More honey-dooooooos ...

Prepping the area for a new driveway pour (I had help)

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... worked on some more solar experiments (a cut-down section of a 'doggy door' and 2x4 framed enclosure)

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The enclosure reached over 200 degrees in less than 30 minutes

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... and for the Porsche content ... my 'new' ('previously owned') P201 tool arrived

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That interior is just immaculate. Wow looks factory new. SOOO JEALOUS

Thank you. All I did when i bought her was clean her up, painted some parts of the dash and steering wheel. Painted the seat belt thingy, added a new PUSH sticker (eBay).

Took all the dietrus off the 914, washed the car cover and applied 2 coats od glycerin to all exterior rubber.
Yeah, it's not much, but id you're an old fart it's something. Had lots planned for the weekend but it's going to get cold again. Will probably do some parts inventorying anyway.May buy some tires, but the wife says we need paint.

Gotta get the boy on the pavement.

Still full on winter here, in between snowblowing the driveway, i was able to pull my emergency battery cutoff cable through the tunnel and back to the engine compartment and pulled a #10 wire through also, which will feed my front fuel pump relay.
Spring is not in sight highs wont see 50 or 60 for at least a few more weeks, the lakes in town still have a foot thick ice on them and up north still 3 feet thick. Last year we were playing golf in March.... I guess were paying for our late Winter as i played golf on December 4th...

I so want to drive my car again!!!!!!!!!!!

Lol thanks, I appreciate that!

Installed JWest fog light flasher module. Now I can flash them or keep them on without my headlights being on. I think they add safety during the day and look very cool!

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Yes, they do

After a long break of getting my 914 on the road, today I fixed my stuck wiper
- fuel tank -> out of the car
- Blower -> out of the car
- Wiper mechanism out

One of the wiper shafts was stuck after a 10 year of rust.... But now, it works like it is new again No pictures taken, only of the wires that goes to the motor (Always helpfull for reconnecting)

Cheers!

Swapped parts from old engine to new long block. Got new maps diaphragm from racer Chris. Gotta like the personal touch from Tangerine. Btw, In regards to Tangerine I like the Big Head Todd cover the best.

Replaced the stock axles and cv's with the renegade units.Didnt have new roll pins,so had to extract my oringinals.Pain in the balls!
Got it done though!Hopefully they do the trick.

Bring that Hot Rod down to the XXX and meet some PNW people W/914's

Im gonna Nord!Ive been working like mad!Hopefully I will have some xtra time(Not working every weekend)by early summer.The car is ready for some cool drives.

I second that interior totally immaculatte, what kind of speaker pods are those, do tell.

Thanks, made of fiberglass, bought from 914 Rubber.

Did a quick repair on the relay board.
Come to find out the spade lugs on my new voltage regulator have a step on them.
Which causes you to push the female ends out thru the tar coating.

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Weapons ..................

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Brushed on the Plasti Dip. Let it sink down and skin up for about 10 minutes then flipped over and let in dry. I only gave it about an hour to dry.

Then I was off to an SCCA AX at PIR.

I have 4 other boards. So I think I'll strip one and give in a complete refurbish.
Just looked up new on Pelican. $491.

Let's see..this is going to a long list..
Last weekend I drove up to see my girlfriend up in San Luis Obispo. Left at 4 am, got there at 7. 3 hours is a new record for me from Pomona to SLO. Drove the car around Central Cal without any issues as normal, and almost ran it out of gas on the drive back to school..oops.

Find the 914....


The weekend before, I installed a rear fog light, made a new sound pad out of foil covered synthetic sound deadening (Came out great) and then recovered the dash in felt. Everything came out great. Pictures to come later today.

Did quick clean up on the shifter.
As long as I've owned these cars I never taken the shifter apart.
I was having trouble with the 4-5 shift.

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This was special. I didn't shoot any pictures of getting the springs compressed.
Basically I bowed the open end to the hole. Then slid in an M6 bolt to hold it in place then tapped the pin thu. You have to keep your thumb on spring to keep it from bowing up and out.

Oh yeah ..................gooder than new.

Just got my new Leather wrapped steering wheel. This goes very nice with my new carpet, console, and backpad. Next up, new seats. Maybe this summer...

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I touched the fire wall to see how dry the paint was...

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Well.......Was it dry.


Looking good Mike!

Jeff

Had a weird experience today.

I went to the shop to unload all the stuff I didn't sell at the G&R (plus the stuff I bought) and a 911 long nose hood, then rummaged around and packed up some other parts to ship out.

I was finalizing the day's activities and walked to the front of the shop where the break room is, to close the front door that I had opened for ventilation (it's been hot down here lately). The door has a scissor gate across the opening and nobody can enter the shop from the front, but I find a guy who looked like Trevon Martin with a hoodie and a back pack sitting in there with his feet up on the table fiddling with a cell phone

I asked him WTF he was doing in my shop and he stumbled for words, but said something about wanting to know something about a battery. I didn't buy his story.

In any event I told him that he was trespassing and needed to get his ass out of my shop ... NOW. This guy snuck in through the back door of the shop unannounced when my back was turned and just decided to make himself at home

Come to find out, he matches the description of a suspect who stole $1200. cash a couple of months ago from a friend's Harley repair shop in the next block over.

I alerted the other shop keepers in our facility about the incident and we'll be keeping the sliding gate to the parking lot closed, at least for the time being

Luckily, this guy's image was recorded on my video surveillance system and I'll be providing the LAPD with a copy.

