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> Why Didn't You do Anything to Your 914 Today?, or, What the Fuch is Keeping You From Working on it?
Shivers
post Aug 30 2025, 09:08 AM
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QUOTE(fixer34 @ Aug 29 2025, 03:22 PM) *

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took apart my Church's lawn tractor engine to repair. Ever hear of a compression release camshaft? Nifty idea in theory, sucks in real world.
Search 'Briggs & Stratton camshaft'.




My Kubota L225 has that on a 3 cylinder diesel.


I'm hoping it is designed a LOT better than the B&S. From what I read, it is 'when' it will fail, not 'if'....


Tractor mentality, they made it simple. If you read explosion the two pronged forks that bolt to the decompression shaft just pushed down on the valve spring retainer taking the pressure off the valve seat. Of course I could not find a picture of the fork in the parts manual, but the basic part numbers of the rest of the system are marked in red on the image. Really simple system just a pull cable out of the dash
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post Aug 30 2025, 10:22 AM
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Needed 4x4 to get here, so no 914.

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post Nov 18 2025, 08:00 PM
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And, we spotted Enrique ( @RiqueMar ) with his 914-6 (914Seis) and had to stop and admire that beauty. The car is very well done and he drives it like he means it. Great talking with him about our cars. In case you were wondering, I am the old dude on the right.





I'm very late (locked out of my account, didn't put the effort in until recently) and so happy to see this. Fun times, great seeing you @Cairo94507 !
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post Nov 19 2025, 07:41 AM
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No worries my friend. Hope to see you next year; we are planning to take my car and Greg T. says he will take his willow green car too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Nov 20 2025, 10:33 AM
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Spending endless amounts of time digging trenches for plumbing and electrical to the shop. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
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post Jan 27 2026, 02:22 PM
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On account of preparing my P Hauler to pick up my NEW "P Parts Hauler." this weekend (IMG:style_emoticons/default/screwy.gif)

After eight months, the transformation is finally complete.

Still Porsche...sort of

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post Jan 27 2026, 02:36 PM
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post Jan 27 2026, 02:38 PM
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That thing is cool!
Is that one of the kits or did you scratch build it.
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post Jan 27 2026, 02:44 PM
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That thing is cool!
Is that one of the kits or did you scratch build it.


Alum/Fiberglass kit from: https://www.smythkitcars.com/
Same guy who started Factory Five.

I had a builder in AZ do it...per my specs...lots of small custom touches.
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post Jan 27 2026, 03:09 PM
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Cool truck Oscar. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sunglasses.gif) Very very nicely done.

Inspiring. Hopefully/maybe inspiration for me to get going with my truck project.
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post Jan 27 2026, 05:09 PM
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That thing is cool!
Is that one of the kits or did you scratch build it.


Alum/Fiberglass kit from: https://www.smythkitcars.com/
Same guy who started Factory Five.

I had a builder in AZ do it...per my specs...lots of small custom touches.


That is really cool Oscar. I really dig the way they did the rear fenders, like a Doozy boat tail.

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post Jan 27 2026, 09:02 PM
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Had plans to work on the 914 today, but I came across some car audio gear from my first car - a 1976 Capri 2.8. Not sure why I kept the gear when I sold the car about 35 years ago, but I did. A while back I had an idea to take it and make a garage stereo. It's a Sanyo amplifier and passive equalizer. Somewhere along the way I lost a smaller amplifier that ran the front speakers, so I guess no quadraphonic. Had a power supply and a Iphone to RCA cable and found some old computer speakers. Sounds pretty good. Just need to get some brackets, screws, velcro etc to mount everything, after I clean everything up. Had to laugh when my wife saw it and asked if it was going in the 914.

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