Livio928

Here is a list of items I have done/replaced to the engine:

Rod bearings
Crank
Crank bearings
lapped cylinder walls
Rebuilt Heads and gaskets
New cam tensioners
GB fuel hoses
silicone vac lines
crank sensor
knock sensors
Full Intake refresh c/w intake spacers
fuel injectors
oil pan spacer
spark plugs
spark plug wires
'O' rings everywhere
Oil pump service
OB style oil pick up
new clutch hose
OEM motor mounts
exhaust manifold fasteners and gaskets
new exhaust c/w 'X' Pipe (to be installed after engine in place
fixed wiring harness connections and wires
Porkensioner
Water Pump
Gaskets throughout
TB
Hoses if not in almost new shape.
Sharkvent

Need the following:

small starter for Oil pan spacer
SuperMAF for 2 stage VCB supercharger being installed
Need to determine state of Clutch specs

Will be looking at A/C and HVAC after installed unless better to do it now.


It has been 4 years since I started the process. Should the Master Cylinder and booster be serviced replaced? Were working fine when removed the engine. Anything I should do before shoehorning it back in?

FredR

Good luck with the install- you deserve a good result. I would ensure the motor is running well before fitting the supercharger-doubtless your plan as well.

Regards

Fred

Imo000

The MC and the booster are fine. You had the car in a heated shop, I would't worry about it.

Adamant1971

What about the coolant resevour? Much easier to deal with when the engine is out arent they?

I would service the clutch master and brake master before the engine goes back in. Rebuild kits are cheap, and then you know they are 100%

Good luck.

dr bob

If you plan on changing the AC hoses to support leak-free R12 or R-134a use, get them rebuilt now while the access is easy. One is long and wraps around the pass side of the engine bay. If you need to remove it and take it to a shop for rebuild with new hose, it's almost impossible to do it with the engine installed. For sure replace the o-rings at either end of the fuel cooler while you can easily get wrenches on it. Get the seals at the expansion valve and probably the expansion valve itself too, while lines are loose in clamp at the rear the engine bay.

The steel Y-pipe for coolant on the right fender wall is a rust-through item on undermaintained cars. Check yours and decide if t needs replacement. Much Easier to do that now with the engine out. Regardless, the coolant hoses between there and the reservoir, there and the heater, are much easier to change with the engine out.


Power steering hoses are easy to work on now. Replace any that are original.


Clean Everything Really Well.

17prospective buyer

Follow up on it when you do it. I'd like to put mine back in soon and am in the same boat.

jeff spahn

Am I the only one who saw "lapped cylinder walls? With what? You do know this block requires a VERY SPECIAL process to hone and polish the cylinders dont you? Am I missing something?

17prospective buyer

Jeff i wouldn't really call it special, just uncommon and less accessible, less overall experience with the process. If more engines were made this way it would be a standard process just like honing regular blocks.

Livio928

It was done as per the factory procedure with the special paste by an experienced 928/944 mechanic familiar with Alusil blocks. We decided that the block didn't need to be machined with the Sunnen machine and a lapping would be sufficient. This in spite of the fact that another fellow 928 enthusiast thought that I could hone it and lap it myself with a standard Princess Auto (Cdn version of Harbour Freight) honing tool. Actually the pasting procedure is not very difficult if you know what you are doing.

I was wondering who was going to catch that one. Good on you. You can claim your prize within 24 hours by driving up to Canada and pick it up from my shop which is closed on the Easter holiday weekend

LT Texan

Brake master, clutch master and slave replace or rebuild most definitely.

I rebuilt my a/c hoses and replaced o-rings with the engine out.

Upper a-arm r&r if needed with new shocks while the engine is out.

Good luck!

LT Texan

rebuild torque tube too.

Shifter ball cup.

worf928

Hall sensor?

Blue hose from reservoir to clutch master.

The high-pressure a/c line from condenser to fuel cooler.

Coolant overflow tank.

Never easier to get a SuperBearing rebuilt TT from Constantine.

Livio928

Unfortunately, I left it outside all this winter. Is it the hydroscopic effect that will allow the water to freeze in the containers and ruin the seals that is the problem? With these kits, is it just changing the seals and o rings? Not familiar with the procedure.

Livio928

Yup done.

is this the special hose that Greg B makes? if so Yup.

Got to look into that one, but I think it looks pretty good from my recollection.

Will look at it.

Is it necessary on a 5 spd?

Imo000

No, the water will be disolved in the fluid so it shouldn't be a problem. Most rebuild kits have seals and springs in then so changing then out is ewasy if you can grt the part out.