Put the engine back in....

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Was able to weld my rear suspension console on my 71 1.7 yesterday and today finish installing the transmission from the 71 1.7 MS car to and 75 1.8 Ljet and now I have 1st gear after driving the 75 since 2011 without it. But I have problem shifting it to 2nd gear from 1st gear, there is grinding. When I had my old transmission, I'm having problem shifting to 2nd gear whenever I have a full stop, what I do before is to shift it to 2nd gear while in motion before a full stop.

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Noel, is your clutch completely disengaging? You might try adjusting it a little tighter and see if it helps.



I got a late start priming, so didn't get to work on the 'BB'


Tomorrow, tomorrow, the 'BB', tomorrow ...

Purchased a center condole from Harpo to match the gage cluster I had, but he was missing. Thanks David for helping me complete my interior.
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Hows the rest of the car coming along, Steve?

If your referring to my beast, my life is on hold due to a detached retina. Two laser eye surgerys later, it's now slowly healing.
I was told no lifting, bending, etc for several weeks now. I am so close to getting my car running. I was hoping to drive it to the Phoenix club, car show and swap meet, but that ain't going to happen again.

Pulled my front drop links, cleaned, primed and painted. In the process I found my fuel leak. Huh? I had smelled gas for a few weeks but saw nothing. When I filled up at Costco I noticed a bit of fuel beneath the car when I returned from shopping inside so I thought I'd peak beneath the tank. When home I removed the steering rack cover and it was dry as a bone. As I'm removing the drop links I notice gas dripping from the gas overflow tube. I had the car jacked up on the left side which brought the fuel level up to the "old" overflow tank gasket which is on the right side, as the tank was still pretty full. When level and not completely full it did not leak but smelled. Installed Mikey's new gasket and all is good. Also installed his rear trunk seal set.

Holy moly, Steve How'd that happen? Hang in there ... and hope to see you at the Phoenix Club

I was asking the other Steve (pneuhyde) - he bought my '72 5-lug roller back in 2013 and last time he posted some pix, it was shaping up nicely.



OK, I have the keys to the 'BB' in my hand, so let's see what I can get done today

Viagra!! Just kidding!! I was told that 20% of the people that get floaters could also get a detached retina. i guess I am one of the unlucky ones. It only detached a little bit, but they still have to laser it back on, so it doesn't get worse.

Hmmm, I have some of them floaters too, and some cataracts ... guess I'd better keep the eye Dr. appt. I have coming up

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OK, I got the lower dash out, steering wheel off, circlip and the hand controls are out, but can't get the darn ignition switch to budge loose (which is another thread in the garage) ... click here

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Hey, don't try this at home kids

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While attempting to disassemble the windshield wiper control assembly to clean the contacts (because it only has ONE speed), a whole bunch of little parts and springs flew out of the housing. I found them all which was a pretty big surprise in itself, but I also figured out how it's supposed to work. Now, if I can just get it all back together. The problem is that I need 4 hands and will have to fabricate a couple of special tools to do it

Luckily, I had a spare assembly at the shop, so that's one less headache to deal with for the moment

Installed the speedo angulo drive. I soaked it for a couple days in the acetone/PS fluid blend, and it turns real smooth. Dried it and packed in a little 00 grease, which is not very viscous.

Now I'm back in the house, watching the snow fly.... Sigh...

Someday, I'll drive the car again

I dropped it off to have the RD front and rear trunk pieces welded in along with both trunk hinge brackets. I have seen the guys work and it is very good and the price isn't bad. The front was because at one time it was an AC car and was cut out and the rear half of the rear trunk just rusted out (I assume). The drivers side hinge broke and the pass side had at one time and it looks like someone like me tried to weld it. it held but looks nasty.

Went local cars and coffee today...

'68 ghia for sale-

My teener got a lot of attention today...... amazing how many people today say they really love these cars.

Nice

Nice 356. Only one there.

Beautiful 70 degree day. Tank of 100 octaine and through the mountains to the ocean.

Replaced the crappy Vitalone side view mirrors with a pair of '73 Mustang mirrors.

(sorry for the double post on this, since I have a separate thread).
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Nice looking Ghia ... how well did it show in person? $15k isn't that bad either

Oh, the 356 looks nice too

I counted 9 914s at Bill Brewster's open house in San Clemente. There were a lot of different Porsches and a lot of hot rods…

Andy's beautiful /6 in the foreground

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Glad you went Larmo, I couldn't be there with the green 914, but my father in law, Bill was there with my 14 year old son. They took Billl's 2000 blue 911 convertible, 996 I guess. I think I see the nose in one your pics. I hope to make it next month and hope to meet you and some more of the locals on this forum. Brewster's rebuilt our gearbox and has helped us get our car for auto cross. CC01 class champ for 2014.

