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[Erben914]

Hey all.
I bought a running and driving 1974 2.0 white (not light ivory) with the appearance package914 in December of 2012. Since then I have joined this awsome site and have been doing some (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) , (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) and wrenching . I wanted to document what I have been doing and get some more help along the way. I have already met a bunch of generous and helpful people here on 914 world. (jsconst is my hero) I h made it to two events already. The panckake breakfast in Freemont and the Sacramento area meet last month.

The best thing about these cars is (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) right? I am doing all that I can to fix it up while keeping it on the road. I have a reoccuring nightmare of putting it on jackstands and never driving it again. (See I have learned a lot from this site already) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

My plan is to get everything working and in good shape before I tear it completly apart, do the hell hole work and bring it back to the original light ivory color.

Here is what I have done so far....
Brought it home 150 miles on a trailer. It ran but the guy I got it from said the transmission was going out. It wouldnt go into 1st or reverse without grinding. It just needed the clutch cable adjusted! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

Got some ramps after reading about the "Jack stand incident" thanks again world

[Erben914]

A few weeks back I was frustrated with my sloppy hex bar throttle linkage that was controlling my webers. After a lot of research and design hijacking, I decided to build my own cable/ pulley throttle linkage. Props to Tangarine racing and another guy named Van on this board.
I also considered McMarks push pull rod style linkage. I wanted to go with a smooth pulley type action.
I ended up purchasing and modifiying two pulleys with a master and slave type of system. I threaded one pulley onto the first carb that linked to another pulley on the second carb. I make it fully adjustable so that I can control both of the carbs to actuate at exactly the same time with exactly the same amount of throw.
In addition the throttle control is consistent all the way through the pedal range. The hex bar style pushes on a lever that moves the butterflies more in the middle of the pedal range than the begining and end of the range. The pulley system pulls on a true arc so that it is consistent all the way. It makes sence to me...
I took off my carbs and mocked it up many times until it worked how I wanted.
this one has the stock throttle cable to the top of the pulley and the secondary cable going across to the other carb. You can see I have threaded adjusters to take up any slack so I can eliminate any throttle delay.
My engine bay is filthy.
That is ok Im just trying to get everything how I want it right now. I will make it pretty later.