I drove the creamsicle down to Hard rock for a work party. Then back to Excaliber & my room. Yippee

Helped Lennies914 get his car ready for WCR!!

Put some of the interior pieces together on my 73 project.

Between yesterday and today, I managed to completely rebuild my headlight assemblies, clean motors, fix electrical problems, and things associated with all of that stuff.
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Oh, and Euro lenses finally came in the mail courtesy of Jon Fernandes.
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They look great!

Slowly getting my engine/ trans together. taking my time and triple checking everything. It's a 1911cc with a Evil trans. I'm kind of scared to finish it. What will I do with my weekends when she's finished?!?
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Drive it?

They're steel push rods and they can be set at zero but too much of a chance they'll be too tight. I used to set them at .003 but the damn feeler gauge is a little to thin and flexible

That's how I like my women ... thin and flexible


Stopped into a local after-market VW store to buy a cheap repro replacement window crank, but decided to pop for a set of some fancy chrome ones with a bunch of holes in them

... also picked up some heater hose (just in time for summer)

Received some parts from Mark (Mikey914), including a new seat adjuster handle for the driver's seat rail.

All gauges including wideband o2 working great.

Sorry for the cruddy cell picture.

Picked up my car from Brad Mayeur after he & Michael complete a few much needed repairs. Once I got home took him for nice 45 min drive.

Had to slightly modify the choke port plugs again ... Adjusted float levels, reassembled and reinstalled the carbs with new top and base gaskets.

Cranked to check for oil pressure, connected coil wire and started the car. Ran at 2500 rpm for several minutes, then checked plugs. Too lean. ...Increased main jets to 140. Ran again. Increased mains to 145 ... and it's still running lean

Engine is a brand new 2056, snotty (RABY 9580) cam, 9:1cr, 40 IDFs with 28mm venturis, 50 idle jets, I believe F11 emulsions, and I don't remember if the ac jets are 180, or 190 (I'll have to look again)

Looks like we're going to try 155 or 160 mains and possibly upping idle jets to 60

Readjusted the driver's side headlight, installed the front valance and horn grilles with all new s/s hardware, also installed a new passenger side window squeegee and new window end caps. (Feels good to get all the little parts installed that were missing when we acquired this car)


Still have a few remaining tasks to do, but I'm done for the day ...

Got my 75 1.8 out of storage today. It started on the first crank after 4 1/2 months in storage here in Minnesota. Took a members suggestion and used foil tape on the inside of the rear trunk light to get the most of the lighting there-worked great. Put in non-oxygenated fuel for it's first refill in months.
Tomorrow transmission fluid change.
Ordered new white vinyl seat covers from AA (my car is original Malaga Red/White interior).
Gotta love 76 degrees in Minneapolis on March 16th!
Monday goes in to find and fix an exhaust leak. Then I'll be enjoying all summer!
Oh and then there's new speakers to put in, new fuel lines, repaint the original battery tray....and have to check out how to install the intermittent wiper relay...

Does Paul still sell the gauge ring sets? I sent him a PM, but haven't received a reply yet

Does Paul still sell the gauge ring sets?

Today I dropped the engine / transaxle assembly from my daily driver to further investigate a front engine oil leak. At this point I can not tell if it is the oil pump, oil cooler seals or the front main seal. The push rod seals and the valve covers look good (dry). Further inspection will find the culprit I am sure....I really needed to replace the engine bay seals and clean up the engine bay area anyway so this seems like a good time to do a little of that (while I'm in there) stuff...........Jerry

Well, this was actually yesterday but...

Got headed into work with the top down and the car gets running rough, so I go to one auto parts store I haven't tried yet and they have a condensor for me, then to impart for the points. I head to the crematory which is closer than the main office and run out of gas coming down the street, I was so worried about getting the car fixed I forgot to stop for gas, but I thought I had enough, not. So, I replace the points and condensor, set the timing fill it up with gas and it's all good. I go home for lunch and my emergency brake handle gets stuck in the up position, so I disconnect the handle for the time being. I finish things up at the crematory and head to Atlanta, thinking I can finally enjoy the nice day with the top off. I get stuck in traffic because of obama coming through town, then get rained on once I get moving, atleast I had my umbrella hat!

All in all, a fun teener day!

Tank Refresh.

Now!

Moved the fuel pump to the front trunk & made some steel lines

Mo'

last one

Fuel tank looks good, Travis.

