I am glad I am not the only one who uses a piece of cardboard to catch those pesky leaks!

now i can work on fix n those leaks ...lots of oil and crime under there..time to get on it

After 5 days of gas tank de-rusting through electrolysis the tank looks clean, extra time was needed for all the rust and removing the coating that failed.

Swish around a bunch of metal ready in the tank & rinse

Then onto the caswell 2 part epoxy tank sealer

Drove Betty's 914 to work today. Got to replace the CHT on it tomorrow.


(Yes, she lets me drive it once in a while........)

Removed some peeling tint film and adhesive residue from the rear window (what a pain in the ass that was) ... and Installed the rest of interior stuff. It's not great, but a lot better than it was

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Removed the original rear bumper from my wife's car, polished it up, installed both front and rear on my car

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After all that, I actually like the look of the black bumpers better ... oh well


Finished up the last of the under-car items and we put it back on the ground. Carbs received new throttle return springs and were re-jetted. Richard installed the carbs along with the CSP linkage. Also installed the rebuilt dizzy and new plug wires. Brad Penn break-in oil and fresh gas are in, should be ready to fire up in a day or so

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Built a thread on my build...

Dropped the engine to fix an oil leak, hope to have it done within the next 2 weeks so that I can put everything back together and drive the car.

Drove it to XXX Porsche breakfast.

Put air in the tires, checked the oil and drove in case anybody is wondering a 2270 really brings these things to life!

It's FIX-IT DAY

1. Fixed a broken armrest on my favourite [but badly deteriorating] garage chair (what a CSOB)
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2. I leaned over to grab something out of the glove box and my home brew cup holder collapsed
Used larger diameter dowels this time + added two more in the middle. Secured them with screws instead of skinny little finish nails
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... and 3. Started repairing my dual-outlet valance
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Charged the battery
Re installed the battery
Drove it a bunch (what fun)
Parked it
Disconnected the battery so it wouldn't drain.

I removed my transaxle, adapter plate, flywheel and clutch. Sorry no pics.

P.S. I touched up the paint on the firewall...

It was a rather busy day on the 914...
-Installed a wilwood brake proportioning valve (bled brakes about 3 times)
-Set rear caliper vent clearance.
-Cleaned/restored windshield wiper hardware (seals and such needed to be cleaned and polished
-Cleaned my old rubber rear trunk pad from the parts car. I was amazed I still actually had it. I don't ever remember pulling it from the parts car....
-Installed new targa latch cups in the rear trunk after melting holes in it for the battery cables to run through.
-Replaced tail light bulbs that were desperately in need of replacement, in preparation for the new set of tail light lenses.

That's it for today..

Valve adjustment , installed cv,s. ( pita with the motor and trani on the car )

Took the green 914 to Bob Woodward to get the clutch tube repaired

Pulled the rear suspension off the orange parts car

Rebuilt Tranny from (Dr. Evil) Installed.

Communicator Installed and changed the oil.

Ready to eat up some 911's as soon as the snow melts !!

Flipped mine on its back like a turtle....

To fit floor pans and fix some of the other rust holes.

I will be holding the pans in with Chelecos (aviation, removable fasteners) untill I can get it on the bench to straighten before welding.

Looks like the easy way to fit a sittening kit.

Bled my brakes again, Fitted new wheel adaptors and rear wheels, Need to cut more clearance for the front hubs. Changed the oil, replaced my accelerator cable (because I had a new one laying around and didn't know the condition of the old one.) Cut my dash panel to accept the new head unit which is on the way with my handy Dremel I just got and worked on refreshing the top and getting ready to install a new head liner. Busy day but not as productive as I had hoped.

I finished my dash face recover. (see separate thread) replaced the coil, dizzy finger and cap (no idea if this ia the right term) repainted some dinks.
Found out that the finger was the wrong one.
Put the old one in and had a nice drive.

Peter

Didya play blood on the saddle from the jukebox? Mandatory activity when you hit the xxx in Issaquah....

Took it down to the AX and the out of it.

Put in the new cht on Betty's car, plus a cap, rotor, plugs and wires.

Spent more money on her.

Finished installing my interior. Put my freshly painted front LE Valance on. Put on the front bumper. Hooked up my tailights, Put the top on & drove it in the rain to get it detailed after many months in the shop & layers of dust. I know not the best weather to be getting it all cleaned up. Making a trip & it will clean so much better after getting waxed up

Got the rear trunk pan about 95% welded in

Took the RA-1's off and put the all season ContiExtremeContacts on, will save the Ra-1's for summer. Weather predictions are that we will see temps in the 70's this week and i am going to drive the turbo 914 again. Woohoo....

Met up with another 914, a couple of 911s, a 356 and a Miata and drove the Dragon

Picked up a Rotisserie for the project car.

Cut out rust, welded and grind.

Primed the front suspension consol. Time to break out the airbrush.

Got the Garvey light working...

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Same thing I did yesterday.

How'd you do, Shoe? Which 914 did you drive - Delilah?

installed a JWest trunk hinge kit and finished grinding, drilling for plug welds, cleaning, prepping, and primering for my rear firewall replacement surgery. The JWest kit is really first class. The only pics I took..

Installed new SVDA dizzy and vacuum lines. Running better, but still needs tuning on the carbs. Scheduled for Tuesday.

Installed the tank... just for fun of course. I get to take it back out tonight! Weee...

Other than that the front trunk is "done".

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Got the motor running again, installed center console gauges and seat tracks

See post #14

I put in new door panals from Morph at 914 A&P!! here is the driver's door-

came yesterday , installed last night!

Drove the car to work today!

Replaced a fog light blub. I wished I had smaller hands!

Oooh, nice top, Eric

At first glance, thought it was from a 911 Targa (but then again, I also need a new monitor)




Door panels are nice, Phil (911-ish)

Cleaned it's room (garage) and put it's toys away (tools). Turned the light out an said good night.

Sanded the targa top. Just on small space to go.

Went TOPLESS....72 Degrees perfect day.........NO! I'm the boob driving not the other kind of topless.....geesh.

Put my WAS top on because rain was in the forecast early, and clearlater. Ended up 80the today, took the top off for a great drive

today i pulled seals out of front and rear trunk and found more rust. removed rocker panels..more rust. getting her ready to begin stripping for new paint

Went to start the 'BB' this morning and the right carb was leaking. Pulled the top to check the float, needle & seat - noticed that the choke ports need to be plugged. Pulled the top from the other carb and called European Motor Works. George will have 4 plugs machined and ready to pick up by high noon tomorrow
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Had 2 doctor appointments (getting old isn't all it's cracked up to be)

Then basted and painted a steering wheel adapter for my 'NONO' wheel (it's Not a 'MOMO') ...
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...will pick up new hardware for it tomorrow
...

Adjusted the valves today. Haven't done it in a long time and it's still a pain in the ass. While it's on the lift, I discovered the front wheel bearings need adjusted, so that will have to wait till tomorrow. I discovered 0 valve lash on ALL valves today. I couldn't get even the thinnest feeler gauge to slide in. That can be done with my engine but I can't tell if it it's beyond 0 lash or not so I made them all about .004. Started it up and sounds good. The best part is no oil leaks. (So Far). Lookin' forward to the ride to Arizona soon.
Cheers, Elliot

Changed motor oil with brad pen 20/50 ena bled the brakes using the hf easy bleed

Are you sure you don't have chrome moly push rods? They would be adjusted at zero lash.

If they're the stock aluminum rods, .004 should be is OK if the temperatures don't get too high.

I recently read a couple of good articles on push rods: Engine Builder site and ShopTalkForums