Finishing A 914-6 GT Conversion Project, Great Start, But The Devil Is In The Details! Options

[Keith914]

Loosen the other 5 nuts to nearly off the studs. Lift the carb up the unthreaded stud height - put a screw driver handle or similar spacer under the carb to hold it up - should now be easier to put that remaining carb nut on the stud. Then screw all the nuts backdown following the difficult to access nut.

[Lucky9146]

Surprise! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
Came out yesterday morning and found this. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) Yes, that is my Swepco 201 leaking out of the left rear axle seal.

The trans had been gone through under PO direction to add the 6 intermediate plate, change a gear, a needle bearing, and gaskets. Right seal is holding up just fine, go figure, but apparently the trans sitting for 4-6 years is not a good plan. Got some back tracking to do. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)
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[Larmo63]

[Lucky9146]

Love it! Exactly!!!!

[porschetub]

Don't sweat it Jim,had an input shaft seal go real early,managed to save my new clutch just in time,you are still lucky9146 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) .
Replace both sides you will be good, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) .

[Lucky9146]

Don't sweat it Jim,had an input shaft seal go real early,managed to save my new clutch just in time,you are still lucky9146 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) .
Replace both sides you will be good, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) .

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Thanks! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Yes you are right I truly am still lucky (to have this car).
If you did your own trans work were there any nuances removing the stub shafts? Both sides RH thread? Tips? etc?
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[porschetub]

Don't sweat it Jim,had an input shaft seal go real early,managed to save my new clutch just in time,you are still lucky9146 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) .
Replace both sides you will be good, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) .

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Thanks! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Yes you are right I truly am still lucky (to have this car).
If you did your own trans work were there any nuances removing the stub shafts? Both sides RH thread? Tips? etc?
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No never touched mine and its not great,others have done this seal repair but not me ...no big deal as far as I have seen.
Your handthrottle lever is this one BTW;

The straighter one of the two (rh side pic ),fairly simply thing to build .

[Lucky9146]

Should I be really worried? Or just worried? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Leaking Transmission stub shaft is out and am going to post a separate tread appealing specifically to "Transmission Experts" for advise on where to go from here.
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=317991

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[Lucky9146]

Looks like things will be OK on the stub shafts and the seals. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Seemed to be touch and go for a bit with the seal removal. I was actually looking at all that I would have to do to drop it all back out again. Here is the seal that put up quite a fight!



And the other stub shaft did not look quite as bad.



Then in answer to the thread I posted asking for “Expert Advice” Dr. Evil came to the rescue to offer me a good deal on some shafts and answer some questions. Awesome! Love this site! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)
I should be back to making progress again on the tranny soon. Still lots of other areas to address.
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[914forme]

Not as bad as you say, but still has rust in the path of the seal. The seal was riding on that bright shiny area of the shaft, that "better" one is still (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)

Glad you got a good deal from Dr. Evil, I had a couple I would toss in for an offer to keep you moving forward. I know what it is like to get stalled on a project. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

[Lucky9146]

Loosen the other 5 nuts to nearly off the studs. Lift the carb up the unthreaded stud height - put a screw driver handle or similar spacer under the carb to hold it up - should now be easier to put that remaining carb nut on the stud. Then screw all the nuts backdown following the difficult to access nut.

I had tried lifting the carb when I first posted, but it worked way better by lifting AND standing on my head. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) The car is up on jack stands so that might make it a bit tougher I think. Thanks for the tip! On and tight now!

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[Lucky9146]

Not as bad as you say, but still has rust in the path of the seal. The seal was riding on that bright shiny area of the shaft, that "better" one is still (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)

Glad you got a good deal from Dr. Evil, I had a couple I would toss in for an offer to keep you moving forward. I know what it is like to get stalled on a project. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Thanks for weighing in. Yeah that second shaft sucked too! I meant relatively speaking (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) and thanks for offering to keep me moving had Dr. Evil not come to the rescue. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Great bunch of people here!
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[Lucky9146]

Waiting for my smokin deal axle stub shafts from Dr. Evil (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) Thanks!

