Okay so I've got to get on the ball if I am going to have my car running. I've been tearing into my burned six & haven't done squat. So I am getting down to it this week. Throw out some advice as needed please. I hope to install my engine next saturday. This week on nights after work. I need to mate the tranny to the engine. Install the flywheel, Clutch etc... I've got to go buy my Optima battery (I forget which one is supposed to fit). Once I get the tranny all mounted clutch installed & all. Then I'll get everything in place to do the full install on saturday. I have pulled my engine before by myself but this is my first actual install. So all advice & help is much appreciated. So feel free to give me a nice basic install guidline. Thanks
Can you give the details on the car that you are working on?
Motor, injection, has the motor been fired before?
I sent you an E-mail... I might be able to assist in some way one of these evenings, but I'll be out of town on Saturday. Might be able to help Sunday though.
If you are planning on mating the engine and tranny and then installing them together then it will be easy for the tranny to be fitted, but it may be a bit more technical to place the whole unit in the car. I prefer, so its my opinion, to put the engine in first, bolt the engine bar in and put a block under the engine allowing it to aim downward a bit. Why? Because when you put the engine in first it is easier to manouver into place, and is lighter to work with.
Installing the engine:
- You will need to rotate it side ways a bit to allow the tin to dodge the nuts on the suspention arms.
- Tie the FI hoses on the injectors out of the way.
Installing the tranny is pretty easy. Just use a jack like you did with the engine. To line the splines up it is sometimes necessary to shift it into 5th gear, and move both CV flanges to rotate the shaft a bit.
this is the cliffs notes of it all. There are numerous ways to do this so there may be one that you like better. This is just how I like to do it and I can do it with a small floor jack and one frined (or none if no one likes you ).
Made some progress this week. Spent last weekend cleaning up & moving the burned six out of the way. Got my shop space all cleared MOnday & moved my nice 914 into place. Tuesday pulled my scattered parts out to have ready. Wednesday - Coy came down from Salem to help me mate the tranny & muscle a few things around . I owe you one Coy
(although I don't drink so pop will have to do). Anyway we got the tranny all mated & pushed the whole setup under my car. It is ready for me to start hooking things up. Everything is all labeld & should go prettty easy. I couldn't find my engine mounts though. Hopefully I can find them tommorow
. If not any recommended mounts to buy? Hope to get everything in SAturday.
Anyway Coy it was a pleasure to meet you & get to drive your nice 74 2.0. I am even more stoked to get mine running now. Talk to you soon & maybe passing you too
Dear Mr. Rust ...
let me be the first to say:
Andy
Good point Andy! I'll take some tonight & add them. Hey another question. I am putting a 2.0 motor out of a 75 in. I notice it has more smog crap on it. Will it make much differance if I pull it off? What do I need to do if I do pull it. Will it mess up the stock FI? Do I just cap where they route back into the engine?
A couple pics! These were last weekend. I've got it up in place now. Just got to connect everything, Add some oil, Gas & fire this puppy up! Well hope it fires anyway
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When exactly is this event? Im just a little bit ahead of you. We just put a 74 motor in a 76. Kinda backwards. Tried to fire up massive vaccuum leaks( I think) so i just got my gasket kit today hopefully that fixes it. Good Luck. If i havent missed it maybe I will see you there.
It's next weekend. The 6th,7th & 8th at PIR. I'm curious about the extra smog stuff on my motor. Anyonw know if I can just pull the pump & plug the rest? Whats the best way to handle that?
Can't tell you for sure but the motor I pulled had the air pump missing alrady and probably only half of the rest plugged in. Mine ran like that for who knows long. At least the three years it was in my possesion.
Got everything on the engine connected. Just have the clutch cable & bar from the firewall to tranny to shift gears left. Oh & I have to go get some battery clamps as it doesnt seem to have them. I'll try to fire her up tommorow afternoon! Almost there
GO speedracer, GO speedracer, GO speedracer. GOOOO!!!
k
Jamie, I found a 914 on CL in San Diego you may want to buy....just needs a little TLC.
CCLIN914NATION
Okay so it is in & running. I took a brief test drive up the road. Was missing on acceleration pretty bad. I've got some tuning to do for sure. Throttle sticking at the pedal some. Otherwise I am thrilled it has life. Bought the car from Camp914 almost a year ago without a drivetrain. I've really only worked on it the last month though. A few things left to do but she moves now under her own power I still have to get my front trunk welded in. It has the cut outs for A/c. Got the replacement piece & buddy to put that in later. Although a tip on getting the stinkin undercoating off would help. Don't want to catch my car on fire when we weld.
Hey Mark that is very specific! Thanks for the tips & putting them all there for me to see & check. It was great to meet you at Coy's tonight. Hopefully I will get to try some of those tips on the 4th. I will see you Saturday at the races- Jamie
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