Got the 6 speed back in. Axles and CV's greased up and ready for new bolts. Got to wait until Monday when the boltdepot.com order shows up.

My new CV's require a spacer and 10mm x 80mm bolts. The spacer is so the axle can slide in the CV and not bottom out in the flange cup.

Valve adjustment, new spark plugs and an oil change.

Hey, I actually drove mine today to do a bagel run....had not had her out since October....ran like a dream...

Went to the local junk yard. They had about 12 914's. I picked up a really nice rear bumper, outside door handle, parking brake assembly, door stop and a lot of odds and ends.......$50!!!!

If you could check all 12 vin# with our site and see if they are registered it would be great. Next time there take your camera. Thanks.


I drove my car yesterday.

on getting the VIN #s

Man-o-man, I could spend a week in that bone yard. I never run across any Vanagons or buses in our local ones


Drove the 'BB' to get coffee and smokes this morning

I replaced the head gaskets, valve cover gaskets, water pump, spark plugs and wires on the EJ22 going into my car. Timing belt, cam seals, and front and rear main seals tomorrow.

Replaced fuel filler neck gasket on top of gas tank. At least the inside of my tank looked pretty good. Looking to see if the new gasket helps with some fuel vapor smells I get every now and then. I've replaced all (and I mean all) of the vacuum/evap hoses in the car (and the plastic ones along the longs are not cracked.)

I flipped her over and worked the top over pretty good
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And then slowly worked my attention a little lower
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and I think she is going to appreciate it

AWESOME: I bought a "memphis" one, just incase I did not pass emissions and had to go the antique route. I like yours better.

I have an 85 tag on my 85 vw cabriolet. I get more comments about the tag than the car. People just don't remember the old days when TN used population to mark the counties.... Shelby County and Memphis were #1.... and yours is Chattanooga, Hamilton Co.

Very cool.

But now you need to do a V8 conversion, since it starts out '4 D 8'

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Went to the local junk yard. They had about 12 914's. I picked up a really nice rear bumper, outside door handle, parking brake assembly, door stop and a lot of odds and ends.......$50!!!!
Could you supply the address or phone # or website for the yard, I could use an outside door handle, possibility ??
Barefoot

Yeah, I suppose it would have been too much to ask for 7-D4914 or 7-T4914

I did nothing '914' today, except for taking delivery of a really nice set of lug bolts for stock steel wheels (thanks, Garold)

Alternatively, I worked on the 'bike made out of junk' ... and found a new use for an old garage door spring (cut into 4 pieces)

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Lawn Art?

Sort of, Bob. I don't think anyone will be able to ride it

I used to dabble with metal sculptures before I got married - much smaller items though:

Motorcycles, Model 'A's, dune buggies, bi-planes and sailing vessels, meant for desk top/coffee table display, and constructed mostly from small old school electronic components.

This bike will be displayed at our annual 'Burning Ham' event (Ham radio guys and girls camping/dirt biking event), held at Cuddeback Dry lake in the Mojave Desert. Last year, the bike I made out of wood got, um, burned

Now that I'm retired, I have plenty of time to 'play'. Maybe I'll do a 914 some day

Finally found out what the problem was. Not a rear main thank goodness. My new seven quart oil pan was leaking out of a few pan bolts. I took em out and used yellow teflon, stuffed em back in and no more leaking! Saweet!
Pity I discovered a coolant leak at the engine inlet. Very difficult to access on a Renegade conversion. I'll have to remove the belts, the auxilliary water pump and all the associated hoses just to get to the offending inlet. Poop
Jeez, did my PO ever do any maintainence? I've had the car almost a year and have yet to put a hundred miles on it due to "one thing after another"

Has anybody made a large removable section of the firewall to access forward components (like the water pump, alternator, etc.) - larger than the 'belt-change' size they guys do for '6' installs

... or how about 2 or 3 keenly positioned removable sections, not large enough to fook with the structural integrity

David- My Renegade notes say to let the motor idle until the thermostat opens as the water pump has no bypass like the chevy pump. So if you rev it too high the water pump will make allot of pressure that could spring a leak at the weakest point.

Could've happened I s'pose....but doubtful it'll "self-seal", lol

Let's see, last night I started it, found more things I need to fix, and also found less things I needed to fix.

All the fuel lines got replaced in the engine compartment, new filters, etc. One less thing I have to deal with!

