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Posted by: drewvw Apr 9 2006, 07:02 PM
Sunday recap time. I replaced most of my vacuum lines and ripped out the plastic fuel lines in the engine compartment. To be continued tomorrow...
oh yeah, I did some stuff around the house too
Posted by: Lou W Apr 9 2006, 07:19 PM
Today I drained the old gas out of the gas tank, I'm sending out to a local radiator shop and have it boiled out tomorrow, then it's off to the powder coater. 
Posted by: trekkor Apr 9 2006, 07:25 PM
it's still in my yard... 
KT
Posted by: Vacca Rabite Apr 9 2006, 07:27 PM
Well, I just replaced the filters and wipers on my Subaru. I looked really hard at the 914, though. Really hard.
Zach
Posted by: drew365 Apr 9 2006, 07:28 PM
Sat. I pulled off the front calipers and rotors. Time for new brakes.
Sun. Started to refinish my fireplace with limestone. Got to balance house and car.
Posted by: Tobra Apr 9 2006, 07:30 PM
| QUOTE (trekkor @ Apr 9 2006, 05:25 PM) |
| it's still in my yard... KT |
It is raining out there again man, get a tarp on it, or not...
Went to do my undertank fuel lines, and discovered my hose clamps are too big, and that the fuel pump and filter are in the front, took off cover for MC and et voila! Sort of a funky looking pump, I told that dude I bought it from the pump was in front and he said, "No, I don't like that" Decent looking install though. will try a pic in the dark.
Had a second set of hands, so I put the second horn on, have to get different clamps, DOH. Did the petronix last week, finally got my firewall bushing so that is next weekend.
Posted by: URY914 Apr 9 2006, 07:30 PM
I changed the size of my carb jets to 140 mains and 55 idles and worked on the f-glass targa bar.
Changed the oil and filters in the tow rig. Reinstalled the winch on the trailer and begin to mount the tool box. Does that count?
Posted by: drewvw Apr 9 2006, 07:32 PM
Oh that counts I think...
Posted by: bernbomb914 Apr 9 2006, 07:35 PM
I worked on the motor home. I replaced the flooring and all the furniture, had a new dinette built and my wife is making new curtians. its been a long choir but it is almost done. Leaving for Sedona on the 15th for a week and the wife wanted the motorhome cleaned up. Its a 89 and has had some hard use but it looks like new now.
Bernie
Posted by: jasons Apr 9 2006, 08:23 PM
I took my inaugural drive in my $1300 craigslist car. When I got the car, the PO told me it didn't start he didn't know why. I don't know either, I just shot some starting fluid in it and it fired right up. Then it proceeded to try and destroy itself by leaking fuel like crazy. So... I procured some new FI line and fixed the leaks. Actually there is a loose wire on the cold start valve, so maybe thats why he had trouble. I adjusted the valves pulled up some carpet, new plugs, new throttle cable. Now, I have a better of assessment of the good and bad in this car.
GOOD 
New Bilsteins in the back w/ some kind of performance springs.
Front and Rear factory Sway bars.
Good 2.0 SS heat exchangers.
rebuilt? 2.0 motor (appears rebuilt and I was told as much)
Weltmeister shift kit
911 SC front struts
SC (I think) Fuchs
Hella H4 conversion on the headlights
Good condition painted early bumper (no holes)
Console(needs recovered)
BAD 
Some kind of rigged up clutch tube fix with bailing wire
Been hit in the front where the passenger door meets the front fender. This has induced some long rust.
Has a broken exhaust stud, and another one has been drilled out and never replaced.
No exhaust hanger.
Missing some FI stuff.
Has hell hole rust, jack post rust, some firewall rust.
So, I'm a littled bummed about the body issues. But, the good stuff far outweighs the bad. Also, I have a pretty clean roller that has never been hit, but still needs paint and body and some rustoration. I can't bitch, I did pretty good for $1300 plus a tow truck.
Posted by: Dan (Almaden Valley) Apr 9 2006, 08:28 PM
This week,
front sway bar went in, oil cooler was finalized and lines run, fan wiring completed to foglight circuit, Fuchs installed with Kumhos, ride height was finalized and we are ready for the first track event. CDS at BW 4/15-16
front trunk
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Posted by: Dan (Almaden Valley) Apr 9 2006, 08:29 PM
ride height and Fuchs, ready to go to the track now.
