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Posted by: porschetub Mar 8 2016, 01:50 AM

engine in and happy guy......a huge milestone





more to follow,jeez its a tight fit,PO has screwed up with his custom steel engine tin as the front section is out by a lot ,can sort that but think the engine is to far back?

Posted by: BeatNavy Mar 8 2016, 04:58 AM

Congratulations, Porschetub. That's a very good looking ride. Look forward to hearing more.

Posted by: LowBridge Mar 8 2016, 06:14 AM

congrats on the progress... summer is just around the corner and it looks like you might be on the road in time

Posted by: wndsnd Mar 8 2016, 06:14 AM

What mount did you use? Looking good.

Posted by: porschetub Mar 8 2016, 12:29 PM

John the mount is a copy of the stock one,seam and plug welded to the bulkhead,very nicely done by the PO's restorer,it uses NOS rubber mount and plates.
The carrier mount bolted to the case is a 911 one modified as the original ,this came with the car when I bought it.

lowbridge ,summer is nearing the end in my part of the word,very hot this year and record high temps....not always the best for this work,looks of ice water drunk during this work and after

beatnavy,this work has taken a long time to get to this point as I always seems to find something to do on the motor before it went in or work in the empty engine space.
Engine is in as a test fit to establish placement of engine oil hoses and pipes,measurements will be made for the engine wiring loom at the same time.
My intention is to do one more refit with everything sorted then drive.
Working @ the moment to get the clutch sorted,throttle cable shortened and do final fit of muffler on to my headers.

Posted by: Series9 Mar 8 2016, 12:49 PM

Winter is just around the corner for him....

Posted by: RobW Mar 8 2016, 01:56 PM

Nice!

Posted by: porschetub Mar 9 2016, 01:08 AM

No issue Joe we have halfass winters here,I can wear overalls and not sweat my ass off under the car,good progress today as not helping builder on my ongoing house reno,car time rules .
Got clutch cable (too long) sorted and working on throttle cable ,I was a cheap ass and used a 911 throttle arm modified and drilled the trans for the bell crank pivot,bellcrank (a 911 part) was cut/rewelded
to suit full throttle movement.
Fixed rubber lined stainless loops to hold cables up on engine case found to be handy and in the right place.
Pics to follow and cheers for the comments all.

Posted by: porschetub Mar 9 2016, 10:57 PM

Clutch cable sorted by cutting 12mm of clevis end,sorta found my issue as the clutch lever shaft is pretty worn or is a larger for a reason ? certainly not "slotted out" due to wear,changes little as the cable was too long.
Kind of went out of the square with the throttle setup ,drilled the trans case and fitted bellcrank pivot,then modded a 911 bellcrank to suit.





Locking grubscrews to fit in to cable end and found a heater cable rubber bellows to keep some of the dirt out.
Throttle pedal feels good but a little firm,can fine tune that.
Its a pain lying on the sandy ground under the car but my nearest shed is full of ever diminishing building materials so will have space soon...I hope.

Posted by: Cracker Mar 10 2016, 07:02 AM

Looks nice. I could be wrong but the seasons are "flipped" down under...

Tony

Posted by: LowBridge Mar 10 2016, 08:21 AM

that will teach me to look at the posters "location" before I comment going forward...

.. I'll stick with something I am good at

Posted by: porschetub Mar 10 2016, 12:51 PM

Thanks Tony,yes correct,November it starts to warm up again,January to March can be hot,theres normally a winter chance early April,Easter seems to bring on that change .
Climate in my area is great really...only snows on the hills in winter.

lowbridge don't worry about getting it wrong ,most people don't even know where New Zealand is

Posted by: 396 Mar 10 2016, 01:02 PM

Congrats! You will have a smile from one ear to the other when you open her up.

Posted by: Jeffs9146 Mar 10 2016, 01:11 PM

You might compare your bellcrank operation to mine. Notice that mine pulls from the top with the cable and the crank pivots down to pull the shaft.

I don't get any stiffness or resistance.



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Posted by: Cracker Mar 10 2016, 07:34 PM

You might want to have someone operate the clutch when you're observing the linkage...I've seen more than once where there is excessive movement/bending of the
brackets when engaged.

Tony

Posted by: sixnotfour Mar 10 2016, 08:15 PM

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=142274

Posted by: porschetub Mar 11 2016, 03:13 AM

no its all good can move it with foot fine but did this yesterday with my hand,as I said fine tuning required,I did it my way cause couldn't justify the conversion kit which INMO is overpriced from 2 suppliers I looked @,perhaps that's the tightass engineer coming out in me .
Got the bellcrank from Brad @914ltd and the 911 throttle rod off local auction site,total cost around $70.
Welding the cable retainer on the back of the clutch cable roller bracket isn't my idea but is a good solution.
I see you are running a bronze/brass roller cable any issues with metal to metal wear? cheers.

Posted by: Jeffs9146 Mar 11 2016, 11:02 AM

I mirrored mine after this photo. It's not from my car but mine looks exactly like it.

I used the plastic roller.

Posted by: 396 Mar 11 2016, 11:13 AM

Again, looking good. I have a question about the engine.
Is it a 2.0 , 2.2 , 2.4, 2.7, 3.0,3.2 ( with early by valve covers) ...T, E or S with 40s ?

Posted by: porschetub Mar 14 2016, 01:10 AM

Yep u caught me out ,I liked this idea and went that way and it works....funny others are looking @ it really easy,thanks.

Posted by: porschetub Mar 14 2016, 01:25 AM

as per sig,71 2.2T ROW motor,custom headers,Zenith upgrade to larger venturies and jets.............but no idea how it runs,crap shoot really,if it runs like poo I will go to rebuild stage cause I paid nearly nothing for it years ago,cheers.

Posted by: porschetub Mar 14 2016, 01:47 AM

bit more done ,got muffler and tailpipe sorted under rear skirt/valance? ,started sorting oil pipes/hoses on engine and tank.
NO one in my country can swage the 30mm hoses (too large) so talked to a good friend and he supplied me with a worn out set of hydraulic dies from his company,I intend to have these modified to copy the Cohline swage....only option @ this stage.



PO had added the tailpipe but fitted it to the muffler poorly so moved it around to fit the valance better...good result.
Its a bit dented and rough but has good bones,dated 1974 so think its off the first of the 2.7 cars.

Posted by: returf Mar 14 2016, 03:28 AM

So what part of NZ are you based Porschetub?

Posted by: Cracker Mar 14 2016, 07:00 AM

I hope you had a jack stand under there too! My crew dropped my car at the track in December when jacking off the paddock grass/dirt. Thank God nobody had legs or bodies under the car. Just sayin' that looks scary...

Tony

Posted by: Amphicar770 Mar 14 2016, 07:42 AM

One of my neighbors died last year under his Mustang. A $10 jackstand would have saved his life.

Posted by: porschetub Mar 15 2016, 02:10 AM

all good was moved in that pic had a car dump on me once..not going to repeat that,appreciate the concern thanks,got the tank to engine suction line sorted and ready to swage.
Return pipe is 911 type so the male end needs to be sweated off and the pipe cut straight to the tank return,not a big issue.
However the 45 degree sweep fitting from the tank hits the engine lid release cable conduit so I think the oil tank is too low .

