Leaking fuel tank and dodgy bushings - Porsche 911
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You know I used to hate Duck Tail spoilers but as I've got older I've grown to love them! Maybe it's an old age thing? 😂👌
I am 66, at 61 I got myself a nice little toy, a Civic Type R (FK8). I love the spoiler on it, sure it's not a small duck tail but I love mine 🙂
Cheers!
You just grew up😂
Imagine a firefighter playing in petrol.😂
I was waiting for a surprise or Easter egg in the last minute and a half of the video!
So was I, cut last 2 mins off in YT studio 😉
It will probably lift the inner front even more now. It lifts because the rear is too soft. It was a good suspension for the tires of the time. You probably need to double the rear spring rate to get the front down.
It's not the spring rate that makes a car harsh it's mainly the shocks.
Duct tape your vacuum cleaner hose onto the fuel filler neck and turn it in when you disconnect fuel lines. Vacuum cleaner isn't string enough to suck up liquid but it will suck clean air into the void you create and stop the majority of leaks. Works on trucks
Nice tip.
I'm very sorry to see that happened, it really sucks when you are so near the end,
do a bit of the truck, so you can clear your head, and give time to yourself to know what to do with it.
I thought the roll stiffness for old 911s was meant to be soft at the back and stiff at the front. Has the philosophy changed in recent years? I recall watching Alan Hamilton's 911s coming around Bathurst's Forest Elbow, it's i/s front wheel way up in the air. Ditto Jim McKeown & Brian Foley at other tracks. I think it was all about weight transfer onto both of the driving wheels.
Midweek upload! Sweet!
Such a phat sound at full noise 😍
Hi Jeff, You probably did them up off camera, but just in case, I noticed when finishing off the fuel tank install at the 7min mark the clamps on the filler neck join hose are still loose. Thanks for all the great content.
Agree with the 911 stock suspension comment, drove my 996 with lowered springs etc for 10 years. Now I went back to stock 3 years ago, much easier to live with hardly any compromise on driving and my bumper doesn’t need respraying every couple of years from the scrapes. Love Harry, absolutely awesome Porsche!
Wow, 80 L tank is the same size on my V8 4Runner. I bet we get similar mileage too (440km, city), but yours is probably more fun to drive.
Nice one again! But my money is on your lifting inner front tire not going down with better antiroll bar bushings. By the contrary, the sway bar is the reason why it's lifting. To counter this you may stiffen the rear but you'll loose traction in exchange. Your 911 is happy lifting in fact.
Cool, a bonus Thursday episode! 😁🤘
maybe it's time a skid plate under the fuel tank?
second that idea.
Jeff love that you show your goof-ups. Love the channel and Harry is badass!
First … probably. Harry does sound wonderful at full chirp.
Thanks mate. Still not happy with the exhaust though, even if it is version 3 or 4. I can't even remember.
Did the complete race bushings on my 993, then later reverted it all back. Waste of time, money, and a total headache (alignments and wrenching)
Always a great watch
A good bit of maintenance there. Well done....
Nice.... great work !!!!
looking good!
Hey up mate its sweet you can get a new tank and hopefully doesn't have to come from Porsche dealer, makes for a cool ride for mrs Jeff's work as long as a petrol perfume is acceptable
84 liter fuel tank, insane how big it was! Guess you can fill up all you other cars with the fuel you didn't spill...
Thank goodness you aren't a smoker! Get washed up before you get skin problems.
Cheers Jeff! 👍💪✌
Nice to see some Harry content! Agree with you regarding the stock suspension, I will most likely be going back to stock on my 78SC. I haven’t been able to get it on the track and it’s too harsh for any amount of street driving.
Dunno mate did full suspension treatment on my 84, (KW’s, poly, sway bars, strut brace etc), and it absolutely transformed it on the road. Firmer yes but handles like a go kart
So I see you took a page out of Derek’s (Vicegrip garage) book and Powder Coated that sway bar and skid plate 😜
Yellow car for me Jeff😁
Might be time to increase the ride height a bit.
Totally agree that stock and all fresh suspension with a good geo set is superb on these old 911's, imho, wise advice from you! Graham, in warm England.
It seems that modern rubber degrades much faster however, even new Porsche, and most aftermarket stuff is a desaster - bushing deform after a year or two versus decades. I’m now going to try out modern polyurethane bushings with about the same hardness as rubber, such as Powerflex heritage line. Should give a good increase in longevity while not reducing compliance.
I've had my 73T for 34 years now, a road/hillclimb car, 2.2/2.4/3.2 engine, lovely car. In the early hillclimb days removed all the porsche bushings for poly bushes, and when I retired the car put rubber bushes back in except for the anti roll bar bushes and drop links. Kept the hard plastic (Automotion) rear bushes in (now there for 34 years) and all is really nice. Each March I apply engine oil to those banana arm bushes!
Jeff, how to avoid damaging the fuel tank in the future?
