Full Version: what did you do to your 914 today
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Played with my knob (thanks again Zach), screwed around with myself and tugged my cable (re-tightened loose cone screws and tightened the clutch cable, thanks again Dr E)
Made a dog tag
Yesterday I was at a guy's shop who has been working on 914s for at least 20 years. I mentioned that I needed an early rear valence. Five minutes later he handed me an original one in primer. $50.
Worked on the second generation of my starter relay mod to fit under the cover of the relay panel. The push switch will allow bumping of the starter with the key switch off. Still have to draw the wiring diagram and install the wiring.
Tom
Tom
nice!
Fixed the hinge and reinstall the rear trunk lid. Man those springs are tough to get back on. So I made my own tool to do it with. Much easier after that!
Welded in new supports for the pass. seat brackets and got a coat of paint on it.
Installed the back glass. Didn't stick, so I removed it and bought another seal. I'll try again tomorrow....
Took her to town and back. No back glass, top off, windows down
Tach and volt gauge both stopped working....
Welded in new supports for the pass. seat brackets and got a coat of paint on it.
Installed the back glass. Didn't stick, so I removed it and bought another seal. I'll try again tomorrow....
Took her to town and back. No back glass, top off, windows down
Tach and volt gauge both stopped working....
Filled up with gear oil and removed the 30mm scavenge oil line fitting from the case.
Pulled the transmission , taking it to the rebuild clinic next weekend in Richmond. Transmission mounts were really bad! Clutch looks good, but leek from rear main I believe. So "while I am in there" will include new shift bushings, seals etc.
Added a external oil cooler today and no leaks. Now it won't over heat on the long drives and hot California days. 
QUOTE(hot_shoe914 @ Apr 7 2012, 09:07 PM) 
Drove it!......like I stole it! 80 degrees today......had a great time with it.
Absolutely gorgeous today in Cali...sooo, decided to go for a drive. Click, click, click...forgot and lelft the amp on last time I drove it 
Better a dead battery in the garage than somewhere else.
Better a dead battery in the garage than somewhere else.
QUOTE(computers4kids @ Apr 7 2012, 09:39 PM)
Absolutely gorgeous today in Cali...sooo, decided to go for a drive. Click, click, click...forgot and lelft the amp on last time I drove it
Better a dead battery in the garage than somewhere else.Another homie from Columbia.
Man its been about a month (been out of town) took the white car out for a drive,Down the st. to a local car show....look what I find! super rare and the dude rides it.Click to view attachment
Almost done with interior.
One last center tunnel carpet piece, inner fender piece. Now if I can get my pedals back, then it could actually leave the garage!
One last center tunnel carpet piece, inner fender piece. Now if I can get my pedals back, then it could actually leave the garage!
Took my bumper off so I could get the front valence off and took it over to my body man for sanding and painting. I had painted it black with a spray bomb 2 years ago but it has a lot of rock chips and the yellow paint from the donor car is starting to show through. With the bumper off I changed the fog light brackets, I got the Pilot lites from Camp 914 and am very happy with them, the supplied brackets are better than the original ones and make the pilot lights fit like they belong. Had to use the snow blower as we had quite a bit of snow today, be a few more weks before I can go for a nice top off drive, I envy you warmer climate guys!
Ian Stott
Moncton
Canada
Ian Stott
Moncton
Canada
just finishing up the test mule. hopefully i will be plugging it in this saturday. if every thing goes well i may be driving it to the festival of speed in fontana.....
Took the shifter linkage off and beat the hell out of it with a hammer. Made enough of a dent so that I can Get the shifter to work again. Then I pushed the car 10 feet away from my house so the painter can paint my house.
I am gonna fire it up for the first time tommorow morning if all goes well.
Then I pushed the car 10 feet away from my house so the painter can paint my house.I am gonna fire it up for the first time tommorow morning if all goes well.
QUOTE(mrbubblehead @ Apr 12 2012, 01:27 PM)
just finishing up the test mule. hopefully i will be plugging it in this saturday. if every thing goes well i may be driving it to the festival of speed in fontana.....
Looks sharp, Doug 
Not much going on here, but I did pick up a new
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Now I just need to get the bung hole thing squared away and I'm good to go
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looks like your going to do do some tuning mark..... i have the same setup. i use it on everything. cars, motorcycles, even my motor home. are you gonna go to the festival of speed?
