Hehehe, looks frozen solid

And most member here won’t soak the 914 like that. There is a thread about washing our 914 like a newer car since 914 has a lot of places where water can get into hidden places.

With engine dropped, pretty much finished welding 9" x 10" patch on muffler to hold me until I can build/make my own system.

Also almost finished prepping tins for repaint. And forgive me if I'm repeating myself: New alternator in, net t-stat and wire in, cooling flaps in, engine & tranny cleaned - but that was weeks ago before our week at the beach where it was in the low 60's and/or rainy......still had a good time with family.

GN

Its a foam blaster from Griots, makes washes nearly 'touchless'. And don't be fooled, I have plastic completely covering the engine bay held down by magnets when I do this, and I do this rarely but had a pretty significant oil smoking issue (the car not me ) and had to get all the residue off. I remove the front trunk seal when I dry off as well as get into the rear trunk, interior behind the seats etc.

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Yeah Andrew, if the scoops work the way I think they will the Targa Bar will disappear in the eye of the wind.
Scoops mounted.

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That picture just gave me a laugh. VW in the background is up on the stands and the Porsche is not.

Yesterday...

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been testing out some D-jet parts for GN(Gatornapper) , which has also given me the chance to see is a different mps, tps etc help the car run better .... then put my ECU back in and moved the mount location of the charcoal canister, i hates it in the battery tray side it was in the way if i wanted to get at the ECU idle adjustment , and the MPS etc too. now it’s on the fan housing, much better!
Rich- your MPS is in need of a rebuild it does not hold vac, it’s wrong #, for a 1.7, and someone drilled a hole in the end cap so they could adjust it- probably due to trying to run it on a 2.0 car, or thought that would help but the diaphragm was already torn most likely. the TPS ran but bucked a lot due to the wear on the board, but your ECU is good to go!

Well, not exclusively 914 related, as it will work on a wide array of automobiles - ordered this rolling jack for my 4-post lift today

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This will allow for wheel, brake & suspension work on the 4-post while the mid-rise lift is occupied (the Ghia will be resting on the mid-rise for a while).


... also received some FAG rear wheel bearings for 'HOWARD', along with some stuff for the Cayman. (We put over 200 miles on the Cayman in the past two days)

A little work on my floor design with keeping the hoses out from under the car, should I need to go that way. My plans are to mount the radiator in a different location to be revealed at some future date but meanwhile, I'll keep my fuel and brake lines out of the passenger compartment... I'll feel safer.
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euro- you'll love the rolling jack- I have two of them on my 4 post lift. Good for suspension work etc though you still have to work around the ramps, which definitely get in the way if you want to lower the engine/transaxle for example.

Hey Stu - the main purpose I envisioned for the jack is to accommodate suspension work while the mid-rise is occupied. Even though the mid-rise is perfect for suspension work, I also plan on utilizing it for drive train drops ... especially for the tail draggers.

The Ghia will be getting a full-on suspension rebuild and a rebuilt transaxle installed fairly soon.

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I need to replace some minor suspension components on a couple other vehicles as well, so the jack will be a great addition to the 4-post


Looking forward to checking out your 'car condo'. We're drawing up plans for a 8' or 10' x 16' loft in the AZ RV garage - mainly for storage, but possibly putting a sit-down work bench up there too

Thanks Phil for all your work and help.

Might just look for a good 2.0 MPS instead of having mine rebuilt......

GN

Still working on tins & stuff with engine down.

Good news yesterday - on checking Porsche dealer service records I discover the new master cylinder installed about 4k miles ago is indeed a 911 master cylinder.

That, along with the i320 front brake calipers (PO told me about them) is just another one of dozens of great things I keep finding on this sweet 914 that was thrown in my lap 3 years ago.........

GN

I have an idea about that.... pm sent.

Formed a small fairing to tie the Targa Bar Fairing to the Cold Air Intake scoop. Tidied up the end of the Targa Bar and makes everything look much cleaner.

