VIN 5992 - The Monarch in Greece & restoration

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Next up front end stripping:

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On the left inner fender I noticed the sticker of the VIN it was supposed to be for



[B]Who's got VIN 5697 out there? We are soul mates!

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final stage for the day, I removed the rear engine covers and the air filter.


My best friend for the next days: WD40


This D looks like it was pulled out of the bottom of the ocean. NOT ONE SCREW has been left without corrosion... :nervous:


Oh.
and your opinion guys....

IS THIS BAD>>???

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Another hour and a half in my garage working on my rear fascia.

I know nothing you ain't seen before. And nothing that requires skills. The disassembly is a no brainer really.:chairfall:

Tail lights off, Centre plate off.
PS All you following the MAROON STICKER STORY. That sticker has a reflective background. Hence the glow when I take flash photos. Makes it harder to make a repro....


How do you like them apples???

All but one, screws snapped when I screwed the off. And they were not rusty all the way through... Gives me a fright of what happens to screws on the engine block...

Sorry for the daze....

So My lower fascia has no screws left to get it back on the heat protector.


Will have to create some other way to mount it on.

Fascia down.


Naked booty


aaaand the engine's rear


Notice all the spots I WD-40ed them! hahahahaha
That is my second bottle already. (2 bottles in 3.5 hours that is!)

Here I noticed some old coolant leak by the water pump.


From a quick glance the VOD seems clean.

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Lots of stuff came down today.
Started with the rear bumper and a little surprise!

No wonder my car is all rusted!!!

Next came the rear fenders



My D is the fastest of em all! Frame 6000 came onto my 5992!!


some driver door cave paintings


My k-jetronic all rusty.... but with fresh fuel... :eek1::eek1:


The engine has Fresh engine oil, coolant and fuel.. Who in the world would just waste all that on a car like this???? DMCFL trying too see what they got??



some engine shots




Exhaust off... Next one coming in is the Porsche 997 turbo exhaust system.


A/C compressor off


Windscreen frame off


power window motor out


Dynamo out. (this mas made in 1978, so it must be a replacement.)


Rear coolant piping out


Now k-jetronic removal and VOD expedition




VALLEY OF DEATH??? More like valley of life! That place has been very busy. and full of crap!!! YUCK!!!!


sucked most of the stuff out with the vacuum.


Coolant pump was full of gue!!!


and so were the hoses


Well that's it for today. More disgusting stuff from 5992 soon:P

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Not much done, but some progress is always welcome;)
Those are out of the way...


giving a better view of the rusty trouble on the rusty exhaust system


Bought my self a mini handheld camera spy. Was looking inside my engine and them valves are in bad shape! This engine must have run for several miles with a very bad fuel/air mixture


Lost EVERY hope there was to unscrew those trunk covers. I even cut a screwdriver slot in order to get them loose.. Only manage two. All the rest just turns crazy.... Need to cut those out.


Then started on the front system disassembly.

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My 997 exhaust arrived today and I placed it in position for fitting testing.
Nick was right. I need to have the manifold got around the frame to connect to the exhaust.
Also on Nick's well noticed speculations, the exhaust barrels are quite large and will have to mod the rear fascia's lower part.

I tried the fitting with the system up side sown to have the bulky part on the top


Here are the images




The fitting



Catalyst looking behind the frame

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Damn that crank pulley is tough to open!

I stabilized the crank with tension mounting straps with the frame!
That damn crank was pulling the frame together!!!!

Anybody have another way of getting this done?
I can't:
Push the car (got no wheels)
Start the engine (got no battery)
I am aware of both those tricks. That damn crank disk does not have any holes to stabilize it!

See here my failed effort:

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ere is some work for you guys!


As you can see the interior is in GREAT shape as opposed to the exterior condition.

The frame's left side is also more heavily corroded. I guess it was parked outside and was loaded with every winter's salt on the road side

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Leverage gives to tiny David the strength of Goliath.


Like wise I am back to tackle that Crank pulley.... after 3 days of efforts and read several threads with most people having failed it.

I use for extra leverage the hydraulic lift's bar as an extension of my tool.

If I need more power... I simply extend it :blahblah:

Next I blocked my flywheel with two sturdy screwdrivers. One horizontally right over the original position of the starter

and the other diagonally pressed between the flywheel and the anti sway bar.



I started giving it some pressure.... extended my leverage bar... Then some more.... and suddenly.... CRACK!!!!


CAN YOU FEEL THAT!????
HUH? CAN... YOU.... FEEL... THAT...


SUCK IT CRANK PULLEY BOLT!!!


Sorry I had to do that after a weeks fight!:banghead:



So having that said and done here are my images of the cylinder heads and valves....:mooning:
What a mess....




Coolant has created a gew all over those....


and the valves... Oh man....




That car must have been sitting for 8 years and somebody filled it up with fluids and just took it for a drive... until it finally died on him. RIP