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Introduction, and advice request |
andreic |
May 20 2018, 08:05 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 172 Joined: 21-December 15 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 19,479 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Hello all,
let me first introduce myself. My name is Andrei, I am in Madison, WI, and I am slowly trying to get an Irish Green 1972 Porsche 914 1.7L with D-Jet back on the road. This is my second 914, having owned for several years a red 1975 1.8L on which I rebuilt the engine. I'll post some photos of the 1972 soon, once the rain clears and I can take it out of the garage to take some pics. I have already dealt with the brakes, it has no rust, and the interior is in great condition. The car runs, but there are many small things that are not right with it: 1) there are small fuel leaks at one of the fuel tank hoses and at the three port pump; 2) there is an exhaust leak somewhere which makes a very loud rattling noise, but I have not figured out where; 3) there is a thick layer of baked oil on the bottom of the engine and transmission, which smells quite unpleasantly when it gets heated; 4) there is an oil leak which I am pretty sure is coming from the rear main seal, behind the flywheel (oil comes out of the inspection port at the bottom of the transmission, where it mates to the engine); 5) the vacuum hoses are 46 years old and do not seal very well; 6) the (tail) shifter is very vague, and I want to replace the bushings; 7) the rigid plastic fuel lines have not been replaced, and maybe they should. I would like to fix all these issues eventually. The easiest way to address all of them at once would be to drop the engine, but that will take the car out of commission for quite some time. (I know how this goes, one thing leads to another... and if you're not careful it's 2-3 months till it drives again.) Since I just got the car I'd like to enjoy it while the summer is here -- in Wisconsin we can't drive fun cars past November 1st. The biggest issues that make the car not fun to drive right now are the fact that the car and the garage stink after I drive it, and that it is very loud while driving. I think this is caused mostly by #1, #2, and #3. I could either fix these issues working under the car now, and get to the rest of the things in the fall, or I could do everything at once now by dropping the engine and being disciplined about the project. I am looking for advice on which way to go at this point. For reference, I have dropped an engine on another 914 once, but I am slow at these kinds of things, and stuff that some people say should take 3-4 hours takes me the best part of a day. Thanks for any advice and insight you guys may have, Andrei. |
andreic |
May 20 2018, 08:44 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 172 Joined: 21-December 15 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 19,479 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Bruce,
I just replaced the flex brake hoses in the front (one of them was leaking). The rears look good. The tail shifter is fine for now for an afternoon drive, so I am chalking the shifter bushings as a later project. I have replaced all the fuel lines in the engine compartment just a couple of days ago. They'll probably need to be redone (again!) because I used the wrong clamps (worm type, instead of FI type), but that seems to be fine for now. The fuel lines up front, under the fuel tank, were replaced by the previous owner, together with resealing the tank. But the return line leaks where it connects to the nipple on the tank (I can see this through the inspection hole), so I'll need to pull the tank to get that addressed. Also, the fuel pump "weeps" at the electrical connector. I will address that very soon. The rigid plastic lines seem fine for now and do not leak. I was planning on replacing them in the fall. The oil leak is small -- 4-5 drops of oil onto the garage floor after each drive, from oil that has spread out onto the transmission. I was planning on checking the galley plugs when pulling the transmission to replace the RMS. The exhaust leak is the one thing I am concerned about, because I do not know where it comes from, despite trying a couple of times to locate it. The previous owner installed a Bursch exhaust which is itself already quite loud, but I don't think that's the only cause for the noise. |
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