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> Is this a good looking undercarriage?, Opinions please!!
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post Apr 12 2010, 05:35 PM
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I'm considering buying this car. It leaks a few drops of oil when it sits overnight, the heat has been removed but he has all the parts -- i'll put it back on.

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post Apr 12 2010, 05:36 PM
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post Apr 12 2010, 05:37 PM
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post Apr 12 2010, 05:38 PM
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post Apr 12 2010, 05:40 PM
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post Apr 12 2010, 05:41 PM
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Well you've got the mechanical parts coverd in oil, but not too much oil. What you really need to be concerned about are the typical ( and non-typical
) rust areas. Get some shots of the hell hole, drivers suspension ear, floor pans, hell hole, longitudinals if you can. Even if these things LOOK good, that is still no guarantee (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Bondo, duct tape, and undercoating are a shiesters best friends (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif)
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post Apr 12 2010, 05:42 PM
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post Apr 12 2010, 05:43 PM
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post Apr 12 2010, 05:44 PM
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post Apr 12 2010, 05:44 PM
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post Apr 12 2010, 05:46 PM
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post Apr 12 2010, 05:47 PM
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post Apr 12 2010, 05:47 PM
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Rob,

That looks like a possible rust problem up behind the fuel pump, & probably at the battery tray/hell hole area above it. but you also want to check floor pans, F&R trunk floors, behind the engine bay firewall heat/sound pad (as I found out on mine this weekend (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) ), under seats, as well as the body topside for rust, etc., etc.

I have no idea what that tatty looking cloth wrap is on those lines under the engine - maybe a bad attempt to insulate CA lines?

Anyway, you'll need to post more pix here if you want help from the "experts" here, & also try to get a local teener expert &/or a mechanic experienced on them to go with you to check it over & test drive it before you jump!

Plan on a couple of three hours in good weather during daylight, & go to Jeff Bowlsby's classic914 website (see his sig line on 914world), & download/print the 914 assessment form to use when you go for the real assessment.
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post Apr 12 2010, 05:47 PM
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post Apr 12 2010, 05:50 PM
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QUOTE(Tom_T @ Apr 12 2010, 07:47 PM) *

Rich,

That looks like a possible rust problem up behind the fuel pump, & probably at the battery tray/hell hole area above it. but you also want to check floor pans, F&R trunk floors, behind the engine bay firewall heat/sound pad (as I found out on mine this weekend (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) ), under seats, as well as the body topside for rust, etc., etc.

I have no idea what that tatty looking cloth wrap is on those lines under the engine - maybe a bad attempt to insulate CA lines?

Anyway, you'll need to post more pix here if you want help from the "experts" here, & also try to get a local teener expert &/or a mechanic experienced on them to go with you to check it over & test drive it before you jump!

Plan on a couple of three hours in good weather during daylight, & go to Jeff Bowlsby's classic914 website (see his sig line on 914world), & download/print the 914 assessment form to use when you go for the real assessment.


Tom--
There is some rust up by the fuel pump but that's it, I have some pics of the other typical trouble areas.

These pics are from Bill Rudtner's PPI. He thought the car was leaking too much oil and there fore I should pass, but I am not so sure -- what 914 or other aircooled IV doesn't leak a little oil afterall??

Just trying to assess if this car is mechanically sound.
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post Apr 12 2010, 05:51 PM
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I see red flags. The clutch cable is "bailing wired" to the trans. That could leave you stranded. I don't think the location of the fuel pump is right. Shouldn't it be on the lower firewall? Rust (or shotty repair) above the heater tube, where the oil cooler lines are run. The suspension ear looks welded.
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post Apr 12 2010, 05:54 PM
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The hell hole is rusted, your fuel pump mount has turned to dust, the pass. side suspension mount has been welded, the motor leaks oil, the tranny leaks oil, your passenger side CV joint looks to be loose and the front cover plate is missing.

It looks just like your average 914 ...
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post Apr 12 2010, 05:56 PM
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post Apr 12 2010, 05:57 PM
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The car is going to need some work to make it right. Such as the rusted engine shelf and the fuel pump being mounted to the engine tin! It looks like a decent car with some shortcuts taken along the way.

How do you expect to add heat with headers and the oil cooler lines running through the long?
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post Apr 12 2010, 05:58 PM
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QUOTE(jasons @ Apr 12 2010, 07:51 PM) *

I see red flags. The clutch cable is "bailing wired" to the trans. That could leave you stranded. I don't think the location of the fuel pump is right. Shouldn't it be on the lower firewall? Rust (or shotty repair) above the heater tube, where the oil cooler lines are run. The suspension ear looks welded.


Yes -- suspension ears (both) were welded by Racer Chris, probably the most solid part of the car.

As for the clutch cable, I'm not familiar with what it *should* look like...but I do know I don't like being stranded!!
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