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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Washington 914 to Arizona

Posted by: boxstr Apr 25 2003, 03:39 PM

Erinie DeVries and his son stopped in today and I took a pic of the new 914 that Ernie is driving back to Az from Wa. Showed them around , the Porsch eroom and various othe ritems.
He also picked up a CAMP 914 lite kit , shox kit pieces and a shfit knob.
They are back on the road heading fro Livermore Calif.
Safe driving.
CCLINCAMP914

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Posted by: tryan Apr 25 2003, 04:01 PM

did you put something in the brownies. they look too happy

Posted by: ChrisReale Apr 25 2003, 04:17 PM

Right on! Im glad everything worked out!

Posted by: Jeffs9146 Apr 25 2003, 04:18 PM

OK, so I will assume they will be pulling in to Livermore between 11:00 and 12:30 tonight depending on how fast they are going! Is that what they are thinking?? I haven't heard anything from them yet.

Jeff

Posted by: jonwatts Apr 25 2003, 04:23 PM

Are they sticking around for the SSI swapmeet this Sunday?

Posted by: Jeffs9146 Apr 25 2003, 04:40 PM

I don't think so. They were talking about some kind of breakfast with Brad on Sat morning??? Don't know? They said they would call me this evening, I will ask them.

Jeff

Posted by: elmonte Apr 25 2003, 04:46 PM

they must be bring the northwest weather with them
the 6 is starting to get cabin fever
will the swapmeet go rain or shine, Iwas planning
to attend my first

70 914/6 2.2

Posted by: Jeffs9146 Apr 25 2003, 05:00 PM

My guess is rain!

I was going to pull my 2.0L out for its first drive over 10 miles in 4 years but I don't have all of the seals and roof on it yet! Maybe the next one!

Jeff

Posted by: SirAndy Apr 25 2003, 05:26 PM

rain or shine. but it's been pretty dry here, despite the forecast for heavy rain all week ... we should be fine ...

Andy

Posted by: jonwatts Apr 25 2003, 05:34 PM

My chassis was towed to Tony's for the cage today under pretty dreary skies. I bet the rain clouds saw that bare metal and started tracking it north.

The good news would be that it's so light you could hang it on a clothes line to dry

Posted by: boxstr Apr 25 2003, 06:52 PM

They left here with the intent of getting to Livermore tonight, I would guess if they both drive ,which they plan to do,about 12:00. They have to be moving on so not Swap meet Sunday.
CCLINDAMPCAMP914

Posted by: Jeffs9146 Apr 25 2003, 07:15 PM

Thanks, that was what I was thinking also! Time to go out and party!!

Jeff

Posted by: Alexlitov Apr 26 2003, 12:41 AM

When and where is the swap meet? I'm looking to get a 914, but don't own one YET. Can I come?

Thx.

Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 26 2003, 12:43 AM

The swap meet is this Sunday in Novato.. north of you by about 40 minutes off of 101 and 37.

http://www.ssimotorsports.com/swapmeet2/

Click on this link..

B

Posted by: Alexlitov Apr 26 2003, 01:15 AM

Unfortunately I can't make it. It's my B-day. Is it possible to get a desent 914 with a running engine, shitty interior and exterior under a grand? Very little rust of course.

Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 26 2003, 01:19 AM

Not in this area. You can find them.. but the chassis wont be decent.

Be very careful. Cheap is not good with the 914's.

B

Posted by: bernbomb914 Apr 26 2003, 01:24 AM

If the De Vries need any help while passing thru So Cal they can call me. I am in Temecula on I 15 south of I 10 (909) 676-4927 I will be here Monday.
Happy Motoring

Bernie

Posted by: Jeffs9146 Apr 26 2003, 09:44 AM

They never showed up or called here! I hope they are not stuck somewhere. They probably did an all nighter and are just about to pull into AZ.

Jeff

Posted by: boxstr Apr 26 2003, 09:57 AM

They never called before they showed up here at my home, so they may be on the way and "SUPRISE".
I don't think they would make it further than Sacramento then sleep. Keep the list posted.
CCLINDAMPCAMP914

Posted by: Jeffs9146 Apr 26 2003, 06:12 PM

It's 5:10 and still nothing?? I wonder??

