And here it is installed.

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Took the brakes and regulator off and sent to PMB for restoration. Also bought new hard and soft lines.

Ordered a new set of taillights from porsche for the BB… not Hella but pretty nice. Also got a set of euro lenses…

brand new housings?? where and how much? wonder if they can be purchased without the lenses?

Very nice!

@raw1298 - That looks pretty good.

Yes, the housings were bought separately and were $426.52 each… not cheap but are very nice and have the original type body rubber. The lenses were $175.

Isn't that a pretty shot? did you use the Back to Nature paint remover, and very little if any rust topside. How are the undersides? What mill are you planning?

Thanks. I am using citristrip https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07LF8T6P...=UTF8&psc=1

Very little rust, underside is really good, but there were some dubious repairs that will get addressed. Not sure about the paint yet…

Installed Mittlemotor 2.0 Stainless Muffler and 2.0 HE's from euro911


https://youtu.be/Lt2Hu4Vdzeo

@jett
can you share seller and manufacturer?

Yes, bought directly from Porsche via Sunset Porsche in Oregon. The part numbers were different on order but both boxes have the same number but one is marked “left”. These are the US buckets with no diffuser.

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Here is the side marking

thanks!, i did look and search to see who had what and the ones with same part number with stoddard and Sierra Madre are on sale, Stoddard price was $320 i think yesterday on sale. I think they are coming from same place that Porsche is getting them .

Either way its a big improvement from the old ones and mine have some cracking of the back houlsing and the sparkle gone from the reflectors, so this might be a purchase coming up soon.

My car is a 1972 so a tail shifter. The actual shifter in the car is a little different from the side shift shifter that is going back in. There was one thing that was bugging the crud out of me. The big hole at the rear that is the access for the bolt that clamps over the shift rod. It shouldn’t have bothered me so much but it did. I looked on the interweb for some kind of cap, no luck. Soooooo

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I cut the cap from my tail shifter body. Fits like a glove. I’ll fill the little holes

Something to keep me busy

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Now I need to repaint my shifter housing Looking kind of ratty and it hasn't been back on the car yet


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I built a trailer with some friends........

Sending out parts for restoration. Brakes to PMB; steering rack to 914 Rubber; suspension to Elephant. Should look great after the undercarriage is painted.

I put the picture above of my shifter up from my phone. I look at it on my laptop and the horror. The shifter body now looks terrible. Sooooo spent today doing something about it.

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Studying the wiring diagrams so I can adapt JWEST's headlight relay kit (1973 911 and earlier) to my '72 914. I'm down to my last headlight switch, and I want to take the current load off the switch and the latching relay. So far, this looks like a pretty easy do...

But like the sign says, "We don't do this because it's easy, we do it because it looked easy!"

Pictures to follow as I get into it.

Ok never have seen one of those before

I could not find anything factory so I made one. I do not even know if there is a OEM cap. I used my tail shifter body that does not have a hole and made that.

OK, I finished the install yesterday.

Bad news: I forgot to take pictures

Good news: It's a very nice kit, and it was pretty easy to adapt it to my '72 914

(NOTE: some 1972 and earlier 914s have a "hot +" screw-type junction block behind the fuse panel--if your car is newer, you'll have to find a different "hot +" source).
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Installation details follow, just in case anyone else wants to try this (all the usual warnings and disclaimers apply):

- Always disconnect battery BEFORE starting work.

- Insulate all exposed parts of the terminals with heat-shrink tubing, particularly the female terminals that were pulled from the fuse panel.

- Use 1/4" female push-on terminals on the kit's blue and green wires; they replace the car's white and yellow wires (respectively) at the fuse panel.

(NOTE: On my '1972 car, the white and yellow wires are at fuses #2 and #4 on the "input" side--check the appropriate wiring diagram(s) to make sure what's right for your car).

- Put 1/4" male push-on terminals on the relay kit's white and yellow wires; connect them to the car's white and yellow wires that were pulled from the fuse panel in step 2. (FWIW, on my car these wires come from the "latching relay," listed as #27, "combination relay" in Haynes manual, Figure 9.73).

- Install a ring terminal on the relay kit's red wire, then add it to the "hot" screw-type junction behind the fuse box. (NOTE: I didn't add an in-line fuse between the junction block and the relay because I have the wires between the battery and junction fused at the battery.)
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- Put a ring terminal on the kit's brown wire and add to an existing ground.

Hope this helps!

PS. The JWest Engineering 914 foglight-flasher relay works really well too!

PPS. Always disconnect battery BEFORE starting work.

