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914/4: 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 914/6: 70 71 72
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| McMark |
 Oct 20 2005, 05:46 PM
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914 Freak!  Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None  |
This thread is for things I've noticed as I restore these cars. Just little concourse weenie tid bits here and there. Some things may be incorrect, but I stive for accuracy as much as possible. I'll be adding to this thread over time. So, without further ado...
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| McMark |
Oct 20 2005, 05:47 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
The door striker plates on a 70 914-6 were found to have mounting bolts that have small nylon locking inserts similar to the shift linkage cone screws. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif)
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| McMark |
Oct 20 2005, 05:51 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
Similarly, all three mounting bolts for the seat belts have nylon inserts.
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| SirAndy |
Oct 20 2005, 11:02 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,609 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
How about the fact that the front top shock towers on all factory six were painted in black with some sort of thick undercoating like paint ...
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| 1970 Neun vierzehn |
Sep 21 2011, 07:02 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,199 Joined: 16-March 06 From: cincinnati, ohio Member No.: 5,727 |
Hmmmmm. And this thread had so much potential;respected contributors, subject matter pertinent to this Forum, and it's almost six years old.
So to resurrect it, I'll ask a question. Just WTF is this "vent", "hole", "air passage" for? I've heard all sorts of explanations on this site, and I'm not buying any of it. I mean, really, just how much air could possibly get through that passage with the door closed? Paul Attached image(s) 
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| PanelBilly |
Sep 21 2011, 08:26 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,799 Joined: 23-July 06 From: Kent, Wa Member No.: 6,488 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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Allows air to excape betweeen the inner and outer seals when you close the door?
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| eric9144 |
Sep 21 2011, 09:10 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,734 Joined: 30-March 11 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 12,876 Region Association: Southern California
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The vents aren't really for air flow in the sense of your vents on the dash, in fact not like that at all...
Ever been on the roof of a house? There's some odd ball small diameter pipes that come up through the roof above each bathroom...the vents are for your drains and they allow air to flow freely so when you flush you don't get the gurgling of air as it passes the fluids in the pipes...the vent allows air to draw in under the vacuum of the flush and keep the pressure neutral. The 914 vent tubes serve a similar purpose (in theory at least)...they balance the air pressure between two places (outside/inside), as air draws into the cabin via the vents in the front around the dash, it is drawn to the vents at the back of the firewall pad and out the vent tubes... |
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| IronHillRestorations |
Sep 22 2011, 08:33 AM
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I. I. R. C. Group: Members Posts: 6,715 Joined: 18-March 03 From: West TN Member No.: 439 Region Association: None
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They also prevent your ears from popping whenever you close the doors.
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| SirAndy |
Sep 22 2011, 12:35 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,609 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(eric9144 @ Sep 21 2011, 08:10 PM)  The 914 vent tubes serve a similar purpose (in theory at least)...they balance the air pressure between two places (outside/inside), as air draws into the cabin via the vents in the front around the dash, it is drawn to the vents at the back of the firewall pad and out the vent tubes... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Air flowing by the door gap is enough to draw a small amount of air from the inside through the tubes, thus helping the airflow inside the cabin. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) |
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| JeffBowlsby |
Sep 22 2011, 02:05 PM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,485 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None
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| Pat Garvey |
Sep 25 2011, 07:36 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
QUOTE(Jeff Bowlsby @ Sep 22 2011, 02:05 PM) I find this particulary interesting, and think it works! Many of you are aware that I am a pipe smoker. For the first 4 years of owning my '72 it was a daily driver. Smoked my pipe with many trips, but noticed that the smoke exited (winter use/windows up) over my left shoulder & out of the cabin. I have the hogshair filters in my rear vents. Every year or so (when I DID smoke in the car, and the last was 1978) I would pull the vents & hogshair filters, wash them, dry them & replace them. Therefore, I firmly believe that these vents were part of the intended airflow out of the passengr compartment, in comjunction with the dash vents. Pat |
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| Pat Garvey |
Sep 27 2011, 07:26 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
QUOTE(Pat Garvey @ Sep 25 2011, 07:36 PM) QUOTE(Jeff Bowlsby @ Sep 22 2011, 02:05 PM) I find this particulary interesting, and think it works! Many of you are aware that I am a pipe smoker. For the first 4 years of owning my '72 it was a daily driver. Smoked my pipe with many trips, but noticed that the smoke exited (winter use/windows up) over my left shoulder & out of the cabin. I have the hogshair filters in my rear vents. Every year or so (when I DID smoke in the car, and the last was 1978) I would pull the vents & hogshair filters, wash them, dry them & replace them. Therefore, I firmly believe that these vents were part of the intended airflow out of the passengr compartment, in comjunction with the dash vents. Pat This is the filter (hogshair) and vent that I brought up. I've seen some 71's with the vent cap & no filter. Everything I've seen of 72's on had the hogshair as original. Attached thumbnail(s)  
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| dlestep |
Sep 28 2011, 07:34 AM
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I am smilin'... Group: Members Posts: 890 Joined: 15-January 08 From: Sunrise Florida Member No.: 8,573 Region Association: South East States |
...when I had my '73, I noticed that all of my white t-shirts had a slight green tinge stain on the left shoulder. My theory is that they are fart extractors.
