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It lives! And now even drives... daily., After being down for over a year |
Gint |
Oct 18 2012, 05:49 PM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,071 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Took the motor out of this car 04/2011. Finally got the replacement in and cabled/hosed up. Fired right up as soon as I got the carbs full of gas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0IEl28fFGM& https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0IEl28fFGM |
McMark |
Oct 18 2012, 06:18 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
Sweet! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mueba.gif)
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rick 918-S |
Oct 18 2012, 06:21 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,458 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region |
Awesome! Ready for the next RRC!
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Pat Garvey |
Oct 18 2012, 06:23 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
Sweat!
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sixnotfour |
Oct 18 2012, 06:46 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,430 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Life Elevated..planet UT. Member No.: 2,744 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Nice !!!
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Kirmizi |
Oct 18 2012, 07:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 836 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Wyoming, US Member No.: 5,568 Region Association: None |
Bout time Gint, just in time for winter (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
Glad to see it's running again! Mike |
mepstein |
Oct 18 2012, 08:00 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,271 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Good job!
Hey, can I have that old red tub that's been sitting around forever? |
Gint |
Oct 19 2012, 08:46 AM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,071 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Bout time Gint, just in time for winter (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) Hiya Mike! Winter, big deal. I'll get a pic in January with the top off when it's 50 and sunny. Hey, can I have that old red tub that's been sitting around forever? It's tangerine, and... no. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Video was taken with open heat exchangers. I still need to swap out those 1.7/1.8 SSI's for 2.0 units so I can get my new triad installed. Also needs rear rotor/calipers at the very least. I have PMB calipers, rotors and Porterfields for all four corners. There are worse ways to spend a week off work! |
Nürburg Nomad |
Oct 19 2012, 10:20 AM
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914Rubber.com! Group: Members Posts: 296 Joined: 30-March 10 From: Buckeye State Member No.: 11,536 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Bout time Gint, just in time for winter (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) Hiya Mike! Winter, big deal. I'll get a pic in January with the top off when it's 50 and sunny. Hey, can I have that old red tub that's been sitting around forever? It's tangerine, and... no. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Video was taken with open heat exchangers. I still need to swap out those 1.7/1.8 SSI's for 2.0 units so I can get my new triad installed. Also needs rear rotor/calipers at the very least. I have PMB calipers, rotors and Porterfields for all four corners. There are worse ways to spend a week off work! Ha, gotta love Colorado, I will look forward to said photo! Agreed, there are far worse ways to spend a week off, I'd choose 914 wrenching any day over a week on a cruise ship full of boring tourists! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) |
Gint |
Oct 21 2012, 09:02 AM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,071 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
The transaxle I rebuilt in the Colorado Dr. Evil transaxle rebuild clinic works!
Yesterday I slapped on an old 1.7 glasspack muffler from the stash, installed the shift rod and half-ass adjusted it. Drove it 1/2 a mile. Glad I put Stabil in the gas tank about 100 miles before we pulled the motor out of it in April of 2011. I'm now sold on that stuff. I might put off the brake replacements until next week when the whether goes to crap. This thing could stand to have a few miles put on it. |
sixnotfour |
Oct 21 2012, 10:18 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,430 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Life Elevated..planet UT. Member No.: 2,744 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
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Gint |
Oct 21 2012, 12:58 PM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,071 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Took a 6 mile round trip to get gas and a quickie wash to get rid of 18 months of dust.
Transaxle shifts like buttah! Thanks Doc. Thermostat doesn't work. Good thing I didn't cable it to the flapper rod. |
Madswede |
Oct 21 2012, 02:30 PM
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Flat Out Driver Group: Members Posts: 853 Joined: 13-September 06 From: Rio Rancho NM Member No.: 6,831 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Kick ass! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)
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Gint |
Nov 3 2012, 08:28 PM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,071 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I put 2.0 SSI's on today and my brand new Triad. Much better than that temporary rusty old glass pack. Got in a valve adjustment with the exchangers off. Easy-peasy... they were all tight. Glad I fixed that. Carbs that sat for 2 years still aren't right. Stumble when on the mains. Idles like a dream though. I should rebuild 'em, but I'm thinking about have ACE do a set for me anyway. I might even buy a couple of new Empi HMPX 40's and have them sent straight to ACE to clean out and jet.
Right now the car is driving and it's still a blast. Especially after not driving a 914 for a year and a half. |
al weidman |
Nov 3 2012, 10:16 PM
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Al Weidman Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: 22-February 08 From: Oroville, Ca. Member No.: 8,736 Region Association: Northern California |
Good on ya Gint. I dropped a valve seat on my test drive for the 2011 WCR in May 2011, found some rebuilt heads, 2.0, installed them and the motor has been sitting at the back of my car for a year. Lost the driver's side banjo bolt to my del orto 40's and have not been able to find it. Every couple of weeks or so, I get on my hands and knees and look around but it has not materialized yet. I have no idea why I didn't just put it back in the carb when I pulled the fuel line off. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)
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ConeDodger |
Nov 3 2012, 10:20 PM
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Apex killer! Group: Members Posts: 23,587 Joined: 31-December 04 From: Tahoe Area Member No.: 3,380 Region Association: Northern California |
Good on ya Gint. I dropped a valve seat on my test drive for the 2011 WCR in May 2011, found some rebuilt heads, 2.0, installed them and the motor has been sitting at the back of my car for a year. Lost the driver's side banjo bolt to my del orto 40's and have not been able to find it. Every couple of weeks or so, I get on my hands and knees and look around but it has not materialized yet. I have no idea why I didn't just put it back in the carb when I pulled the fuel line off. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) Al, I would be honored to buy you a new banjo bolt... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
Gint |
Nov 5 2012, 07:41 AM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,071 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Good on ya Gint. I dropped a valve seat on my test drive for the 2011 WCR in May 2011, found some rebuilt heads, 2.0, installed them and the motor has been sitting at the back of my car for a year. Lost the driver's side banjo bolt to my del orto 40's and have not been able to find it. Every couple of weeks or so, I get on my hands and knees and look around but it has not materialized yet. I have no idea why I didn't just put it back in the carb when I pulled the fuel line off. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) You'll find it right after you buy a replacement. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)I forgot what a PITA that german jigsaw puzzle of heater tubes are. Seems to work. I need one of those J tube caps. McMark's speedo drive mod works great! |
rick 918-S |
Nov 5 2012, 08:28 AM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,458 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region |
I found a rubber cap that fit the J tube at either Home Depot or Menards in the plumbing dept. It may have been part of a kit of some kind. It was a tight fit (or loose...can't remember..) but i clamped it on and it works great!
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Gint |
Nov 5 2012, 09:05 AM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,071 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Thanks Rick. I'll go have a look today.
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Scott S |
Nov 5 2012, 11:04 AM
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Small Member Group: Members Posts: 1,697 Joined: 30-April 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 633 |
Hooray! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)
I cant remember what jets are in those carbs. I will look and see if I can find anything on them. All I ever did was up the idle jets. Valves were tight? That is weird. They had not been adjusted for probably two years prior to pulling the motor, as the car was not being driven very much. I would have thought they would have been a bit loose! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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