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Sometimes you just feel stupid

So today I drove the 914 out of the garage to swap the transmission oil. I want to change all the fluids on the car so I know all is well. Last week I drained the old US fuel (sorry your low octane fuel really had to go) and replaced the filters an lines where I could. (painting on a stainless steel kit) Anyway, when I turned on the car the fuel pump primed and kept screaming at me. I was afraid cavitation was going to kill it so I switched it on after 20 or seconds and I drove the car out and started to look around the pump, no real issues but a minor kink in the fuel line. So again I replaced all the lines, fuel filter and made sure to leave no kinks in the lines this time.

Surely it would prime now!

Contact, again the sound that sounded like a screaming fuel pump. So I switched it off again.

I sat in the car going through all the things I've done last week and I realised I cleaned the interior too. While cleaning, the leaver form the heater fan was moved to the 'on' position. Being used to bugs and early bay window busses I thought the leaver would work in the same way it does there, just opens a flap.
When I pressed it forward my 'screaming fuel pump' turned out to be a happy little camper. I had just mistaken the heater fan for a faulty fuel pump.

I did find a little chunk on the gearbox oil drain plug though. Doesn't look like a broken tooth.

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Replaced the front trunk cable on BB. The plastic sheath was broken in multiple places and it was darn near impossible to get the latch to release.

After cleaning the latch and replacing the cable/sheath it opens smooth as butter!

Drove out to San Rafael to do a ppi for a friend who's looking to buy a 914 and it turned out it was Bill's @Grimstead old car ...

Replaced the original (I think) tranny oil with Swepco 201 as recommended here.

Magnet on plug had a lot of fine, tiny pieces of steel on it, but nothing that concerned me. 2nd gear synchro occasionally fails (1 out of 20 shifts? less?), but the service manager at Porsche dealer told me that when I got records from him right after purchasing car. He remembered everything about the car from 17 years ago because they rarely service 914s.

Hello, I loosened the nut to the clutch cable circle where it makes the bend and inspected the cable for next season of driving starting Oct 15, the weather gets better. I did not find any problems with it. Recently I remember someone on here said no grease for the cable and wheel but I forgot what they said to put on it, anyone remember?

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Drove over to California Motorsports in Lake Havasu City from Scottsdale with a couple friends to drop off the transaxle from the '73 for a refresh etc. What a shop!!! They can pretty much anything for AC'ed Porsches, and do some incredible work with billet aluminum. Can't wait to see and feel the finished project- going to get rid of god-awful Eastwood paint on the case. Don't ask what I was thinking when I did it 10 or so years ago...

Then off to Ollies, a famous machine shop just a few blocks away. One of my buddies had an engine there and we were checking it out. Also VERY impressive!!

Nice to see some younger guys keeping the faith for us "old" farts... they'll be around much longer than I will be...

Used this great knowledge of wealth on this 914 website and made my own locking nut to convert subie 5speed awd to 2wd. My friend Dennis is the best welder I know. Race shop on fourth street in Berkeley. Japoniks instructions are 96 percent spot on. Got the engine running but I bought one with a blown headgasket. Had to pull it all out and pay peter as well as Paul. LOL in the meantime I'll start working on the backing plate.Click to view attachment

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Finally drove it to the grocery store after an almost 3 year restoration
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Reorganized the shop, moving the lift. Took some pix of the '71 for Brett Johnson's upcoming book on the 914. Original seats and original carpet, never been touched in nearly 50 years. Usually have towels on the bottom part of the seats...Click to view attachment Click to view attachment

Sorry. That is not a "shop". That is a display!
Shops have jack stands and crap everywhere and tools left out from the thing that you worked on yesterday but didn't put yet away and.... wait, what? Is that just me?

Seriously, though. BEAUTIFUL set up. I'll take note and do better going forward.