Jeff

Posted by: boxstr Apr 26 2003, 06:19 PM

They may have just booked on through.
CCL

Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 27 2003, 01:16 AM

He had my cell number...and It was on all day. I hope everything is ok.

B

Posted by: Mike9142.0 Apr 27 2003, 01:59 AM

Just to let you know we roled in to Phoenix at midnight. Detals will come later must sleep now.

Posted by: ChrisReale Apr 27 2003, 02:20 AM

Glad to hear all you need is sleep, and not a tow! You guys got a nice car (i had my head up inside the fenders many a time)

Posted by: Gint Apr 27 2003, 07:56 AM

Glad to hear you guys made it. Done it a few times myself. It's always cool when you get an old car all the way home with no major mishaps (and I oughta know). Looks like a really nice car.

Posted by: Gint Apr 27 2003, 07:57 AM

Brad - FYI

I got another SMTP error when I made that last reply. Sorry, didn;t copy the error page.

Posted by: ThinAir914 Apr 27 2003, 09:47 AM

It's Sunday morning in Phoenix. I'm tired, but we made it! My apologies to Jeff for not calling. Rain and hills slowed us down more than we had anticipated. By the time we realized that we were going to be later even than midnight it just seemed too late to call. I hope that we didn't incovenience anyone too much.

We finally stopped at about 3:30 am at a rest area somewhere south of Fresno so we could sleep. In hind-sight it's a good thing that we kept going because we ended up spending about 5 hours in Bakersfield waiting for the car to cool down so that we could adjust valves.

It just wasn't running right when we started it after our stop. We really thought we had Weber problems because we were getting what sounded like a sharp "bark" from the driver's side carb. We found "Bart's Parts" (the local Weber distributor) and Dave helped us discover that it was timed to about 50btdc max advance and it was probably not a Weber problem. At that timing it had been running warmer than we knew (the rain & genereally cool temps probably kept the oil temp down, but Dave seemed to think the heads had gotten hot and that we had a tight valve and/or a seat that was moving around).

We discovered that instead of tight valves, we had very very very loose valves. I mean - I probably could have put a pocket knife blade between the rocker & valve before it would have had any contact. After adjusting the timing and valves the engine was much happier and we cruised over Tehachopie Pass with no problem. We still could hear a little ticking sound that we could not explain and later we developed another intermittent "popping" sound, but it kept running at the temp we liked and all else seemed well so we kept going.

So this morning's agenda is to get a torque wrench and head over to my in-laws to retorque the heads and rocker arms, readjust the valves and check the exhaust/head connections to see if we can get it to stop making those sounds. Then it will be lunch with my Mom & on up the hill to Flagstaff and home!

Posted by: Lawrence914-6 Apr 27 2003, 11:40 AM

Congrats on your journey and new purchase!

-Rusty

Posted by: Jeffs9146 Apr 27 2003, 07:13 PM

Hey, Glad you guys made it home! I was starting to worry!

I was up until past 2:00 you missed a great party!!! I had a few friends over and we rocked the house and splashed all of the water from the hot tub!!

Oh well your loss!!! lol

Nice car!

Jeff

Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 27 2003, 07:29 PM

Motor is toast.

They only last about 1000 miles before they start to grenade.

I hope that is isnt... but my gut feeling is not good on this one.

B

Posted by: ThinAir914 Apr 27 2003, 10:11 PM

Home at last! Got into Flagstaff at about 8:15 this evening.

All our work this morning didn't change a thing on the engine. It still backfires out the driver's side carb. I figured out that if I don't go over 3,000 rpm I don't have any problem. We're speculating that something is wrong with the intake valve on #2 and it only shows itself above 3,000 rpm. I guess we'll see.

Sorry we missed the party at Jeff's. Maybe I'll be able to do a 914 trip up the coast and catch folks one of these years. I did the trip up Hwy 1 with my wife a couple of years ago only then the agenda was to stop at every quilt store that we could find! Between her hobby & mine it's sure a good thing that I'm employed again!

Thanks for all the support from the list. You guys are really great!

Ernie