Porsche 944 User Manual

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944

Engine/Crankcase

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34. Pull engine forward, push rubber

sleeve out of firewall toward

engine compartment and

carefully

pull wire harness out of

passenger-side footwell.

35. Separate engine from central

tube/central shaft and lower

from car.

Installing

Note the following:

1. Carefully feed wire harness for

DME control unit, 8-pin connector

and multi-pin connector into

passenger-side footwell.

2. Begin by screwing transaxle/bell

housing mounting bolts into

place, but do not tighten.

Note:

Do not tighten mounting bolts fully

until hydraulic motor bearing has

been attached to the front-axle

cross member. Tightening torque of

mounting bolts: 42 Nm (31 ftlb).

3. Install control arms, pressing

sleeve in rubber-metal bearing

down slightly to facilitate

installation.

4. Place a 4mm thick steel washer in

each of the threaded connections

between the right-hand engine

support (viewed in the forward

direction of travel) and the

hydraulic motor bearing.

5. Check that the radiator is

correctly seated on the rubber

mounts.

6. Tighten nuts and bolts to the

specified torques.

Tightening torques:

Stablizer to

aluminium control arm

25 Nm (18 ftlb)

Track rod to

steering knuckle

(locknut)

50 Nm (37 ftlb)

Steering -

universal joint

30 + 5 Nm (22 +

3.6 ftlb)

Control arm to

cross member

65 Nm (48 ftlb)

Cross member

to body

85 Nm (53 ftlb)

Printed in Germany - XIII, 1987

Removing and Installing Engine

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