Posted by: porschetub Mar 19 2016, 02:46 PM

Thanks Tony checked that and all was good,didn't manage to tangle up cables in the tunnel also,fitted new cables and hand throttle last.
Have set of hydraulic press dies to modify as mentioned hope to start that next week,these dies are for another type of swaged fitting and need to work/press with in the Cohline part,the jaws will need to be reduced in length for this to work.
I know regret not going to AN with adaptors but I'am too far in $$$$ wise to change now,besides when I started I had no idea that nobody could swage them in my country.

Looked at the return line hose to tank,I have the 22-30mm adaptor made by Elephant Racing with a Cohline long sweep 45 ,in order to clear the hole through the body (engine surround) this fitting is the way to go but because the hose supplied by PO was too short I have ordered another 2 feet from Chuck.
More to follow.

Posted by: porschetub Mar 19 2016, 10:16 PM

NZ post santa came late with some more goodies,metric speedo has taken me an age to find but purchased off a member on here,Bosch 003 I honestly say I stole from a member on Pelican nice guy but appeared not too worried that his stock of 911 parts was worth anything,suited me,this will be converted to Pertronix and fitted later,parts on order from Pelican to do this.
Last but not least is Bruce Stones constant help with great parts for my car,in this case a factory manual in great condition,I would like to take the time to thank Bruce for his service to this community,great parts @ prices that make me think its more of a service than a full on profit based exercise .



My Marreli on the engine is one out of the box,great condition with no shaft wear and excellent cap and rotor but living in my country using a Bosch makes more sense as I can get consumables for it here in my country.
I plan to onsell the old dizzy in my country as its set up with Ignitor II and matching coil.

Posted by: porschetub Mar 25 2016, 02:41 AM

No real work done as have been on a nail gun and drop saw for the last 2 days with my builder,as we start heading into winter I'am torn between the house reno and the car build,the house wins ,bugger it.
I have stolen some time and finally found a hydraulics company locally to do my oil line hoses,the dies are cast steel ,how old is that...but they fit and will work.
Just in the process of doing a full history on my car,the early results are confusing on past New Zealand registration,will report back.

Posted by: porschetub Mar 26 2016, 12:21 AM

Got the registration search back today on the car,this is a NZ based company that taps into the government car registration system and you pay a small amount for all details.
Appears car was new to my country in Feb 1975 so I presume it was a year or so more old when finally sold by the dealer....
Strange thing is it is listed as a red car and clearly its silver and has no evidence of a full repaint except for the exterior...the plot thickens.
Had a few past owners but many are dealers and current records show it had it was last inspected with 85,172 kilometers under its wheels,all vin numbers stack up as being correct.
In summary I have records on the car that for ever are a little odd ,but I have records and that's the main thing in my country to get this car on the road.
Great day for me.

Posted by: porschetub Mar 27 2016, 01:01 AM

Appears car has 2 different years ,old rego sticker says 73 last registration 1999 and the enginebay sticker clearly stated 74 model year.
Have seen mention on here of this confusion,think DD and others had this sorted and I can't remember,feel free to reply.
Following McMarks helpful reply to another thread I got both indicator lights flashing on each side in my 911 tach,funny he states the 74 never had this wiring but I found it under the dash and extended the wires to the tach,no need to tap into the hazard warning switch....good result.
Oil lines to sort and then swaging next week,got my hose from Elephant Racing so only need to modify hard pipe from scavenge return...another job off the list.

Posted by: porschetub Apr 4 2016, 01:32 PM

Had a day off from being builders slave,mentioned my oil tank was a little low in the body,looked @ the positions of the cutouts for filter console, return and breather pipe and it could come up a little but without removing the tank this isn't happening.
Used a hillbilly solution and made up a piece of wood with a slot for the engine lid cable conduit,one good hit downwards and I had clearance for my hose to thread on to the tank adaptor.



All hoses are ready to swage with the exception of the return as I need to modify the end of the 911 hardline I'am using.



Have been in contact with the guy in Oregon who's making my engine and CDI looms he will make a start on them in 2 weeks,if anyone is keen to get a -6 loom repaired /or made he is the go to guy,he does a fantastic job but @ this stage he only builds off an original but once he has that he could replicate more.
Email me if you need to hook up with him,all the Pelican guys use him .

Posted by: Cairo94507 Apr 4 2016, 04:42 PM

Nice work and your muffler tailpipe is exiting the valance perfectly - looks terrific.

Posted by: porschetub Apr 5 2016, 02:35 AM

Thanks Micheal appreciate the comments and have followed your build with interest,I'am amazed how smooth it has gone for me ,funny buying someones huge investment in a car for what I payed it's hard to believe how nice this car is,all the hard work has been done well and in general little hassle.
I have learnt so much from the good people on here and have learnt a lot myself about what I thought I knew???,not having not to deal with rust has been the big plus.
I digress yea happy with the tailpipe,but have to confess I got someone else to do it cause my MIG is non operational,not like me cause its a kiwi thing to do all....nevermind.
More to follow,

Posted by: porschetub Apr 11 2016, 12:08 AM

Not a huge amount done as stuck with the building work as winter starting to set in,funny its still rather warm for this time of year.
Now I have written evidence of my cars mileage thought I would validate that by changing my recently acquired metric speed to the correct reading,have done my fill of these over the years and this one was bitch to say the least (no surprises).
Originally when I got it here there was 23K kilometers and I needed to advance to anything over the last reading as per our countries 6 month vehicle car inspection which was 85,170 or there abouts.
Some may ask way all this hassle...in my country we had a large amount of Japanese imports a few decades ago and the government were pressured to make sure mileage covered was legit,many cars were found to be far from that.
Rules pass over to cars being newly registed and complied for the road as mine will be,so my effort is to avoid a separate speedo compliance which last time I checked was $200nzd.


The kilometer reading I set is based on expected mileage as per last vehicle inspection based on history from the database on the car since new,the car was removed from the road for six conversion after that.
Cleaned and ready go after the standard battery drill test ,passed 100%,credit to the member on here I purchased off,very nice condition.


Oil lines and oil hardline to pic up Tuesday.

Posted by: porschetub Apr 29 2016, 03:08 AM

progress ...well gone backwards really ,collected my oil lines and my guy came thru for me but I made a mistake and ordered the wrong hose from Elephant,wire reinforced and too stiff to fit oil tank return,big fail on my part and has cost me dearly on the reorder of parts from the USA.
My engine loom maker had informed me recently he had a client with a sample 6 loom for replication,perfect solution for me as he can copy it and make the correct mods for my 4 cyl relay board and all done ,however today he said this was delayed so I wait further,again my fault should have acted sooner and he is booked up for a while.

Posted by: porschetub May 7 2016, 08:59 PM

New oil line for return hose on its way should be here in a few days,will get the the old ferrules cut off and get that sorted.

Question time? can I fit my oil tank back in the car with the short suction line still on,can't see a way to tighten the fitting on to the tank with it in situ.
Notice speedo got his out this way on his resto thread.
Would like to strip and paint my tank after removal,reason for asking.
Thanks in advance .

