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scruz914 |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 815 Joined: 26-February 04 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 1,724 ![]() |
Copied this off of the 'cheap engine' thread:
QUOTE(Jake Raby @ Sep 30 2004, 04:36 PM) You only need a set of craftsman tools and a 10 dollar torque wrench to do the job- You ain't doing that with a 911 engine and you won't do a six conversion on your dining room table if you want, but you can assemble this engine there if you want! Reminded me of back in college. I visited a school mate and his wife at their apartment. I walk in the place and in the middle of the floor is a half torn down VW engine. My first reaction was 'whoa Syd, what does Marsha think about this?' (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) This couple isn't trailer trash types that you would expect this kind of thing. It was just that a job needed to be done and the aprtment living room was the best place to do it. BTW, These folks are still my best friends and Syd is the PO of my 914. So, where have you rebuilt an engine? -Jeff |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,485 Joined: 8-January 04 From: Granger, IN Member No.: 1,536 Region Association: Upper MidWest ![]() |
Basement of our first house I rebuilt a 66 912 engine. I carried it down in 5 boxes and spent the winter cleaning and rebuilding this baby (in a room right belowthe kitchen...that really made food smell good somedays! lol). When it was all done (spring)...I was so excited to get it outside to the garage to put it in the car I realized it was way wider then the door ways! I panic'd and started in on the %$##$%'s when my wife simply said...TURN IT SIDEWAYS STUPID!
Boy did I feel STUPID!.....but, got it out and was driving around later that same day! |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,687 Joined: 24-December 02 From: SF, CA Member No.: 4 Region Association: None ![]() |
in high school my brother degreased a VW 1600 case in the bath tub (mom loved that) and built a chevy 350 on a stand in his bedroom.
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 829 Joined: 5-August 04 Member No.: 2,461 ![]() |
Here's a picture of me in the frontroom during the rebuild of the engine for my Harley. I was getting her ready to paint the lower end with wrinkle finish paint. Shot the paint outside, then carried her into the closet in the spare room. I'd put a heater in the closet to get the heat up about 110F. Wrinkle paint wrinkle's best with heat.
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hooked on grilling food. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 4,059 Joined: 3-April 04 From: West Plano Tx Member No.: 1,884 Region Association: Southwest Region ![]() |
Back in 77 helped a good friend build a blown 350 for his 69 camaro. We did it in the living room of his apartment. He was on the ground floor so we took it out the sliding door in the diningroom. We had it on a stand and put down a plywood strip to cross the door track. He did not get his deposit back when he got kicked out. But he was a freak and it was a heck of a party pad. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drunk.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif)
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scruz914 |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 815 Joined: 26-February 04 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 1,724 ![]() |
Don, There is no way you avoided getting grease on that couch!
vortex, That tub must have lived the rest of its life with grease embeded in the porclin. -Jeff |
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Teenerless Weenie ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California ![]() |
Dude I had a converted garage for my apartment and rebuilt a '75 "Fiat 124" and a '75 MG midget motor in it. Not only did I lose my deposit but got sued for the deep cleaning costs. It sucked!!
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 829 Joined: 5-August 04 Member No.: 2,461 ![]() |
My wife took the picture, we'd just got married, so I was still getting away with a lot, lol. It was her couch, and I did not get any grease on it.
I used to rent a 1 bedroom, parked my bike in the frontroom, told the owner, if I ruin the carpet, I'll replace it, when I left 4 years later, I didn't have to replace the carpet. She did freak when she showed up and I had the primary tore down in the frontroom. |
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il dottore ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 421 Joined: 30-April 03 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 636 ![]() |
Sweet, Don. I have built many bike engines in the livingroom and kitchen. Valve job with bike pulled in the kitchen was a mainstay.
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 121,116 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None ![]() |
My best friend in high school rebuilt his MGA engine in his bedroom and I don't think his mom ever knew.
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Newbie ![]() Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: 31-March 04 From: New Orleans Member No.: 1,866 ![]() |
A few years ago I rebuilt a type 1 engine in the living room of a TINY third floor walk-up apartment. had it on the stand in one room and the spare engine (came with the car) on the floor in the bedroom. mind you I was in college so the "bed" was just a mattress on the floor with a spare hood for a honda as the headboard.
Silly thing was we pulled the engine and carried it up three flights to the appartment and as mentioned already it wouldn't fit thru the door. turned it sideways and then realized we forgot to drain it first. yeah, carpet looked OUTSTANDING! at the time I had a CRX, a bug, a midget, and three bikes. the complex had one of those rules about no dead cars in the lot so I would have to push the bug and mg around the lot every few days so they thought they were being used. all the bikes were in one spot so they let that go. I didn't even bother calling about the deposit when I left. |
scruz914 |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 815 Joined: 26-February 04 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 1,724 ![]() |
QUOTE(blaize @ Oct 1 2004, 08:28 PM) spare engine (came with the car) on the floor in the bedroom. mind you I was in college so the "bed" was just a mattress on the floor with a spare hood for a honda as the headboard. So how did your evening romances go? "Excuse the engine on the floor and the oil smell, the bed is right over here." (IMG:style_emoticons/default/boldblue.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grouphug.gif) These stories are great. The things you can get away with when you are young. -Jeff |
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Professional Lawn Dart ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California ![]() |
tables arent for engine building! theyre for rich kids with 30k trucks to have sex on! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 210 Joined: 27-June 04 From: Richland, MS Member No.: 2,264 ![]() |
My 2nd year of college i had the 2.0 engine from my '73 914 in my dorm room, pieces everywhere. One night i came in and my roomate told me that the RA (resident assistant) came by for a room check and ask what the heck all this was, he told him i was in the auto-repair class and this was a project for the class (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) , they never said anything else.
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scruz914 |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 815 Joined: 26-February 04 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 1,724 ![]() |
QUOTE(acox914 @ Oct 1 2004, 09:07 PM) tables arent for engine building! theyre for rich kids with 30k trucks to have sex on! :lol: Lock those doors!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rocking nana.gif) -Jeff |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 615 Joined: 2-December 03 Member No.: 1,414 Region Association: None ![]() |
QUOTE(scruz914 @ Oct 1 2004, 10:18 PM) QUOTE(acox914 @ Oct 1 2004, 09:07 PM) tables arent for engine building! theyre for rich kids with 30k trucks to have sex on! :lol: Lock those doors!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rocking nana.gif) -Jeff Man, is he ever going to live that one down? Mer |
scruz914 |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 815 Joined: 26-February 04 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 1,724 ![]() |
Nope. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/slap.gif)
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. ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,190 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Orange, Ca Member No.: 178 ![]() |
I'm rebuilding and engine right now, get this, in the GARAGE!
Ya, I know, but it's the only place I have to do it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) I've done a bunch of engines over the years, every one was in a garage except one. Had to replace a connecting rod on a chebby V8 on the side of the road in mexico. That was a fun day. it ran good on the way home tho. |
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Irrelevant old fart ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None ![]() |
I built a SB chebbie in the basement of our first rental house.
I planned to just do the short block....but it was a long winter. It took 5 other guys & a case of beer to get that fucker up the stairs. Iron sux. |
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Needs Door Locks ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 605 Joined: 19-November 03 From: Tampa / Boca Raton, FL Member No.: 1,362 ![]() |
Hey guys, never on the kitchen table. It was some old antique thing that I am sure would have fallen apart on the first movement.
Ya'll are hurting my feelings. :finger2: Where's the boo hoo hoo smily? |
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