Fuel pump finally arrived yesterday so I installed it last night. Went to start it and... dead battery
After working most of the day, started up the 914 this afternoon and took her out for a drive. My granddaughter went with me so of course we ended up at the park
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After working most of the day, started up the 914 this afternoon and took her out for a drive. My granddaughter went with me so of course we ended up at the park
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QUOTE(Philip W. @ Apr 7 2012, 06:53 PM)
Pulled the transmission , taking it to the rebuild clinic next weekend in Richmond. Transmission mounts were really bad! Clutch looks good, but leek from rear main I believe. So "while I am in there" will include new shift bushings, seals etc.
Phil, how are you supporting the engine?EDIT: Never mind ... I saw the jack stand on another PC - that has a better monitor
Doug, Festival of Speed - April 20 - 22? ... maybe. Which day are most 914 folks going?
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YAHOO! my cylinder head temp instrument showed up today. along with my thermocouple wire..... im gonna mount it tomorrow. the screen is smaller than i had imagined.....
I eyeballed my dash and decided a glove box rework is in order.
That is about it.
Pick up my cradle on sunday. Time for a little wife side trip to Portland for some Cirque du sole action!
That is about it.
Pick up my cradle on sunday. Time for a little wife side trip to Portland for some Cirque du sole action!
wrestling with the gas tank trying to replace the collapsed supply hose, I freed up the outlet pipe that now is leaking like the strainer on the other side! >:^p Nice new set of cuts and gas irritations to show for it... Glad I had to come to work!
Gorgeous weather on thew east cost, drove it 20 miles to go help wilrod with his transmission. and take a joy drive for another 50.
QUOTE(euro911 @ Apr 12 2012, 02:31 PM)
QUOTE(mrbubblehead @ Apr 12 2012, 01:27 PM)
just finishing up the test mule. hopefully i will be plugging it in this saturday. if every thing goes well i may be driving it to the festival of speed in fontana.....
Looks sharp, Doug Not much going on here, but I did pick up a new
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Woo hoo
did a brake fluid flush, filled up the tires, filled up the gas tank in anticipation of next weekend (Hershey), started on a long shake-out-the-cobwebs drive and ... ended up at roots for a long talk.
I did a big thing for the 914's awhile ago; I ran electrical service to the garage
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I did a big thing for the 914's awhile ago; I ran electrical service to the garage
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Me and the wife put 150 miles
on the rocket.Beautiful day, great to get out and enjoy it..
Ron
My SBC 914 has been in storage for 18 months. Pulled it out of the trailer put gas in it and it fired right up. Didn't even charge the battery, Now to wash it.
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Bob
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Bob
QUOTE(type47 @ Apr 14 2012, 04:43 PM)
I did a big thing for the 914's awhile ago; I ran electrical service to the garage
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I need to do that...
did you do it yourself or hire a contractor?
how deep?
brant
QUOTE(type47 @ Apr 14 2012, 03:43 PM)
did a brake fluid flush, filled up the tires, filled up the gas tank in anticipation of next weekend (Hershey), started on a long shake-out-the-cobwebs drive and ... ended up at roots for a long talk.
I did a big thing for the 914's awhile ago; I ran electrical service to the garage
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watch out for ...Codes...cant run power in conduit here in Washington..have to use under ground romex and be 18" deep or better......
I took the 6 for a little AX action ...NICE DAY...
I took the 6 for a little AX action ...NICE DAY...
QUOTE(6freak @ Apr 14 2012, 05:00 PM)
watch out for ...Codes...cant run power in conduit here in Washington..have to use under ground romex and be 18" deep or better......
I took the 6 for a little AX action ...NICE DAY...
thats odd. you would think conduit would protect it better than direct burial cable.
QUOTE(poorsche914 @ Apr 12 2012, 03:26 PM)
Fuel pump finally arrived yesterday so I installed it last night. Went to start it and... dead battery
After working most of the day, started up the 914 this afternoon and took her out for a drive. My granddaughter went with me so of course we ended up at the park
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That's what you call teener scenery . . .
top off and sunny day!
ENjoy!
busy day. i made and installed all of my thermocouples.
installed the gauge and wired it up.... my car is starting to look like the cockpit of an airplane.
tomorrow i will install the engine.
installed the gauge and wired it up.... my car is starting to look like the cockpit of an airplane.
tomorrow i will install the engine.
Great day spent at Scotty's rebuilding transmissions with a bunch of other 914I guys!