Replaced the 41 year old original brake hoses. I can't believe that they said 6-74. You would have thought they would have been replaced by now!!!

Yesterday I installed a flourecent light over my new work area in the shop, and bolted my vise down.

Today I got the intake removed from the 3.2, took the engine wire harness apart and pulled out the wires I won't need. Rerouted the harness and install the new male 14 pin connector. Now the engine harness will just plug into the car female 14 pin connector, no relay board. Made a wire harness to connect the oil pressure and oil temp senders to plug into the car harness going to the gauges. Now just the wiring going into the cabin to wire, and the electrical will be done.

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I guess they don't have Porsches in China?

Yesterday when I was at the harbor they were unloading fish from a boat. A Chinese fish monger guy came up to my car and kept staring and staring. He asked me in broken English what brand it was (apparently he didn't see the big "PORSCHE" across the side, or perhaps he can't read).

Anyway, when I told him it was a Porsche, he said he'd never heard of that brand and asked if it was an American company.

He was stunned to find out that it's a 42 year old car. He said that in China they don't allow cars more than 10 years old, and that there are no good mechanics there. I've never been there, so can't vouch for his statements.

Oh, I showed him the front trunk... no motor. Back trunk... no motor. He stared in puzzlement for a bit, then leaned over and lifted the rear trunk carpet and the look on his face was amazing when there was no motor there either!


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Drove to work today

It was 1 degree this morning at my house. One. Coldest I can recall in 20 years living here in VA. But the car ran like a champ and the heater even worked. Sort of.

Geez, Mike, is that you with that big ol' snapper? Good looking fish...

Picked up the kiddo at school and took the long way home because the weather was so perfect!

Worked on the two mid-engine mistresses. Changed front rotors and changed gear oil in the 914 and waxed the 981.
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paid a visit to Edgar and my old 72 in need of some carb tweeking. Got it running sweet and made a canyon run

I forgot that Edgar bought your 'old' car. Looking sharp, gentlemen

Had a few hours to play with the 'BB' yesterday. In addition to getting the steering column housing out, I also pulled the gauge dash loose to see how big of a nightmare changing the gauges would be.

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I never liked the plastic gauge panel on the 'late' cars and had picked up a rusty metal one a few years ago. Located it, sanded and primed it yesterday, then sanded it down again today. Now I have to decide what color to paint it ... flat or semi-gloss black? ... or maybe silver hammer-tone?

I might finally get around to installing the silver-dot gauges that Timothy worked his LED upgrade magic on (well over a year ago)

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For some reason, I decided to dig up some of the sound deadener tar from the pedal area. YIKES ... looks like I need to treat some rusty metal.

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With many events coming up real soon, I don't have time to tear up the entire floor, so I'll just deal with the pedal area for now.

took her for a drive!

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So Thursday I tweeked the carbs on my old 72 and Edgar and I went for a cruise... Along with my new GoPro quick upload and edit.

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And a great day for a Sunday drive it was!




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pulled the alternator
the toughest part was screws on the tins. Bought a short, big, fat flathead screwdriver for a nasty one and it worked great. Best remedy for a frustrating repair is to buy a new tool

Only one year?

Woke up early and went to cars and coffee in Blackhawk. Got there at 7:45 and parking was already filling up. There were about 200 cars and 3 914's. Nolan and I went into the museum and were disappointed that the top level has now been changed to a old west and American Indian display and no longer cars. It seems that they have dropped the automotive off the title of the museum and it is now The Blackhawk Museum rather than The Blackhawk Automotive Museum.


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Hey Mark,
Sorry I didn't see this earlier.
Been continuing to put the interior back together with a few new seals here and there, filled and bled the brakes and need to make sense out of the e-brake adjustment procedure.
And, JUST TODAY, dropped the engine out of my original (now my donor) and removed all the shifting hardware to be transferred to the 72. I guess once I install the shift linkage and get the electrical sorted I really wont have an excuse to not have a running car
No pics today of the 72, but Pics are of the rust in my soon to be up for sale 74 roller



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drove mine to work for the first time in 8 years.

Well, on to some other tasks, while waiting for the 'Rust Reformer' paint in the driver's foot-well area to dry).

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Final coats on the metal gauge dash panel, the steering column housing and the spokes on some sort of French steering wheel I had laying around.

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Located Timothy's LED gauges so I'll get those installed and wired-up shortly.

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Also ran across a set of Morph's foot-well speaker enclosures (with nice Blaupunkt speakers in 'em) that I bought from Kevin (rhodyguy) a few years ago. Took them apart to clean up, and gave the enclosures a fresh coat of paint as well.

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Installed my 5 lug conversion for the front only for now.

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Pulled my starter in and out many times, tested all my grounds, and still chasing a slow turn over issue...

Went for a drive. Weather was absolutely gorgeous...