Posted by: porschetub Aug 26 2016, 03:19 AM

Just to prove I still work on my car I have a few minor updates.
Perry has started my engine loom so that's great news should have that done soon ,my engine had a loom but PO had chopped it beyond use and the wires were not in great condition.
I have managed to renovate the bigger part of my old house (built 1959) ,kitchen bathroom and lounge plus reroofed, extra insulation,rewiring and lots of plumbing,been an epic journey but I have enjoyed it and have done most of the work myself,funny the place looks really old on the outside but the inside is tastefully modernized.
Anyway enough of my ranting got my crappy euro conversion indicator conversions removed and fitted the Martin Baker specials,these are so well made and the difference is night and day honest rubbish compared to quality ,I can't understand why 2 sellers of 914 parts could sell rubbish made in Taiwan.


Got a proper spare wheel screw and retaining plate for my spacesaver.


In between have been fitting replacement air filters because my plastic original is toast,hope to take some more pics soon.

Posted by: Cairo94507 Aug 26 2016, 06:36 AM

You are making very nice progress. Keep us posted and have fun.
Michael

Posted by: Perry Kiehl Clone Aug 26 2016, 09:15 AM

Very nice!

I'd opine that your throttle action will be a little wonky, as the geometry of your bellcrank at the transmission is different from a 914-6. It will probably work like you have it, but it won't be smooth as you are giving up some mechanical advantage off idle.

I've been around the block on this and found there's a reason the 6 bellcranks are different

Posted by: porschetub Aug 26 2016, 01:10 PM

Thanks Perry,know what you are saying,it works really well at this stage but I don't have a running engine,not worried if I have to change it later on.

Posted by: porschetub Aug 26 2016, 10:15 PM

More work yesterday and spend a fair amount bouncing emails with Perry over the build of my engine loom...exciting stuff for me,another saga nearly over.
PITA really got one of my K&N's on but the other won't fit because of the engine being too far back,wish I could sort that but getting the carrier mount out isn't an option so it will be done on my friends hoist.
Very enjoyable to be working on the car but feel a bit guilty as I still have a fair list of finishing work to do on the house....no talking shit LOVE working on the car the other stuff can wait till early summer which is on its way
Gredit to Martin Baker again below;


Pic of one aircleaner thanks to a member on here for a great price for the pair and sorts out my is issue with the original air cleaner,have heard of these filters letting in a little too much grit so will get some foam outer wraps or similar as my road out is very dusty most of the year.
Mate has a turbo shop and he makes really nice foam ones so will head in that direction or import a set of Outerwears if they make them?.


More updates soon


Until my loom arrives I will be finishing a few jobs on the oil tank lines and other area's.

Posted by: porschetub Aug 26 2016, 10:57 PM

Thanks Michael ,always praise coming from a real six owner...really,I kinda like the free scope I have on this car because I can hotrod it to what ever point I like without too much worry,its a mongrel after all but I have a strong sense of keeping some patina and not over doing it on new parts only wear items such as trim rubbers etc.
No intention to go to wide body (not my thing) but will get the rear arches pulled/sectioned for 8x16" after I get it going ,have a nice shiney set in a box stored away .
Have owned a bunch of cool cars in my time but the 914 to me is right up there and more.

Posted by: porschetub Sep 1 2016, 12:18 AM

More done in the last few days,winter is on the way out the weather has been great,the winter was a non event really there was only about a month when it was colder.
Got my last oil line done for the tank return,will get that swaged next week,happy to have them hanging nicely with out over stressing the oil cooler or case scavenge pipe.
Got my fiberglass pods opened up for the speakers kinda tight getting 6.5's in there.


Went for the JBL 2-ways cause have used them in many cars before to good result.
Got my new door vent thingies from 914rubber and final got round to fitting them.....have now idea why I needed them .


Perry has my engine loom done and it looks great,with a few features to get extra gauges working.

Posted by: porschetub Sep 1 2016, 01:31 AM

loom pic


More tomorrow,brakes next and get my pedal height correct

Posted by: ndfrigi Sep 1 2016, 03:27 AM

Nice Dean, your 6 conversion almost done!

Posted by: porschetub Sep 1 2016, 07:44 PM

Thanks Noel,I need this car done and dusted before next year,and hope to have it running in a month or so......but said that last year .
I have a Hella highstop brake light mounted in the rear of the roof I had this working but needed a plug to remove the roof,deleted the coat hook and fitted one for want of a better solution for the meantime,it is however easy to use.
This highstop is required by the compliance Nazi's in my country,I also need separate engineering compliance for my motor swap, 944S2 brakes and m/cylinder and 16" wheels you guys in the USA have it easy really....trust me on that.

My doors have been striped and rebuilt and I noticed the adjustment in side the RH side door can anyone suggest if there is a set point measurement for this ??,the top of my quarter window could certainly come in a little closer to the roof side seal as compared to the LH side.
Anyone comment on this?


More to follow on a roll

Posted by: Garland Sep 1 2016, 07:57 PM

On the door, none that i know of. Adjust away.
I did a hi mount lamp, heres the link http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=28978

Posted by: porschetub Sep 1 2016, 08:21 PM

Cheers mine an older style Hella highstop,like what you did...great,a handy addition from a safety point of view.


Was referring to the quarter window being adjustable and thinking the frame would tilt inwards and outwards @ that lower point,otherwise it would be fixed
Will try it and see what happens ...no harm done afterall.

Posted by: porschetub Sep 16 2016, 01:08 AM

Got my engine loom yesterday and a big thank you to Perry,everything done right with my little extra's included.
Popped out my oil tank out last night and positioned the suction hose after several attempts even after marking location ....really got pissed off and all my torches seem to go flat one after the other....older and hopefully wiser I packed it in and finished it this morning,added some closed cell foam seals around the opening to seal them from road crap.
Oh forgot to mention the tank was perfectly clean inside and that has to be a real bonus.
Got the last of my fuel system done and fitted regulator and pressure gauge,out of the way but still serviceable.

ALL oil lines sorted now after dealing with a clown that damaged one of my fitting...don't even want to relate the story .

Drilled and tapped the suction pipe jointer for a 1/8'' BSP drain plug,handy for oil changes.
More to follow .

Posted by: porschetub Sep 16 2016, 01:32 AM

As mentioned oil tank drain,would be be slow to drain but will do.

Found a local source of a high zinc oil for the motor,kinda an old school oil and recommended for this engine,Penrite is an Australian company and have used their oil to got result with some old BMW's I used to own.
Well all going well I may have it running soon .

Posted by: mlindner Sep 16 2016, 05:27 AM

Porschetub, regarding window frame, turn the adjustment screw moving the frame to the outside (door skin) from picture you have plenty of thread.
The bottom frame going out will make the top of your frame go in and will fit against the rubber seal better. Best, Mark

Posted by: mlindner Sep 16 2016, 05:37 AM

PS....they will always be out of adjustment when a door is stripped. The screws have to be screw in all the way to remove from door. Then when put back in they need to be move outward again. Just did this on my 914-6 GT build, lots of fun....Mark

Posted by: porschetub Sep 16 2016, 02:14 PM

Thanks Mark,I didn't mention that but I made the adjustment and it worked great,window is now snug against the roof seal,cheers.

Posted by: porschetub Sep 20 2016, 12:59 PM

Done a bit lately ,fabricated a battery holder,stripped the top of the engine down to fit loom to the altenator and made up a battery to starter lead.

Lots of pissing around getting it right but my plan is to try to get it running then pull the engine and sort the front engine mount to get the engine forward in the car...I have a solution for that.

