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73 SoCal Rebuild |
Nate |
Aug 28 2014, 04:24 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 21-August 14 From: Southern California Member No.: 17,807 Region Association: Southern California |
Hey guys,
Recently joined this forum as I started working on a 73 914 2.0. The last time the car ran it was making a bad noise. It hasn't run in about 15 years. I pulled the motor and started taking everything apart. I have to say that the flat head screws that hold most of the engine cooling sheet metal on are a damn pain in the ass. The flywheel turned freely and nothing seemed seized. The motor is pretty high mileage. Somewhere around 200k. The odometer stopped working around 140k miles. So enough talking, here are some pictures of where I am with the project right now. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1292.photobucket.com-17807-1409264677.1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1292.photobucket.com-17807-1409264677.2.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1292.photobucket.com-17807-1409264677.3.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1292.photobucket.com-17807-1409264677.4.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1292.photobucket.com-17807-1409264677.5.jpg) And here is the car it came out of. It's always been a California car so the rust is minimal. Only a couple places of cosmetic rust. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1292.photobucket.com-17807-1409264678.6.jpg) I'm in the process of pulling the cylinders and pistons and then I'm gonna decide whether I want to split the case or not. I don't really want to make this car into a race car or anything. Just get it running and driving well. That being said, I don't want to dump $1000 into new pistons and cylinders. Anyone have any good options? Cylinder honing? |
Nate |
Oct 17 2014, 01:33 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 21-August 14 From: Southern California Member No.: 17,807 Region Association: Southern California |
I'm not sure what caused the two marks on the intake valve. But all the valves were replaced when the heads were rebuilt anyway and I checked clearances upon reassembly to make sure there will be no piston to valve contact.
Brother's VW in Ontario, CA did all the machine work. Nice guys. Very knowledgeable on all things Volkswagen and reasonable prices. I would recommend them. Couple more questions as I come nearing the end of the rebuild (hopefully haha). I tried hard to mark all the connections so I would know where everything would need to go back come time for reassembly. But, now that I have the motor back in, I have noticed that I missed a couple. I'm hoping you guys can help me out a bit. Took some pics to show you what I'm looking at. First one is a white wire coming out of the ECU harness just past the injector plugs for cylinders 3 and 4. I think it connects with the white wire with inline fuse in the next photo but not 100% sure. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1292.photobucket.com-17807-1413574398.1.jpg) This photo is of the harness that connects to the board on the driver side of the car and connects to the starter motor (sorry, not sure of the proper name). It has the white wire with inline fuse mentioned above. But there is also a green wire with a red or pink strip that I'm not too sure on. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1292.photobucket.com-17807-1413574398.2.jpg) Here is the green wire that comes off of the distributor. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1292.photobucket.com-17807-1413574399.3.jpg) And here are, what I'm pretty sure are ground wires. Not too sure where they are supposed to hook up. They are pretty close to the case nut/bolt at the top of the flywheel so I'm thinking the ring might go on that bolt. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1292.photobucket.com-17807-1413574399.4.jpg) Lastly, There is the cylinder temp sensor. I'm not sure where that needs to plug in and also, what I think is the oil temp sensor, that is a red wire that comes out of the bottom of the motor near the oil drain plug. Any help you guys can give is much appreciated! |
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