On the other hand, the carbs on the car have chokes on them, which I should be able to trade for the choke delete plates off the other set I have. Good news though is that I have either 28 or maybe 32 vents, but they aren't labeled inside on the top.

1111

Ordered a bunch of parts from Pelican and Pegasus ...

You have to order? I'd figure you had a line of credit and just drove over there whenever you needed something. Or maybe that what I think about all the 914ers in Cali...

Nice!

Hello folks,

My car was charging just little over 12V so I swapped the voltage regulators today. It's now making 13.5V and good to go!

I am happy to know that the alternator is still good.

The last shiny metal Bosch was made in Spain and was in the car only for 3 years. This one in the plastic body is made by Hella from Germany. Let's see how long it will live.
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Let my 16y old daughter drive. She made me proud.

Nice to see that she seems to have an appreciation for it. One of our member's daughter was always embarrassed whenever he would pick her up from her high school ... because his car was 'old'

It was really nice shiny '6' by the way.

Took a Pic

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Nice....lets see more

I put on the 914 2.0 sticker, Thanks McMark!!

I replaced the modern CD Radio with a proper Blaupunkt Frankfurt. Hid the ipad adapter in the glove box!

that's Not correct for 76

- Replaced the 40+ year old rubber bushings on my a-arms with nice poly-bronze bushings.
In the process found out that my tub still has a few little bends in the wrong places as the new bushings started binding when bolted down.


- Fixed the grinding noise in the back by shaving off a bit from the caliper mounting ear where the rotor was hitting it. (Thanks to McMark for finding that so quickly!)

- Replaced the broken speedo cable with a brand new one. Still not working. I'm hoping it's the speedo, i'm gonna have to crack that open.


1 step forward, 3 steps back. About normal for a day working on the 914 ...

The wife to Sutter Creek today, her maid of honor, 29 years ago, opened a coffee shop there, drove the new -6, ran awesome, can't wait for Tahoe.

Thanks for all the help McMark the car is running great!!!

And for those in the Sacramento area, go for a drive to Sutter creek and visit Kaffiens, the coffee shop right on Main st, Kathleen the owner is a great person, and for you 55+ recently single....

installed a lump

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I know the sticker should have the line connecting the decimal point on the 2.0 anything esle

Drove it to work today!!

First time since the 2056 build last fall, and since installing Antique plates (which could make it risky to commute daily).

Beautiful morning drive, temp in the 60's and not too much traffic for DC. Hoping to leave by 4:30 today to enjoy the drive home before traffic gets crazy.

By the time I get home, I'll be over 700 miles on the rebuild toward the 1000 mile valve adjust, oil change, etc.

I have been hearing all about this plastidip, so I figured I would try it out. Since my paint looked like crap anyway I didn't have much to lose and I think it turned out pretty nice for my first experience with it.

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Pretty cool

Drove it like I stole it!!

Wow! This seems like it would be a handy way to "mock" up a paint scheme to see how it might look on the car. Specifically, if you wanted to use it on your rockers, wheels, bumpers, or other bits to try out LE scheme variations.

I've personally been considering an LE scheme with Adriatic Blue instead of the Creamsicle scheme and no lettering. Obviously a lot of work between now and then, but keeping the car white means less repainting inside and keeping the original color. I really like the contrast of white Empi wheels with the white body instead of trim colored wheels, but since it isn't an LE I have room to fiddle with it. I've been undecided as well on whether to go with FG bumpers, or get the original ones rechromed.

Drove it!

Tuned the Mega Squirt...

Ran into another 914 while on the road...nice red '72. Couple of ladies cruising.

Really couldn't talk as my exhaust is LOUD!

Then take it to the carwash and watch the horror as your paint goes down the drain...

Lol. I thought guys have been using Plastidip on wheels for a good while now. I miss something? I like the 914 visualizer but it could use some more parts and stuff to be added, as well as some better source photos for the wheels and other bits.

Can you mask off what you painted and paint additional graphics over it?

I used to construct RC gliders and would use something called MonoKote, a heat-shrink material, to cover the framework.

While most other guys would overlay contemporary graphics (they looked nice, but boring to me), I would apply bright yellow flames cut from MonoKote across the leading edges and down the fuselages

Tried to start my p car yesterday after a long sleep. Then found out the batterie was drained . So I put it on a charger for a few hours, and still nothing .
So I tried to give it a boost...........then saw smoke coming from the engine bay.
Turns out it's my alternator and a burnt wire.