CDI unit tucked around the front side of the battery holder,gone for a compact battery which has enough punch.

Posted by: porschetub Sep 21 2016, 01:37 AM

Pushing along today cleaned up body earth connections at the battery and above gearbox ,hooked up starter connections and sorted earth (ground ) connections for CDI.
Hooked up starter/solenoid and reverse light wiring.
Carbs off for final settings and will leave air cleaners off for balancing air flow when I start it, if it runs ???,I tend to get worried about an unknown motor that I bought around 15+yrs ago but it was running then and all indications seem ok.

Posted by: porschetub Sep 22 2016, 02:22 AM

Mostly ahead on the job and its going well ,Perry has been top notch answering my silly questions....
Got oil pressure and oil temp wiring in today they are basically stand alone add on's but ran the wiring for the oil pressure thru the heater blower fan circuit as per Perrys excellent instructions,bridged terminals 9 and 11 from the 14pin relay board plug,looped and soldered and I have continuatity to the wire in the tunnel...good result.

Tapped a fitting into one of my aircleaners for fuel tank vent as I have deleted the expansion tank,trying to drop and unwanted weight from the car.

All care taken but my own silly fault ,had some cracks and was a little stretched at the top and then bang it broke .....next reply run out of pic space

Posted by: porschetub Sep 22 2016, 02:53 AM

End result is fixable,or just add it to the list of things to do .
.
Spend a lot of time cleaning up all ground points and did all connections by running dies down all the threads and was surprised how crappy they were.
Been a lot of work but prefer to do it once and and right.

Posted by: Dion Sep 22 2016, 08:03 AM

Cars coming along nicely. Well done. Taking heed to some of your methods.

Posted by: porschetub Sep 22 2016, 02:04 PM

Thanks I'am rough and slow and often redo stuff .
My shortlist;
Set up accelerator pumps on carbs and refit,
test fuel pump and check pressure setting for regulator,
finish resurfacing twisted valve covers,
reconnect oil tank return line,
recheck all oil line connections,
complete wiring for distributor,
wire up from tunnel to oil pressure gauge,
refit relay board,
lots of other small stuff...

Posted by: porschetub Sep 23 2016, 02:34 AM

Funny have done more on the car in the last ten days than in most of the time I have owned it ,really helps to have ALL the parts you need and the stuff I setup and prepared early.
Went right through all me oil lines today and got them all lined up and did a trial tightening on the found they were all biting in on the tapers.
The oil cooler line (suction) was my main concern as the whole cooler just isn't that strong, careful support of the alloy tube hex allows you to apply good tension to hose nut.
Put a few litres of oil into the tank and no leaks on the suction side but time will tell when its full and warm
Got the relay board installed and all plugged in ,cleaned up the multi wire earth connection under it ,it was rather rusty but came up great after running a die nut down it.
Hooked up battery and tried the starter off the key...no go (and yes new ignition switch) ,I really think the seatbelt interlock is still intact under the passenger seat,will check tomorrow.
Made a jumper up and the engine cranked nicely so my starter is ok,tick one more off the list .
Hope to get carbs back on and final wiring for the Pertronix done this weekend....maybe I can get it to run?.

Posted by: porschetub Sep 24 2016, 02:52 AM

Woke early this morning and was rather keen to check the seatbelt interlock to see if it was intact or not.
Tried to release the "bastard clip" off the runner but no luck,had the 4 hinge bolts out in minutes and seat out,found the OP had been in there,this is what I found ;

Went through my collection of jumper connectors I have made up from past jobs and various ones for the 914 and bridged both wires..good result and the starter cranked over using the key.
Popped the 2 wires out of the relay block and added a large Duraseal connector,I like these as the provide a positive waterproof seal I have no intention of reinstating the system in the future so it works for me.

Feed the oil pressure wire down the tunnel and had a tidy up there also,confirmed original connection point for oil temp wire back to gauge and that's working when the key is on,however something is screwy with the tach as it bounces when the key is on ,have another issue with my temp gauge but have a plan which will sort that.
Did a final check of my carbs while they were off,dailed in the excellerator pumps pump adjustments and that took awhile...real fiddly,plan to test pump volume and spray pattern Sunday.

Posted by: porschetub Sep 27 2016, 12:42 PM

Progress of sorts,got my wiring all hooked up and the carbs back on,couldn't get the fuel pump to run off the key so jumpered that to the battery and it worked fine, I like the carter pump it is very quiet.
Set fuel pressure to just over 3 psi and checked for leaks,I don't know why but the Holley LP regulator I have won't go any lower in pressure than where I have it,Iam not really concerned as the fuel bowls aren't overflowing.
Added a further 5 litres of oil to the oil tank not sure if the marks on my PMS oil filter dipstick is that accurate? but won't really know till I get it running.
Cranked the engine for a short time and got oil pressure quickly,but it soon became obvious I have no spark,my plan is to bypass the cdi and see if that's the problem.

Posted by: porschetub Sep 28 2016, 08:13 PM

Well after a bit of a battle sorting out the electrics and a few emails to Perry about suitability of my set-up I found I had screwed up and powered the Pertronix's of the wrong wire,god knows how I did it but I had one of those light bulbs that lite up above my head and I remembered what I had done this morning.
End result was a rewire and some tidy up work,refitted the battery and after a few cranks I woke up my 2.2 six after what I can only remember as around 18yrs since I bought it.
Huge amounts of smoke from the tailpipe (blue) had me worried I think I killed every flying insect in the area,it soon cleared and sounded very strong and smooth no timing chain thrash ,funny I guessed the engine timing and got it really close ,glad I fitted a hand throttle as it was good for warm-up.
Oil pressure is stable @ 25psi @950 rpm and easily pops up to 100psi @ 5000rpm,however my tacho is a little erratic @ the higher revs.
Only have one issue to sort,the fuel pump won't power of the key so I have been running a jumper cable to the battery....minor stuff really.
Final tuning in the weekend.
VERY happy guy .

Posted by: raynekat Sep 28 2016, 08:54 PM

Looking good Man...looking good. Well done!

Posted by: porschetub Sep 29 2016, 12:47 AM

Thanks for your comments,lots to do still but real easy after all the work done ,really helps not buying a car full of tin worm,I really feel for the members having to face that on here honest.
Working late tonight before the sun went down,the engine wouldn't return to idle as fast as I wanted ...found one throttle linkage to long adjusted that and bingo sorted both carbs running more even @ idle.

Posted by: porschetub Oct 2 2016, 02:30 PM

Now that I have my oil pressure sorted I started getting the driveshafts in so it can be driven on to my loaner trailer and around to my mates shop to remove the engine/gearbox on his hoist.
Worked on carbs yesterday and found 2 small leaks on the RH side one,turned out I hadn't tightened the the 2 brass caps in the top enough.

Valve cover leaks are pretty much sorted,only found one of the 3 that weren't twisted,glued course sandpaper to a sheet of glass and worked them flat again.

Today I hope to get the fuel pump running of the ignition but early indication is that the black/red wire in the loom has a break in it somewhere as I can't find power there but I have it in the 14 pin plug,old cars aren't they fun????

