Patiently waiting for more

Polished the wheels..!
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Did our local car show today!
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Didnt give up on it. Cut, grind, weld, primer, swim, music, beer, grill food. Do it again tomorrow. Key is in it but does nothing.

Spent 4 hours last night trying to get driver's door handle to work - plunger inside misses the latching mechanism. Did some bending on the metal flange that is supposed to hit the plunger, but now the plunger hits it but then then slides off. Guess I'll be taking another whack at it. Cannot figure out what has happened. One day the handle worked, next day it didn't.

Anyone know a history of this happening?

But there are 2 other issues:

I pulled the latching assembly at least a dozen times, completely re-conditioned it, even soaking it in carb cleaner, re-lubing it. The sliding movement up and down of the locking assembly is far too difficult, as if something is binding - but I sure can't see what it is.


Also, went to remove the 10mm nut on the door flange that is hidden with the door closed to remove the handle assembly - and guess what? The stud embedded in the cast door handle material spins in the cast metal. So I cannot get the nut off.

Any suggestions for that?

GN

Complete oil change today in the garage.

It looks simple in theory, but it's not on a /6. I had to take the left side header completely off, and I (brilliantly) figured out to weigh the the amount of old oil on my bathroom scale to calculate out how much oil to put back in the car, plus a new filter.

I was pretty proud of myself after undoing three oil lines to drain/clear them AND the engine drain plug.

Dang, I'm drinking a Moscow Mule now...........

I had this happen years ago. I put a notch in the stud with a hacksaw and then used a narrow screwdriver to hold it while I removed the nut. While you have the handle off, peen the edge of the stud and apply anti-seize to the stud.

Greg W.

Greg -

Brilliant.

A bit embarrassed that I didn't think of that myself, as I've done similar things in the past.

Think I'll cut the notch with a Dremel tho..........

Thank you.

GN

I started my engine for the first time in years!
Over the last couple months I've been getting the wiring and fuel plumbing set for the engine to go in and last week I installed the engine.
This weekend I got enough done to get power and fuel to the engine and start it.
I cranked up oil pressure and flushed the fuel circuit but no other adjustments to the engine. In fact when I installed the points I just adjusted the gap by eye and have not checked the dwell or timing yet.
I am on my 5th fuel pump, the first 4 either leaked or didn't run.

I'm going to try to link my video of the start.

Jim


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoWboz7pNsA

We went to Bicester Heritage sunday scramble.

We were the only 914 there. Last year there was about 8!!

While waiting for the new cars to arrive I installed my restored fog lights and reinstalled my front bumper.

Did some seat work. Got seats stripped and cleaned up. Bottom cushions went pretty quick. Sides are heating up so they can be stretched on. Not liking how they are fitting, may take to professional. Car is a L20C orange 75, converting to black interior from aftermarket tan.

Had to grind off retaining screw on left door handle to get it out - became clear why it wouldn't work - when what was hidden could now be seen - nylon plunger was broken off out of sight....good plunger part from right door shows. Rt. door broke in weak cast section - both door handles failed after I got the car.....

Good news is switching the key assemblies to good handles is extremely easy.

Packed up the front Carrera suspension to go to Jo Proper back east. Lots of work to pack each part in individual boxes so nothing would get damaged. In is in great as new shape and will stay that way.

Bob B
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Took it out for an evening romp on the back roads near my house to the top of Mt. Umunhum in San Jose. About an 11 mile road to the top and did not get stuck behind a single car.

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Well, it went away when I freed the brakes up from insufficient venting clearance. The debris is brake pad, I think. Good luck!

on it way to Joe.

Great pic and great looking car!

Ok, being on the east coast, and many years since I was in San Jose, can you tell us what that weird wall that looks like OSB is behind your beautiful Teener?

No pictures, but I welded in a section of my firewall last night. I will clean it up and apply a coat of primer this weekend.

Mark, those look great, where did you get the material?

Phil

New raw titanium lug nuts.