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Posted by: Flat VW Apr 9 2006, 08:29 PM
| QUOTE (jasons @ Apr 9 2006, 07:23 PM) |
| I have a pretty clean roller that has never been hit, but ... |
it is pink!
John
Posted by: degreeoff Apr 9 2006, 08:32 PM
welded in my new rear pans, fixed (with author-it-tye) the clutch tube, turned my 72 tail shifter firewall rubber boooooty thing into the sideshift rubber booooty thing (AKA small boot fits now)
and the engine compartment is almost paint rust grease free
next week is the cage fitting and suspension tie in (to the cage)
Posted by: ClayPerrine Apr 9 2006, 08:35 PM
I tuned the six up and put in hotter plugs to cure the plug fouling I have been experiencing. I also replaced one bad plug wire end.
I need to finish up tomorrow by resyncing the MFI stacks and resetting the idle speed.
Friday I am off work, so I am going to do oil changes on both 914s and adjust the park brake shoes on mine.
Posted by: blitZ Apr 9 2006, 08:37 PM
Installed David Lee's towbar, thanks Dave. 
Removed and packed injectors to send to CruzinPerformance for refurbishing.
Ripped out the remaining air injection plumbing, compartment looks much better now.
Sigh, no driving until the injectors return.
Posted by: jim912928 Apr 9 2006, 08:38 PM
Started parting out my donor carrera so I can transplant the 3.2l engine in it. So far I've been taking parts off over the past week and sold 8 items...i'm 1/5 the way to break even and have hardly sold anything. Man, it's amazing what people will pay for used 911 parts!
Posted by: michel richard Apr 9 2006, 08:44 PM
Fabricated some parts for my 901 tranny oil cooler project. Making progress. I've got a thread on it.
Posted by: erikstoll Apr 9 2006, 08:45 PM
i got the power window fixed (new motor and regulator installed) on my Mitsubishi Galant 
Posted by: rmital Apr 9 2006, 08:51 PM
POR15'd the heck outa the car. How do you get to the area below the headlights. Where the drain tube passes thru to the bottom of the car?
....welded in battery tray....finally.
I almost feel like I'm getting close....to....finishing.....whatever that really means.....
Posted by: drewvw Apr 9 2006, 09:02 PM
ray....didn't get to the damn shift bushings again!! Fuel and vacuum lines came a callin'.
Posted by: Joe Owensby Apr 9 2006, 09:13 PM
Bought parts car at Charlotte Motor Speedway auto flea market. 2.0, with air conditioning, 5 good Fuchs, good windows, dash panel, lights and signal lenses, almost new SS heat exchangers. Body is probably not worth fixing, and I need a lot of parts to go on my existing restoration on my original 73, so I will probably use the new one as a donor. By the way, got mine on a rotisserie today also. Built one similar to AA plans, except didn't use engine stands. I built a pivot from nesting tubing. Have floor panels from RD to put in. Most of hell hole already done, as it wasn't too bad.
Joe O.
Posted by: jasons Apr 9 2006, 09:13 PM
| QUOTE (Flat VW @ Apr 9 2006, 06:29 PM) | ||
it is pink! John |
But its rare! Oh the Cruel irony....
Posted by: brp914 Apr 9 2006, 09:14 PM
took the -6 out for a little excercise. had to u-turn and return home when the shifting went whack-o. Sure enuf, set screw on linkage backed out. So thats it - tightened a set screw. Not to worry tho - a 3.4 build, 915 install, and suspension/brake upgrade loom near. The slight delay resulted in an encounter with a new gt40. red w/ white stripes. The driver possibly sneezed or something, cuz he basically warped out of sight.
Posted by: Doug Leggins Apr 9 2006, 09:17 PM
Drove the car for the 2nd time today. Only got in 3 miles before carb and electrical issues resurfaced. Had a big family gathering today and did not get a chance to do any debugging.
