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 …
Had some decent visible progress, and did some necessary planning. The fuel pump (previously rebuilt by moi), generator stand, intake manifolds, and spark plugs are now installed. I await the J-tubes (aka heat control box) from Stoddard before I can install the air guide (aka flapper boxes) to the exhaust manifold. I am also now …
Today we made several steps forward, and only one minor back! The third piece is back on. And with the heads and rockers already in place, the lower is essentially done. In the what stupid thing did I do this week department. When I got the case back, there was no stud present for the …
In most of the world, a washer is just a means to evenly distribute the load when tightening a bolt. They are pretty generic. On a Porsche, there are a surprising number of washers that have unique part numbers. When elbow deep and you see this in the parts book you often say to yourself …
Cleaned out the third piece of brass bits today. Discovered that the distributor drive gear had jumped enough that the shim had come out of place and was sitting in the bottom of the case. Good that I found that. If it weren’t for dumb luck, I don’t think I would have any with this …
Inspecting my heads today I noticed that the valves, which had been stamped long ago, no longer match the number next to the chamber the head. The machinist is telling me they are confident they’re in the right spot. Got me a little worried.
With the heads reworked a second time, I’m back to the single 1.0 mm cylinder base gasket and more measuring for deck height and compression ratio. Compression is low for this big bore kit. Deck height is high at average of 1.91. Looks like we’re back to removing the cylinders to try a different gasket …
