Viper Green

So far in the New Year, Elvira has been a work commuter and domestic errand runner.

Today was our first opportunity to take a nice long drive, exclusively for the enjoyment.

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Working on the valve train geometry, Ian's youtube with input from Jake is very informative. I am taking my time with things.

Pulled the driver side door latch off to start lubing/refreshing the door mechanism. One of the three screws that hold the mechanism was rusted so decided to WD40 it instead of stripping it. Will try it tomorrow.

Painted my 911 struts Bilstein Green (for 4-to-6 project)

Put some parts in the new ultrasonic cleaner

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Split the case on the 2.4 going in the '71...

Case, heads, etc will be on their way to Ollies in Lake Havasu for some prep!!Click to view attachment

Got my 2.7 case back from Ollies a week ago. They are somewhat back logged, and not cheap, but I am expecting good results when things come together.

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Heard good things about Ollies- stopped by there last year when I dropped off a transaxle at California Motorsport, about 2 miles from them. A friend with me had his 356 case and heads there and he wanted to check on them.
I've heard from many people they do great work... looking forward to finding out myself.

….another S TX great 914 day!
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Sorting through my collection of calipers preparatory to sending some off to PMB for my six.

We've got two rebuilt front at the upper left, they should be ready to bolt on.
The three rears right below them should be enough to get me a matched set of GT spec calipers suitable for vented disks.
The other four are a pair of A's and a pair of M's, and they're cores or hardware donors.

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I looked at it sitting there all cold and lonely while I made sure the snow blower was operational. A sad sad day...
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Disassembled the old struts and cleaned up parts to migrate to the new setup.

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Starting to layout the aim system (pdm08), ordered two more custom bars for the cage, and installed new hoses on brake cooling kit.

Thanks to this forum, found some easy fixes to a squeaky roof. Bought some $5 velcro and installed fuzzy side over existing seal (which the fuzzy had worn down). Also put some rubber hose over the latch.

Installed new AA 96mm pistons/cylinders on #1 and #2. All was going good until the new pushrod tubes/seals were being difficult. Give it another try tomorrow.

Likewise.. the streets are still white from the last salting and more snow due tomorrow

73, 1.7: changed the oil and filter again for the third time. Used least expensive oil from Walmart, filter from O’Riellys. Oil looked like coffee with way too much milk in it. Engine had a lot of water in the oil from m the last big rain we just had. Car sits outside. Rain gutter is missing from engine deck lid. Filled it up, dumped it out. Filled it up, dumped it out. Filled it up, dumped it out. Also removed and cleaned oil strainer. Had a ton of gunk and sludge in and on it. Went for a drive by the bay under the palms. Had lunch, watched the boats quietly pass. Listening to Rammstein, Eiesbrecher, Hank Jr., and Waylon. Good times!!

Bought and assembled a HF 12-ton shop press. Used it to push out my rear hub bearing and install hub bearings in my son’s go kart project. It took a minute or less for each one. Wow! Where has this thing been all my life??!!

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Replaced the fuel tank because the old one was very rusty.

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Started fitting deck lids, bumpers, and valances.Click to view attachment

Tightened header nuts and CV joint bolts on both cars today. Taking the '71 to a local C&C on Saturday just for 4 cylinder Porsches in old town Scottsdale...
Otherwise it will be a busy week as it is auction week here in the greater PHX area!!

@SKL1 What C&C is on the last Saturday of the month?

Since my LE is finally in the queue for paint I've been working on Steve's '71. Back in late spring I posted HERE about meeting a new owner and cleaning up a few DAPO issues finishing that post with "Next thing to sort out is fuel pump toggle switch hanging under the dash and slop in the shifter." That led down the slippery slope of "while we're in there". 

Turns out the fuel pump circuit in the ECU was dead and  @GaroldShaffer had a good used one. Replacement of the front shifter bushings stopped the popping out of 4th and some of the play but it was still a tail shifter with internal wear.  Someone had the gearbox apart in the past as there were beads of RTV on the joints and a leak at the mainshaft. Looking thru my parts stash I had everything to do a side shift conversion except one part. (Thanks again to Garold) So when the cold weather got here we pulled it apart. Note to DAPO: this is what happens when you catch the seal during reassembly. 

