Engine GA000099, An early GA engine rebuild thread Options

[Superhawk996]

Last week I bought engine GA000099 from Freezing914 in the hopes of picking up some spare parts to support rebuild of the engine that came with my vehicle.

During the teardown of my vehicles engine, it is quickly becoming clear that the engine was abused by some DAPO. Cooling flaps and thermostat had been removed. Rust in the sump. The crank was scored and already 0.010" undersized. The oil pump was torn up. This is just the tip of the iceberg on the engine that came with my vehicle. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif)

14 hours of driving seems to have netted me an engine that might be worthy of a rebuild. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

This engine appears to be bone stock. D-jet mostly complete. As an added bonus I discovered upon teardown that none of the cooling tin fasteners have ever been disturbed. No screwdriver marks!

But . . . like any engine of this age and unknown origin, it absolutely needs to be gone though.

[Superhawk996]

It has been forever since I've worked on the 914 projects.

Too many distractions. Melanoma surgeries (Wear Sunscreen, get checked!), vacation out west with a flyby to go see Bbrock's project (which is incredible), and the obligatory domestic distractions.

Today my beloved Vintage toaster took a dump. I've had this baby for over 27 years myself. I bought it for $5 at Goodwill when I was in college and too poor to afford a new toaster in my 1st apartment. I love vintage stuff because it WORKS and is easily serviced.

This is a toaster from the era before the Lawyers took over product development. This Mother get roaring hot. It has a chrome metal cover without any significant insulation.

It actually does it's job and cooks toast in about 1 minute. Imagine that. No microprocessor. No modes for cooking bagels or pastries. No heating elements that barely get warm. Just a good old toaster that actually works.

It you are dumb enough to touch it when its hot - you will get burned. If you are dumb enough to stick a knife or fork in there while it's powered up, you may get electrocuted. Just the way it should be!

Anyway it was time fix it and fend off any sly attempt by the wife to replace it with some modern piece of crap.

Just a simple repair to the cord and it was back in operation. Plus a little buffing of the chrome for good cosmetic measure.



Back in it's place of honor and ready to cook!