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| john grier |
 Dec 7 2010, 07:29 PM
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Yeah it's cold here!
And I am driveing my 914 as a daily driver. Is there anything that I should be concerned with? The only proplem that I have noticed is that it takes awhile to shift right, as it is cold and has to warm up. And the door does not want to close the way it should. Sometimes. |
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| r_towle |
Dec 7 2010, 07:31 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,705 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States 
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go to 70 weight gear oil in the tranny for the winter.
Start it in neutral with the clutch out, let it warm up a bit till the gear oil gets warm. Funny how you find things like the door that wont close when 20 degree air is coming in....lol Fix the door. Rich |
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| smontanaro |
Dec 7 2010, 08:03 PM
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QUOTE(r_towle @ Dec 7 2010, 07:31 PM)  Fix the door. Any suggestions about potential cause/solution? I've been meaning to post about this problem, but as the snow has flown here in Chicago, my car is in for the winter, so I didn't worry about it too much. My right side door has always been a bit recalcitrant. Now I can't get it to close at all. I can manually flip the little horsehoe thingie (latch?) and get it to release with the inside or outside handle, but it won't engage the post on the door jamb. I think everything is in adjustment. When I messed with it a bit a couple years ago I couldn't get anything to move around anyway. Skip |
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| r_towle |
Dec 8 2010, 11:12 AM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,705 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States
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QUOTE(smontanaro @ Dec 7 2010, 09:03 PM) QUOTE(r_towle @ Dec 7 2010, 07:31 PM) Fix the door. Any suggestions about potential cause/solution? I've been meaning to post about this problem, but as the snow has flown here in Chicago, my car is in for the winter, so I didn't worry about it too much. My right side door has always been a bit recalcitrant. Now I can't get it to close at all. I can manually flip the little horsehoe thingie (latch?) and get it to release with the inside or outside handle, but it won't engage the post on the door jamb. I think everything is in adjustment. When I messed with it a bit a couple years ago I couldn't get anything to move around anyway. Skip Start a thread, show pics of your door closed, the gap etc. I dont use litheum grease anymore...it gets to dirty. Old grease can turn into stone when its really cold...almost the consitancy of frozen peanut butter... Remove the latch and clean out all the old grease...then lube it. I use teflon lubricant I get at the bicycle store.....its magic. Its called Tri-Flow Rich |
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Posts in this topic
john grier Baby it's Cold Outside Dec 7 2010, 07:29 PM
SLITS That 90W oil in the tranny takes a while to get li... Dec 7 2010, 07:30 PM Gint I drive mine in the winter if snow isn't expec... Dec 7 2010, 07:31 PM Elliot Cannon It's sure a pain in the a$$ when it ... Dec 7 2010, 07:39 PM
SLITS
It's sure a pain in the a$$ when it... Dec 7 2010, 07:43 PM john grier I think I will drive it a few more days.
Most like... Dec 7 2010, 07:57 PM Vacca Rabite
Most likely they will start laying down salt brin... Dec 10 2010, 10:21 AM jsayre914
Most likely they will start laying down salt bri... Dec 10 2010, 06:01 PM john grier All I was told about the door was that I need to l... Dec 7 2010, 08:19 PM 914 shifter shift early, and double clutch till she warms up ... Dec 7 2010, 08:53 PM MDG My first 914 was my daily driver for most of the 8... Dec 7 2010, 09:08 PM Richard Casto Ahhhh memories. In the late 1980's a 914 was... Dec 7 2010, 10:06 PM jd74914
Ahhhh memories. In the late 1980's a 914 wa... Dec 7 2010, 11:02 PM SirAndy Is there anything that I should be concerned with?... Dec 7 2010, 11:35 PM hot_shoe914 Christine loves the snow!
Dec 7 2010, 11:42 PM jd74914 Oh yeah... remember to clean the snow from the whe... Dec 8 2010, 12:25 AM jt914-6 When I lived in Salt Lake City in about 15 degree ... Dec 8 2010, 11:25 AM Cevan It was 6 degrees when I left my house this morning... Dec 10 2010, 09:12 AM r_towle It feels like it is still 6 degrees out.
Dang....
... Dec 10 2010, 09:21 AM larss Had to move her the other day without roof and doo... Dec 11 2010, 01:24 AM cary Ditto on Rich's comments. My two boys drove 2 ... Dec 11 2010, 05:55 AM Bleyseng For you guys who drive in cold weather get one of ... Dec 11 2010, 07:40 AM jd74914
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