The engine sounds great. The plating adds such a nice touch. Glad you discovered the incorrect bearing before everything was reassembled. 4mm might as well be a mile when it comes to a gear assembly.
Great job as always Tom. These fuel lines have been an issue for a long time. A local friend had his ‘86 944 Turbo burn to the ground in the early 2000s due to a fuel leak in a similar location on the engine. I’ve replaced the fuel lines on these 3.2 engines a handful of times and every time the fuel line was scary. One time a close friend and I did the replacement on his ‘86 3.2 after an engine reinstall and we found the pesky under-intake line leaking at many of the crimp points. Over time the rubber dries out and the crimp loses its clamping on the hose. After removing the old line we saw that the fittings could rotate and they’re not supposed to do that!!! GREAT tip to installer the spring in tiny hose under the fuel pressure regulator. On my next go around I was simply going to use an excessively long length of hose to make a large loop/sweep. Going to do the spring trick instead. Thanks!
Great result on the fuel lines and injectors in particular. It's wild that you'd have to replace fuel lines every 5 years because of ethanol content! That's one reason I went with AN lines. Bummer about the transmission bearing, but at least you picked up on it and have a solution coming. Great episode as usual, cheers!
Better safe than sorry is what the shop said. These fuel lines are right on top of a hot engine too. Thanks for the encouraging words on transmission stuff!
Gulp 🥴. My low mileage 964 has original fuel lines 😳. Add to my may never rebuild my transmission notebook, triple check size any replacement part. 👍. Very cool you have a rig and run your engine outside the car. 👍
That’s a great price on re-hosing these parts with proper crimps. Does Mesa have some sort of jig to “clock” the orientation of the fittings on the Carrera hoses? Or did you supply them already clocked with the old hoses and they reproduced that?
@@GarageTimeAutoResto thanks. One more question: the black spring which coils around one of the lines under the manifold. Is that something you already had on your old lines? Or can it be sourced separately?
That's from the old line. Apparently it only goes on one side, because I have another engine with the same thing. I bet it's on the PET catalog, but I don't know if it's available. It can be added after crimp easily.
@@GarageTimeAutoResto Sorry, thought of a couple more Qs: is that golden color the natural finish of the ferrules which Mesa crimps onto the hose? It looks like a very good match for the yellow zinc and I wonder if you had them plated? Also, am I right in thinking there are 2 different hose sizes on the Carrera 3.2 fuel plumbing system? Thank you!
That engine sounds good- I don’t have a 911- I have a 912- so to me that 911 engine looks so cluttered with stuff. 😂 - wouldn’t turn it down though. I actually ordered from Sierra Madre for the first time - I’m hoping they get my order right 🤞🏼
Keep watching! This engine looks way too modern for my car. And the response is a bit slow. It will be decluttered for sure and the heater will be backdated. My ITB's are going to be high butterfly goodness. Can't wait to show you all!
Stupid question. I am thinking of replacing all my fuel lines. The complete set from gas tank to injectors is about $1300.00. Am I stupid in thinking I can remove all the original hoses and take them into a hose shop and ask them to put the original fittings on new hoses? I live in Los Angeles I could drive to Mesa Hoses if need be.
That's what I did. I try to be money smart as much as possible to avoid the Porsche tax. The fittings are very robust and re-usable, but inspect them for gouging and your call if you want to replace them. The fuel lines near the trans axle are hard to remove with the engine in the car. Same for the tunnel lines.
Check out Mason fuel lines I flashed on the screen. Should last for the life of the car. I'm fine with one year because this isn't my final fuel injection system
hi mate, it sucks they sent the wrong bearing... but on the plus side, think how much more knowledge you've gained for the next one. Engine sounds VERY healthy btw.
Motor sounds good. That sucks about the bearing in the transmission. Hope it works out. Won’t even pay for return? Their fault. Now that’s customer service Not surprised this day and age
If you’ve never owned a Porsche, would you start a Porsche project now? I ask because I’ve always wanted a classic Porsche, but the cost seems a bit high these days. Just for FYI, my first car was a ‘69 Bug, I’m currently restoring a Toyota FJ40.
Hope others chime in, but I would. My methods don't cost more to restore than a bug or FJ, but you end up getting your original project cost back in resale value. In other words all projects don't need to be a money pit.
The engine sounds great. The plating adds such a nice touch. Glad you discovered the incorrect bearing before everything was reassembled. 4mm might as well be a mile when it comes to a gear assembly.
True, the trans nut torque just didn't seem right. And sure enough it's off by a mile. 5th and reverse would have never worked right.
Great job as always Tom. These fuel lines have been an issue for a long time. A local friend had his ‘86 944 Turbo burn to the ground in the early 2000s due to a fuel leak in a similar location on the engine.
I’ve replaced the fuel lines on these 3.2 engines a handful of times and every time the fuel line was scary. One time a close friend and I did the replacement on his ‘86 3.2 after an engine reinstall and we found the pesky under-intake line leaking at many of the crimp points. Over time the rubber dries out and the crimp loses its clamping on the hose. After removing the old line we saw that the fittings could rotate and they’re not supposed to do that!!!
GREAT tip to installer the spring in tiny hose under the fuel pressure regulator. On my next go around I was simply going to use an excessively long length of hose to make a large loop/sweep. Going to do the spring trick instead. Thanks!
My fuel lines were spinning on the machine crimps too. No leaks that I know of, but it was running on borrowed time.
Glad you like the spring trick!