Great looking clean organized shop. I just started mine up, let it run in the morning, it is off season here because of the extreme heat

Not a shop, but a warm dry place to be happy

For AR-14 I made up the driver side bracket for the rear wing. The brackets on both sides need finishing but for now I get to see them in place. Every time I get something done I get the inspiration to do more.

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AR's build thread is in the Paddock.

Completed full Bilstein’s with CG coilovers in the rear.
What a significant difference the handling and comfort is from nearly 50 yr old shocks.

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Great looking shop and cars. Lucky guy. But I'm not sure how good an idea it is to have your open top Targa under a 914. Just saying.
Enjoy your cars.
Bill.

The lifts come with trays to keep 'stuff' from the 'upper berth' dropping on to the 'lower berth'.

Yep I've got drip trays!!!! Just need to make sure they aren't full!

Removed the US impact bumperguards.

Only thing to do is fill up the holes now.

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Went to the gas station yesterday to fill up the 6 after the Corona 914 drive... decided to calculate the gas mileage. Used 8 gal total for the whole trip. Somehow got 25.8 MPG in the 3.8 for that trip

Then of course I had to take it for a rip through the local hills before coming home

Wiring to front of car done, now to wire up the inputs in the drivers compartment (switches)

That sure looks crooked, need to fix that.
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@Mueller

Very cool! Interested to hear how you like the InfinityBox. I’ve got a set here, but haven’t decided if I’m going to use it or a different PDM yet.

@jd74914

I was looking at the ECUMasters PDM before I was offered this unit at a great price. Holley has a new PDM however it is obscenely expensive.

A few weeks ago, my '73 developed a grind going into reverse and 1st gears. Got the car up on the lift and tightened the clutch cable. Problem fixed....BUT I decided I should replace the clutch cable bc it was so old. Ordered the cable from 914rubber and got it installed. Then, since I was trying to tighten up the shifting a bit, I decided to replace the engine mounts and upgrades to wevo transmission mounts. It was during that project that I figured out that the engine leak at the front of the motor was coming from the oil pump. Easy fix bc the bolts holding the pump in had backed out and were super loose. Tightened them (not too tight!) and oil leak gone. Also decided to replace the three bushings for the shift rod since the rod was removed to drop the engine support bar during the motor mount replacement. Also replaced the cover over the side shifter bc a previous owner had tore a hole in it and fixed it was a thick layer of some type of epoxy. Then, I noticed the speedo gear was leaking. Time for a new two seal version from 914rubber, and since I had been having a bouncing speedo, I ordered a new speedo cable as well. Still waiting on the cable, but everything else is done. Funny how the list of projects spirals from one minor adjustment!

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This behemoth of a rolling lift jack (350 lbs.) was delivered today.

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It's sitting on a HF hydraulic table now, so hoping to roll onto the 4-post lift without injuring myself too badly ... just line up the elevations and slide it onto the lift's rails, right?

I’ve been thinking about getting a lift jack as well. Let us know how you like it!

Pushed the engine-less car out into the driveway and scrubbed out as much dirt as possible from the engine compartment, under the rear trunk and in the gas tank area. Not very exciting work (but very soggy), so I didn't bother taking pics.

Sheet metal repairs start today!

Love my rolling jacks. Have 2 on the 4 post lift so you can have all four wheels off. Wish I had a 2 post for working on the cars but these work pretty well.

I'd love to have two of them ... but can only afford one of them right now.

Also, my lift is currently outside and I need to keep up on maintenance on it (lubrications on the cables & guides, etc.), so I'll need to fabricate a canvas cover for the jack when not in use. At 350 lbs., moving it on and off the lift doesn't seem too appealing

Took the Fuchs over to Al Read; been 10+ years since he last painted them.
Gpoing to change the look from all black with polished rim to polished rim and paddles and black between the paddles

I like this look.....

@jim_hoyland love that look too
keep thinking of doing that with the polished set that came on my car because they're a little too "bling" for my taste in full polish

like this Jim?!!! you will like it