Bead blasted and powder coated my headlight mechanisms. Yes I realize the powder coat I ordered had a little glimmer to it so it will be a bit a bit of hidden "bling".

I'm in the Bay Area.

I also updated the saga with more pics.

See this thread:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...p;#entry2105663

First time removal of engine.

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Put in new fuse panel yesterday.
Installed new battery, car won't start

Starter works, smells like gas - usually car fires right up. Rechecked all grounds etc. Fuel pump primes when key is turned, guess I will have to trouble shoot this saturday I am giving up tonight. Btw. All electric circuits seem to check out o.k. lights etc. .

If i can get there, i will drive Violet

I want a 911 too, but will be looking to get a early 80's Sportomatic, or maybe even a 993. Legs dont work too well these days

Put the motor back into my car.
first time its been in the car in 12 years.

Gave mine a bath today and "air dried" it!

A real beauty!!!!!!

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Took the silver car out for gas fill and Stable, put in new Brad Penn and filter, pumped up tires, and will put away for the winter

Will finish restoration on the red car this spring and it will move to AZ where I can drive it year round!!

Well today I looked at the linkage for throttle cable under firewall to make sure there were no kinks in it and look for oil leaks no leaks and no kinks

So far today, she's outside warming up, driving to PCA tech session on teeners at Translog in York PA, and club AutoX tomorrow. Great weekend ahead!
Then she's being put away for the winter projects. (Sigh)

Why the then? I'd say, no leaks and no kinks is a good thing



Since the Westy will be in the shop for a week or so, I need to stick a battery in the 'BB'. Today seems like a good day to do it

Drove the piss out of it at DE and had a blast. Spun it once trying to keep up with my buddy's Boxter S.

Didn't you have this up fo sale ?

Hangin in the garage, crankin the tunes and wrenching on the six. Glass & suspension left before it's headed to the blaster .... life is good!

Replaced a pushrod tube and a did a valve adjustment.

Replaced the clutch cable with the parts I got from Mikey and 914Rubber in the group buy. It's been on my "to-do" list for some time as the PO really had something strange going on with how the cable connected to the fork, and it was really only held in by friction. It hadn't disconnected and left me stranded, however. Until last night, that is. Yup, the cable came off the fork as I was in 2nd gear accelerating onto Route 7 in Leesburg in the dark and I was like "wait, where did the clutch pedal go???" Managed to pull onto a service road and had my wife bring me out the 11mm wrench so I could get the cable back on for the drive home.

Today I put the new cable in. Wow, that was a bit of a challenge as my clutch tube welds had given way a few months back and my repairs didn't necessarily lend themselves to threading a new cable in the tube. The new cable appears to be a bit long, so I'm going to put more spacers on the end so I have enough play for more tightening. Anyone else have that problem with the cable, or am I doing something wrong? I think I screwed the cable in as far as it would go in up front at the connector. Anyway, it's good to know I have an anchor that fits snugly in the fork and the cable won't be coming out anytime soon.

Scratch this task off the "to-do" list

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lousy iphone pic- put on engine lid- did a little "outlaw" addition as the car will live in AZ... like how it came out!

I like the louvers. extra cooling always helps.
Where did you have them done? or was it a D.Y.I. ? what thinking of doing this too.

I took my battery out and stored for winter

Beat the snot out of it chasing down Pat Long, Chad Mcqueen, and the usual Rgruppe suspects around the Palm Springs/ Idyllwild area.. we terrorized Palm springs the entire weekend

Love it




I had to install and wire up a cut-off switch to an electronic device in the 'BB' that draws power even when it's turned off ... then I installed a new Interstate battery that I had recently purchased. Unfortunately, I discovered that the battery was just 'that much' too tall when I attempted to close the engine lid

Oh well ... the battery will fit my Tacoma or the Westy, so no biggie. Started the old 'BB' up and let her purr for several minutes and tested out my wiring wizardry ... all is well.


Later that evening ...

I went on line and bit the bullet - ordered an Odyssey PC-925 battery from JEGS Performance ($155. no tax & free shipping) ... also ordered a set of brass SAE battery terminals for it.

Body shop who did the body work and paint did it- practiced first on an old engine lid. They have a die or mold etc to make loovers. Happy with how it turned out.


BTW euro, love that blue long hood in the foreground!!!