Just because.

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I'm gonna get some new knee joints made out of the same stuff (I think)


No 914 stuff, but I started the Ghia up today ... been several months since I did - was pretty surprised the battery still had enough juice to crank it over

Installed Oscar’s custom GT trunk hinges

Installed two LED lights on engine lid. The lights are LED license plate lights. They attach to the engine lid by rare-earth magnets and can be moved. The lights ground is activated by a tilt switch attached to the lid. Lights only come on when the lid is raised

Nice job. Jim

It is the remnants of an old Cold War Era Air Force radar station that was part of a network that overlooked the West Coast. Opened back up to the public access last year for the first time in decades.

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Wow! Thank you! Makes total sense now, more info than I'd ever guess!

Looks like a perfect ride for a 914!

GN

Michael, Thank you for the great photos and history lesson. Very interesting.

picked up some parts from Oscar and kids got to see Oscar’s Museum.
Pic also with Jerry and Oscar.

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Slowly putting in parts from Chi-town (THANK YOU!) and AutoAtlanta to fix the long list of small items needing replacement, new interior lamp from VW parts shop, etc.

Still have yet to pull in new fuel lines but sure have that at the top of my list for this week - gotta get this Teener running!

GN

Drove down to West Wales for a classic car show.

Got home to find oil welling in the cylinder head tinware. Oil filler gasket maybe

Need to have a proper look

Got the horn working today after 2 years without it. Seems that all the wiring was correct and intact. Got the relay to trigger but no beep beep. found out the new Chinese made relays weren't making contact with the socket on the fuse panel. Had to pry the pronged male posts outward with a jewelers screwdriver to open up the post dia. Simple fix took 4 hours. Will file this in my cranium for the future.

I can "horn em" now as my toddler son used to say. Beep Beep Beep

Drove it to work. It was a very nice Monday in Northern Virginia.

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Found top key shop in town could duplicate the original master key and give me the original Key Code from the original door locks.

I had put the new locks in the door handles Chi-town sent me, but they would not work. Only key I had other than Valet key had been rigged, and was not a copy of the original.

Somewhere on here someone mentioned that as far as copying the key, one could use a Valet key to make a main ignition/door key from it and the only difference was a groove in the key - can anyone remind me where that post is? Looked but cannot find it.....

GN

Ben -

Looks good from the 2nd floor, for sure.

GN

Dan ( @tweet ) is the resident lock& key guru on the forum. You could search his threads or just drop him a PM

Thanks Mark.

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Drove past Canyon Lake with a Miata buddy. Perfect weather, even had a little rain.
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Great pic of your 72 Michael......

Spent this evening putting in the new-to-me door handles that I got from Chi-town and they are working fine. Boy are those internal hex bolts a bear to get threaded and started! Glad that's behind me.......

Next: fuel lines, tank, pump, etc.

GN

Almost done with 2.7 six wrap...getting it ready for WCR.



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Looks great!

Looks terrific!! Nicely done.

Thought about driving one of the 914's, but we had some unusual weather for north Scottsdale this time of year... as Micheal found out. Saw a nice rainbow over 4 Peaks however from the cab of my F-150...

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Oh, my. That's beautiful @mb911 ....how thick of a wrap is that? Mine is going to dallas after Memorial Day.

It was the same cost either thickness and I liked the 1/16" wrap more then the 1/8" from the pictures. It is still thick wrapped just not as bulky as the thicker ones.

Started the bumper conversion today. Got the grinder, some cutting wheels and got started. I opted not to drill holes and just ground everything off. Found rust, imagine that. Primer in rear is from trunk pan replacement.

I replaced the solid aluminum/Delrin PatrickMS sourced transmission mounts with Wevo mounts. I chose the softer black pillows. I think the vibration through the chassis from the hard mounts was too much for me. I used the cup washers under the mounts and on top of the transmission ears.

After driving the car, it really seems better. Less "valve" sound through the car.

I think it was the right move.

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