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| ctc911ctc |
 Aug 26 2025, 06:47 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,251 Joined: 9-June 18 From: boston Member No.: 22,206 Region Association: North East States 
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Engine ready to go, if you passed my house this is what you would see when the garage is open.
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| ctc911ctc |
Sep 21 2025, 07:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,251 Joined: 9-June 18 From: boston Member No.: 22,206 Region Association: North East States
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Got the engine in, hooked up the battery
Turned the key Hhhhmmmmm, gas smell is pretty strong………… Rebuilt engine baptism - 93 octane, look for the circle in the picture AND Filled the oil res with a quart, looked for leaks, none yet! Started to put in another 5 quarts from a big gallon style bottle, funnel broke…. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) Oil baptism on the other side 2 hours of cleaning or as I like to think of it: back sliding  |
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| bkrantz |
Sep 21 2025, 07:44 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,518 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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Wow, two visits from the Stuff Happens fairy in one day.
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| dtmehall |
Sep 21 2025, 07:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 181 Joined: 21-December 23 From: Farmington Hills, Michigan Member No.: 27,808 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
dude
you might want to clean up that battery tray. looks like there might be some corrosion there! |
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| dtmehall |
Sep 21 2025, 08:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 181 Joined: 21-December 23 From: Farmington Hills, Michigan Member No.: 27,808 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
ask me how i know
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| ctc911ctc |
Sep 21 2025, 08:15 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,251 Joined: 9-June 18 From: boston Member No.: 22,206 Region Association: North East States
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Entire engine bay was dry iced, sprayed the areas where paint came off with flat clear Looks rough, but the entire hell hole is in very strong shape, did not want a have-ass engine bay job, went with a cleanup and kept the ‘ patina’. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) QUOTE(dtmehall @ Sep 21 2025, 07:50 PM)  dude you might want to clean up that battery tray. looks like there might be some corrosion there! |
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| ctc911ctc |
Sep 21 2025, 08:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,251 Joined: 9-June 18 From: boston Member No.: 22,206 Region Association: North East States
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QUOTE(bkrantz @ Sep 21 2025, 07:44 PM) Wow, two visits from the Stuff Happens fairy in one day. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| DennisV |
Sep 22 2025, 10:19 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 740 Joined: 8-August 20 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 24,575 Region Association: Northern California
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Hang in there. You're making progress...
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| ctc911ctc |
Oct 5 2025, 06:45 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,251 Joined: 9-June 18 From: boston Member No.: 22,206 Region Association: North East States
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Worked on the car yesterday and today - starts first crank, idles perfectly and then it starts to idle higher - Help me out here:
1. I need to set the idle lower and then use the manual idle increase handle to bring it up and then when it starts to warm up and climb, move the handle 2. There is something else causing the idle to climb so high https://youtu.be/dElimRx702A |
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| ctc911ctc |
Oct 5 2025, 07:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,251 Joined: 9-June 18 From: boston Member No.: 22,206 Region Association: North East States
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Hooked all of the controls up to the engine, throttle (yup, new cables, wrapped around the clutch cable the first time (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) ), clutch, etc.
Started the car previously and noticed that the car was in gear. NP, with the linkage hooked up I will just, er, ah,darn thing, cannot select gears.......... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Now, I have re-built 4 901s so of course I am now an expert and I had that feeling that perhaps this one was not as straight forward as the others.....did I follow the evil ways correctly? Soo, I drained it and started at the back - opened the first access panel and the selector knob was within the selector bar.....whew! One down. I then opened the side access (Side Shifter access hole) and everything seemed to be...........wait, the top selector rod was forward. It was not in neutral position meaning the car was locked in 2nd. Starts fine in second though the tires were spinning kinda fast (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) I of course from the evil videos have a calibrated BIG AND UGLY screw driver just for this purpose. CLICK and now all 3 selector bars are aligned and the car is in neutral. Put it all back together and it shifts fine.. I must of somehow forgot to push all of the selector bars (3) into position when I closed the back of the transmission. ALL GOOD NOW.... |
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| gereed75 |
Oct 6 2025, 06:32 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,393 Joined: 19-March 13 From: Pittsburgh PA Member No.: 15,674 Region Association: North East States
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Nice work. Way above my pay grade. Love these sort of rolling keep it original restos. Really nice car!!
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| Spoke |
Oct 6 2025, 07:35 AM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 7,258 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None
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Engine/trans look great. Good job getting it running. It's gotta be a blast to drive.
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| ctc911ctc |
Oct 8 2025, 07:08 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,251 Joined: 9-June 18 From: boston Member No.: 22,206 Region Association: North East States
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Got the car off the rack - tightened the lugs, check one more time for leaks.......
Car started first try, backed out of the driveway and went around the block Drive strong.....very strong...... #2 cyl-carb is still 'spitting' definitely not backfiring. Chasing this through my trusty guide: https://www.performanceoriented.com/special-procedures-1 See "notes" section Seems that when I performed the Lean Best Idle procedure #2 failed during the procedure......the diagnosis within the document states that either the path in that carb #2 is blocked or the jet is the wrong size - my bet is a clog......though the carbs were very clean when I got the car. There is a little noise from the right side, that in a 914-2L 4Cyl would be considered quiet, my hope is that it is not valve noise and may be exhaust leaking......did I tighten the heater manifold small nuts????? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Carb advice sought from those that have chased a SPITTING Carb THANK YOU TEENERS! Almost there!!! |
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| ctc911ctc |
Oct 10 2025, 12:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,251 Joined: 9-June 18 From: boston Member No.: 22,206 Region Association: North East States
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Transmission - Shifter
While I am chasing the 'carb-spitting' issue, I am also chasing the shifter being.....OFF This is manifesting itself as the DREADED 1st to reverse problem.......As to the condition of the 901, gears are all within spec, new syncs 1st and second, new slider for 1st reverse - new dog teeth for 1st and second. Let me explain, When I put the car into 1st or reverse, I (as well all of you) push the lever from RIGHT to LEFT and feel the spring pressure of the shift plate. About 1/4 of the way to the full extent of the spring compression the there is strong resistance. BUT i can CONTINUE to push to the left. I believe that I have reached the limit of the various linkage components and that what I am REALLY doing at this point is torquing the linkage. I can then continue to torque the linkage until I have reached the full travel of the shift lever spring plate  What happens is; when the shift comes out of 1st, there is no SPRING BUMP to push the selector in the transmission from the 1st-reverse position to the 2nd-3rd or middle position. I have cut pictures from Clay Perrine's excellent 901 cut-away to depict what is happening Transmission is in Neutral on the other side of the selector bars is a vertical channel, there is a knob that is in ONE of the THREE channels - when moved the selected bar moves left to right  Now, the knob is in the channel of the lowest bar AND the bar is slide to the left for FIRST GEAR  My shift LINKAGE - not the shift lever - when moved forward never gets the BUMP from the spring and as a result STAYS in the LOWEST position THOUGH the shift lever HAS moved to the right and you think that the shift is in the correct place BUT NO, it ends up pushing the SAME slider BACKWARD into reverse  OUCH!!!!! What should happen is the selector should get a bump to the next position from the spring and end up here.  MY PLAN I am going to adjust the Shift bar about 20 degrees until I do not get any mechanical loading, not sure if 20 degrees is correct......feels right....... |
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