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post Jun 26 2018, 10:56 PM
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All of these Delaware Valley Lurkers.

In my experience, DIY or make a friend. If I had to use someone, I'd take the drive to York.
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post Jun 27 2018, 05:16 AM
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Reviving an old thread to keep the info in one place. I am looking for recommendations for a shop/person/world member relatively close to the western suburbs of Philadelphia to go over a few things on my car now that I’ve had enough time behind the wheel to really get familiar with it. I have a place I use for routine maintenance/state inspections, but they don’t seem to know 914s as well as I thought they did and am tired of being told everything is normal that might not be. I was hoping to get some current suggestions.


Chris Radbill - West Chester
http://www.radbillautomotive.com/?redirect=false
Jay Winsor - Bryn Mawr
http://www.jandjmotors.com
Mike Tillson - Overbrook
http://www.tillsonmotorcars.com/about.asp

Thanks! I think I am going to try Radbill. Someone I met with an older 911 was telling me about him too. Good to hear that he does 914s and not far from me.
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post Jun 27 2018, 05:18 AM
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All of these Delaware Valley Lurkers.

In my experience, DIY or make a friend. If I had to use someone, I'd take the drive to York.

I’ve heard good things, but a 1.5 hour drive each way is a lot unless something major needs to be done. I DIY as much as I can, but I don’t know what I don’t know.
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post Jun 27 2018, 05:31 AM
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I am in doylestown and have a lift. Makes diy a lot less painful. You are welcome to use it if and when I get my motor back in my car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif)
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post Jun 27 2018, 07:15 AM
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I am in doylestown and have a lift. Makes diy a lot less painful. You are welcome to use it if and when I get my motor back in my car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif)

I appreciate the offer! I was very close to pulling the trigger on a 4-post recently but limitations in my garage have slowed the progress.
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post Jun 27 2018, 08:21 AM
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I am in doylestown and have a lift. Makes diy a lot less painful. You are welcome to use it if and when I get my motor back in my car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif)

I appreciate the offer! I was very close to pulling the trigger on a 4-post recently but limitations in my garage have slowed the progress.

Chris is a really good guy
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post Jun 27 2018, 01:36 PM
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Here is my thread from when I had work done by Chris Radbill's shop.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=288144


Mixed bag IMHO. They did good work and car was running well afterward. It did sit at their shop for quite a while before they worked on it despite scheduled time / date. Definitely had some sticker shock. Skilled mechanics deserve a premium but some labor seemed excessive (2 hours to tighten exhaust nuts, 45 minutes to adjust thermostat cable, .2 hours to reset master cylinder safety switch when the underside panels were already off to do the tie rods). I did need to redo shift linkage adjust two days later as set screw came loose. It also died on way home which, I can see why they missed, turned out to be loose connection to CHT.
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Here is my thread from when I had work done by Chris Radbill's shop.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=288144


Mixed bag IMHO. They did good work and car was running well afterward. It did sit at their shop for quite a while before they worked on it despite scheduled time / date. Definitely had some sticker shock. Skilled mechanics deserve a premium but some labor seemed excessive (2 hours to tighten exhaust nuts, 45 minutes to adjust thermostat cable, .2 hours to reset master cylinder safety switch when the underside panels were already off to do the tie rods). I did need to redo shift linkage adjust two days later as set screw came loose. It also died on way home which, I can see why they missed, turned out to be loose connection to CHT.

Thank you for the feedback. This is very helpful. The key with most specialty shops is to get the best guy to work on your car, often the owner. Unfortunately, many of these pcar shops put their best guys on the high dollar 911s and 356s, and they leave our 914s and the rest of the Porsche models to the oil change guys.
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I have a 1975 with the 1.8 fuel injection. It will not run right at cruising speeds and we are not able to solve it. I am being encouraged to put twin carb set up. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks for your help. This is my first post.
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I have a 1975 with the 1.8 fuel injection. It will not run right at cruising speeds and we are not able to solve it. I am being encouraged to put twin carb set up. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks for your help. This is my first post.


You may want to start a new thread. You will get more responses with a new topic. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png)
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I have a 1975 with the 1.8 fuel injection. It will not run right at cruising speeds and we are not able to solve it. I am being encouraged to put twin carb set up. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks for your help. This is my first post.
Installing carbs really isn't the answer unless you install an appropriate camshaft.

Check and replace all the vacuum lines if needed ... 1.8L hate vacuum leaks.

Visit Paul Bander's 914 tech web site ... lots of valuable FI trouble-shooting tips there ... https://members.rennlist.com/pbanders/DJetParts.htm
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