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Are you happy with the Mittelmotor muffler? Right now I have a steel Bursch muffler. I don't like the sound too much of the Bursch. I watched your video and as far as I can say the sound of the Mittelmotor is deeper. Is it very loud at full speed?

Crew-dog and I got in about 30 miles today

Definitely a beautiful day in the neighborhood!

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That pink dogwood is just starting to bloom…

Prep for Air|Water

Removed graphics polished and waxed main panels… preparing for some new graphics…

Made a master cylinder brace

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My good buddy Alan came over and we worked on my 6 and my 928. Even though I never had an issue with the battery, it was 8 years old and if I am going to Route 66 in it I do not want to worry that it may take a crap. The front top seal pulled out in an area on the windshield when I took the top off so cleaned it up really good and used some 3/M weather strip adessive to hold it in place. Working with the linkage a little and well that is it so far. Battery for 928 $300. Picture showing the no hell hole on the 928.

Best Bob B
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Trying to stay busy.

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I was going to pretty it up, but this really isn't seen, so black to finish off. Other mount didn't need mods so its black ready for baking

It looks like you could rotate the battery 180 degrees. Looks like the battery cables would fit fine.

Best Bob B

I think Rick & I need to drive our 914's down to see you before you head to MN.....

Looks like crew-dog is doing a great job!

GN

Actually did this Saturday before Rick & I took our 914's on about a 130 mile drive on back-road twisties to Gordonsville, VA for some great BBQ......

Been wanting to do this since I first got the 914 running in 2018....





At night the LED line is nicely mirrrored off the trunk lid for double effect.

Major added safety issue in my thinking......

GN

Remembered my password to get back on the 914 site!

Getting closer to having a new hood finished

Love this car...especially the two tone bumper.

Good looking 3rd brake light, what'd you use?

As most of you locals know, every Friday morning, a bunch of Porsches and other beautiful cars gather @ Newcombs Ranch ( unfortunately still close )

I pretty much only drive my car there and if you haven’t yet I strongly recommend it. It’s an amazing ride! anyway photographer Dennis Collatos snapped me on my way up and thought like sharing the image here

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You can check the entire collection from Friday here :

https://denniscollatos.smugmug.com/ACH-Fridays-41224
Have a great weekend everyone !

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First drive of 2024! Still some snow on the roadsides.

Yesterday I replaced the original trans mounts. At first I thought they were the wrong ones until I realized how much the rubber has 'drooped' in 54 years... Large bolts came loose surprisingly easy since I know they haven't been off in 35+years. Are the nuts supposed to have a nylon lock ring on them? With a little bit of oil on the threads I was able to hand thread the nut on to finger tight. If so, where do I get them?


Second project was installing some replacement horns; one was long gone and the second/original just didn't sound right even after disassembly and cleaning. Determined the relay on the fuse panel was bad, swapping that out produced the desired 'beeps', but noticed both panel relays were silver cans with 21068-12 volt 901.615.109.03 on them.
I swapped in a black plastic one I had on hand 21131-12 volt 901.615.109.01.
It worked, but any known differences?

Installed the second strut. Thanks to @clayperrine for the part. Now for hubs and alignment.

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Drove the 914 for about two hours; odometer rolled over 246,000 miles

Outside air temperature climbed from 78 to 83 urging the drive; oil temperature at the end of the 2 hours was right at 210*F (it seemed to climb a couple of degrees after shutting off the car).

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Can’t get over how well the car still drives after all of these years.

Lubed the Speedo cable . Took most of the needle bounce out above 25 mph.

I really needed to put my head some place else. I remembered I had one more thing to do to my front strutts. I had been hummin and hawwin over this and decided that today was the day. I guess I wouldn't have taken pictures of them unless I was leaning this way. Did I screw up, the strutts were purdies as they were.

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Nice work! Very sorry to hear of your loss…….projects are good distraction!

Yes sir. Thank you

Steve -

AGREE!

Wish someone would start making those temp gauges again......George? Mike? Seems like Auto Atlanta or 914rubber would want to do it.

GN

FANTASTIC DAY at Shenandoah PCA Drive and event at Roseland Winery yesterday.

50+ miles of one of the most beautiful drives of my life in mountains surrounding Charlottesville, VA. Rick B. with my in his sweet '72 914......Super 914 race driver/builder Bates McLain led our group in his 951 as his 914 was giving him trouble (mine did on I-64 west to event - but more on that later...).

Here is Bates at start at Flow Porsche.....then more....







Rick's yellow 914 and Bates incredible 951 that some day I hope to own to right....both in this pic.....

It only took an additional month (ish) but, I got the front hood cut and polished. Now I just need to get it aligned on all four corners and a stereo put in and we'll be set to start driving.