engine

I finally broke down and bought a new oil bleeder / filler / breather. I had really hoped to restore an original. Not only did I hope to stick with theme of using original correct for the car parts where possible, but also save several hundred dollars. I had two candidate parts that appeared to

I finally got one of the air guides (aka dual flapper boxes) installed. It was quite a fiddly bit. I undoubtedly marred my paint, which is frustrating. First it wasn’t obvious to me how it fit between the fins of the head. I was going to have to bend some metal to get it to

I finally got myself satisfied enough with the paint finish on the oil filter canister to apply the decals. I got them from Deluxe Customs, and am quite pleased with them. They are stickers, which to me means self-adhesive / peel and stick. As opposed to decals which require wetting to allow water transfer from

Back to some more paint matching. This time for the Knecht Air Filters. I initially thought that once you figured out silver, or black, you’d know your engine colors. It appears that the Germans basically told suppliers, “das silver ist gut” (this is my German translation in my head. I’m too lazy to use Google

I’ve had to start and stop on multiple occasions. Sometimes for travel. Others waiting on machine work or parts. I found that I had to keep looking up the same things over and over. In the interest of time, I created a quick reference sheet. I just taped on the the wall above my assembly

Given how specific Porsche is with their parts and tolerances, I was shocked that there is no definition of spark plug torque value. Not in the manual, or to be found on the 356 Registry Porsche 356 Bolt & Nut Sizes and Torque Values article. I did find a link to the NGK website, which