Mystery Porsche part of the day thread, new stuff 11/17

[Porsche Monkey]

Bling toolbox pic for Speeddog

[Speeddog]

Bling toolbox pic for Speeddog

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Nice jewelry box! 

[Porsche Monkey]

Nice jewelry box! 

     

[DesmoDiva]

How long are you going to leave us hanging??   

[Porsche Monkey]

I was gonna wait for some more peeps to chime in.  Give them a chance.

[Schwanger]

Is it the intermediate shaft that has caused so much heartburn for porsche owners?

[Popeye the Sailor]

Is it the intermediate shaft that has caused so much heartburn for porsche owners?

I thought the intermediate shaft was WHY they bought Porsches in the first place? 

[Porsche Monkey]

Is it the intermediate shaft that has caused so much heartburn for porsche owners?

You nailed it

[Porsche Monkey]

This is the culprit from the outside of the motor.  There is supposed to be a nut covering the hole.




So yank the motor out




Put it on the engine stand






Start taking it apart






Look at them fancy camshafts















Getting closer











And the culprit






Usually its the bearing that fails first.  Its disintigrated in this pic.  When that happens, things get expensive very fast.  The intermediate shaft is driven by the crank, which in turn drives the camshafts.  Luckily this owner turned it off when he heard bad noises so I can rebuild it instead of putting a $16,000 engine in. 

[DesmoDiva]

 

Not nearly as exciting as I though.