Sorting the hump out at the top of his driveway! (as seen in the first drive of the Alfarrari)
I’d have given some thought to fitting a skid plate to protect that vulnerable area, while it was in pieces.
Owns 5 cars and can only legally drive two of them...a man after my own heart.
2:07 You may wonder why Jeff says this.
If we hop in the way back machine (+ eight years) to the FIRST time Jeff removed the fuel tank from Harry ... ;)
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[Keep an ear out for an EARLY 'Tip for young Players!']
😉 I'm laughing, but I remember forgetting to de-pressurise the fuel system on my XJ40 the first time I disconnected the fuel pump and doused myself with fuel from head to toe. We've all done dumb things unless we're not doing anything at all!
Jeff i believe in 'Porsche language' the fuel tank, spare wheel and your battery sits in the 'frunk' - not the 'engine bay'.
Haha. Did I say engine bay. I meant to say the 'froot' (I am in Aus of course ;) ).
Just a thought but a longer piece of pipe would let you put petrol straight into the Alfa 👍
So what's to prevent scraping and bashing the new tank in the same spot? Perhaps a skid plate is in order?
Is that a Dansk tank? I opted to restore my tank, because the new ones didn't have an internal strainer. I also have rsr bushings all around, with adjustable dampers. Ride is not harsh at all when set to soft... But everything else is much sharper and responsive (faster steering rack helps there too.)
What is your day job again Jeff!!
are you gonna raise the front end to hopefully avoid hitting the tank again?
You have done several different combinations for exhaust/mufflers, are you happy with the current version? More changes comming?
I hate the current version. Definitely another revision on the cards :D
Nice ! I remember you saying a year ago or so that sometime you will be repainting and redoing the front bumper and front wheel spacers and fenders.Is it still on the to do list?
Maybe at some stage, but it is not high on the priority list ;)
Just curious but so nobody has a skid plate that would drop in to protect it from drags and speed bumps just curious sir
A bit oxymoron, you used a jerry can to empty your jerry car! Lol
Hi Jeff , I would like to know if the fibre glass canopy is worth the cost, i have a 986 and wonder if i can talk to the supplier, i do like the look,,, Jim
The one I have is not the greatest fit, so that would take a bit of work to get neat.
So , working on these cars , we all get drenched with fuel , we all decide to use jack stands instead of the lift , we all make the same mistakes. It isn’t just me !!!
Haha. At least we share the pain ;)
Why didn't you repair the damaged one. You can neutralise the contents/flush it by running exhaust through it.
I thought about it, and I could have, but it would still be a dodgy repair.
Hey Jeff, are you heading for the Bathurst 12 Hours this year?
Not this year
What happened to the og personalised plate?
Club rego costs 5% of standard, but I am stuck with the crappy plates.
Hi Jeff, what sort of range does 84 litres give you on the highway, about to drive a a 2.7 litre car from Adelaide to Sydney if I can get the deal over the line.
Never run it down, but I have done that drive in the car and it has plenty of range.
Thanks for the reply, you provide immense confidence, keep up the good work cheers John.
It’s normal with “stock suspension” to bottom out and destroy the gas tank?
It is not the suspension as the tank is between the wheels. It is the terrible pot hole repairs that have squished out making huge lumps in the road.
your a walking fire hazard for a fireman jeff
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Build a car, then the ugly head of maintenance pops up. That's how it all works. How well does the electric air con perform?
Whoops... 2 minutes of dead air at the end of your video Jeff 🤷♂
Ah. I missed that in the edit, sorry.
@@HomeBuiltByJeffdon’t apologise mate… thank YOU for all the amazing content 👌🏼
Discussing the front sway bar, you said that lifting the opposing front wheel in corners was a sign the sway bar wasn't working?
--That's what the front swaybar does.The front swaybar is holding your front wheel up. Your discussion of stock springs seams out of place given what you said about the swaybar.
BTW, given the lean on the rear, I'd think that you might be able to bring the inner tire down a little bit by using a larger sway bar in the rear. But I wouldn't. Like you said, this isn't a track car.
I thought someone made an aftermarket electronic damper system for dual-purpose cars, but I've never investigated those.
22 gallon gas tank?!? How does that even fit in there?? The diesel fuel tank for my 1985 Mercedes is only 19.9 and it takes up a good portion of the trunk
Luckily in Aus 84 litres is only 18 and a bit gallons; much easier to deal with than in the USA. But that's not an unusual size for old performance cars.
By my calcs @330DBenz is on the money. 84 litres is around 22 gallons.
@@HomeBuiltByJeffonly if it’s US gallons😊
@@timgosling6189 Haha. I didn't realise there were 2 versions of these crazy old measurements. Metric is so much easier for my simple brain ;)
@@HomeBuiltByJeffgallons are not crazy, only Americans who make them tiny then complain about gas mileage. Oh and happy New Year 😊
Mate the exhaust tips on Harry are awful mate
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