What’s Up With My Headliner? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)
Not ever having a 914 before leads to not knowing what is correct and what isn’t so I actually had not paid a lot of attention to the headliner and saw nothing major wrong with it other than I noticed it looked like it had come unglued. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
I did learn from Toolguy that it really should be perlon. Hmmm.... check the picture, there is perlon under there all right, just this crap was glued right over the top of it.
Ok need some new perlon so 914 Rubber order placed for this and the 914-6 replica hand throttle lever I was looking for.
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[Lucky9146]

Don't know much about short shift kits so I posted a separate thread.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=318569

I believe the spacer looking thing under my shifter base plate is a Weltmeister Short Shift adapter/ spacer. Looking for anyone with experience with a Weltmeister? Trying to decide if I should leave it or remove it.
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[eric9144]

I have one of those in my car, has been in for well over a decade, was way better than stock, I know there are better options out there now but at the time that was it.

[914forme]

I had on of those once, only once.
For me RennShifter or Wevo all the way. I have had 2 Rennshifters so much better of a (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

Also Tangerine shift linkage will make a huge difference.

And it will be as good as it can be, don't forget the firewall bushing.

[horizontally-opposed]

Looking for anyone with experience with a Weltmeister? Trying to decide if I should leave it or remove it.

Have had one in my '73 since 1991, and it's been quite good (new linkage bushings twice in that time). Probably put 80,000-100,000 miles on it. I sometimes think about a Rennshifter or Tangerine linkage, but my car shifts just fine—and got even better when I converted to a six with a straight shift rod.

[Larmo63]

My car shifts "okay," but now that I'm used to it, I don't really think about it.

The stock shifter is a bit balky even with all new bushings, PMS rod, Tangerine firewall bushing, etc.

[Lucky9146]

Today is a really BIG DAY! No, I’m not ready to fire up that 6 yet, that will be another big day hopefully in the not too distant future. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

It’s the 4th birthday of actually purchasing my project car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/birthday3.gif)

Seems like this “finishing” is taking forever, but I know there are others out there that are that long and longer, so maybe I shouldn’t be too concerned since it’s mostly just me. We refer to our cars usually as “she” and I got her a present for her birthday that I have been waiting to give her and she hasn’t seen it yet so it will be a big surprise. More on that present (and pictures) in another post later today.

Made what seems to be a lot of progress lately with getting the axle shafts reinstalled in the tranny and fluid back it, oh wait that is all redoing, well I guess it still counts as progress. Right? That was a project in itself but part of the two steps forward one step back routine as sometimes happens. Thanks to all again for weighing in on that thread. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Pretty much finished up underneath the engine now though. Clutch seems to be adjusted ok, shifter shifts, gas pedal will open the carbs fully, the center pull parking brake works great, heat shields on cables and hoses complete, cables are all tied up.



Up top in the engine compartment there are still just a few things to do but it’s almost there! Breather hose from oil tank, need to figure out and add an oil breather tank, fuel line flush (after the gas goes in), and just a couple more small details to finish in there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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[Lucky9146]

Found this Noiko insulation material for the floors of the interior and have been slowly installing that in my spare time, sure cleans up the area!
Great stuff to work with too! Sticks like crazy! They recommend a special roller for installation which I didn’t buy. Still have a bit more of the install to do.



The idea is to press the quilting of the foil top until it is smooth. I found a tool which I think actually does a better job than a roller and really gets into all the nooks and crannies. You may already have one. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Mine is old and smooth and does not have any sharp edges what so ever so I could just press and slide it all over the insulation, plus the small end works great in the corners and valleys.



Getting into the corners


Flattening it out/ sticking it down just pressing down hard and sliding around.


Plus here is a shot of the hand brake fully pulled showing there is no interference with the gear shift (someone raised this issue earlier).
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