Posted by: porschetub Oct 4 2016, 12:36 PM

All happy in 914 land until the oil cooler popped and is leaking a bit but not too much,can still drive car but know it won't get any better.
Talked to PO and he said the cooler was good we are both at a loss to know why it is leaking,I removed the oil pressure relief valve and found both that and the spring to be ok,what to check next???
Plan is to adventure out to the tarseal soon and see what it has,love the sound and the motor is strong ,I still need to dial in the timing so I can balance the carbs before that.

Posted by: Cairo94507 Oct 4 2016, 08:58 PM

Wow, great progress and way to knock out the issues.

Posted by: Larmo63 Oct 4 2016, 09:48 PM

Dumb question, but isn't there a way to completely eliminate the engine compartment relay board entirely?

Posted by: porschetub Oct 5 2016, 12:31 AM

Ha ha so true,thanks Micheal but getting it going is only the start of a huge list of must do's.
So much wiring/ electrical issues to sort,will get there.
Bugger the cooler leaking but I have another on the way...found one in my country not too far away but fairly spendy.

Lawrence how are you? yes Perry give me the option of deleting the relay board but was too stubborn to do that after spending hours doing a full clean and reseal on my one,then it bit me in the ass cause the standard FI switch over didn't work to run my carb pump so I bypassed a fused wire to my heated rear window power supply...will never use that anyway as my rear window is sans the wiring besides..
I choose the Carter low pressure pump and it has a fairly low currect draw so shouldn't be an issue without the relay board but not sure what you do without the power supply relay ? Perry may chime in here.

Posted by: porschetub Oct 6 2016, 12:54 AM

Got a bit done in the last couple of days,got a breather setup on the PMS filler and it works fine,pity the dipstick provided cant read any oil level,thinking it only works with there tank not my stock one .

Oil cooler continues to leak but one drip about every 20 seconds so manageable,can still go out for test drives and the oil pressure is great,put a temporary gauge in from a 924 Porsche and it reads the same as the mechanical gauge I have above the sender.

Put my little racecar GSM battery back in to the new battery tray ,really great lite weight solution,packks a great punch for $50 and I have used and abused it for over a year now.

Posted by: porschetub Oct 6 2016, 01:27 AM

Continued,

Excuse the wiring ..nothing is really tidied up yet.
Lots of stuff not working but if I advance the hand throttle to max it starts with 2 pumps on the throttle and then idles clean handthrottle off and sits @ around 900 rpm ,very happy.
My brakes a a major PITA and haven't got better,bleed and bleed again but still have low pedal which is firm,will keep on that.
Will report further.

Posted by: porschetub Oct 7 2016, 10:42 PM

Got my wiring tidied up in the engine bay yesterday,used a 3pin Deusch plug off the CDI and a 2pin one off the distributer,I like these little waterproof plugs,the crimping tool for the plugs is rather expensive but I plan to add more of these plugs behind my gauges to clean up the birds nest of wires there.

Got my oil pressure gauge working,it now reads the same as my mechanical gauge I have mounted on the engine,I'am using one from a 1974 911 and its correctly rated for my senders.

Oil leak on cooler not got any worse will pick up replacement next week,bugs me this issue but can still test drive but not too far.
Test drove again today and after playing with the carbs got a much smoother run,had a bad lean mix backfire previously.

The left hand drive has got me a little confused,keep reaching for the handbrake to change gears .

Posted by: porschetub Oct 10 2016, 02:46 AM

Today was good ,pulled the oil pressure safety valve and it was stuck solid ,took half hour to get it out must have been some crap in there ?
The cooler has stopped leaking as a result,funny cause the experts on Pelican had no answers interesting ????,shame for not asking on here .
First test on the open road today car has great power very happy,brakes are coming right with more bleeding and road use.
And the sound of the six is amazing from 3K upwards is just wonderful,very hard to get bored with that.
Cut out the firewall ,not my best effort but can clean it up,hooked up timing light and found the motor was way too advanced,set basic timing and its running heaps better but very low idle at that without the carbs setup right.
Geez these motors like to leak oil constant work sorting that and the crankcase is sweating in a few places but not too bad.

Posted by: porschetub Oct 11 2016, 01:03 PM

Test driven on the black stuff and really fun for the last couple of days,motor noise/power is to die for...really, shit these things handle well.
Have a lot of issues to sort but every day gets better,well I thought the old british motorbikes leaked oil but Porsche have that down pat,have various leaks in all sorts of places some fixable and one not so .
End of the test drive today it became very obvious something was wrong with the clutch,got home and found a collapsed clutch pedal arm bush,so much for the PO and his rebuild on that,have a bronze bush kit as I bought one sometime ago.

Posted by: porschetub Oct 13 2016, 12:21 AM

Rebuilt the pedal box PO had done a great job painting all the parts but little else,clutch arm was very worn so I welded a piece of 10mm bolt in there and redrilled the arm...huge improvement.

Gear shifting has been a bitch,gate for gears not right ,spent 10mins and reset as per DR Evils advice now really good,have ordered bronze bush for gearbox so it can only get better.
Oil leaks ???? ,they seem to be developing everytime I drive it,think I will call the car Exon Valdez,if it didn't run so well I would be really pissed off.
Retimed the engine today and got it right on the mark or as close as I can without a tacho that reads right....mines a little unsettled in response,will email Bob from tachadapt and see if he has any idea's.
Muddy and dirty by worth a pic or 2.

More to follow,

Posted by: porschetub Oct 13 2016, 12:54 AM

Yep will lower the front a bit more, was really low before so wound it up a bit ...too much,however I'am faced with a very poor road before I get on the black stuff so have to be sensible as I need all the clearance I can get.

Just to add to my woes the gearbox shaft seal has let go ...could be worse as I thought it was the RMS.
As the engine has to come out again its not an issue to fix .
Engine wiring is near to completion and happy with the sealed plugs I used.
All things pretty much sorted in the engine bay ,just some tidying up but most will be done on the next engine pull.

Posted by: porschetub Oct 15 2016, 03:24 AM

Had some setbacks on the very last test drive that I discovered today;
gearbox input shaft seal leaking,
RH side handbrake (911 conversion ) dropped a steady pin and lunched a lot of parts in there,expect not fitted properly by PO,....actually I know that, oil leak I thought was cooler,but turned out to be the thermostat fixed that and have another leak in the same area,front suspension alignment is woefully out and other smaller issues.
However as a newbie owner of one of these cars still real happy ,

Posted by: Cairo94507 Oct 15 2016, 06:17 AM

Just tackle one problem at a time and you will get to the bottom of the list w/o going crazy. Good luck; car look nice.

Posted by: porschetub Oct 21 2016, 01:36 PM

Thanks ,some days are a real move ahead on the list of must do's,others are backward steps,however lately things have got better.
Had a massive oil leak on a lower rocker cover and found this !!!!

lucky I had a spare and was a lot more careful fitting the replacement.
Got my brakes dialed in I had in the last few days before pumped through all the old fluid and found it to be clean enough but had been in the car since the early 90's.
Found that repeated drives moved what air was left in the system to the calipers,these brakes are awesome and really good feel and stop great.

My emergency brake needs work and have parts coming from the USA to sort that issue.

Posted by: Dion Oct 21 2016, 09:08 PM

Nice progress Dean.

Posted by: porschetub Oct 31 2016, 01:20 AM

Thanks Dion,has been going well really,off the road @ present to sort rather large oil leak,made up a basic block off plate out of some old alloy I had lying around and pressure tested removed cooler...results were as I thought.
20psi revealed a huge leak PO stated it was all good but it had never been on the original engine he was going to fit in the car (3.0 911) live and learn as you do....


