@wobbletop Sorry to see you've sold your teen Walter, your car is what inspired me to build my 3.0/6
Although cool to see you sold it back to the PO.

Installed rebuilt alternator and new harness from 914 rubber. harness highly recommended.. also did oil/filter change along with swepco 201 in the transaxle. will button it up tomorrow..Click to view attachment

Have you used Swepco successfully before?
It always leaked when I tried it.

We only use Swepco and no leaks on our two 914’s. IIRC it was recommended by Dr. Evil.

I’ve always used it on my 911 (915) with no issues. will report back if it leaks in the 901.

It was 20 years ago when I was racing that I had the problem. Possibly the formula has changed or something?

Walked by it on the lift and looked at it like I’ve done since the late 80’s
Nothing to see here.. Back from paint for years and no further....

Went for a cruise and had a GT3 4.0 on my tail

Removed the master cylinder and pedal cluster. Got some good advice from a 914 member and figured I'd replace the cluster while doing the calipers, brake lines, and MC. Although the old cluster has some surface rust, the floor board is still sound underneath a lot of dirt, undercoating, etc. I really don't know how Bruce Stone turns these things back into the pieces of art that he does.

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Lots of undercoating removal and sanding/cleaning to do....


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Also pulled this silver dollar sized "Plug" out from under the cluster??? Seemed to have undercoating under it as well...then more metal?? Maybe for some sort of inspection hole?
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Finally wrestled off the old MC.....hopefully it's just as fun to put the new one back on... I didn't buy the "easy install" version....maybe I'll end up re-thinking that.
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Alternator rebuild was from Alternators Unlimited in Berkeley, CA (510) 527-7773. One of the last OG rebuild shops still standing. Paid $120 for a complete redo on the 914 alt and it is well worth it. Preferred going local instead of the normal channels. Big up to them for still being in the game!! Going to use them for as long as I can..

Get a handle on that rust soon. Wire brush what you can and hit the areas with a rust-reformer primer, rust mort or POR-15 ... then apply a top-coat.

You can disassemble and blast the pedal assembly, paint (or powder-coat) and reassemble with bronze bushings ... it will last you your lifetime

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[/quote]Get a handle on that rust soon. Wire brush what you can and hit the areas with a rust-reformer primer, rust mort or POR-15 ... then apply a top-coat.

You can disassemble and blast the pedal assembly, paint (or powder-coat) and reassemble with bronze bushings ... it will last you your lifetime
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Mark, thanks for the advice....I'm going to start tackling that rust tomorrow. That old cluster is going to Bruce Stone as a core, if usable. He's already got another one on the way to me. BTW, I haven't forgot about your muffler, ....should be installed in a few weeks!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Walter, sorry for your loss. Thanks for letting my son and I take it down the road last year. What a nice car.

I hope that another 914 is in your future.

Like Mark said, at least we know you've made the original owner ecstatic.

BTW - diggin' the COVID face lettuce

-John

Took a little time today to clean up the surface rust under the pedal cluster and mc. Still have some work to go, but the metal appears to be in good shape.

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Also received this in the mail from @bdstone914 Thanks for the new cluster. It looks great! I'll send the core back tomorrow.


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Moved the car to the back for a bit.

Trying to figure out which bolts to buy to get this shroud back together:

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I love this.
Bought some 5/16 aluminum rod then used my cheapy drill press as a lathe and cut to length. I then used a file to taper the ends.
Mid 80s BMW mirror purchased . Used dremmel to remove spring mount then used stock visor mount to mark mount holes, drilled holes then used cheap HF countersink bit to make recess. Used the mount holes to attach to block of wood as to maintain alignment for drilling visor mount hole.
Bent the rod slightly then tapped into place. About 15 minutes total.
The hard part was getting the old mirror off the glass. Everything I found on glass sites was to heat glass and twist base. Twisted with all my might, well gloved hand, and I couldn’t get it to budge. I detected a slight bubble appearing so I stopped heating. I grabbed 4 razor blades which I pressed in at each corner. Using a piece of wood I worked the blades in a the base finally let go.
If I do this again I would probably heat the base instead.
Drove around the neighborhood a bit and then improvement is amazing.
Highly recommended.
I took photo with phone vertical so no idea why previewing sideways.

check 914rubber that sells a set

I did a dumb.

Dropped off the 914 in the Spring for some work with the best 914 specialist in the region. While he got everything running well, he also junked some sub-par pieces that were hanging off the car including shredded heater hoses, and the transmission shift cover.

I drove it a bit and ordered some new parts from 914Rubber. I removed the shift linkage to install the replacement cover. Trying to reinstall the linkage, the cone screw stripped out the few remaining threads on the knuckle coupler. After a couple failed attempts to get it back together, I ordered a new shift coupler (still available from Porsche) and bushings from 914Rubber. It fougnt me going back together, so I decided to take it back to the mechanic before busting it up any worse...

So yesterday, I set the car into 2nd gear at the transmission, and drove about 4 miles to the mechanic (all on side streets) with only 2nd gear.

Today, he reinstalled the linkage as well as new heater hoses and adjusted my rear brakes. I picked it up around 5:30 and drove the short ~4 miles home. It was totally rejuvenating to drive it with everything working just right.