I'm not paranoid, but it brings back memories of an awful incident that occurred on Christmas Eve morning in 2010 just a few blocks from where I live. Joseph Gosinski, owner of Chicane Sport Tuning was shot to death while working in his shop. Story link

Looks like one just can't be too careful these days ...


On a lighter note, I did touch a lot of Porsche parts today

Where did you get your steering wheel done and how much? Looks great!

I see a finger print

I sent my wheel to Alan Gun Leather in Florida. It was not cheap. $330.00. But it was done very well and is now absolutely perfect. As good or better than when they were new from the factory.

I have used them in the past and knew it would be perfect. They take a while, but the quality is the best and it was worth it.

This was a present to myself to celebrate my first successful engine rebuild. I love the feel of a quality leather wheel when driving.

http://www.aglausa.com

Thanks for the info. Expensive but it must feel like heaven.

Received my SS fuel lines that I purchased from Rotary14 (Robert) and yes this fuel lines is really beautiful.

One less item to worry in igniting my teen. Hoping to install them anytime soon.

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And last weekend, another toy car 2013 cooper arrived in our house (daughter's new car). Thank you God for another blessing!



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Last April 18, 2013, we got a used 2008 cooper (maroon or red color) from local dealer but after 2 days, we decided to return it because it was a manual transmission which my daughter tried if she can still drive it well. Well she hate it but if I can just decide it for her, I would love the manual or stick shift because this cooper is really nice to drive and even for only 118hp on it, still runs so beautiful. But what can i do my daughter prepares Auto transmission. The good thing is, same amount of downpayment and monthly payment we got for the new 2013 cooper and nice color too.

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Damn Mark. Glad it went ok.

Please be careful.

My 914, for good or bad reasons, has been on stands for 6 years. Worked perfectly before that but I wanted to get it ready for the Hershey Parade. Lost job, lost time, lost interest.
Whatever, I took the cover off, peeled the heavy blanket off, expecting glorious amounnts of filth, etc.

There was a small amount of very light dust. Cleaned it off. Washed the cover and blanket. Used Meguiars Final Detail to clean the paint.

Went after the interior, expecting to find gross crud and filth - nothing! Amazing what a little careful insurance can do. No smelly interior.

Will be sent off for the injection system to be made new, but am amazed at what dry storage can inpart!

My 11mm silicone coolant line showed up today. I spent 5 minutes replacing the other one.

Be careful man., lots of whacko's out there.

Yep, getting together with a few of the local shop owners next week, and set up some additional electronic security measures ... daytime photo beam systems to detect unannounced intruders is first on the list ...


... and just because it isn't the greatest neighborhood anyway, I pack

I drove my car today....I drove my car today....I drove my car today....I drove my car today....I drove my car today....I drove my car today....I drove my car today....I drove my car today....I drove my car today....I drove my car today....I drove my car today....I drove my car today....I drove my car today....I drove my car today....I drove my car today....I drove my car today....Yah!!!!!!!!!!!

Now that is truly something some of us can't do

I replaced my dented bottom sail trim and removed the POS rear valance from Automotion and put back my original.

Just Kidd'n
Let's have a beer

OK

Drove my 914 twice this weekend! I've discovered that bringing along one of my kids makes it a "bonding experience" -- e.g. less flack for going out for a drive.

Saturday, I took my 4 y.o. daughter for her first substantial ride in the 914. About 15 miles with a stop at a local playground. And a stop for gas on the way home... more to come on that...

Sunday, I took my 6 y.o. son out for a drive and we stopped for a game of mini-golf.

The car's driving great, although I'm worried that it seems to be losing more oil than usual... might need another valve cover gasket.

So, about that stop for gas on Saturday... I'm rolling into the usual Sunoco near my neighborhood, and something there catches my attention. So I pulled up to the other side of the same island.

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Had a great chat with the driver. His is a '74, like my 914, but that's where the similarities end. It's a rare Euro Carrera 2.7 MFI. It was pristine. Owner (very nice guy) said his DD is a 944 Cab and he's had a couple 914s in the past.

Bumpers ......







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I finally got around to making a new intake snorkel. For the longest time I was using a PVC elbow and it was time to get rid of it.

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What is that, a VW rabbit FI?

If so you should get one of these!

Been a while since my last post...a few years. I moved to Boston in 2008 and shipped my 914 to Florida for an extended vacation at my folks house. I finally moved back to California this year, and had the car shipped out to California to get her up and running.

But since the move back to Cali, it never ran quite right (but I did drive it from Oakland to Redlands), and over the last month or so it's been running like crap. Symptoms indicated clogged injectors, and finally today I put in a freshly cleaned set. Car runs great now, and I'm no longer contemplating buying a Miata!

doors, hoods hung...suspension next

I went for a drive today. Burned the tires off a couple of times just for kicks.

Went for a drive again today. Picked up the boy from T-ball. Jack wont shut up about Daddy's green car...Perfect!

Jambed out the front trunk on Sandy's Ravenna car.

And how are those wheels lookin Rick?

Actually, your set will end up on the Raspberry car. I have a set on Sandy's car. You'll see them soon...

ah, holding out for the good stuff yourself.. good man!

Transferred stuff from the 73 rust bucket over to the 70 tub. Lights, some rubber seals, targa trim, then logged onto 914world and pretended to be an expert at everything