Ethan posted that pic, I just commented on his outstanding achievement at the event, however, with you. I've had a soft spot in my heart for long hood/SWB 911/912s since I was 10 years old

Super cool!

Entered a local car show ( last Sunday ) , and sat in the sun for 5 hours slow baking.....

Great day, apart from the sunburn.

Pics here if anyone is interested. Some Australian cars you guys probably wont have seen too

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1...mp;l=352096b20a

In the background I see "Bake House." Is that a description of the event?

Pretty sweet, even if I don't see an Amphibicar there . Some pretty cool and exotic cars (and the bike with a covered sidecar!). After 5 hours in the sun I'm sure it was refreshing to jump back into your teener with the black interior and blast the A/C On the bright side, parts of the US are already getting over a foot of snow this week...

Enjoying the last few days of awesome weather before the cold hits. Guess it's time to get the heat hooked up.

Went to lunch and the order-taker asked about my 914
Got back to the office and as a guy was leaving he asked "Is that a 914?"
I told him "yes" and he told me his parents had a '76 back when he was teenager.

So... had two in the span of an hour.

Also... shipped flywheel and clutch kit to Jake so he can finish up my 2056

Drove my teener into town this morning. A car followed me into the bank parking lot. The driver got out and said he had a 73 red just like mine. His was a 2.0 and my is a 1.7. We even bought it at the same dealership: Northlake Porsche Audi in Tucker, Georgia! He said he wished he still had it. He said he had vapor lock issues and the dealership moved the fuel pump to the front and solved the issues

How's that for coincidence

Is that the original paint?


EDIT:

Since installation of the GoWesty lift springs on the Westfalia is one of those jobs you only want to do once, I decided to order all new bushing kits (F&R) for her, after all, the original rubber IS 30 years old. The front kit arrived today, hoping the rear kit will show up tomorrow

It looks like rain again today, so the 'BB is still under cover (also, I can't close the engine lid until the Odyssey battery is delivered)

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Stored it for the winter.

I painted the teener in 1982.

got the harness out of the six. Anyone who has done this I applaud you & anyone who has put one back in I admire you...

What kinda schrooms are you growin down there? Is that some kind of magic organic potting soil?

Several months ago I installed front trunk struts from Camp 914. Today I finished installing rear trunk lid struts. Ignore the junk in the trunk.

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The instructions say to cut out a small area of the sheet metal which you can see. I also had to bend some of the sheet metal in toward the trunk to clear the top of the strut.

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BTW the struts are great, the price is right, don't waste your time trying to put a kit together on your own, the instructions are clear (for us stupid taxpayers), but the pictures in the instructions...ahhh, not so much. Take a last look at the photos on the Camp 914 website before you start and things will go well.

This -6 conversion project is coming together. One of these days I hope to start it. For now I'll go back out and clean the junk out of the trunk.

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Last week removed the engine from 72 1.7 megasquirt and this morning i was able to remove the passenger side rear suspension and cleaned for removal of broken suspension console. Next week start installing the new console. And drove the 75 1.8 for some errands this morning with a nice weather here in Orange county.

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Went for a hamburger at lunch. 40 miles away and 11,000' in elevation.

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We have exactly the same cars! I have a 72 1.7 & a 75 1.8!

drove it

great day for a drive!

120 mi round trip up VA-5 to scotty's shop, talked for a while, and dropped off parts for a future "appointment" (long kit, etc.)

Had a GREAT visit--thanks Scott!

Steve A-

Here is the 75 1.8 FI midnight blue and 72 1.7 MS Gemini blue and 74 1.8 FI pending trade to a member.

Went to my good friends shop after work today to drop a pedal board off for him to copy for another customers car. Met the the owner of signal orange teener that Dave is building up. Car is more or less finished now & engine is just about to be built - collectively decided she will be getting a 2.5

Oh and sat in the 935 K3!

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I started my car, First time its run in about 12 years.

That must have been awesome.

Ahhhh exhaust fumes, the smell of victory! Congratulations!

It was pretty great, I look forward to getting it "driving" tomorrow. Just need to get something to make the throttle work.
completely rebuilt motor and trans and axles. and brakes. all kinds of stuff.

Picked up a "parts" car

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Last Wednesday cleared the rear suspension console area for removal and it was done yesterday with the help of a very nice and humble 914 member (retired coast guard).

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