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Posted by: 914forme Apr 9 2006, 09:23 PM
Got the engine out of the subbie donor, installed DLee's front tow hooks, and started working on the new fuel pump installation. Cleaned the workshop pushed the old subbie outside. Next got to work on the Truck, new brakes, and brake controller. Wife's parents borrowing it for a month long camping trip, need to make sure she is ready for the tow.
Posted by: Joseph Mills Apr 9 2006, 09:32 PM
Finally got around to pullin' that effin' gas tank out! 
Only been on my list for a year.
I have other items that's been on it longer. 
..
Posted by: Joe Sharp Apr 9 2006, 10:02 PM
I
picked up the rims from Al Read
Had the tires changed fron Lindas car to my bug
and the from my driver to Linda's car on the new wheels
mowed the back lawn
washed cars
retorqued the wheels on the cars
cleaned up in the gerage
got my taxes done
took pictures of the stair rail at my friends where I'm doing the stair caps
:PERMAGRIN: Joe
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Posted by: pib Apr 9 2006, 10:08 PM
Started tearing into the rust on my 75. Interior mostly out, rear trunk grinding about 3/4 done, changed the cardboard under the oil leak 
Posted by: KELTY360 Apr 9 2006, 10:42 PM
Continued outfitting my Westy for a sea kayak trip starting tomorrow. BBQ'd turkey breast in the Weber, tested stovetop espresso maker, filled tupperware with various fixins to fit in the small refer, plumbed grey water drain system, made outrigger for solo loading of kayak on roof rack. Packing, packing, packing. Found nice looking silver button tach and 150 mph speedo at a VW swap meet, met up with other teeners in Tacoma to meet ScottB for lunch and libations - great time. Cleaned Westy windows to crystal clarity - gonna camp in a 360 view spot, mountains, islands, water, etc.
Looked wistfilly at my teener....maybe next week.
Posted by: rmital Apr 10 2006, 07:37 AM
| QUOTE (drewvw @ Apr 9 2006, 07:02 PM) |
| ray....didn't get to the damn shift bushings again!! Fuel and vacuum lines came a callin'. |
.....Glenn over at Pelican absolutely assures me how easy that task is....
So I might drive the car a couple weeks before I attempt. Just to be sure I get some miles on it before it's back up on stands.
Posted by: Headrage Apr 10 2006, 07:45 AM
Teener's not at home so I got zero done on it.
Spent Saturday getting the yard and patio ready for an open house on Sunday.
Sunday sucked even worse. Open house was from 1:00 - 4:00 pm. 12:55 wife says I gotta run to the store. I got to sit doing absolutely nothing for three hours.
Wife pulls up at 4:01.
Anybody wanna buy a house?
Nice pool
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Posted by: Jaiden Apr 10 2006, 08:02 AM
I finished up my front end rebuild,
Did a rough alignment.
Finished up my fuel system rebuild,
Fuel up the teener
and went for a drive down the road!!!!! 
Posted by: J P Stein Apr 10 2006, 08:56 AM
GUD
Came up one CV gasket short of my trans regear....how I ended up with just one new one is beyond me.
New front tires should be in this week.
BAD
Britian & I bled the brakes. After he left, I noticed the front calipers are draging badly........shitfuck.
Time for SS pistons & such i'm afraid....suckers are pricey.
2 steps forward & one step back.....that's progress, right?
Posted by: brant Apr 10 2006, 09:02 AM
Doug...
that is awesome!
wow that car is pretty.
Joe, could those stairs be any nicer!
can you come work on my house for a while?
JP,
dang...
hang in there
I think you are stubborn enough to show that car who is boss....
(can't wait to see you clean house at Parade this year!)
brant
Posted by: jsteele22 Apr 10 2006, 09:31 AM
Got it Up. Got Down. Got Dirty.
I've driven the teener a few times in the last week or two, but now the season has officially begun : Yesterday, I had it up on jackstands. Last fall when I was paranoid about passing emissions, I used snot in the oil, set the valves waaay loose, and re-installed the smog pump. So yesterday, I remedied those things. Fresh oil, filter, plugs, set valves correctly, yanked the octopus off. One of the air injector ports was stripped long ago (and I lost it at RRC) so I stuck a bolt in there with some high temp RTV. Gave it a few hours to set up, while I cleaned up and made myself presentable. Pulled the targa top off, settled into the seat, and ... nothing. No Start. 
