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> First of the Texas Twins, First Build
Puebloswatcop
post Oct 6 2021, 05:31 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) So I finally got the first of the two Texas Twins down from Colorado down here to Texas and cant wait to get started on the build. I first obtained this 914 as a parts car back in 2010. After getting it home, I realized it was actually in better shape than the one I already owned. The first one is a 1973, 2.0. This one was a 1974 1.8 in Ravenna Green. Unfortunately I never was able to make allot of time to play with the car, so it sat in my overcrowded garage in Colorado.

Since I retired and moved to Texas, the wife said I had better find something to do and stay out from under her feet, so last week I made the treck to Colorado and brought the first of 3 914s back. (the 3rd really is a parts chassis).

The car was on a rolling frame so was easy to get onto the trailer, problem is it had to be lowered enough to fit inside a four foot cover to be added onto the trailer, so first we had to raise it high enough to get it off the rolling frame.

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Then it had to be carefully lowered to where the car was sitting on 4 X 4 blocks so it would be lower than 4 feet high and secured to the trailer. It came in at around 3'8" when done.

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Then the shipping crate was built over and around the car. The trip was long and went well till I got about 10 miles from home and disaster struck.

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A catastrphic loss of one tire on the trailer. Thanks to a good samaritan who flagged me down, because I never heard or felt a thing. Also a testament to Top Hat Trailer Company, the trailer was slightly damaged but did not roll, in fact it rode so smooth that I never new the tire had gone away. Of course...no spare for the trailer, so I limped the last 10 miles at 15 miles per hour.

