]

Hey Duffy,
I want to change those plastic parts ahead of the rear wheel arch too. I don't suppose you remember the part number do you please?
Lee