Hood crest replacement

My CMC has 3 studs in handle with nuts.  Once removed you can undo the PORSCHE crest.  If your hood handle doesn't have the 2 rubber gaskets, I'd order them and install them when handle is off.

@JoelP

My suggestion would be to live with it for a while.  The car will certainly be a rarity, where-ever you are, and when people ask you van tell them it's a custom car built by Vintage Motorcars of California - That should add to the panache.

Then, you won't have to be in a hurry and can find out how to get at the hood handle nuts to remove it.  As you know, replacing the emblem after the handle is removed should be a LOT easier, especially the nut holding the emblem to the handle, and you won't have to drill a big, honkin hole into anything.

Thanks Wolfgang. It has the gaskets. I got the front nut off, but the crest is kept on by a small balck "lock washer" on the backing. So unless I can get the whole handle off, I don't know how I'd get that "lock washer" off without scratching up the paint.

Also, just went to garage, now my parking brake won't disengage. UGH.

Re the e-brake:

They guy who does my State inspection has the same problem.  Sometimes, the e-brake is applied very strongly, making it very hard to disengage.  

Grasp the handle, pull up strongly on the handle and then push the button to disengage and you should feel it let go.

If all else fails, lift the front of the e-brake handle boot so you can see the base of it and shine a strong light towards the handle from the front.  You can use a screwdriver to push rearward against top of the little lever in there to make it disengage when someone pulls the handle up, but you should be able to it to release without resorting to that.

JoelPWho did you have to pay to get a protected parking spot like that!!   LOVE your car.

@Gordon Nichols, if you look at the photos you will see that he doesn't have the e-brake on the tunnel.  I assume it is under dash.

Mike:  Same release steps apply - Pull hard and then either twist the handle or pull the trigger.

Stunning car, @JoelP!

Pro-tip, if you take the whole hood handle off, be very careful not to let a nut or washer slip back into the space between the top and bottom of the hood. If you do, it won't rattle much, but it might be enough to make you go to great lengths to retrieve it.

A magnetic socket is good, but just being real careful is enough. Ask me how I learned this...

@jesse postill Tip the parking attendant and the concierge at your building and your car will have plenty of space, even in the center of  Washington, DC during 4th of July.

Thanks all for the advice. I'm running to the garage to see what I can do. I think the people in my building think I'm insane. THE MADNESS BEGINS!!!!!!

If you haven’t already tried: little back pressure (pull toward you), rotate the e-brake handle a quarter turn or so counter clock-wise, and the handle should slide forward releasing the brake.

I know only because I had the same issue when I took delivery of MY car (VS with the umbrella e-brake)!!

Keep us posted! Beautiful car!!

Good news! I got the parking brake un-stuck. It just needed a good whack when turned. I think I pulled it a bit too hard in my hurry to get back to work earlier.

@Michael Pickett Too late. Bring on the rattle. My garage drive is so steep that when I come home one day, I'm sure the nut will roll back to the front of the car. Just need to stop on the driveway, pop the frunk, and grab it.  In the meantime, I'll have to swing by a Home Depot or something to find a replacement. When I finally get around to replacing the crest, I'm planning to stuff a rag on either side the hood opening. It's times like these I wish I had a 10- or 12-year-old kid with tiny fingers; you know, one I could get to do these impossible jobs by dangling the idea of one day driving the car. Like a dirt farmer dangles a carrot in front of a mule. Hahahhahaha

I've done this a number of times, drilled a cone shape 5/16" bit (where the pin is located ) partially into the crest the pop it off the handle, I remove the pin off the new crest, scuff the back side of the crest and the flat on the handle, mix a few drops of epoxy / JB Kwik Weld etc.... done.  Less work than removing and installing the handle.

@JoelP, I think I finally fished it out with an unbent clothes hanger with one of those tiny super magnets taped to the end. I'm pretty sure we're not the first...

I orders a telescoping magnet. Great minds think a like.

@Alan Merklin good idea. I’m such a schmuck for this one.

I’m embarrassed to say how much work these tools get in my garage.

@JoelP posted:

I orders a telescoping magnet. Great minds think a like.

@Alan Merklin good idea. I’m such a schmuck for this one.

That would have been my recommendation, telescoping magnet. I can't believe how long I went without one and all of the crazy are ways I went about retrieving my lost nuts before I finally got a magnet. And yes, I know exactly how that last sentence sounds. I intended it that way.

iv got to get one to change plugs on my Honda CRV turbo

@barncobob

Get a magnetic spark plug socket

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=mag...f=pd_sl_5xkothzi3j_e

Joel, my umbrella ebrake stuck once too. It works extremely well so I don’t pull it too hard now. I don’t know if it was because it was new or because we pulled it too hard.

Randy

@Gordon Nichols posted:

@barncobob

Get a magnetic spark plug socket

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=mag...f=pd_sl_5xkothzi3j_e

Fumble fingers here is a big fan of magnets.

It takes about 30 seconds to magnetize a screw driver so it will hold a screw on the tip.