Ownership Verified: So, I bought a Porsche.

THIS frickin' cover has been the bane of my existence thanks to some captive nuts in plastic:


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And now it's off! Good thing, too, as my spare doesn't cover everything and replacements are either NLA or very expensive. We need to figure out how to re-seat the stupid captive nuts into the plastic, but until then, PHEW.
 
LOOK WHAT'S BACK ONNNNN


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Now it's just...flush water system, do belts and rollers, reattach all the hoses and bits, do clutch, fix the fuel filler neck leak, reinstall my tinybutt seat, SEND IT.
 
Hopefully this is fine to post here, but I'm bringing back the Parshtreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/welcome-back-74885931

I got laid off recently, but I want to hoon the race cars. People seem to enjoy it when I go play with race cars, and some even wanted to chip in! So, if anyone wants to throw a few bucks each month towards race cars, road rallies and other shenanigans, that's what the Parshtreon is for this time. I'm focusing it less on a newsletter that became hard to maintain on top of all the other freelance work and more on periodic updates about cool car stuff that I'm doing. (That's all explained in that post.)

Oh, and I ordered a flywheel lock yesterday 'cause WE'RE DOIN' A TIMING BELT. Yee, and also haw.
 
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IT'S SO CLOSE. 🥹
 
 
:( I installed the clutch release fork backwards.

Pros: There's nothing we have to redo that's behind any single-use bolts.
Cons: It's definitely behind the entire back half of the Porschelump's drivetrain, though.

Porschelump will have to be finished another week. For now, the Lancer's getting a little glow-up to go on the Lemons Rally instead. I'm judging, I think? Welp. Prepare yourselves.
 
IT LIVES!!!

IT'S OFFICIAL


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IT FETCHED A COFFEE UNDER ITS OWN POWER OH MY GOSH THE PARSH IS BACK

(I hope)

Anyway, I bought tickets to Radwood Austin, so an attempt will be made to go there.
 
I'd call that a safety feature, it'll spring to off if you hit it or in the event of a crash. Also it looks like you need to turn the ignition off to get to the hazard light switch, which is also probably appropriate. :LOL:

The switch might be similar to the Land Rover ignition switch, which just attaches on the end of the barrel. Like, you can just unscrew it and turn it by hand without the key. Don't tell anyone. Makes it super easy to replace though. Something may have spun inside the switch, funny that you're still able to turn it far enough to run the starter though.
 
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I'd call that a safety feature, it'll spring to off if you hit it or in the event of a crash. Also it looks like you need to turn the ignition off to get to the hazard light switch, which is also probably appropriate. :LOL:

The switch might be similar to the Land Rover ignition switch, which just attaches on the end of the barrel. Like, you can just unscrew it and turn it by hand without the key. Don't tell anyone. Makes it super easy to replace though. Something may have spun inside the switch, funny that you're still able to turn it far enough to run the starter though.
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Ha, that would explain it. So weird. I've never had a weird issue like this. We wasted hours looking for a bad relay or fuse, or a short, or something, so here's hoping it's just the key cylinder itself.
 
Getting berated by my own team mascot after the fuel rail started to leak. I was the last person to touch it. I may have broken the 'lump.


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...if the Puffalumps start talking back, is it a sign that I've inhaled too many gas fumes?

Anyway, we had a spare.

Chuck drove the 'lump the other day to shake it down a little more only to find that it had a substantial fuel leak, and I was like...this is not leaving this parking lot with that. That's how you catch on fire. So, I tossed him the Lancer's keys, he fetched a new fuel rail and tools, and popped it on to get home. No more leak!
 
Life's been bad! Only one place has even reached out about anything job-related, it's exhausting as hell to be outside due to the neverending heat, I have nothing to look forward to in my dead-end life, I don't see any way out of the hopeless hole I'm in, and I'm really stressed about it all, so I took a little break today and decided to whittle away at what's left on the 'lump.

We borked the new key cylinder trying to fit it in, though, and noticed that the slop in the steering column is likely from me missing a shim in there. Welp!

Now I have a disassembled steering wheel and I'm waiting on parts again. Such is 'lump, but it's getting there. Also, working on it a little helped.
 
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New key cylinder should arrive Saturday, let's frickin' GOOOOOOO.
 
New key and new fuel rail are in! Unfortunately, the fuel rail's vacuum accumulators are leaky, so we'll have to swap the ones off the old rail back on for it to run right again. That's a small job, though. The parsh is BACK!
 
WHO'S GOT TWO BUTT CHEEKS AND DROVE HER PARSH TODAY?!

(me)

The lights work again, but they're stuck on brights. I may have to readjust the steering column to where the stalk pops in and out. BUT! IT DRIVES!!!!
 
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