Re-attached one plug wire I forgot, checked all the rest. Checked for wires ripped out by the octopus. Nada. Went out for 
Posted by: J P Stein Apr 10 2006, 09:37 AM
| QUOTE (brant @ Apr 10 2006, 07:02 AM) |
| (can't wait to see you clean house at Parade this year!) |
Well......I've seen the entry list and some of those guys are out of my league. Britain will be driving the car also.
If I can get him to quit using the car as a cone sweeper, I think he'll do well.
The course will be unusual for an AX. A lot of wide guts in 3rd
stuff with practicly no tight stuff/rapid changes in direction.....a challenge in itself. HP & braking is gonna rule.
As for me, I need to pull 2-3 sec outta my ass to be in trophy land....no small chore for this old fart.
Posted by: jr91472 Apr 10 2006, 10:02 AM
I am still waiting to get my Dell 40 back from ACE. They are repairing a small leak around the lead plugs.
So....I decided to go ahead and pull the rockers off for striping and painting. Found some surface rust around one of the jack post (of course), so the POR-15 process is underway.....again.....
Posted by: Mike T Apr 10 2006, 10:14 AM
Cleaned the Garage!
Hung some new cabinets to put stuff in.
Threw stuff out. Still have too much stuff...
Peeked under the cover at Big Butt. 1st autox sometime next month.
Mike T
Posted by: Aaron Cox Apr 10 2006, 10:28 AM
twystd1 and i finally figured out carb issue. (after rebuilding 2x)
could be a small teardown soon on the heart of blackie...
got shocked by 51,000 volt coil while trouble shooting the CDI ignition
Posted by: Mugs914 Apr 10 2006, 10:41 AM
I finished off the rear tranny mount and got the new CIS mounting bracket fabbed on the turbo. More pics in the blog...
Posted by: tdgray Apr 10 2006, 11:02 AM
Finally got back to work on teener. Not much but it's something.
Did>>>
1. Shift bar back in and adjusted.
2. Clutch adjusted.
3. Some vaccum lines put in... damn hard when there were none there to begin with.
4. Installed relay board and FI brain and plugged in all electrical connects.
5. Put the cover back on and shoved her back in the corner
Posted by: Lou W Apr 10 2006, 12:24 PM
| QUOTE (Lou W @ Apr 9 2006, 06:19 PM) |
| Today I drained the old gas out of the gas tank, I'm sending out to a local radiator shop and have it boiled out tomorrow, then it's off to the powder coater. |
I took the gas tank over to local radiator shop that a friend of mine owns, he told me that he can't boil it out, they've been outlawed in Riverside County, he said he got rid of his 14 years ago.
Posted by: Aaron Cox Apr 10 2006, 12:26 PM
lou w,
stanton radiator
off beach blvd in stanton
Posted by: Lou W Apr 10 2006, 12:28 PM
| QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Apr 10 2006, 11:26 AM) |
| lou w, stanton radiator off beach blvd in stanton |
Thanks, I'll give them a try.
Posted by: drewvw Apr 10 2006, 12:42 PM
I think I may start this thread every sunday from now on...seems like a good motivational tool
Posted by: szuccaro Apr 10 2006, 12:46 PM
Valve adjustment
Checked rear brakes - ok
Replaced front brakes - freed up stuck piston
Adjusted E brake
Checked master cylinder - ok
Bled Brakes
Check steering and suspension
Installed Compufire electronic ignition
Adjusted timing
Adjusted carbs
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Posted by: TonyAKAVW Apr 10 2006, 12:55 PM
Pulled out the 1.7 engine, transmission and exhaust.
Cut out sheet metal in engine bay to make way for the Subaru engine
-Tony
Posted by: TeamAxisRacing Apr 13 2006, 02:48 AM
i installed my motor muhahahah 
(tried to upload pic but nooooooooooo) 
Posted by: Bleyseng Apr 13 2006, 08:15 AM
This motor?
Did you finish the CV/axles?
When all done it should look like this!
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