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QUOTE(6freak @ Apr 14 2012, 05:00 PM)
watch out for ...Codes...cant run power in conduit here in Washington..have to use under ground romex and be 18" deep or better......
I took the 6 for a little AX action ...NICE DAY...
thats odd. you would think conduit would protect it better than direct burial cable.I took the 6 for a little AX action ...NICE DAY...
In my area, underground electrical needs to be a minimum of 18" below grade. It can be in gray electrical PVC, but the the stub-ups need to be Galvanized-Rigid-Steel.
Low-voltage can be direct burial, but I always run conduit and toss in a spare or two, since the trench is typically the hard/expensive part.
mark
how do you connect the pvc to stub ups?
is the pvc small diameter?
how do you connect the pvc to stub ups?
is the pvc small diameter?
I installed a new shifter knob. Excitement.
QUOTE(brant @ Apr 14 2012, 07:25 PM)
mark
how do you connect the pvc to stub ups?
Hey Brant,how do you connect the pvc to stub ups?
The underground conduit run is all PVC. Install a 90 degree up sweep at each end of the run. Then use a threaded PVC coupling or threaded PVC adapter for the transition to GRS (all done below grade).
I typically screw a GRS threaded coupling onto a PVC threaded adapter, then glue the PVC adapter onto the top of the sweep.
Then screw in the stub up and wrap heavy duty electrical tape around the transition and up the stub a few inches above finished grade level.
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is the pvc small diameter?
NO. The OD of the adapter is larger, but the ID is the same as the conduit.
Started parting out the wrecked 74 I picked up a while ago. Get to start cutting it up this week
Finished the rust repair and metal work on the Ice Queen.Loaded her on a trailer and brought her home for a few days.
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QUOTE(type47 @ Apr 14 2012, 04:43 PM)
I did a big thing for the 914's awhile ago; I ran electrical service to the garage
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I need to do that...
did you do it yourself or hire a contractor?
how deep?
brant
Got 2 quotes to install a panel in the garage and both quotes were >$3k
which I couldn't do (CSOB), so a friend with a truck towed a trencher rented from Home Depot (~$180ish) Click to view attachment
buried grey plastic conduit 2' deep
QUOTE(euro911 @ Apr 14 2012, 11:50 PM)
QUOTE(brant @ Apr 14 2012, 07:25 PM)
mark
how do you connect the pvc to stub ups?
Hey Brant,how do you connect the pvc to stub ups?
The underground conduit run is all PVC. Install a 90 degree up sweep at each end of the run. Then use a threaded PVC coupling or threaded PVC adapter for the transition to GRS (all done below grade).
I typically screw a GRS threaded coupling onto a PVC threaded adapter, then glue the PVC adapter onto the top of the sweep.
Then screw in the stub up and wrap heavy duty electrical tape around the transition and up the stub a few inches above finished grade level.
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is the pvc small diameter?
NO. The OD of the adapter is larger, but the ID is the same as the conduit.Awesome
thank you sir
a trip to home depot is in my near future
is the PVC have to be schedule 80 or 40 or ?
QUOTE(type47 @ Apr 15 2012, 05:34 AM)
QUOTE(brant @ Apr 14 2012, 03:18 PM)
QUOTE(type47 @ Apr 14 2012, 04:43 PM)
I did a big thing for the 914's awhile ago; I ran electrical service to the garage
Click to view attachment
I need to do that...
did you do it yourself or hire a contractor?
how deep?
brant
Got 2 quotes to install a panel in the garage and both quotes were >$3k
which I couldn't do (CSOB), so a friend with a truck towed a trencher rented from Home Depot (~$180ish) Click to view attachment
buried grey plastic conduit 2' deep
funny enough...
there is a small pile of grey plastic conduit stacked at this house when I moved in.
I did a little research and it looks like 24inches is the code around here also
I bought a large box of romex, and mark just explained the stub ups..
trenching is in my near future.
I've got a friend who is a contractor. He has helped me wire 220 in the past. I'll pay him but its reasonable and well worth it. and I'm a good grunt worker, so digging holes should be within my abilities.
so sick of running extension cords to my shed every time I have to do something
Ditto on Doc Evil's Richmond tranny clinic. I think I walked away the honor of needing the most parts - 3 synchro bands, 2 dog teeth, 1 slider, and a shaft bearing.
Had a good time, learned a few things, and brought my son to help out.
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Had a good time, learned a few things, and brought my son to help out.
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