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Posted by: jimkelly Sep 22 2006, 08:23 AM

I am leaving VA today at 5pm - taking I70w, I76w, and then I80w for a few miles : )

Picking up a 2 owner 1975 2.0L

Posted by: faux916 Sep 22 2006, 08:36 AM

Good luck Jim!! keep us posted. Bob

Posted by: autohausdolby Sep 22 2006, 09:45 AM

We need roadtrip style photos asap!

Posted by: Spoke Sep 22 2006, 10:15 AM

Good luck with your new 914. Kinda like having another kid in the house.

Hope you have better luck than my bud at work. He bought a 67 VW bus in Chicago last month and "tried" to drive it to NJ. After about 30 miles on the freeway, it started to overheat badly and he pulled over.

He said it didn't overheat while test driving it around town for an hour. The vehicle is still outside of Chicago at a auto repair shop waiting for a nationwide carrier to transport it home. It did fire back up after cooling down but he didn't want to risk driving it any further.

I'm not extremely familiar with air cooled engines. What would cause high speed overheating when low speed temps are ok?

Spoke

Posted by: type47 Sep 22 2006, 10:35 AM

good luck, have fun!

Posted by: JmuRiz Sep 22 2006, 10:42 AM

Good luck with the pickup, say hi to DesMoines for me (I was born there).

Posted by: Dr Evil Sep 22 2006, 12:53 PM

I assume this one actually drives? Your wife must be pleased

Good luck man!

Posted by: bd1308 Sep 22 2006, 01:30 PM

Timing was too much on the retard side....Would take me about ten minutes to fix. But then again I carry ALL of my tools with me all the time.

b

Posted by: byndbad914 Sep 22 2006, 07:13 PM

Me too! 'Course the trend is to get out of Des Moines apparently Good luck on the drive - look honey, corn and cows..... look honey, more corn and cows.... what is that smell? Pigs and cows... look honey, more corn and cows....

Posted by: byndbad914 Sep 22 2006, 07:15 PM

First guess would be a lean condition under load/higher rpm. Might idle rich even and go lean under load.

Posted by: jimkelly Sep 24 2006, 06:06 PM

I'm back - left VA at about 5pm friday and got back today sunday about 5pm - over 2,000 miles. Did not bring camera - took this pick as soon as I got home.

oh yeah - thanks to david lee's tow bar mount - mounted quickly and worked flawlesly : )


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Posted by: faux916 Sep 24 2006, 06:20 PM

Nice score Jim!

Posted by: type47 Sep 24 2006, 06:55 PM