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Posted by: Dave_Darling Jun 2 2006, 11:16 PM

"Really, honey, it's to keep them jackstands from flying away!"

Got the car up on jackstands, starting the clutch replacement. Got most of the stuff disconnected, except of course for the transmission itself. That will probably be tomorrow.

Man, it's filthy on the bottom of that motor! I guess I have a little more oil leakage than I thought. Oh well...

Anyway, I'm hoping to get the car driving again by the end of the weekend. My attorney will appreciate having her garage space back again.

--DD

Posted by: trekkor Jun 2 2006, 11:40 PM

Maybe you can make it up to another a/x in SR someday.

What clutch are you going to use?


KT

Posted by: So.Cal.914 Jun 2 2006, 11:46 PM

So it was the clutch, preasure plate dumped? Sucks when they die before there time.

Posted by: JPB Jun 3 2006, 07:11 AM

Way to drive it BRO! If it dosen't wear out fast, ya ain't driving it well enough. If you don't use them jackstands, they might seaze up on ya too! Girls just don't know these things.


Duh, it don't run without jackstands.

Posted by: Britain Smith Jun 3 2006, 04:16 PM

Shit Dave, a clutch job should only take a couple of hours. That is if you don't have the flywheel resurfaced. I did mine by myself in an afternoon.

-Britain

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jun 3 2006, 04:59 PM

word...

get out there dave

AA

Posted by: Dave_Darling Jun 3 2006, 07:41 PM

I work very slow, though. (I'm very slow about a lot of things!!) The trans and flywheel are off, now. It took a couple of hours, because I triple-checked everything. Good thing, too--I had forgotten the tranny ground strap, and it took me a little bit to figure out the right-top trans/engine bolt was threaded into a regular non-captive nut. I had to get a little creative with a wrench to hold the nut while I spun the bolt out...

I found out why my shifting had gone to s--t, too! The "castellated bushing" in the side-shifter console had fallen INTO the plastic cup that the shift head lives under. The retaining flange on the outside had evidently all broken off.

The pressure plate looks so-so. The disk has plenty of thickness left. There was a lot of crud around the edge of the flywheel, and oil started oozing from the flywheel bolts as soon as I started loosening them up. Methinks the flywheel O-ring has failed. The FW seal looks good, but I have another one I ordered with the clutch kit anyway.

No flywheel lock, though. I can't find mine right now, so I used the time-honored kludge of jamming a screwdriver into the flywheel teeth and bracing it against some of the other parts.

The flywheel looks OK but not great. There are some discolorations, but no blue patches like on Josh2's back when we pulled his flywheel. I'm not sure if I want to replace it or not. I don't have a flywheel (got the kit without), so it's a longer wait if I order one now. Or maybe I could pick one up at the swap meet tomorrow.... Hmmmm....

The sun shines right into my attorney's garage in the afternoon, which made it bloody hot in there. I'm re-hydrating indoors now, after getting cleaned up.

--DD

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jun 3 2006, 07:43 PM

you could get it resurfaced if its within tolerances.....


come on dave, you wrote the book on 914's make us proud

Posted by: Britain Smith Jun 3 2006, 11:02 PM

Go talk to Jay (Machine Shop) and get it resurfaced.

-Britain

Posted by: rcrgrl Jun 4 2006, 12:13 AM

Hey - better make that MOST girls! i'll bet i own more jackstands than you. and they're bigger!

sorry, dave, back on topic now....

Posted by: Dave_Darling Jun 4 2006, 07:06 PM

Got some more done, but I got tired and dehydrated and had to quit for a while.

New clutch is in, transmission is in, axles are bolted back up. I have to find a couple of nuts and bolts from other things, and of course I have to re-torque the main motor mount bolts. (Don't want those coming off on the road!) Still a bunch of cleaning to do, and I want to replace the shift linkage bushings while everything is apart.

Frankly, there's not a whole lot left to do, but I'm confident that it will take a lot of time to do it...

--DD

Posted by: Dave_Darling Jun 5 2006, 08:30 PM

Trans is bolted the rest of the way in. New air cleaner is on. Motor mount bar is torqued, muffler is on. My esteemed co-workers sent me the wrong muffler gaskets, so I'm reusing the old ones. OOPS! I may get the right ones in there after I hit up my stash of spares, which is not located where the car currently is. Clutch and throttle cables are on.

I need to hook up the starter and the backup light switch. I need to clean up the shift linkage and at least renew the two bushings at the tail end of it. I need to re-assemble the linkage, and adjust the clutch.

And, of course, lower the car down off the jack-stands.

I could have gotten that done tonight, but I had to stop work and get cleaned up to make dinner for My Attorney. (What do you mean, "she has me well trained?" )

I should be adjusting the shift linkage tomorrow!

--DD

Posted by: Jenny Jun 5 2006, 11:45 PM

Not well trained enough, if dinner's not made by 7:30!

Jen

Posted by: Dave_Darling Jun 6 2006, 10:39 AM

The post was made after we had eaten and she had headed out. (How else do you think I had time to post on the BBS? )

--DD

Posted by: Jenny Jun 6 2006, 10:48 AM

Jen

Posted by: ClayPerrine Jun 6 2006, 10:58 AM

Welcome to the world of the whipped......


If you are doing all that, you are a goner. Just marry the girl and get it over with.

Posted by: 2-OH! Jun 6 2006, 01:24 PM

Hey Dave, Did you get the parts kit from GPR ???

2-OH!

Posted by: magaoidh Jun 6 2006, 04:39 PM

I can hardly wait until I get my first 914 and put it up on jackstands!

Posted by: Dave_Darling Jun 6 2006, 06:32 PM

No comment.

--DD

Posted by: kwales Jun 6 2006, 06:38 PM

Uh Oh.....

No comment.....

By the way, is cooking billable hours?

Ken

Posted by: ClayPerrine Jun 6 2006, 07:16 PM

Oh... I see how it is.. You are doing your imitation of a politician...

And on the advise of your "attorney" no doubt.


Of course, everyone knows that "no comment" means... "Yes, I am going to, but I refuse to admit it in public!".


Do we get invites to the wedding????

Posted by: Dave_Darling Jun 7 2006, 10:50 AM

I always forget something when I'm putting a car back together. This time it was the battery (+) cable. Oops.

I'm lucky I didn't burn the whole damn car down!

I'll be bolting it back together tonight after work. Rats, and I thought I was done.

--DD
(Sorry, Clay--no comment on your questions.)

Posted by: maf914 Jun 7 2006, 10:58 AM

Good question. The answer? It depends. If the client (DD) is cooking the answer is no. If the attorney is cooking the answer is yes and the client (once again, DD) will be billed.

Posted by: tdgray Jun 7 2006, 11:30 AM

Hopefully the payment for services rendered is a barter system

I'll sratch your...