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Rebuilt and polished up the distributor. The polished look makes it work better

Drained the old gas and pulled off the clogged fuel filter.

Next up: new fuel filter, injector seals, fuel lines from tunnel rearward, adjust valves, dwell @ timing.

After that - ??? Who knows?

Well, still waiting for the Odyssey battery I ordered for the 'BB' to be delivered - was hoping it would show up today, because I dropped the Vanagon off at Automeister this morning.

I spent a couple of hours checking things out at Randy's shop and was happy to find out that Randy can re-tumble the rear hatch lock to match the door/ignition key

I didn't want to keep the guys from making real $, so I removed the rear panel and lock mechanism.

Anxious to drive the 'BB' again, it's been a few months since I parked it and removed the old battery ... kind of miss her :teary eyed smiley: ... she's much quicker than the Vanagon


Oh yeah, I ordered a new chromie tip for the banana muffler from Parts Haven ... just need to remember to run a couple of short sheet-metal screws through it (with a little red loc-tite) to help hold it in place

Installed new Tilton carbon clutch.
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Drove my sienna this morning from Orange county to Palisades (pass Santa Monica close to Getty Museum) to pick up an after market fuchs wheels 7x15 with 205x60x15 Yokohama tires. What a nice guy whom I bought it and he has a collection of porches.

1973 914-6 conversion (87 911 engine) with 7x16 fuchs wheels and 205x55x16 tires
356 Porsche (running)
Wife newer Porsche on the background



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and on my way home I took a picture of a couple driving this classic jaguar ? shows on the front license plate location.


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I finally crawled under the car and fixed the backup lite switch and got the heater blower working again. Crap its only been maybe 5 years they haven't worked.....

Had a day off work today ( I refuse to work on my birthday ) so finally got to do some things I wanted to do , instead of chores and ferrying kids around ).

Made up the backing plate and installed onto the dash.
To not ruin anything, I used a super strong outdoor grade 3M Velcro dor all the attachments.

The allen head nuts have been cut down in length ad epoxied onto the propeller plate

Have a great weekend everyone !!
Dale

Wow! Right hand drive Teener!

to work! 40 degrees this morning, started on the first turn which is a big deal since i was having some issues a few weeks ago-

Hope you sprayed it with a clear coat, Mark ... I think you polished all the plating off ... Actually cleaning up the cap (inside and out) will make it work better, by improving your spark path (no carbon trails to ground)


Dropped off some more little parts for the Vanagon suspension work. Looking good so far

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The 'BB': Found out the OEM battery clamp isn't going to work with the Odyssey battery ... so fab'd an aluminium bracket and installed a fancy-schmanchy battery terminal

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Tightened up all the hose clamps in the engine bay, took it for a test drive and filled the tank. It still runs pretty good (for the moment)

I see fireworks somewhere in your near future.

There's a thick rubber pad on top and the battery doesn't budge, but I appreciate your concern

Washed the 'BB' and drove up to 'The Pizza Place' in San Dimas for a late lunch with a group of friends yesterday. It was a 100 mile R/T, but all freeways

I really need to get over to the shop - I'm still running around with a loose front valance on the passenger side and no side rocker panels at all.

The DAPO cut some wires and all he did was strip some insulation back and twist the wire back together. Today I soldere and shrink wrapped them back together

David

I walked by mine about 7 times today.

That battery looks lost there, I thought it looked familiar though. after a little look it is the same size battery I have in my Harley FLHTC. not the stock battery for it. In the bike it lays on its side.

Yeah it's pretty small, especially when compared to the Tundra battery I tried to stuff in there. It's what Odyssey calls out for for a 914 though and it works great. I want to fabricate a plastic waterproof cover for it, so I left some headroom in the bracket.

Pulled out the engine compartment side grilles today 'cause they were rusting up again. Plan to blast and repaint them ... but not sure if I'll repaint them silver or go back to black this time

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I had forgotten how much of a pain in the arse getting the speed-nuts off of the side grilles was and I destroyed most of them in the process ... what IS the best method for removing them?

walked past mine again as I was pulling the Harley out. Sick of freezing my B@lls off, I soooo wanna drive this thing!

Installed a shifter boot then noticed I had installed the knob on bassakwards,

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Next, installed this black plastic Suby factory plastic battery tray liner (look close). Couldn't believe that it fit my homemade battery tray.

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We had Arctic like conditions last week. Today we had spring like conditions!

So I took top off and drove teener into town.

Snow flurries forecast in two days! No wonder we are all sick

Drove the 'BB' to a doctor's appt., then down to my shop to grab some Vanagon parts, then over to Automeister to drop off the parts off and check the progress on Eileen.

The front suspension upgrade is completed, they were installing new evap and fuel hoses while I was there and the fuel tank was ready to go back in today. The rear suspension upgrade, rear main seal and tranny seals are scheduled for next week ... and an engine analysis and performance tune if needed.

As I backed into the driveway, heard some strange noise coming from the rear end ... It only appears to make the noise in reverse

Guess I need to get it on the lift this w/e to see WTF is going on

Are 914's that small or are these pumpkins getting a lot bigger???
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Finally got some shop time yesterday, hadn't done anything since I unloaded the 3.2, found out my shop heater works awesome.

