Finished coating right fender, installed turbo tie rods, center link, a arms, and front struts.....finally some progress
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Wow those are some pretty big holes Bob.

Replaced this pesky little RMS

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and drained this so I can open it up tomorrow.

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Like eating an elephant, one bite at a time.

Just completed install on the intercooler and plumbing on the Turbo GT

I got my car back on the road and have been driving it to work this week. . I painted the front half of my car and also refinished the bumper with new grills, bumper tops, and refinished fiberglass valences. No more tits!

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Moved my car to her new home. Now I can relax a little and get a couple of adddional holes I found patched.

I had my two sons re-key the door locks on my 914 to match the ignition key.

Thanks to World members for providing threads on removing door handles and rekeying locks. I printed them out and my sons were able to do the job themselves (with a little help from dad).

Thanks for helping me pass the torch!

The car looks great Doug.....did you do any thread about the CIS injection setup? Just curious.... Jon

Yesterday, finished up constructing the wife's new flower bed ... or so I thought

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Now she wants the water spigot moved of to the north end


Stayed up late and completed this little Amateur radio kit that I ordered a couple weeks ago. Finished it in the wee hours this morning.

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I'm going to the shop to play with cars this w/e

Yes, Tim ... I'll install the LED gauges

Did my first valve adjustment on my 72 914.Used rocking technique and works great.
It really smoothed out.....
Ready for RRC.

I installed a battery tray and hold down system in my v-8 converted 73 and hooked up the flip up motors for the headlights (PO had the headlights, motors, flipups, out).
And wouldn't ya know it, the flip ups aren't working right

i added a third seat belt in the center by bolting it on with the other latches. then stuffed an old minibike seat in the center for a seat. it fits snugly under the back pad and can be slid out to wherever is comfortable when in use. just so my freinds can ride on short trips. Did the 914 ever come with the option for a third belt? should be legal I guess

I did a thread when I first put the system together...

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...=136028&hl=


I recently changed motors and I also made several changes to my CIS system but I don't have a thread on that.

That's great, thanks....that'll be plenty to read thru for now.

Moved my car to one of our new shops, this way I HAVE to look at it every single day!

... Trying to get back on it.

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Great way to finish my day.

What did I do, today, on my 914 ? Well, let's see !?! Not a damn thing.
For the last year or so, I have been working on:
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My son's '65 VW Notcho ~ keeping it running and replacing all of the CANADIAN
shade tree repairs on it. It has responded well to all repairs, upgrades and
replacement parts. Everything has stablized for the past 8 months and now,
tomorrow, we (my son, and I) will be replacing the tie-rods and ball-joints.
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Last month it was my daughters' MKIV 1.8T GTI. I had to chase down the problem
of cooling fans not working.
Replaced to sensors and a main fuse. Was successful with that. Replaced a cracked
center grille with a new after market one. Looks good !
Now I have to find out why her passenger rear speaker isn't working.
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And for the last several months, we have been working on the '70 Fasty. My son and
I have been purchasing a gazillion parts for it. I have been tearing down the seats
and cleaning and painting the bases and spring assemblies and rebuilding them.
What's left is a little bit of body work, then sanding and preping for paint, then onto
assembling everything, carpet kit, interior panels, headliner and re-assemble the
engine and prep for run-in.
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Today, my wife's jeep "JUST TURNED OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD" (she said).
Borrowed my daughter's car to get to where my wife was, and the jeep fired right-up
(because it likes me and not her) and I got it home. This evening it wouldn't fire.
So I extracted a P0320 code, (crank position sensor) and will be replacing that tomorrow.
IT NEVER ENDS !!!!!

Took my 3 year old 2.0 case project to Rimco for extra work. Being that I'm a newbie to these, I asked them to machine x. Well, what I asked for cut through the case....HE- - , if these guys " were' the experts, WHY in the world did they not worn me that it was not possible! Now I have to spend another $150 for some weld up job....and then they are " suppose" to recheck the case to see if the welding did not distort the case! Ya, experts! Sorry for the rant and they sold me a line bore, over size bearings , tap plugs....etc. sorry for the rant

New tires! Thanks Rhodyguy!


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Moved many steps closer to installing my new engine!

A few more tins and then in it goes.

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Long Day in the Heat
Transferred the suspension off the silver bucket onto the red tub.
I'm wiped. Wont be long Doug!

