What cover gas cap is that? Looks like you have no hood gap.

Today i checked checked the differential bearing preload. I had to make two tools to do this step. It was below the allowable spec. I am assuming the reason is because the bearings are used. I wish I had a set of new bearings to install and use the original spacers. I would like to see if the new bearings would bring the preload back into spec. Otherwise I will have to re-shim the diff to bring it to spec....

I weighed my extra fiberglass rear lid

Got my 914-SHO motor running today. Now just gotta get all this wiring documented so I can tear the motor partially down to begin the test fit.

See video.

The gas cover is from an Audi TT, I got it from a member here. I don't thin I need a hood cap.

I started both cars today , the 2.0 djet started with no issues, but the green one with the dual webbers was having issues starting. I think somehow water got into the webbers. I got it to start but popping like hell and wouldn't stay running.

Finally got that last piece of linkage hardware and got the carbs synch'd and running.

How much water do you think may have gotten ingested? One of the cylinders may have filled up through an open intake valve.

Disable your fuel pump, pull the spark plugs and crank the engine over to get any water out of the cylinders (it could get a little messy, so place some shop rags over the open holes), and check for water in your oil.

One of the locals out here just went through this same exact scenario

I am not sure , it may not be much. That's great info, thanks .

I cranked Christine up and took her for a ride to the bar b que place for lunch.

Deeper and deeper in the rabbit hole I go! Deceided this week might as well pull everything out to get her sandblasted just finding the hand sanding, wire wheeling, scrapers to much of a pain in the ass. to do in all the knooks and crannies.

Been stuck at home with a bad cold - haven't been to the shop for a couple of days

The highlight of the day ... a friend stopped by and gave me this nifty clock!

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Would love one of those gear knobs. That one looks fantastic.
One day....

Cheers

Dale

Hey!

I resemble that remark!

Also, be sure to disconnect your coil. If you're running a pertronix, make sure you disconnect your dizzy too, or you may burn it up.

Get some dry gas and throw it in the tank.

Change your oil.

Starting fluid spray will help to get rid of some of the water too.

If you're having your daughter help you get it started, make sure she know to let go of the key when it catches, and not switch it back off in a panic.

(All weekend)

- Changed headlights
- Changed bulbs in fog lights
- Realigned headlights so they're flush with hood
- Repaired and cleaned up indoor chrome door handles
- Re-glued horn cushion on steering wheel
- Removed non-OEM rear view mirror and replaced with OEM rear view mirror that I refurbished
- Touch up paint on inside of engine lid
- Freshened rubber bumper top with three even sprays of paint
- Freshened paint (evened up) on fuel tank
- Repaired two small tear in my driver's seat
- Replaced center cushion with OEM center cushion
- Replaced license plate bulbs and housing
- THOROUGHLY cleaned car and removed dirt in crevasses of both trunk and bonnet, all the little areas around lights, hinges, etc.
- Washed, polished and waxed wheels and paint, RainX windows, moisturize and shine all exterior rubber trim, bumpers, tires, interior leatherette, dash, seats, back pad, console, vacuumed and shampooed carpeting, etc.

- 70 degrees and sunny, took it for a spin. It was a beautiful day to go topless.

Drove Betsy down to the airport to meet a plane to drop off a rear valance for Mary Shortridge and to get some ginger snaps and other goodies being delivered to me.


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Dropped the engine to fix the front main seal leak.
Put in a new front seal.
Put in new oil cooler seals.
Replaced the fan hub and woodruff key.
Re-routed fuel lines to carbs.
Changed the carbs to receive fuel from back instead of front.
Cleaned up and painted engine bay.
Put in a new speedo cable
Tried to fix the engine deck lid hinge bolts. More to follow on that.
Got it all put back together and running.

That's a lot in one day. Congrats

I removed the pedal unit from the green car and noticed that I have some rust in there . My welder came in handy, started to grind and patch the holes with fabricated metal.

More like 2

Glad to hear, Joe

Damn, nice parts hauler

I've driven her for about 1 mile from the house and back again since installing the engine for the first time since I first took ownership of the car. I worked on the Tachometer and tail lights last night. I kind of got the tach working but based upon my wiring connecting the tach wire to the coil made the engine miss and run rougher. So...there seems to be a missconnection or grounding short somewhere. Or I wonder if there is no 12V going to one of the tach input terminals that appears to require that?

Yesterday installed my rear glass after it was left behind for 3 weeks. Today is a very beautiful day and able to drove it and picked-up my daughter from school.

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Nice, ndfrigi. Don't be tempted to do a burnout on your lawn!