Replacement cooler is from a 72 911 so will need to get my suction fitting tigged on but need to bore it out in the lathe to get it to the larger size for this cooler,found a guy local to weld it for me so that's great.
Other jobs now that i'am semi on jackstands is to rewire the CDI so I have the right tach signal,move the engine forward and sort the POS gear linkage rod the PO had built by someone that was about 12yrs old or something
Have a rear bronze bush to go into the gearbox end of the rod but that won't fit so I will machine that when I do the cooler fitting.
Have ordered transformer coil for ignition system as Pertronix II coil is all wrong for my permatune CDI,Bob Ashlock @ tachadapt has been a huge help getting this sorted for me ...great guy.
Moving ahead day by day.

Posted by: porschetub Oct 31 2016, 11:57 PM

Replacement cooler flushed and cleaned,cut the old fitting of the leaking one and counterbored it for the larger suction on the new cooler which is off a 1972 911.

Used a thru bolt to hold the fitting to the pipe for my welder to deal with ,this should keep the fitting square on the suction pipe.
Pipe support from the old cooler won't really fit so he will make a new one.

Posted by: porschetub Nov 4 2016, 12:37 PM

Well my cooler work was really slow ,first guy Greg a fabricator pulled the pin on me and said he wouldn't touch it because of oil contamination in the alloy...fairs fair so he directed me to a alloy boat builder,clever guy checked out his work and he was happy to do it.
We decided to bend the suction pipe down somewhat so he could get his torch in there ,this didn't worry me as it gave more clearance to get spanners in there to tighten the hose.

Will pressure test again today but confident his welds are ok.
Got a big box of goodies from Pelican and my emergency brake parts turned up from Matt @ retroautomotive.
Got my rear engine sheetmetal plate off to remove old cooler so fitted rubber grommets for the wiring that passes through it,there's no movement there but dread the thought of the hot leads shorting out on it.

More to follow.

Posted by: porschetub Nov 21 2016, 02:27 PM

Car is back on the road again after a number of setbacks,the main issue was a leaking input shaft seal on the gearbox,my fault as I assumed the seal was ok and was told the same by the PO.
I can't complain as firstly I thought it was the RMS leaking which was new when I resealed the engine,I do however have some "sweating @ the case join near the seal,have a plan for that.
Dodged a bullet here as the oil had reached the clutch disk but cleaned off ok with brake cleaner,I had a seal installer I made for a type 1 VW box and it worked perfectly,the old seal cracked up when I was removing it ,looked totally original .

The gearbox shifting is a work in progress,I had now idea what a PITA it would be to get right,the rear rod provided with the car was really crappy so I repaired the welds and made it straight,this as many have pointed out isn't correct,Perry was kind enough to supply me with the details and I bent some offset into it seemed to help.
I was never very happy with the fit of the plastic rear bush so sometime back I ordered a bronze/lead one,some careful work with a file and I was able to open out the hole .5mm ,appears these are supplied oversize to allow for wear.
IMO these are a must have item for a side shifter and @ $14 are good value.

Every drive I have in this car gets better as I fine tune various things,really impressed with the power of the engine,can't help but wonder what a 3.2 or 3.6 would drive like......

Posted by: forrestkhaag Nov 21 2016, 03:59 PM

Wow! Nice thread front to back. Perseverance is key to success in a conversion. My 3.0 has been underway while i drive the car as a 2.2 with 40IDF's /

Who is Perry?...... I am in the wiring process now and maybe the P-Man is the way to go verses stabbing at a potential firestarter.... And did you have all of your 914 and 911 gauges in hand for him to get the loom correct?

BTW, My lovely wife and I have enjoyed your continent a few times and really love the open roads. We rented a BMW 3 series ragtop for our month long visit last.. what a great scene.

I am using Rich Johnson's mount and bellcrank system for the accelerator as well... pricy but first rate work all the way / and a great guy for info even if not a buyer of his parts (a914guy@aol.com)






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Posted by: forrestkhaag Nov 21 2016, 04:02 PM

Also, what tranny are you using? 901 sidey? And a front oil cooler??




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Posted by: porschetub Nov 23 2016, 02:14 PM

Stock sideshift transmission,Tangerine Racing bulkhead bush,don't need a cooler on my 2.2 runs 185-190F max so real happy with that.
Perry Kiehl is a member on here he made my 4-6cyl engine conversion loom,good quality product and he happily answered all my questions....great guy.
My gauges are all standard 911 fare ,if I remember right the tach is from a 72 and the combo gauge is from and early 2.7,standard VDO 52mm fuel gauge is mounted in the dash about where the cig lighter would be,works correctly and is easy to read.
This gauge is an easy install and I think a good solution to buying or building a triple gauge,the standard wiring needs to be extended to supply backlighting and power but that's no biggie.
I have fitted a 250K metric speedo since this pic was taken.
I was very interested in the throttle linkage set up you have but built my own for around $60 from parts sourced from the USA and locally,I was able to direct those funds elsewhere in the build.
New Zealand roads are for real drivers I have my own little playground in my local area,lots of twisties and hardly any traffic on them.
Yesterday was taken up with small jobs on the car,my main concern is the rear gearshift rod and I have officially given up trying to adjust the shifter,I'am now very certain that the rear lock screw hole isn't indexed in the right spot,my biggest issue is the car popping out of 4th gear,it just feels like it not going into the gate far enough.
Still chasing oil leaks,lower exhaust valve cover continues to weep,so that will get resurfaced again,have a small leak @ the oil temp sender adaptor and another @ the right hand side cam line oil restrictor,easy enough to deal with,the main thing is that my cooler remains oil tight.

Posted by: porschetub Dec 12 2016, 01:30 PM

Started a list of stuff to tidy up and chewing my way into it .
Gearshift was really pissing me off ,certainly takes the edge of the driving experience,while @ my friends garage I was able to cut the engine carrier mount and move the engine forward 12mm,the effect of this was no more body contact with my k&n filters and the caps around the engine tin are now correct.
I suggested to my friend that I was less than happy with the stock gearshift coupler,he wanders off and comes back with a nice little uni-joint and says ''what about this'',after some lathe work modifying both rods and I had a better solution.

A test drive revealed a much improved shift action but no engagement of 1st,3rd,and 5th ,found the joint was hitting the bulkhead bush so moved it back...bingo,lucky I made the rods longer.
Got my Outerwears on the K&Ns amazing how much really fine road dust they pickup as you can see in the pic,they look purdy too

I have no handbrake warning light in my combo gauge so for want of a better solution I wired a warning buzzer under the drivers seat,works a treat,repaired the slop in the handbrake pivot @ the same time.
More to add......to be continued

Posted by: porschetub Dec 12 2016, 02:13 PM

And more....

Been playing with my carbs a little,had a bit of spitback on three random cylinders,opened air bleeds half a turn and now much improved,funny people say these cards are hard to tune....yea right .
My old motormeter carb balancer isn't working for the job so have a uni-syn on order,I may dial back the idle jets a little,man these motors can drink fuel,think I need lighter shoes .
Had a new VDO volt meter in my stock of parts,bought a gauge holder to mount under the dash pad but it looked really tacky so I moved the foglight switch and bored the dash with a holesaw...not for the faint hearted as keeping drill speed down is an issue.

