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3.6 C2 ownership thread

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My extinguisher arrived from Germany this afternoon, managed to pick up two for £60, same 1kg Gloria as the Porsche one but red top instead of black.

So this fitted set me back £80 for the three genuine seat brackets from Porsche, £16 for the plastic tray, strap and bracket from VW and £30 for the extinguisher. Bar the colour of the cap and a slight difference in the strap it is identical to the Porsche set up of which there is a second hand one on Ebay for nearly £500 which is also missing two brackets.
 

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Ruddy, this is a really enjoyable thread. It's extremely satisfying to see such a clean car. Must be doubly so to actually do it all yourself. Please keep updating it!

I am assuming you are having some parts dry-ice blasted to get such a factory-fresh look?
 
MattyR said:
Ruddy, this is a really enjoyable thread. It's extremely satisfying to see such a clean car. Must be doubly so to actually do it all yourself. Please keep updating it!

I am assuming you are having some parts dry-ice blasted to get such a factory-fresh look?

Thanks, with a job like this it has to be hands on, paying an hourly rate to an indie to remove, clean or replace perfectly good parts would be a non starter, cheaper to buy a new 911 !

As to the finish its a mix between new items where cleaning/refurbishment approaches the replacement cost, lots of hands on cleaning prior to media blasting or vapour blasting and a mix of painted/powder coated items.

Most parts, even new, have had a light coat of satin laquer just to seal the raw metal from the elements.

Majority of nuts/bolts have been replaced with genuine fasteners, even nuts etc that are supplied with the new arms are replaced as the finish is not the original finish, often too shiney, I think this can be seen on one of the images.

Its certainly eaten a lot more cash than I intended but its no point doing half a job, I hope to go through the cooling system next and replace all the necessary items.

The car has already had a tandem pump, water pump, clutch, IMS seal , RMS and coil packs, all the exhaust has been changed including the manifolds (tubular manifolds, top gear 200 cell cats, 1" gundo).

None of the work was prompted by failure or issue but as a time served me hanical engineer in the nuclear industry I believe in pre-emptive maintenance .

Cheers, Paul
 
The attention to detail level is nuts. I love it.please keep updating this thread.

Also if you have the part numbers for the VW and Porsche parts for the fire extinguisher setup it would be helpful to a lot of us and save us money as well.
 
Caliper resto completed today, full kit of seals etc from Bigg Red £22

I'll pop up the fire extinguisher part numbers, just need to check the invoices
 

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Hi guys , these are the part numbers that I used for the extinguisher fitted as per above.

Genuine Porsche Parts
99752125200 - seat bracket for right hand drive
99752184100 - reinforcer under seat
99752184300 - reinforcer under seat

Volkswagen Parts
000016997 - Fitting kit inc plastic tray and strap
000016995 - 1kg Gloria Extinguisher

Apart from these items all you will need is a few M6 nuts and bolts.

Cheers, Paul
 
Back together
 

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And
 

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RUDDY said:

Nice work - totally inspired by this.

How did you go about stripping the suspension set up down to be able to remove the strut?? I assume you needed spring clamps etc. Any info or tips you have on the strip down would be greatly appreciated and please share if you can.

Nice one


NH :thumbs:
 
Compared to other suspension set up's I've dismantled it is very simple, the coil spring has negligable stored energy once off the car although I did put compressors on whilst I undid the top nut. When I put the new top mount on I simply compressed the unit by hand to get the nut started.

Torque wrench is a necessity as it should be with most work on these cars.

There was a days panic when my hub went MIA in Yodel's van but arrived at lunchtime today.

Probably have a week off and start the final corner next week.

Cheers, Paul
 

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RUDDY said:
Hi guys , these are the part numbers that I used for the extinguisher fitted as per above.

Genuine Porsche Parts
99752125200 - seat bracket for right hand drive
99752184100 - reinforcer under seat
99752184300 - reinforcer under seat

Volkswagen Parts
000016997 - Fitting kit inc plastic tray and strap
000016995 - 1kg Gloria Extinguisher

Apart from these items all you will need is a few M6 nuts and bolts.

Cheers, Paul
thank you for this. very useful
 

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