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| dabird |
 Jun 17 2015, 03:37 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 17-October 14 From: New Albany, IN Member No.: 18,025 Region Association: None  |
I'm 5 days in as a 914 owner and I have a couple of questions.
1. My headlights have a mind of their own when you turn them on off. The just continue to flip up and down for about 30 seconds before finally settling in the up or down position. sometimes the do it together. sometime only one side. My first thought is a ground issue but maybe someone else has had the same issue and knows the cause? 2. My biggest issue with the car is the rear calipers are dragging. I was told the parking brake was stuck when I got the car but it appears that pistons are stuck dragging against the rear rotors. The cables for the parking brake are moving the levers but you cannot get the car to budge in neutral with the parking brake on or off. I plan on getting rebuilds from PMB but after hearing that a lot of 914's are rolling around with inoperable rear brakes, I'm wondering if i can back the pistons off with the adjusters and be able to drive the car in the meantime? 3. I've found someone near me parting a 72. I'm interested in a few parts and I'm wondering how much difference there is between the two? Will the front valance from a 72 fit on a 74? I'm assuming all the lenses (turns, tails etc) are the same? Here she is tucked safely in her new home Attached image(s) 
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| jmalone |
Jun 17 2015, 05:18 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: 3-July 09 From: reno,NV Member No.: 10,529 Region Association: Northern California 
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Replace your brake lines. Send your rear calipers to PMB performance Eric Shea's business for re-manufacturing. He can also do your fronts but you can as well (the rears are a bit tricky). Eric does great work has tons of knowledge and is a nice helpful guy. ( He has probably done brakes for half the people here. Have fun with your great little car! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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| pdlightning |
Jun 17 2015, 11:40 PM
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Pdlightning Group: Members Posts: 210 Joined: 4-February 11 From: Santa Clarita Member No.: 12,660 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(jmalone @ Jun 17 2015, 03:18 PM)  Replace your brake lines. Send your rear calipers to PMB performance Eric Shea's business for re-manufacturing. He can also do your fronts but you can as well (the rears are a bit tricky). Eric does great work has tons of knowledge and is a nice helpful guy. ( He has probably done brakes for half the people here. Have fun with your great little car! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I agree with going to Eric. I bought my 308 style calipers from him and they are very nice. As far as the price, what is your safety worth? |
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Posts in this topic
dabird questions about my car. Stuck calipers, headlights etc Jun 17 2015, 03:37 PM
rhodyguy Lenses are all common except for the coloring for ... Jun 17 2015, 04:09 PM stugray If the flex lines are really old, they can swell i... Jun 17 2015, 04:58 PM
dabird
If the flex lines are really old, they can swell ... Jun 17 2015, 05:03 PM somd914 A lot of 914 owners running around w/o rear brakes... Jun 17 2015, 05:20 PM Mblizzard I have to agree with getting Eric to do the brakes... Jun 17 2015, 05:27 PM falcor75 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm_DnizKOZM
This ... Jun 18 2015, 02:27 AM dabird I was thinking about my brakes while driving to wo... Jun 18 2015, 07:24 AM Mblizzard
I was thinking about my brakes while driving to w... Jun 18 2015, 07:40 AM stugray
I was thinking about my brakes while driving to ... Jun 18 2015, 10:53 AM 69telecaster
I was thinking about my brakes while driving to w... Jun 18 2015, 08:25 AM Larmo63 Regarding the headlights, my car had sat also, and... Jun 18 2015, 09:12 AM dabird my symptom is at least one of the rear calipers is... Jun 18 2015, 07:34 PM dabird so i put the car up on jackstands and dug into the... Jun 20 2015, 05:48 PM Mblizzard Eric would know for sure bur when I was having tro... Jun 20 2015, 06:23 PM stugray I just took apart 4 front calipers.
Two of them lo... Jun 21 2015, 12:21 AM dabird This car has only been sitting for about 6 months.... Jun 21 2015, 02:01 AM stugray I would consider selling my newly rebuilt rear cal... Jun 21 2015, 12:20 PM dabird
I would consider selling my newly rebuilt rear ca... Jun 21 2015, 01:09 PM |
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