More fine tuning on the gearshift today and hopefully another test today.

Posted by: porschetub Jan 4 2017, 03:00 PM

Been a while since I updated but have achieved a fair amount in that time.
Received my Boxter wiper motor so I can improve upon the slow wipers I have now,we do have our fair share of rain here even in the summer.

Dug out my set of Cibie Oscars so plan to fab some custom brackets and mount those,have decided to do a rally tribute car theme and do a martini racing centre stripe on the car.
Removed my seat backpad and repaired some past crap upholstery repairs and fiberglassed the crumbling cardboard added some sound insulation in there too,came out ok and fits a lot better.

My fresh air fan has never worked ,last time I had the tank out I tested it and after a clean it worked fine as tested with my spare battery.
pulled the control and found the contacts on the lever were cooked,I have no heat but I do need air to defrost so I decided to delete the control completely.

Posted by: Dion Jan 4 2017, 08:47 PM

Dean ya have me thinking now. I have to locate my combo gauge and check it
for brake warning light. What is the top "red" lite on your gauge? I see oil & gen.
The outerwear screens on the K & N looks trick.
Cheers mate

Posted by: porschetub Jan 4 2017, 11:51 PM

Traced the control contacts and used the rear window heater switch I had spare to run the blower on speed #3.
Made a blanking plate up for the dash.

The air is now directed permantily to the windscreen and dash pad vents,I blocked off the hot air inlets on the heater valves also.
Amount of air is good and will only be better when dash pad vents are closed,fan motor was noisy to start with but is now ok.

Switch has back light and I will change it to indicate fan symbol,real happy as it works fine.

Posted by: porschetub Jan 5 2017, 12:40 AM

Hi mate,my top light in the my combo gauge is low fuel now ,maybe playing caution to the wind but my brake system is near new and really works great,honestly prefer to know I'am running out of fuel ,a carbed 911 motor is a hungry beast afterall.
The combo gauge I have IMO is the best solution for oil pressure and temp reading for a six ,not my choice and came with the car but works,I have stand alone fuel gauge in the dash again done by PO.

Posted by: porschetub Jan 18 2017, 02:24 PM

Had a another box arrive from Pelican which included a new "Syncrometer" so set about adjusting the balance of my Zeniths,I tried setting @ 2 rpm ranges but got the same result,adjusted about 4 of the air bleed screws around half a turn out.

I was getting a fair amount of spitback when the engine was cold,that has lessened now and pretty much gone when the engine is warm,great tool and found it much easier to use than my old Motometer one.
Before doing the balancing I spent a lot of time setting up the linkages so both carbs were even,to me this is one of the single most important things to do before fine tuning.
Got rid of my old back tyres as they were old and starting to dry rot,had a near new set of 16's so put those on,the old ones appeared to have a wider tread ,the replacements have given me more clearance @ the body,strange how tyre brands differ this way .
Starting to have a win with oil leaks,my RH side exhaust valve cover was leaking,so I removed the cover only to find the inlet valve cover was the culprit,resurfaced that (again) on my sheet of glass and dry as now.
I still have a very persistant leak @ the oil tank,I just can't get the fitting to bite into the tank thread,its not something you can really put too much strain on,I feel some thread sealer may be the only fix ?.
Gave the old thing a wash,hadn't done it for a while......

Posted by: porschetub Apr 2 2017, 02:57 PM

Not a lot of 914 time lately,did a clutch change in my son's mk4 GTI Golf while he was home from uni and built a boat trailer for the neighbor so just got back into it recently.
Continuing to re engineer my gearshift set-up,purchased 2 uni joints from Moore parts and another rear bronze bush and coverted the shift console.

I had previously contacted Chris @ Tangerine about buying his version of this part separately but he wasn't keen...no worries so I fabbed a piece from steel,hardest part was aligning the shaft square to the bushes,got it first time .
Machined up a piece of 304 stainless and polished it for ease of movement in the bushes.
End result was a much smoother shift action,appears to be a more positive feeling when selecting gears like you really fell them going in......road test will be the proof hopefully.

Due to the last discusion on here about 911 air cleaners I decided I would return to my stock plastic one so to do that I needed to repair it due to melting from spitback on the RH side carb,various size blocks of and a heatgun I managed to get it back in shape.
To be continued........

Posted by: porschetub Apr 2 2017, 03:21 PM

I need to relocate one of the aircleaner clips on the RH side as it hit the rear bulkhead otherwise the aircleaner is a good fit now and certainly offers more protection than the K&N's.
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Just when you think the list is getting smaller something new always crops up,my wipers have stopped working and my newly rebuilt altenator isn't charging properly ,it only makes 13V and struggles to stay above 12.4 under load.
Bugger if I know whats wrong I have a new engine harness ,regulator,rebuilt relay board etc etc,the charge light functions correctly so assume the altenator has excitation.

Posted by: porschetub Apr 29 2017, 12:36 AM

Haven't done much on the car lately,neighbour needed new boat trailer so built that then a local builder wants a large flatbed built so started that and then my mig broke down so everything stopped at that point.
Good friend rings up and says come away with us to our lake house so jumped at that,4 days of laxed out time ,loved it and for the first time in my life caught 2 nice trout trolling,really enjoyed it.
Car is up on jackstands again and I 'am changing out faulty Bilstiens for Boge/Saches gas touring inserts till I can sort issues with the harsh ride.
Bought a ricer car steering wheel and found getting in the car is much easier and it feels nice to drive with.



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Posted by: porschetub Apr 29 2017, 12:56 AM

Kinda wanting to get really back into the 914 but really like plying my old trade as an engineer...been a while.

Lots of work to do but as always picking my way thru it .

Posted by: porschetub Apr 30 2017, 01:24 AM

Changed out 1 Bilstein strut insert today ,old one felt very odd on damping and rebound and also leaking oil, fitted Boge/Saches gas touring as replacement hoping that will provide better ride,which is truly horrible at present.
Swapped out steering arm balljoint as the rubber boot was split,and then the rain came,packed up for the day...winter on its way .

Posted by: Dion Apr 30 2017, 07:06 AM

Did ya track down the electrical fault yet? Nice ricer wheel :-) ,I do like the suede though. K&N's not cooperating Dean? Original airbox would be cool on mine, can't swing that price right now. Too dusty where you are, for the K&Ns?
Good karma to ya in the progress. Car looks good mate.
Cheers, Dion

Posted by: porschetub Apr 30 2017, 02:38 PM

No Dion I have had no luck sorting my charging issue,talked to mate that overhauled it and he said he will sort it,just need to remove it from car . I made the decision to go back to stock aircleaner due to the dust,running BMC reusable filter but have a paper Mahle one to go in, IMO paper filters are very good @ filtration, I have no way of telling how much dust is going through my engine with the K&N's and would rather not have to worry about it.
The upside of the swap is a much quieter car inside...yea yea I know the 6 sounds great but its really a bit much at times.
Hope to get my other strut changed out today and deal with some unfinished stuff while the car is jacked up in the front.

Posted by: porschetub May 4 2017, 01:22 AM

Yep was a good day yesterday after a test drive ,replacement struts work great,no more tramlining and bump steering happy camper.
However lost a good mate today and had to take a nearly 15yr old mate on a one way trip to a vet clinic,shit harder than I thought GF stayed with her cause they were close,darn never had the balls myself but that was the way it was.