Started getting the engine ready for the 914, removed the main harness and air box, removed the tin and exhaust, removed the flywheel to take and have checked/surfaced/balanced. Removed the oil cooler to have modified. Its a start...

What I started with

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Stripped down and on the stand.

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Now just some clean up, a tune up, a bunch of $$$ for parts, and in the car it goes.

Took delivery of a box of seals and other hard parts for the -6 GT project, including some steel......more ticks in the 'in stock' column of the spreadsheet

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Stopped by FedEx to pick up the '68 911/912 steelies that I purchases from Jeff (clipapex)

Received the re-plated rear trailing arm pivot shafts I purchased from Clark (malcolm2) too - (More good stuff for my wife's '71 restoration)

Not so much TO as WITH. First day above 50 degrees in the last 2 weeks (and probably not many more for a while..). Finally got my insurance card with the new coverage, so I took her out for a little run. Started slow around the neighborhood, then a couple mile run up and back on the freeway. I almost forgot how much fun a cloverleaf is with these cars. Just long enough to get both our 'blood' flowing good. Hoping for at least the upper 40's tomorrow and get her out again.

Took the "new" '73 to Cars and Coffee in Carlsbad today for it's first public introduction. Then stopped by TC's Garage in Vista and picked up some parts. Then spent the rest of the day removing paint overspray. The car was painted in 1986 by the previous owner, and nothing was masked off. I have quite to project to clean this car up. Today, cleaned the paint off the latch cups, the front hood latch, the rear trunk latch, and lots of little other misc items. Also, replaced the plastic and rubber targa top holders with brand new ones.

The pix with blue paint on the parts are "before," the cleaned up ones are "after."

I drove it:

it was warm here in Cinci today...but grey..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe6Lb9a_ouI


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9kEBlWI7RM

Nothing. But, Friday we did cut a parts car in half and sent it off to the scrap yard. Then Saturday we disassembled the 1.7 engine from my '72 at Black Forest Racing to get it ready to be rebuilt.

I checked a few 'to-do' things off of my list: All lights work, but the horn(s) don't and the fogs never got hooked up. Oh, I need to fix the gas gauge wiring by the sender. Why were they cut in such a shi**y place? I need to catch up financially, and move forward. Dang, these cars are expensive for such cheap cars. My girl actually went to dinner in the 914 with me. She likes it, but she is more of an Aston-Martin girl. Car is running very well, finally. Dumb luck?

Still not a 914 owner...however I was busy in the shop making parts to help fund the purchase of my next 914...made a few Hall Sensor adapter brackets for the Volvo guys that are ditching the Bosch LH2.4 and running Megasquirt...


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Spent the better part of the day chasing this RUF around the back roads of San Diego. I had no chance up hill and in the straights but my little 914 held its own through the really twisty bits!



Had a great drive with the SD region PCA today, I have not been able to really drive the car hard through some really curvy roads, and I must say I was shocked on how well the car handled! I thought I would have been lost in the dust or holding people up, but once it really got curvy and winding around the canyons, holy Sh*t do these cars perform! I flogged the motor and rest of the car pretty good this weekend and did not have any issues, so we will see if any thing pops up after the beating. I was a huge fan and loved the car before, but after today it's at a whole new level.

That must have been a blast....how much time was spent with the windows down so you could hear the symphony of exhaust sounds?

100%!!!

Looked at it a couple times while walking through the garage and said to myself "on jack stands you want, on jack stands you shall stay."

Did you get the FI issues sorted out?

I drove mine for the first time in about 9 months:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?s=&...t&p=2117034

Vroooom!

-Steve

Nice looking car there Steve...I'll have to go back and read your thread about when I get some time.

70* here on DEC 1st, so I drove it

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then changed the oil, pumped up the tires, filled the tank, and put it away.

Oh, and cleaned the bug guts off it (yeah, bugs were out today too).

finally got the front oil cooler screened in.

That looks really nice, Andy. Playing the Devil's Advocate, it appears that 50% of that area is now obscured. Does it still cool well?

Hey Andy, that front bumper and valance look great with the oil cooler setup. Are the bumper and valance metal or fiberglass? What type oil cooler are you using? I've been trying to decide whether to mount an oil cooler in the front like yours or putting it in the rear above the transaxle with a thermostatically controlled electric fan. I'm considering the front because my car came equipped with an aftermarket A/C so I already have a big hole in the front trunk floor and hose routing from that A/C unit. Have you posted any pics on inside the trunk?

No noticable change in temps but next summer will tell. I don't think I'll have an issue with oil temps, I made a few runs out to Slits in 90+ and it never past 180deg.

The front and rear bumpers are glass and from Getty design with a Setrab cooler from Patrick motorsports. No need for fans up front and lots of pictures in my build thread.

Sorry, I checked the thread and didn't post a pic of the completed install. PM sent

Wow, that is a clean setup! Thanks for posting the picture!

Drove my 75 1.8FI to church workday in Long Beach this morning. Nice cool weather. Got back home in the evening already. I took a few shots after no vehicles around me, I was driving on the Fastest lane and running around 75 mph following the traffic flow.

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