Great result on the fuel lines and injectors in particular. It's wild that you'd have to replace fuel lines every 5 years because of ethanol content! That's one reason I went with AN lines. Bummer about the transmission bearing, but at least you picked up on it and have a solution coming. Great episode as usual, cheers!
Better safe than sorry is what the shop said. These fuel lines are right on top of a hot engine too.
Thanks for the encouraging words on transmission stuff!
Another excellent DYI tutorial. Great tip about the spring in the hose.
Thx!
Engine is looking great! Excellent, thorough video as always. Thanks Tom!
Thank you Jeff! Back on the road soon.
Thanks for the "how to" and "where to go to". They're all good stuff. All of which I'll put to good use.
Great, I'm happy with the results. Good shops deserve more business and these are both great shops.
Great work Tom. Bummer about the tranny, but at least you got it figured out. Engine sounds great.
Thanks Jeff! Getting closer
@@GarageTimeAutoResto didn't do much to convince me to refurbish a tranny myself though. 🤣
Ha ha
7:13 Didja forget to remove a cap there??
The blue part on the bottom? I think that is part of the injector? No? If you know otherwise let me know.
@@GarageTimeAutoResto Nah just looked like a shipping cap to me but I commented before you fired her up so I saw it wrong :P
Great video, need to catch up with you soon.
Yes, your fuel lines can be done at Mesa Hose too.
I do my own zinc plating but where do you have yours done? That yellow chromate looks bling AF
Cadillac plating of all places!
Gulp 🥴. My low mileage 964 has original fuel lines 😳. Add to my may never rebuild my transmission notebook, triple check size any replacement part. 👍. Very cool you have a rig and run your engine outside the car. 👍
I have a very long list of things to fix too. I sell the engine test rigs by the way if you or anyone else is interested.
Fantastic video!
That’s a great price on re-hosing these parts with proper crimps. Does Mesa have some sort of jig to “clock” the orientation of the fittings on the Carrera hoses? Or did you supply them already clocked with the old hoses and they reproduced that?
Both, they've done enough of these that they sort of remember. But I brought my old hoses with sharpee lines to indicate clocking.
@@GarageTimeAutoResto thanks. One more question: the black spring which coils around one of the lines under the manifold. Is that something you already had on your old lines? Or can it be sourced separately?
That's from the old line. Apparently it only goes on one side, because I have another engine with the same thing. I bet it's on the PET catalog, but I don't know if it's available. It can be added after crimp easily.
@@GarageTimeAutoResto Sorry, thought of a couple more Qs: is that golden color the natural finish of the ferrules which Mesa crimps onto the hose? It looks like a very good match for the yellow zinc and I wonder if you had them plated? Also, am I right in thinking there are 2 different hose sizes on the Carrera 3.2 fuel plumbing system? Thank you!
That engine sounds good- I don’t have a 911- I have a 912- so to me that 911 engine looks so cluttered with stuff. 😂 - wouldn’t turn it down though.
I actually ordered from Sierra Madre for the first time - I’m hoping they get my order right 🤞🏼
Keep watching! This engine looks way too modern for my car. And the response is a bit slow.
It will be decluttered for sure and the heater will be backdated.
My ITB's are going to be high butterfly goodness. Can't wait to show you all!
Does the screw clamps are right for fuel lines? Isn't better to use ear clamps?
I reused the clamps that came with the car.
Stupid question. I am thinking of replacing all my fuel lines. The complete set from gas tank to injectors is about $1300.00. Am I stupid in thinking I can remove all the original hoses and take them into a hose shop and ask them to put the original fittings on new hoses? I live in Los Angeles I could drive to Mesa Hoses if need be.
That's what I did. I try to be money smart as much as possible to avoid the Porsche tax. The fittings are very robust and re-usable, but inspect them for gouging and your call if you want to replace them.
The fuel lines near the trans axle are hard to remove with the engine in the car. Same for the tunnel lines.
What is the exact model of Continental tube you used? Thanks!
My car isn't at home right now, call Mesa Hose in Costa Mesa
They are the ones who selected the hose.
Great video and where can I get one of those t-shirts?
Thx! And please goto Rennen.io for shirts. Cory is a friend and supporter of this channel, plus he has a bunch of cool cars too.
So is there no hose that would last more than 5 years?? 😦 I am getting kinda paranoid about the fuel lines in my car...
Check out Mason fuel lines I flashed on the screen. Should last for the life of the car. I'm fine with one year because this isn't my final fuel injection system
Who do you use for plating?
Cadillac plating of all places. They need business right now. Reach out if you need anything done.
hi mate, it sucks they sent the wrong bearing... but on the plus side, think how much more knowledge you've gained for the next one. Engine sounds VERY healthy btw.
I'm with you, always learning something new!
Motor sounds good. That sucks about the bearing in the transmission. Hope it works out. Won’t even pay for return? Their fault. Now that’s customer service Not surprised this day and age
Thanks, and yeah the bearing snafu is too bad. I'm glad that we have multiple vendors, but they don't always know their stuff.
If you’ve never owned a Porsche, would you start a Porsche project now? I ask because I’ve always wanted a classic Porsche, but the cost seems a bit high these days. Just for FYI, my first car was a ‘69 Bug, I’m currently restoring a Toyota FJ40.
Hope others chime in, but I would. My methods don't cost more to restore than a bug or FJ, but you end up getting your original project cost back in resale value. In other words all projects don't need to be a money pit.