Jeeper John needs a work party! Help get the 6 back on the road, Mostly interior, some mechanical, but mostly together Options

[Andyrew]

Good point.


John, can you take some pictures of where the project currently is at and a list of items you want accomplished?

[Mikey914]

Sounded like Mueller was going to do a survey. I talked to McMark and he mentioned that the fuel line Cary mentioned was not replaced, as it was one of his early conversions and now replaces them as a matter eliminating this potential problem.
He also said that it could be fixed by snipping off the hose and using high pressure fuel clamps. Or if we can determine a and just put the factory part in.

[Jeffs9146]

This is really a great place of people who help, and don't need to take credit.

JEff, hope it all works out, get some books to read...

Rich

Thanks Rich,

If it happens after mid July I will be back and help out any way I can!

[Mueller]

I had to bail on him last night, I had a slight accident at home in my shop while moving my old lathe out of the shop to make room for new stuff.

Luckily I didn't crush myself....broke a bunch of handles and the leadscrew for the cross slide, I was hoping to sell it for about a grand, be lucky to get half that now!

I spoke to John last night and he is going to try to find all the pieces before I make it over there, I am off on Friday and will update what I find.

[Andyrew]

Glad your OK Mike! That could have really hurt..

[r_towle]

Ouch

[altitude411]

I'm too far away to help but I just wanted to say what a wonderful group of people that are on this forum. Fantastic (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[green914]

I am only an hour away. I would like to come and help out too.

[arkitect]

I had to bail on him last night, I had a slight accident at home in my shop while moving my old lathe out of the shop to make room for new stuff.

Luckily I didn't crush myself....broke a bunch of handles and the leadscrew for the cross slide, I was hoping to sell it for about a grand, be lucky to get half that now!

I spoke to John last night and he is going to try to find all the pieces before I make it over there, I am off on Friday and will update what I find.

Glad you didn't get hurt. Let me know timing wise for the work party.

Dave

[Mikey914]

So have we got a parts list yet? I'm ready to ship out whatever I have that can help.

[jcd914]

No Parts list yet but I stopped by and visited with John Saturday afternoon.
I looked into the fuel leak which is a fuel return hose between the engine and body line. I'll get fuel hose and some clamps before the work day.

Mike Mueller has the seats and the seat cover kits and is going to be working on those. I don't know what that involve or if he'll need or want some help with the seats.

Here are the things I saw and John talked about needing:

Rear window needs to be removed and resealed. Back pad is out already but the roll bar pad and B-pillar pads need to come out. John has a replacement rear roll bar pad. He has the back pad to go back in after the window is sealed. I think all he needs is the butyl tape for the window.

Carpets (both longs, tunnel) need to be glued down and his floor mats don't have grommets and anything to anchor them. Either need to add grommet (if that is possible) or other anchors or glue them down.

Both door panels, pockets, armrests, inner door release/lock handles & window cranks need to be installed. I think John has all those parts. I don't know about hardware such as door panel screws and clips or window cranks.

A couple things I saw that John did not say anything about.
Rear Targa top seal to the rollbar is torn and some of the engine seals are torn or missing.

Like all 914s there are other things that need to be done or John would like done but getting the interior back together and fixing the fuel leak gets him back on the road.

Jim

[Mueller]

Thanks Jim for the update, I wish you would have called me, I am only 5 minutes away from Johns.


I found some great write ups on reupholstering the seats so I shall be tackling those soon. I needed to some some research 1st.

/Mike

[Mikey914]

My list so far (let me know if I'm missing anything)
Butyl chord and setting blocks for the rear window -
Set of floor mats
pair of window cranks

[jcd914]

Thanks Jim for the update, I wish you would have called me, I am only 5 minutes away from Johns.


I found some great write ups on reupholstering the seats so I shall be tackling those soon. I needed to some some research 1st.

/Mike

I would have called had it crossed my mind.
It was just a short stop while Mary and I were on our way back from visiting our son, daughter in law and granddaughter in Redwood city.

Like I said, the re-upholstery was not something I wanted to try.
I would have been doing research as well.
I cheated on my car and bought the Brown interior that came out of John's car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


Jim

[jcd914]

My list so far (let me know if I'm missing anything)
Butyl chord and setting blocks for the rear window -
Set of floor mats
pair of window cranks

Mike,
I think that is it so far.

The floor mats John has came from you Mike but they don't have grommets.
Not sure when he bought them, John has been buying parts for this car and the Blue car for a long time. He even said he has duplicates or extras he bought because they were a good deal or he couldn't find the one he had.

Jim

[Mikey914]

Pretty sure these were the ones James was making for me, before I actually made my own, but I can just as easily send grommets.
To be clear, we are actually talking about the carpet for drivers and passengers, not the floor mats that go on them.

[jcd914]

Pretty sure these were the ones James was making for me, before I actually made my own, but I can just as easily send grommets.
To be clear, we are actually talking about the carpet for drivers and passengers, not the floor mats that go on them.

Yes, the carpets for the floors.
I did not look closely at them and I would not know the difference between "James" carpets and 914rubber carpets.
John had said he ordered them from 914rubber.

Does anyone glue down the floor carpets, was that why these had no grommets?

Thanks
Jim

[Mikey914]

The only place glue would be require on the new carpets are on the drivers side long at the ebrake. I will send the grommets that can be added.
We took on the carpet when we had delivery issues with our previous vendor. That's when we started making upgrades to the product. The grommets can be added by punching. I can send a ghetto die to cut them for you.

[Mueller]

John told me his carpets slide/move too much and too easily, they are an accident waiting to happen.

[jeeperjohn56]

Hey everyone I didn't know that this post was up, this is what's up,Jim and Mike have started on a couple of things. Jim found out was it is leaking fuel and is going to look into parts for that Mike is tackling the seats. What needs to be done now is rear window needs reseal before back pad go's back in sail panels need replacing, new seals on target edge, window door seal ,I have the new door panel's with new vinyl, I think I know location of window cranks,the screws might be another thing,I have new rear shocks and springs that also needs to go on.that is the best I can think of, weekend works for me.I will bar-b-que and beers,and bring your swim trucks I have a built in pool. If they is any questions just email me and will give you my address and phone number. Thanks Mark for doing this.John.