11/22/2007 It was supposed to rain but the weather was great. The sun was shining and it was in the 70's. Time to pull the engine out so I can get started on the hell-hole repairs. Those damn CV bolts were a pain. Some were hex head and some were the star pattern. After finally getting everything loose I went to lower the engine and it was hanging on something. I've done this before on other 914s so didn't know what the problem was. The fuel rails going into the injectors were sticking out past the engine shelf. I took those loose and lowered away. Everything was fine except that I forgot to unhook the heater cables. Oops.

While I was under the car I noticed the passenger side push rod tubes were leaking. After dragging the engine out from under the car by myself I also noticed that the clutch tube had broken loose at the firewall. The list grows.

It was right about this time that I got rust or dirt in my eye. At least I was done with the engine pull. After 4 days now it's still in there. The doctor couldn't get it out but it doesn't hurt as much .

Edit: After two weeks it still hurts. I go to an opthamologist and she flicks out the speck in about 20 seconds. Note to self: Don't wait if it happens again.