sethclayton

Anyone in the Twin Cities area insterested in helping me replace my Cam seals in the next few weeks? I've never undertaken anything like that before and would love to have to some help doing it. PM if you'd be available! Let's make a group thing out of it!

ckathens

I've never done it myself but i'm reasonably technically capable. However, we don't even leave for the Twin Cities until this Sunday so it would probably be 3 weeks until I finally have time to help out. Nonetheless, i'd like to meet up with the other locals.

tomrc

Read the current posts 337351 on the cheese head cam bolt before you decide. I've been trying to get mine done too.

schwank

If your front cam seal is ok then don't even touch the cheesehead... just do the gasket and the rear cover gasket and you're set.

sethclayton

Steve...that time frame actually sounds good to me. I'm gonna be outta town the next two weekends, so no dice there.

Tom...You in the Twin Cities?

Eric...looks like I need to do my front seal and not the rear...Seth "Bad Luck" Clayton

Yummybud924

what's so bad about the cheesehead bolt? I just tapped mine with a hammer a few times them used a breaker bar to break it loose.

the camshaft seal isn't hard to replace but you need to have a method to retension the timing belt.

ckathens

I stripped that cheesehead in my turbo. We were being oh-so-careful with it too but it's just really prone to stripping. Finding a drill, adapter, and bit combination that will fit in that confined space was also a pain in the ***. But if you do strip it out, at least I have the proper $15.00 drill bit to drill it out.

sethclayton

Sounds good Steve! Lemme know when you get to town. I don't know any of the other 944 guys around here, since I just bought mine, but two of us is a start!

Oddjob

Another trick is to buy the expensive/quality triple sq. bit, dont use a cheap one. That will help avoid stripping the bolt head.

Ton of 944s in the area. A lot of guys active in the local PCA region, running cars up at BIR and over at Road America, Blackhawk, etc. Years ago, not too many do-it-yourselfers, but in the last few years that number has been growing pretty fast.

P-car race shop that specializes on 944s is in Woodbury/Mahtomedi area, about a mile off of 694 and hwy 120.

Steve, you bringing those 2 944s with you, or did you end up selling one or both?

ckathens

Jim:

What's the name of the shop? I like to work on my own as much as possible but it's good to know there is a shop that knows 944's in the area.

I've got a solid offer on the '83 944 (just waiting for payment) and thus will only be bringing the '86 944 Turbo with me. In fact i'm going to drop it off this morning to be shipped out there.

Looking forward to meeting you all when I get there,

-Steve

sethclayton

Bump

ckathens

Seth:

If you get a group together, i'll happily come over! I don't have much experience with that particular job but I'm certainly willing to help. And, as stated above, i'll be happy to bring that drill bit in case you happen to strip out the cheeshead.

U-30AT

so when are you thinking? I can bring moral support and camaraderie ...I need to do belts and rollers anyone else due or have the tools?

LUISJR993 another lister gave me a name an number of a knowledgeable 944 guy in Mpls who might be able to give us a hand

sethclayton

I can pretty much do it whenever. I run my own business, so picking a day is pretty easy. I don't have the flywheel lock or the tension gauge however...I'll provide good cooked food and beer!

ckathens

I'm sure there's someone locally who has a flywheel lock and you can easily buy a Kricket for cheap from a local Napa or other autoparts store. Where is this all happening?