Your attitude towards these cars changes... When they're giving you trouble, they're a liability. When it's perfectly sorted and you go out for a drive, there's no better feeling in the world.

Any local VW shop or VW parts vendors will have M6 Slotted 'Cheeseheads'

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+1 well said

taking it in to get some protection in the form of the Xpel clear bra front hood and quarters! will feel a bit more safe from the random rock and road debris being kicked up, i have put this off for almost 2 years, and am tired of not driving the car as much as i want!

I’ve thought about doing this but have a few questions...

How much do you expect it will cost? Is the film easy to remove? How do you maintain the film over time?

I was quoted $1000 with front hood, front quarters and the head lightcovers. that is installation and materials. Thats an great price. I've seen upto $1500 for the same work same product. On Xpel website you can buy direct frm them the pre cut kit and its $950 with out the head light covers. I think due to the fact that they are using the re-cut template kits for the hood and the quarters its less labor than free-handing all of it.

Phil

Hehe, sort of a love/hate relationship

Replaced my stock banana muffler with a dual outlet Triad exhaust.
All I can say is...

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Replaced my stock banana muffler with a dual outlet Triad exhaust.
All I can say is...

And no pics Please share

I replaced my accelerator cable also added the suspension strap and the clutch cable. The cables that were replaced did not have a Teflon sheath. The ones I put in do have the Teflon sheath and the clutch is noticeably smoother, it is so much better.

Put my odometer back in the car, hooked it up and started the car, 1st time in 3 weeks. We are still in the heat of AZ summer so stored at the moment.
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Here ya go...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pzRvnnXEGs

nice! thanks for sharing the video. Can’t wait to install mine.

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Checked behind the rockers of my new car

you sure its a 914?

Steve! awesome! i told you you’d like the dual out Triad! Love mine, get asked all the time “is that a /6?”. looking forward to hearing that in person !.
Noel, you will like it!

actually did a small project today, and for the first time my 914 has a back pad light that works, fits, and comes on when i open the door!!! and goes off when i close it !
new switches and a light from Sierra madre, first time a light fit and stays in place.

It's the little things that make the build.

Only 65 miles today.

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First time out since we got 6 inches of rain last Wednesday. Flooding closed a lot of the small bridges in the county until yesterday.

Recently acquired 1970 914 that has been mostly sitting for years. I drove it home but the brakes were horrible and it wouldn't shift. I'm 3/4ths through a full brake refresh with new MC, PMB calipers, soft lines, took apart regulator to clean/inspect. Found rear soft lines completely plugged. Almost done with new shift bushings through the car. The shift rod bushings in the car are completely disintegrated. While in there I put new fuel line at the tank end. Someone relocated the pump to the front in the past but didn't do the best job. I'll completely redo that this winter with new SS lines in car. The engine lines are original so those will go as well. I just want to drive this a bit before November :-). Thanks to Eric Shea/PMB, 914 Rubber, Auto Atlanta and the many members, technical experts that help us amateurs keep these cars going!


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Flogged it. And flogged it the previous 5 days as well. A little over 2000 miles in 6 days.

Celebrated 914 on 9/12 with a drive on the local twisties.
This is the upper half of Mt Palomar's East grade, super fun road, pretty much cruising in 3rd gear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VeaQ9AmgE8

After joining 914World two days ago which energized me, I pushed out my 914 from garage and took inventory. Also found a set of rear 5 lug 911 hubs locally and went to pick them up. I'll call it a good day. Cheers

Also ran across this last week three villages over from my place. I think it's called a Kershner Wide Body only offered here in Germany by that Tuning company. Too radical for me but if someone is interested, I'll establish the contact with the German guy and then back away. Shipping from Deutschland to USA is about $2200 (Transglobal). It has a 2.0 4 banger Fuel injection, Some rust. Guy said something about 15K Euro.

Car is in Germany close to my house near Frankfurt

That's what I did last week!

Took it for a nice little ride to Salinas to look at a horse trailer with my cousin. 200 mile round trip and the car ran and rode perfectly. My cousin, who is a total gear-head, car-freak like me, loved it. Here it is parked in the driveway where we went. It just looked pretty sitting there so I snapped a pic.

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You know that I am in love with your car?

Is that haze in the back-ground from all the wild fires?

a lot of cleaning and grinding

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Thanks @Jett . @Army Roger that is not smoke it was actually early morning fog that burned off while we were looking at the trailer. But given the way CA has been for the last 2 weeks, one would expect smoke.

Broke a good German tool today. 1/2 inch breaker-bar, but finally got the 30MM rear hub nut off. Heat cycles, liquid wrench and my impact gun did the trick. I won today!

@Army Roger
nice looking projects there! cool hot rod, whats the power plant?
heard that we were pulling ops out of DE due to Germany not wanting to contribute to costs of operations , is that sending you home as a result? just curious, i work on the MCAS Beaufort SC(medical side) and hear stuff sometimes.
anyway if you are getting going on this 914 project you should start a new build thread dedicated to it, goof way to document all you work in one place.
Cheats!
Phil