Longview / Tyler Tx area? Options

[bmtrnavsky]

Hey, guys, I moved to Texas from Seattle a few years ago and my 914 has been in storage the entire time. I'm finally in a place in my life where I can pull it out and have fun with it again, but I don't know any of the local 914 guys. Whos here?

[bmtrnavsky]

I wouldn't call it back on the road yet, but it's in the process. Summer was pretty busy, but I managed to get it into the garage finally, the fuel tank has been pulled and cleaned, and last night I pulled all the plugs to look at them, dumped a little weedeater mixed gas down each cylinder then shot some PB blaster in and let it sit a few hours, stuck a battery in and turned it over a few times. I was REALLY surprised that it spun easily and actually ran a little on the weedeater gas and oil. I mean like 5 seconds of actual running without the starter motor helping. did that about 4 times actually sputtered and ran a bit each time. I just wanted to spin a little oil into the top end. the oil still looked fresh and clean. I am going to change it this weekend but since it looked good I figured no sense in waiting to see if it would turn. It was doing a thing where it would be hard to start and run at about 4500 RPM but refuse to idle. I changed out all the vacuum lines a few weeks ago and it looks like that may have fixed that issue. I'm VERY hopeful with a fresh fuel filter and gas it is going to fire right up. Happy Day! Body is still rough from the ex-wife backing into it, but it seems mechanically sound. This weekend I am going to pull the wheels off, clean the breaks with some brake clean and blow out the fuel line. Hopefully, I can get that gas tank back in and get it in the road! I'm super engaged in this project now, so if there are any local people looking for a garage to hang out in and a car to work on. I'm game lol.