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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 20 2014, 07:11 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 |
Thanks for the heads up teener. I did go through the harness with a multimeter and it all seemed alright. Unfortunately I don't think I'm as knowledgable as I need to be for this project but you guys have helped me out quite a bit. Unfortunately electronics are my downfall.
Turned the motor over tonight. It turned well and didn't make any noises that were out of the ordinary, in my opinion. Unfortunately the motor did not start so I am going to begin a long checklist of possible problems. First on the list is distributed calibration. All of the distributor set up instructions I've read are too vague to really be of good help to me. This is my first motor rebuild ever and I have almost no experience setting up distributors. One positive thing is that after a bit of cranking the oil pressure dummy light turned off. Indicating to me that the oil pressure built up and was good. Gonna tinker and read some more and then see where I end up. Anyone have any good 'how to' articles on setting dwell angle and setting up the distributor in general? |
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