Do you use the OEM spare tire cover (lid)? Looks like you might need to cut a small section out where you installed the pump

Yes I believe so. I just bought them last month....




And. ,........ today I ran new tubes foe my window washer fluid. And the left one shoots right over the car! Have to fix that next....

Yes I believe so. I just bought them last month....




And. ,........ today I ran new tubes foe my window washer fluid. And the left one shoots right over the car! Have to fix that next....

I washed my 76..

Thanks! The tire board should be fine, if not I'll

I upgraded to the modern JWest fuse panel. Nice product! I have one broken spade connector to replace on the harness.

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Re-keyed my '73's doors and rear trunk to match ignition. May do the glove box & front trunk release when I get bored. Thanks to MarkB for a great thread

From the pix, that looks looks a pretty scary project

How long did it take you to do the conversion? ... I'm planning on a similar conversion, but using Engman's kit.

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How long did it take you to do the conversion? ... I'm planning on a similar conversion, but using Engman's kit.
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It looks scary, but it's not hard at all if you're methodical about it. Fortunately, my front harness is all bundled up in the passenger footwell while I finish cutting and welding on the body. I imagine it would be much more tedious trying to do this under the dash. It took me about 40 minutes.

It's too cramped to label every wire while it's still attached to the old panel, so I pulled one wire at a time, labeled it... (upper 1, lower 1, upper 2... etc.) then removed the labels just before attaching each wire it to the new panel.

i finally was able to finish my early doors to late window regulator mod. painted the doors, and the top, and all new window and top rubber and fuzzies from 914rubber.com thanks mark. and not one squeek or rattle to be heard . well ok, i have one tiny rattle. the knob of the window crank does jiggle a bit. but that will be an easy fix. on a side note, on my way to the auto paint supply, i stopped by the county dump for a quick weigh in. i finally broke the one ton mark. it the olympic blue flame weighed in at a meager 1980 lbs. 1/4 tank of fuel and me out of that car. and that was before the early door swap. next im out that way, i'll weigh it again.

Decided to change my steering wheel today, then while it was off thought it would be a perfect time to take my gauges out, fix my odometer, clean the dead spiders and cobwebs out of the face, and paint the trim piece.....so I did. Followed the intsructions on pelican got the odometer fixed...and cleaned out. Now just waiting for some paint to dry to put it all back together
Also made brakets and finally got speakers mounted in the stock grills, 4 speakers now sounds awesome. What Rattles...


Jeff

drove it, filled it up with gas...

Drove 50 miles today enjoying nice weather in Maryland

Took my 5 year old Grandson for a ride with the top off and Booster Seat in place
He couldn't stop talking and smiling the whole ride. Crossed some R/R Tracks and the horn came on and I had to pull on the Horn rim to get it to stop. Got home and reattached the wire in the Horn ring but I think I might need a new rubber cup to fix it permenently. OR... get a smaller removable steering wheel with horn button in the middle. It would make it easier for me to get in and out of the car.
I'm 6'2 and 62 (mentally much younger).

I think filling and sanding is my life....

Then your life is full-filling grasshopper .

I heard the track car start up for the first time today (first time for me at least)!

primer applied, taped for paint --

Got the new head unit wired up and mounted in the dash. I removed my carpet and when doing so, I noticed a smell of mildew from the drivers side. Removed the sound pad and tar from the floors. Now very clean and painted. Just need to find a glove box, (Think i have a lead on a door) install the new carpet, install the new speakers and pods which are for some reason taking forever to get here.

painted

I changed the transmission and motor oil, adjusted the shift linkage since the change from the weltmeister short shift, and lowered the rear by half an inch(before the picture was taken)

Painted my spare rim...

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--- Rob

Pretty!

I had tried this with tan carpets from my 76 and it didn't work but I thought I would try again with black carpets from the 73. The factory carpets fit like a glove so I thought why not. A few hours to remove the carpet, blast with hose to cleanse, rinse with hot water then soak in 3 gal of hot water, 1 cup of vinegar and one pack of Black Rit dye for 30 minutes. Less than $5. The flash really makes the carpet look lighter than it came out.
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A before and after side by side

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Finish

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i think it came out great

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pressure washed the engine and trans

Just curious.

Are you happy with your heat?
What size 6 is that?

Nice ride. Looks perty!

Checked the compression on all cylinders.
Sat and looked at my car because I'm waiting for a forum member to send me
a left rear caliper which I purchased a week ago-