With the alternator disassembled, Alternator Disassembly, and the bearings selected, Bearing Selection, it was time to clean up the parts and put the assembly back together. I cleaned up the housing with just a brush and elbow grease, which cleaned up very well. For the electrical windings I first sprayed it down with CRC electrical contact cleaner. The diode panel Read More …
Rebuilding the alternator myself I was given the opportunity to select high quality bearings. Not all bearings are the same and that becomes clear when re-manufactured alternators fail faster than the one that came with of the car. In fact, even going with the exact same bearings as the ones coming out may not be the correct either. The large Read More …
The Porsche 968 lives again after not running for almost 2 years! After putting in 31 hours of work in the last week I have finally got the 968 running. This is a big milestone bringing me closer to Rennsport 2018. The first couple seconds of running was painful as the dry lifters were making a horrible sound of imminent Read More …
Its been a while since I have posted any progress on the site so I decided to do a quick video update. Lots of progress has occurred which will be posted in detail on the site once the 968 is running. For now, watch this video and I promise more detailed articles will come. The current goal is to get Read More …