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Barry's old car. Scotty B took a look at one of the pictures Barry sent me and said the inside rear wheel well looked odd. I passed on the shell. Still doesn't look to bad if the price was right.

Floors, longs, consoles, motor mounts all look good. It has had some repairs done but they appear to be strong repairs.
Door gaps are nice, trunk good.

Fender flares next FG with bushwacker bolts...

Today I went on drive to Glendora Mountain road. Enjoyed the twisties but car still not 100%. Got to east fork and stopped to admire the view and the gremlins attack the the car wouldn't turn over. Waited for 30 minutes fiddled with the battery cables finally decided to push start and went straight home.
I still consider it a good day. Even though the carbs were acting funny and the car wouldn't start.

Just picked up my 75, 2.0 which has just had the heads re torqued and the valves adjusted following a rebuild and a 1000km run in. My mechanic had set the timing at 30 degress ( as for Beetles which he works on a lot ) so we brought that back to 27 and leaned the mix up a bit and it now runs like a dream. Can't believe the difference a few minor tweaks make.

Just want to jump in it and drive all day instead of sitting here at work!!!!!1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nbul4VAlfM


I completed my goal... Got it running in time for Monday so I could drive my own car to work.

The best advice I ever got about these cars was to never ride or drive a 914-6.. I didn't listen, and man do these get expensive quick..

Still need to do some carb tuning and I need to wire in the msd box, but for now, I can drive the 5 miles to work no problem.

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back to earth

Did some welding on my 914 trailer.
And added new light brackets and LED lights.
Welding heavy stuff is dabomb!

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When will you lose the training wheels?

Looks nice with steelies

Took the car in for inspection, emissions, car is now good for another year

My 2 year old grandson has had his eyes on the teener for the last 6 months, so today he got to go for his first ride through the neighborhood. We were happy guys while it lasted!
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I hope there was ice cream involved!

Here's what I did over the last couple of days. Gauges had old faded and scratched lenses so I new glass cut for them. The brake warning light plastic face had warped and shrunk over the years too so I made a new face with plexiglass and got a small piece of red vinyl sign material to place behind it. Also used a small piece at the fuel empty window. It was also faded badly and had warped. Found the tach bezel to be either brass or bronze. Either way couldn't get paint to stick well so I took it all off and I think I like the oddball bezel being in the middle.
Didn't take long to do any of it, just slow and tedious like anything else. I think it cam out pretty well.

I've dropped the upper and lower dash pads to get repaired at a local upholstery shop. The upper is getting repaired and re wrapped in black vinyl with fine yellow stitching similar to what would have been done on leather wrapped 911 dash. The lower just has one crack and the guy thinks he can fix and dye to match new upper.......time will tell! Hope to have it back the end of this week.

Well, I replaced push rod tube seals, adjusted the valves, and changed the oil. it was so much fun.... now I'm ready for

Put the white car up on blocks, ordered everything for an oil change and tune up, need to get my tuna can installed, adjust the valves and get her ready for a 4000 mile trip leaving the 28th.

Jeff

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Thanks Mr... I can`t wait to drive it! God willing that will be today

Good Job, Ethan. Wish I was that far along. I see you had your tow truck driver riding shotgun.

Hooked up the 73 steering in the 70 tub. The wheels turn! What a novel idea.

I replaced the fuel pump and got it started for the first time in 4 months.

Painted my top. Used the same SEM Bumper Coater (39103) that I used on fiberglass bumper tops.

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Drove it for the first time in almost a year! the new motor is kickass! temp gauge never moved off white but i did`nt get above 4500RPM,,,trans seems kinda stiff !any idea`s on how to losen that up a bit Thanks

The top looks great - mine needs this. What was the specific SEM color code you used?

This is not what I did to my Teener, it's more like what I did for Teeners! Did/Doing some 3D CADD today for someone and this is what my desk looks like. There are only a few things pictured here that I have not modeled.

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It's 39103. I got it at O'Reilly.

Did some work one the teener been way to long been over a month.

Still working the honey-doo list - so no car work

Some friends of ours are moving to Alabama and they said they're not planning to drive their '67 DD bug there. They said we could have it for $1k

My wife did a total about face and is actually considering it


... and I have a couple of 'spare' 912 motors here