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| dlestep |
Sep 28 2011, 07:43 AM
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I am smilin'... Group: Members Posts: 890 Joined: 15-January 08 From: Sunrise Florida Member No.: 8,573 Region Association: South East States |
...on the serious side,
my '73 had two black plastic lines running from the charcoal cannister to engine bay, down the side behind the rocker panel. I have heard no one talk about those vent lines. One connected to the tubular fitting on the outside of the fan box, using bleed air from the fan box to extract fumes from the cannister back to the intake via those plastic lines. |
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| SirAndy |
Sep 28 2011, 11:10 AM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,609 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(dlestep @ Sep 28 2011, 06:43 AM) I have heard no one talk about those vent lines. Then you're not looking hard enough. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) This thread is only about 10 threads down on the main page here: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=108524 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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| dlestep |
Sep 28 2011, 03:11 PM
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I am smilin'... Group: Members Posts: 890 Joined: 15-January 08 From: Sunrise Florida Member No.: 8,573 Region Association: South East States |
QUOTE(SirAndy @ Sep 28 2011, 01:10 PM) QUOTE(dlestep @ Sep 28 2011, 06:43 AM) I have heard no one talk about those vent lines. Then you're not looking hard enough. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) This thread is only about 10 threads down on the main page here: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=108524 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) tks for the info, I have the same data in my 914 library. With all of the restorations going on here and on pbase, they seem to be never mentioned or covered, and yes, I missed the thread listing. I was not complaining, just making note. |
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| rjames |
Sep 28 2011, 03:28 PM
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I'm made of metal Group: Members Posts: 3,917 Joined: 24-July 05 From: Shoreline, WA Member No.: 4,467 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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QUOTE This is the filter (hogshair) and vent that I brought up. I've seen some 71's with the vent cap & no filter. Everything I've seen of 72's on had the hogshair as original. My '75 has 'em. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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| 6freak |
Sep 29 2011, 07:30 AM
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MR.C Group: Members Posts: 4,740 Joined: 19-March 08 From: Tacoma WA Member No.: 8,829 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(McMark @ Oct 20 2005, 04:47 PM) The door striker plates on a 70 914-6 were found to have mounting bolts that have small nylon locking inserts similar to the shift linkage cone screws. <!-- emo&:idea: -->(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif)<!-- endemo --> the steering wheel is off set just a bit to the left, as in not horizontal to the dash...hard to notice but it is |
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| Jasfsmith |
Oct 1 2011, 06:18 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 4-October 04 From: Bangor, ME Member No.: 2,882 Region Association: North East States  |
QUOTE(Pat Garvey @ Sep 27 2011, 09:26 PM) QUOTE(Pat Garvey @ Sep 25 2011, 07:36 PM) QUOTE(Jeff Bowlsby @ Sep 22 2011, 02:05 PM) I find this particulary interesting, and think it works! I have the hogshair filters in my rear vents. Every year or so (when I DID smoke in the car, and the last was 1978) I would pull the vents & hogshair filters, wash them, dry them & replace them. Pat This is the filter (hogshair) and vent that I brought up. I've seen some 71's with the vent cap & no filter. Everything I've seen of 72's on had the hogshair as original. Are you SURE that it is hogshair and not gray matter from some human's body? <grin> |
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| 914werke |
Nov 13 2011, 10:24 PM
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"I got blisters on me fingers" Group: Members Posts: 10,030 Joined: 22-March 03 From: USofA Member No.: 453 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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Here one from the obscure barrel, on most early doors the vent window is secured to the door in two places.
One 10mm bolt at a tab off of the vertical Anodized frame, the other is a 2"x.75" floating tab which inserts into the rubber seal, then mounts to a bracket on the door frame with another 10mm bolt. In later doors that bracket was left off and the floating tab apparently deemed unnecessary leaving just the seal itself to hold the forward most part of the vent window in place. |
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