Hi Doug,

Actually it's not the teen who did that to the lawn. It's the other cars. Now I have to put more water on it before my landlord visit. Hehehe

Noel

Finally getting over my cold and got to go over the shop for a bit. Moved some of my stuff around and moved more of my nephew Jeremy's stuff in

Did a little more clean up on the '72, then ran up to Westchester High to enroll Jeremy in our evening auto shop class.

I'm pooped

So getting close to putting the engine back and decided to get rid of the heavy and manky sound proofing against the firewall. Don't know if any of you have used this stuff but it is a bit of a trick handling it over the various contours with it's self adhesive backing. Looks really good in the car-not sure how this pic will come out.

You forgot:

"Had to bring KaptKaos a flashlight so he could reconnect his dizzy cap in the middle of the street."

I stared into the void where my gear stack used to be.
Re-geared stack should be back in 2-3 weeks, but I'm already missing the quick blast around the block I'd take every couple of days.

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Added my painted original hardware to my new Rennline pedal board with some stainless, rubber and nylon hardware from ACE. Even the small stuff is fun

Peter (0396) stopped into the shop this morning and we BS'd about Porsches and BMWs for a while.

Later, Jeremy and I exposed more clean metal on the '72. Trying not to remove the door-ding filler spots. There's a lot of original (fast) yellow paint on the door. Driver side is almost done

I go in for some more shots in my back tomorrow. Hopefully I can get back to the shop again on Friday

You guys keep up the good work, it keeps me motivated

Drove her to work!

After having pulled the engine this past weekend to clean up a main seal leak, and then having my dizzy cap come off last night, I wasn't sure I would pull it off. But she's running nicely.

@Euro911 - give me a call tomorrow and let me know how stuff goes!

so what was the final verdict kapt? did you find out what actually was the cause?

good luck tomorrow mark. fingers crossed...

Somehow the fan had come loose from the hub. There is a bolt that holds it on, so it is something I will be checking from now on.

More worrisome was the woodruff key. It was too small; like it had been worn. And the fan hub had some damage near the slot for the woodruff key. So I swapped out the hub, and the woodruff key. I also used a different fan bolt from one of my other engines.

I plan to check that bolt over the weekend, and then at oil changes. So fingers crossed.

Did you blue loctite on the hub bolt? I noticed the woodruff key on a type 1 gen/alt look the same as that hub key but a tad smaller. Did the crank slot get boogered up?

I may have used red loctite, but can't recall for sure.

Crank end was fine. Which made me happy.

SWEET! I would think your golden.....

BTW I'm doing gearboxes now, so if your having any troubles let me know.

Cool..I have one that we can play with..

Tried to get an electrical fire going in the tunnel wiring harness. Added a self-powered amp behind the passenger seat and wired it into an existing fused line from the battery which runs to an old amp which drove the old sub-woofer which was taken out. Turned on the radio and the new self-powered (Kenwood) sub sounded great. But didn't figure the old amp was drawing that much power since it wasn't driving anything, but was wrong. Enjoying the tunes for 5 mins when I smelled burning wires. Shut off radio, disconnected battery and had extinguisher ready. The main power was replaced with a lesser fuse. Fortunately no trace that any other wires were affected and all electricals work fine. In other words, dodged a major bullet.

I felt pretty good today (Friday). Four shots in the upper back and neck appeared to do the trick

Jeremy and I went to the shop late this afternoon and pretty much finished up on the driver side of the '72 roller. Then we had to move 4 cars around so we could put the '72 on the lift for some undercarriage cleanup.

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Just noticed it has KONIs on all four corners, aluminum cross bar and a bump-steer kit

Steve (pneuhyde) happened to be in So Cal this weekend ... he stopped by the shop this morning to look at the '72.

Adjusted the front end ride height ... it was a little low on the driver side.

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Later, did a little shop maintenance and stuck some wheels under the new HF parts washer.

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Now I need to get crackin' on some of those greasy parts

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Replaced my 40 year old emergency brake boots which had perished. Used a little silicone spray to get the boots over the cable linkage. Got boots from Auto Atlanta.

Day Two: With three days of rain projected, what a better time to tackle some projects I have been putting off. Replaced my drain plug in front trunk which was gone. I also replaced my 40-year old heater hoses. The old heater hose literally fell apart when taking them out. Got new heater hose from Auto Atlanta.

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installed pedal board

But now, your car isn't 'stock'

I fooled around with my Methanol injector solenoid...

Took the white car to McMark to swap trannies and some new 160lb springs, the 200lb springs were beating me up. Picked up a "running" motor for the yellow car.
And......brought home another 914, and then there was 4

Then the 49rs won....

Jeff