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karlo's 914 V8 adventures, ... and misadventures |
karlo |
Nov 21 2010, 10:16 PM
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Karl Anders Øygard Group: Members Posts: 56 Joined: 2-November 09 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 10,999 Region Association: Southern California |
Hi all!
Real short introduction. I'm on a three month leave here in San Diego, with my wife and 3 month old daughter. I live in Norway, but my American wife has family here, and winter is a great time to visit. It gets cold in Norway... I have a BMW 635CSi and a Citroen SM in Norway, but that's a different topic altogether. On to business. I have a 1974 914 (4742921095) that has been an AX car for the last ten years. My plan is to make the car more presentable--when I got it, it was quite rough. It's an SBC V8 build with a 915 transaxle and various 911 suspension parts. More about that later. The car doesn't look so good right now, in particular I don't like the flares, so I'm going to do a fairly thorough restoration. Not too much rust on the car, but it probably needs dealing with anyways. Here's the beauty: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/people.opera.com-10999-1290399407.1.JPG) I bought this car from nocones last year, and it's been sitting for most of that time, due to a broken transmission (and also I've been back in Norway). During some fairly normal driving, it popped out of third gear and self destructed. I wasn't in the car at the time, so I'm not really sure what happened. Only inspection will tell. So, out the trans comes. Unscrewed the drain plug. This does not bode well: More carnage is visible once the nosecone is off: I need bigger tools to get the fifth gear and reverse off, so I can't get to the innards where the real action is right now. Will investigate that tomorrow. I found parts of what I suspect is a grenaded second gear. It remains to be seen whether the transmission is a lost cause. Input is appreciated. Maybe I should just get a 930 and be done with it... More tomorrow. - Karl |
karlo |
Dec 15 2010, 09:44 PM
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Karl Anders Øygard Group: Members Posts: 56 Joined: 2-November 09 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 10,999 Region Association: Southern California |
Rust removal continues. Have been derusting the hell hole and various other places. After a few days I finally found a hole in the long:
Further up, things appear to be in fair condition, the gray stuff is zinc primer over completely derusted metal. At this stage, some welding is required, so further derusting is pointless. On the left hand side, things went a little better. I found two pin holes, but otherwise it seems to be pretty solid. I'll be getting an expert opinion on this when I get the car on all four wheels again. The engine shelf is toast, but that will be deleted in any case. There appears to have been some leakage of water into the long, however. Under the jack post, the long has rusted through, probably from the inside. It's not very obvious from the picture, may have to snap another one: Otherwise, collecting 915 parts. Getting a big delivery tomorrow. |
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