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So 16 hours of driving and now one of my babies is here in Texas and the work shall begin.
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Puebloswatcop   First of the Texas Twins   Oct 6 2021, 05:31 PM
Puebloswatcop   It seemed like the job took an eternity and my poo...   Sep 11 2022, 06:06 PM
Puebloswatcop   So after cleaning all of the bearings and journals...   Sep 11 2022, 06:11 PM
Puebloswatcop   The lube seems to coat the surfaces and stay in pl...   Sep 11 2022, 06:14 PM
Puebloswatcop   Then installed the crank in the engine half...   Sep 11 2022, 06:16 PM
Puebloswatcop   The cam bearings were next...   Sep 11 2022, 06:18 PM
Puebloswatcop   Then after lubing up the cam bearings I rolled the...   Sep 11 2022, 06:21 PM
Puebloswatcop   In keeping with trying to accomplish something eac...   Sep 12 2022, 06:00 PM
Puebloswatcop   I indexed the #1 rod to top dead center so the dit...   Sep 12 2022, 06:05 PM
Puebloswatcop   Unfortunately since I am working again, my work ti...   Sep 12 2022, 06:07 PM
Puebloswatcop   Well, finally had some time to get back to the 914...   Sep 22 2022, 05:12 PM
Puebloswatcop   Finally had a couple of hours to work on the car t...   Sep 26 2022, 04:29 PM
Puebloswatcop   Using the new seals I got, I installed the oil baf...   Sep 26 2022, 04:35 PM
Puebloswatcop   Then I applied thread sealer to the underside of t...   Sep 26 2022, 04:37 PM
Puebloswatcop   Then I installed th case through bolts and added t...   Sep 26 2022, 04:41 PM
Puebloswatcop   And now to prep the other case half. First I inst...   Sep 26 2022, 04:45 PM
Puebloswatcop   It was not an effortless task, but finally the two...   Sep 26 2022, 04:50 PM
Puebloswatcop   However, stupid me in all of my excitement forgot ...   Sep 26 2022, 04:55 PM
Puebloswatcop   But at lease it is back together. It was a pretty...   Sep 26 2022, 04:59 PM
ClayPerrine   Uh.. you have a problem. The windage tray bolts t...   Sep 27 2022, 05:54 AM
Puebloswatcop   Uh.. you have a problem. The windage tray bolts ...   Sep 27 2022, 07:01 PM
ClayPerrine   [quote name='ClayPerrine' post='3032674' date='Se...   Sep 28 2022, 05:47 AM
Puebloswatcop   [quote name='ClayPerrine' post='3032674' date='S...   Sep 28 2022, 03:11 PM
bkrantz   Howard, in case you have not already planned to, I...   Sep 27 2022, 08:02 PM
Puebloswatcop   Howard, in case you have not already planned to, ...   Sep 28 2022, 05:04 AM
bkrantz   Howard, in case you have not already planned to,...   Sep 28 2022, 08:07 PM
nathanxnathan   It looks like a non stock camshaft. Are you going ...   Sep 28 2022, 04:48 PM
Puebloswatcop   It looks like a non stock camshaft. Are you going...   Sep 29 2022, 04:56 PM
simonjb   Very inspirational - and thanks for all the photos...   Sep 28 2022, 06:25 PM
ClayPerrine   STOP TALKING ABOUT ME!!!! I am no...   Sep 29 2022, 05:10 AM
Puebloswatcop   STOP TALKING ABOUT ME!!!! I am n...   Sep 29 2022, 04:56 PM
bkrantz   STOP TALKING ABOUT ME!!!! I am n...   Sep 29 2022, 07:02 PM
Puebloswatcop   The new hardware came in today from Bel Metric, so...   Sep 29 2022, 05:01 PM
Puebloswatcop   Just think, If Clay could fit on top of our piston...   Sep 30 2022, 04:04 PM
Puebloswatcop   Finally a day off, so I decided to work on the eng...   Oct 9 2022, 09:14 AM
Puebloswatcop   The pistons are 96 mm KB flat tops. What I notic...   Oct 9 2022, 09:18 AM
Puebloswatcop   The pistons are 96 mm KB flat tops. What I noti...   Oct 12 2022, 04:48 PM
Puebloswatcop   The first job was to measure all of the ring grove...   Oct 9 2022, 09:21 AM
Puebloswatcop   Then I matched the pistons and rings to each cylin...   Oct 9 2022, 09:25 AM
Puebloswatcop   Then I made a full set of cylinder retainers so wh...   Oct 9 2022, 09:29 AM
Puebloswatcop   Yesterday I received my gram scale, so now I can c...   Oct 15 2022, 06:10 PM
Puebloswatcop   I weighed each assembly 3 times and then averaged ...   Oct 15 2022, 06:15 PM
Puebloswatcop   Even though .5 Grams is an acceptable difference, ...   Oct 15 2022, 06:19 PM
Puebloswatcop   Then I went on to measure the combustion chambers ...   Oct 15 2022, 06:23 PM
Puebloswatcop   Then put a very small bead of vaseline around the ...   Oct 15 2022, 06:27 PM
Puebloswatcop   Then started filling the chambers with blue dyed a...   Oct 15 2022, 06:35 PM
Puebloswatcop   So today I checked deck height. Used a dial guage...   Oct 16 2022, 05:29 PM
Puebloswatcop   So glad the world is back up in our universe.....w...   Nov 28 2022, 07:08 PM
Puebloswatcop   So that was one order of business. And while the ...   Nov 28 2022, 07:10 PM
Puebloswatcop   So I was back to playing with the engine. I am ha...   Nov 28 2022, 07:26 PM
