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73 SoCal Rebuild |
Nate |
Aug 28 2014, 04:24 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 21-August 14 From: Southern California Member No.: 17,807 Region Association: Southern California |
Hey guys,
Recently joined this forum as I started working on a 73 914 2.0. The last time the car ran it was making a bad noise. It hasn't run in about 15 years. I pulled the motor and started taking everything apart. I have to say that the flat head screws that hold most of the engine cooling sheet metal on are a damn pain in the ass. The flywheel turned freely and nothing seemed seized. The motor is pretty high mileage. Somewhere around 200k. The odometer stopped working around 140k miles. So enough talking, here are some pictures of where I am with the project right now. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1292.photobucket.com-17807-1409264677.1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1292.photobucket.com-17807-1409264677.2.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1292.photobucket.com-17807-1409264677.3.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1292.photobucket.com-17807-1409264677.4.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1292.photobucket.com-17807-1409264677.5.jpg) And here is the car it came out of. It's always been a California car so the rust is minimal. Only a couple places of cosmetic rust. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1292.photobucket.com-17807-1409264678.6.jpg) I'm in the process of pulling the cylinders and pistons and then I'm gonna decide whether I want to split the case or not. I don't really want to make this car into a race car or anything. Just get it running and driving well. That being said, I don't want to dump $1000 into new pistons and cylinders. Anyone have any good options? Cylinder honing? |
Nate |
Oct 23 2014, 05:54 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 21-August 14 From: Southern California Member No.: 17,807 Region Association: Southern California |
Making progress but have run into another set back. Got the motor running. Sounds pretty strong and broke in the cam this morning. I have a high idle that I believe is due to the timing being set static and no timing light or dwell meter setting yet.
The problem I ran into first started when I shut the motor off after cam break in. It made a sound like a squealing belt for a few seconds and quieted as the motor came to a stop. I waited a bit and drained the oil and changed the filter. I looked at the oil for signs of metal fragments and filtered it through a paper towel to catch any metal shards. No shards. I'll attach a pic so you guys can tell me what you think of the oil. Put new oil in and started the motor back up and now the squeal is constant. The only way I can describe it is that it sounds like a squealing belt. However it doesn't seem to be coming from the belt area. Obviously the engine bay isn't that large an area and it's pretty loud all over the place but the squeal seems to be coming from the front/passenger side of the motor. For the life of me I can't figure out what it is. I'm thinking the belt has loosened since it was a brand new belt and is now slipping a bit on the fan. Gonna try tightening the belt and fingered crossed it'll solve the squeal. Oil (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1292.photobucket.com-17807-1414108443.1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1292.photobucket.com-17807-1414108443.2.jpg) |
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