Happy to have her move on from her misery as she was full of cancer, apparently a common golden retriever thing.
Live moves on don't expect a replacement dog in near future.

Posted by: Dion May 4 2017, 04:27 AM

Damn Dean!
Glad for ya about the 914.
Totally sucks for the loss of your furry pal.
They are indeed part of the family. But I agree with ya about
not letting them suffer. I dread the day when our dog has these issues.
Be well.

Posted by: gereed75 May 4 2017, 06:37 AM

Dean, sorry to hear about the pup - always a rough one.

Always have enjoyed your posts and admire your perseverance and inventiveness in solving the variety of challenges these cars throw our way. That mixed in with your life experiences make for interesting reads - you have got the whole Kiwi thing going on!

One suggestion- in your next care package from the states, include a set of silicone valve cover gaskets. Don't overtighten the bolts and they will cure your leaks.

Chur bro

Posted by: porschetub May 4 2017, 01:30 PM

Thanks to Dion and gereed75 for the kind words,sad to say but she was very hard to look after latterly and to be honest very expensive,you don't think about that @ the time however.
What a personality, dumb as they come,a retriever that never bought anything back,was very good @ sleeping and eating ,above all a great companion.
My rocker covers....I wish it was that simple really,they are long sorted and dry now,I have 2 leaks one very minor and another a little worse,trust me I will get them sorted one bloody way or another .
Whilst the car was up on stands I made a decision to make up some support brackets for my alloy crossmember,I believe they serve two functions on the 911,one to attach the sway bar and the other to support the beam,they are on the stock 914 one so the must be needed....right.

Posted by: porschetub May 9 2017, 11:53 PM

Weather has turned to so only a little done ,carb gearbox bellcrank rod eye was very worn and thought best to replace as a hard thing to fix on the side of the road,purchased genuine replacement from pelican,not commonly listed but found it @ a fair price.
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On another note picked up a new mig as my old one died,nice unit and got a cracker of a deal from a mate that knew a guy that worked there ,self regulating wire feed through amp selector and can be programmed to favoured settings.
I need to weld the front of car back in after PO chopped (really badly) a hole for an oil cooler,so this welder with be great.
I do quite a bit of light engineering in my spare time so looking forward to having a machine like this and to be honest happy with an outlay of $646nzd on a machine that has local warranty and parts support.

Posted by: Cairo94507 May 10 2017, 06:40 AM

Dean - Condolences on the loss of your pup- we have all been there or will be there. It sucks. All we can do is give them the best life possible while they share their lives with us. Hopefully you will get another to love and care for when the time is right.

Posted by: porschetub Jun 7 2017, 12:49 AM

Thank you for the kind words Micheal,strange not having her around,my kids have found it hard cause it was really their dog but I was happy to stand in when they left the nest .
Well the dog had the life really ,coastal property,she walked for 30 seconds into the sea @ high tide and swum till low tide.
We had a long weekend recently and I had a mates Sidney silky for 3 days ,I have known this wee fellow for sometime..wow so much spirit and personality.
Won't be getting another dog for many reasons,besides have both my kids cats to look after and they are different.
So involved with other stuff @ the moment,getting into all sorts and little has been related to the 914,the weather is poo now and my little area of paradise gets in bad in the winter,darn it.
Did cosmetic restore on replacement tach and put LED strip in speedo as it was nice by the open fire .

Posted by: Larmo63 Jun 7 2017, 09:43 PM

I use the much heavier duty 911 front pan on my alloy crossmember.

You might want to look for one if you can?

Posted by: porschetub Jun 8 2017, 11:27 PM

Sorry not sure what you are referring to ?

Posted by: porschetub Jun 12 2017, 10:26 PM

Bit going on so not as attentive on the 914 as I would like,got my mk3 golf ready to send my son as he is selling his mk4 gti,built this little beast about a year ago,manual conversion,rebuilt head,ported and Newspeed cam,exhaust decat and larger pipes ,really performs well for an 8V 2 litre motor.
I did a replica of the UK only 8V gti,dumped the electric windows and a heap of useless crap,mk4 Recaro interior also.

Really overcooked it on what I put into it....kids eh that's what you do.
Building large flatbed trailer for customer so again that's taken time also,pleased with the result and nice to get back into some engineering .

Replaced my rear tyres on the 914 with correct profile 50 series today so basically have smaller speedo error of I think 1.93% which I can live with.

Went to Kumho Vetum sport as they match the fronts and offer great performance as previously used to good result on my now sold A4 1.8T Quattro avant.

Posted by: porschetub Jun 12 2017, 11:13 PM

Still messing with gauge backlighting and have done metric speedo and replacement tach is next,screwed up and recrimped the bezel on the speedo and hadn't put the light tube in for the low beam lighting .
Pleased with the result and better than LED's alone which are a big improvement but I found one gauge was better than the other and found that ennoying and I have poor night vision so for $7 per gauge for the strips it was not worth pissing around with.

Posted by: porschetub Jun 18 2017, 09:57 PM

Needed to get off my ass and do final tune on the carbs,did float level check with PMO tool ,all in order but the specs given are for Webers so further research to the 911 manual for Zenith set-up,levels set @ the lower end of the scale,Webers are top end of scale ,PMO don't tell you that a good kit really but.... .

My fuel pressure was too high so dropped that back,seems the Holley low pressure regulator has a mind of its own,back to 3 psi and steady after it was causing leakage in to the throats @ 3.6 + psi .
All float levels spot on in the four bowls good news,set idle speed and balanced throats as per the manual,had some spitback on idle but engine not fully warmed up .Then it all came together the hard part is equalizing vacuum using the idle speed screws otherwise the bleed screws have little effect.
Keen to check it on a cold start but think I'am close to spot on,dropped the idles from 55 to 52 so that will effect starting somewhat.
Test drive (been a while) with very good results ,engine much cleaner to full throttle and faster getting there to rev limiter ,now time to attack the mountain of other jobs .

Posted by: porschetub Jun 18 2017, 10:05 PM

Needed to get off my ass and not double post

Posted by: LowBridge Jun 19 2017, 06:40 AM

great read and super progress... well done and I'm happy to see you are getting some seat time

also sorry read about your dog.. I had to put mine down a little over 2 years ago and man that was hard... told myself I could not do it again with a new dog... so I went and got 2 new rescue dogs because that's different than 1 dog


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Posted by: porschetub Jun 19 2017, 02:55 PM

Cool dogs,bet they love the snow eh,would really like another dog but living on my own I would be tied down too much....that's the issue.

Posted by: Dion Jun 19 2017, 03:06 PM

Hey Dean, glad ya like the silencer. So....when I finally get this car back together
you know fer sure I'll be bothering you for all the knowledge ya gained fiddling with these Zeniths. Heheheh. Glad your up and running!
Cheers mate, Dion

Posted by: porschetub Jun 20 2017, 03:23 PM

Cheers mate,surprisingly I haven't had to muck around with them too much unlike would many say,I did find if you carefully rebuild them and do as much set-up as possible before fitting them you are ahead,mine ran well without much effort on first startup.
I have found they aren't happy if the fuel pressure is too high,they seem to be less tolerant than webers.
Small steps ahead never the less .