Puebloswatcop   I had to go buy a new pair of ring installer plier...   Nov 28 2022, 07:28 PM
Puebloswatcop   After installing and torquing down the heads and s...   Nov 28 2022, 07:40 PM
bkrantz   Looks good.   Nov 28 2022, 09:39 PM
Puebloswatcop   Then I figured it might be time to seal up some of...   Nov 29 2022, 06:31 PM
Puebloswatcop   I decided to keep the particle screen in the engin...   Nov 29 2022, 06:38 PM
Puebloswatcop   Then more sealant and add the tuna can and cover.....   Nov 29 2022, 06:47 PM
Puebloswatcop   Then time to plug up the second larges hole, the t...   Nov 29 2022, 06:50 PM
Puebloswatcop   Then it was on to the oil galley plugs....   Nov 29 2022, 06:52 PM
Puebloswatcop   And the oil flow control valves...I made sure to m...   Nov 29 2022, 06:55 PM
Puebloswatcop   Last but not least was the oil drain plug. When I...   Nov 29 2022, 06:58 PM
Puebloswatcop   Then it was time to install the very first piece o...   Nov 29 2022, 07:02 PM
Puebloswatcop   So half of the engine has been completed, the fron...   Nov 29 2022, 07:06 PM
Puebloswatcop   Again, this is my first air cooled engine build, s...   Nov 29 2022, 07:07 PM
FlacaProductions   Thanks for documenting the tuna can install. I ha...   Nov 29 2022, 08:42 PM
Puebloswatcop   Belmetric comes through again.... I decided to go...   Nov 30 2022, 05:55 PM
Puebloswatcop   Didn't have allot of time this weekend to work...   Dec 11 2022, 06:53 PM
Puebloswatcop   Then installed the pushrod tubes. It is actually ...   Dec 11 2022, 06:55 PM
Cairo94507   :popcorn: :beer2:   Dec 13 2022, 09:55 AM
Puebloswatcop   With the holidays, and all the visitors, its been ...   Dec 31 2022, 06:09 PM
Puebloswatcop   After screwing them all the way down the threaded ...   Dec 31 2022, 06:12 PM
Puebloswatcop   After getting all three studs cleaned and the thre...   Dec 31 2022, 06:17 PM
Puebloswatcop   I also started re-installing more engine tin. I a...   Dec 31 2022, 06:21 PM
Cairo94507   Coming together nicely; I like the gun metal too. ...   Jan 1 2023, 09:25 AM
Puebloswatcop   Coming together nicely; I like the gun metal too....   Jan 1 2023, 12:09 PM
bkrantz   Looks great. Does the engine still spin easy?   Jan 1 2023, 08:17 PM
Puebloswatcop   Looks great. Does the engine still spin easy? ...   Jan 1 2023, 09:38 PM
Puebloswatcop   Friday I picked up the last of the powder coated i...   Jan 15 2023, 08:23 AM
Puebloswatcop   And here it is installed in its ever forgotten spa...   Jan 15 2023, 08:25 AM
Puebloswatcop   Then I moved on to the oil filler/breather assembl...   Jan 15 2023, 08:28 AM
Puebloswatcop   I re-installed the filler neck and the bottom plug...   Jan 15 2023, 08:32 AM
Puebloswatcop   And here it is in its very prominant place on top ...   Jan 15 2023, 08:34 AM
Puebloswatcop   Today was spent blasting and painting some of the ...   Jan 15 2023, 04:04 PM
Puebloswatcop   Blasting the insides clean was a long and tedious ...   Jan 15 2023, 04:06 PM
Puebloswatcop   After 3 coats of VHT, inside and out I am pretty p...   Jan 15 2023, 04:09 PM
Puebloswatcop   Got the re-built alernator all dressed out with th...   Jan 15 2023, 05:02 PM
bkrantz   Gotta love making parts pretty that nobody will ev...   Jan 15 2023, 08:54 PM
Puebloswatcop   Gotta love making parts pretty that nobody will e...   Jan 16 2023, 06:26 PM
Puebloswatcop   So, tonight I went to put my valve covers on the e...   Jan 16 2023, 06:44 PM
Puebloswatcop   Look what arrived in the mail today from 914 Rubbe...   Jan 21 2023, 06:31 PM
Puebloswatcop   After a trial fit I discovered that this lug where...   Jan 21 2023, 06:33 PM
Puebloswatcop   So in order to cut it off and not have any issues ...   Jan 21 2023, 06:37 PM
Puebloswatcop   After trimming the stud, the cover fit nicely. So...   Jan 21 2023, 06:40 PM
worn   It is so great. The paint, the cleanness, the pow...   Jan 21 2023, 06:50 PM
Puebloswatcop   It is so great. The paint, the cleanness, the po...   Jan 21 2023, 07:21 PM
ClayPerrine   After trimming the stud, the cover fit nicely. S...   Jan 22 2023, 10:14 AM
Puebloswatcop   After trimming the stud, the cover fit nicely. ...   Jan 22 2023, 03:24 PM
Puebloswatcop   After trimming the stud, the cover fit nicely. ...   Jan 22 2023, 03:26 PM
ClayPerrine   [quote name='ClayPerrine' post='3052854' date='Ja...   Jan 22 2023, 04:33 PM
Puebloswatcop   And in trying to get my garage space more organize...   Jan 21 2023, 07:26 PM
bkrantz   And in trying to get my garage space more organiz...   Jan 21 2023, 08:14 PM
Puebloswatcop   And in trying to get my garage space more organi...   Jan 21 2023, 09:47 PM
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