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With the engine out the area behind and below the bolted in angle iron battery tray had this hiding under fiberglass cloth. A new inner fender well, engine shelf, battery tray and support and rebuilding hell hole was next. Also ditched the firewall mounted ecu in favor of the original brackets. 

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The engine had a few uglies too. At some point the engine was apart and the cyl heads installed on the wrong side requiring this custom access to the head temp sensor. The manifold gasket was cut from 3/16 rubber sheet and sealed with plenty of RTV. The fan housing and all the tin ended up coming off for cleaning and paint. The butchered upper tin and the 3 missing lower tins were replaced. 

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A few more details and the engine's ready to go back in. And a pic of the car.

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nice work! amazing the stupid crap you run across on these isnt it?? nice tosee them mad right again!!!

me too.....That's the last time I used it....
Matt

Lots going on but finally epoxy primed my only narrow-bodied 914. Will apply paint next week. (Orange)

I recently purchased this Subaru EZ30 SIX from a local socal member.
The plan is a light face lift, new interior and ENJOY. Very solid car

A bit later this spring swapping to 5 lug conversion since I already have all components and wheels.

Oscar


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Tore down an axle for a CV repack and cleaned a bunch of rear suspension parts. Ordered new bearings and CV Schnorrs and a few other incidentals. The inner CV did not have any washers at all … CVs look bad. Pretty deep grooves in both inner and outer. Going to tear the other side down to see if I have double trouble before figuring out replacements.

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drove it! Certainly S Texas isn’t the only place to find breakfast tacos? Another great S TX 914 driving day….logged just under 160 miles

I installed new door 914rubber panels and front 914rubber pad/bolster

4 cylinder C&C in old town Scottsdale on Saturday. Lots of interesting stuff- nice to see cars other than P cars every so often. I love old Alfas and the blue one was beautiful. Almost got a 2002 way back when I go the '71 914 so obviously love them as well... and the Renault R5 ain't bad either!!

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Nice group of drivers there Oscar!!

I removed the shift forks and detent without losing any of the little pieces!

Top Tip: Dismantle the forks and detent in a low sided cardboard box lined with a rag, so when the balls or the pill try to jump dimensions they get stopped.

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Still doing small projects until the shoulder heals so I painted up my calipers. Also added some JB Weld to the heat shrunk steel pipes for my brake and clutch reservoirs.
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Replaced worn out seal in sandwich plate for external oil cooler. Adjusted clutch cable and checked shifter linkage from recent install and put her back on the ground for the first time ( this year )
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Brakes mounted, air cleaner covers and secure mounting complete, and cleaned up interior for the 6 in preparation for next weekend at Roebling

Looks great!!

BillJ,

LOVE the air cleaner covers!

This morning, Abe and I was able to visit sir Oscar and even I visited his place few times already, you will amaze everytime you visit. There will always something new (new car, something done with cars and done with his house).

Thank you for the generous items we got from the zoom meeting we had last December.

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Cleaned up a trailing arm and brake sheetmetal and got some rust encapsulator on them. Not quite up to powder coat standards but a major improvement. Ready for new bushings and bearing. Then on to the other side.

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Out for a drive to break-in in the new motor and transmission rebuild.

Wow, looks like a nice sunny day for this time of year, and love that green!

final prep for Amelia island and Werks Reunion, got some skis on the ski rack, and the newly repaired ding on the front hood , so that’s back on, so i think i am ready to go!

@BillJ Where did you get those air cleaner covers? I want some...

Toes down on the skis will reduce drag! Good luck, and have a safe trip.

You should cover all the bases and put the surfboard between the skis!

Clay

your probably right about that, and also i think for a long drive, flip them aroudn with tips in back, but iall the pictures i see of them mounted have them facing forward.
- there is a clearance issue with them face up like they are not the stops stick out too far and touch the top, so i had to move them back, so for the trip down i will probably flip them over and backward.