But I actually think it's the injector itself. When the gas runs through it, it frequently seals itself. I'll know tomorrow...

Paul

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Got the new carpet in finally.

Looks great. From where did you get the kit?

Since i couldn't make it to the breakfast yesterday i decided to get her out from under the car cover today and give her a good cleaning.

The car has been sitting under the cover for 6 months and accumulated a large amount of mold since it had some water get in somewhere around Christmas.
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Got it all cleaned up and to my surprise she fired right up when i was done scrubbing. Took her for a 15 minute drive and all seems good (except i need to get the wheels balanced).

Clean cars are happy cars

found the keys because the sun is because ever more present in the sky

Adjusted valves, waited for kids to goto bed, then drove it.

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Replaced the compressor.

914 Rubber. No dissappointments.

This past week I have got some help from my dad on a few projects.

Learned how to do a string alignment.
Fixed a fuel starvation problem - issues with kinking lines under the tank.
Valve adjust and oil change on the 914.
Bled the brakes again and again and again

Valve adjust on the -6 2.7 on the stand.
Rebuilt the webers on the -6 engine

Took the 914 out for its first test drive in many years.

Had some fun.

Drove it (first time in a while) . . . did the "Historic Triangle": Yorktown-Williamsburg-Jamestown and return. Need to do this more often. Heading for "the Southside" tomorrow.

Back at the hyd. clutch mod again today. Removed the pedal assembly and hit the floor with self-etching primer.

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Found out the clutch pedal clevis for the Willwood's M/C threaded rod is a 5/16"-24tpi, which is different than the Honda's M/C M8-1.25mm that Kent originally installed. Ordered the clevis from McMaster-Carr.

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Did a cursory look around while I was underneath ... everything still looks good

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Started to strip my engine in readiness for the rebuild. Still searching for 1 piece of vynil to finish recovering the back pad! Only thing stopping the interior reinstallation.

drove her to work..first drive in a long time

WCR is only 23 days away. Got started on my list of prep work...mostly fixing things that broke during Rt66.
Removed flex dam and installed stock front valance to help with cooling
Removed both front shock spanner nuts and re-torqued using blue locktite. The left side came loose during Rt 66. The right side was not as tight as I would have liked it. Rechecked all front suspension hardware while I was there.
Installed Ford starter solenoid using the Mark Henry method (thanks Mark)
Ordered new rear tires...left rear had a flat spot from a spin during my last DE and the rumble was annoying during long highway drive to Rt 66
Removed lower dash pad in preparation for replacing the ignition switch. Have not been able to isolate the intermittent start issue...hoping to find a cracked switch.
Started fab'ing adapter plates to replace the K&N type air filters with Honda Gold Wing air boxes. Left side is rough cut and fit checked good. I'll do a separate write-up on this with pictures when complete.
Still needed is; finish installing GW air boxes, replace ignition switch, adjust valves, replace breather hoses (going to tie the 2 head breathers together and run only the oil filler stand breather hose to the air box), adjust the targa top to address hellacious squeak and detail. Workie workie

Mike....get her running and I would nominate you for the Iron Ass award in abstentia. That strut fix I wish I had recorded. It almost seemed liked 5 guys picked up the car and fixed it in 5 minutes. The only thing I remember many that was like that is when Rich and Mark finished Jaime's back fender in the parking lot at the WCR in 2015.

Welcome to the madness.

Michael, did you already source some Goldwing air boxes? ... I still have the pair we discussed previously

Mark - I did buy 2 boxes eBay. I remembered we discussed your boxes a couple years ago but thought for sure you already got rid of them...guess I should have asked.

No problem ... looking forward to your thread

Installed the Engman manual trunk release pull; big thanks to Stratplayer for the NLA kit

drove it to work again

drove it to where I used to work

Finished replacing the ignition switch. Old switch is made in Germany and not cracked. So I disassembled it and found a bunch of crud on the contacts and the center contact was burned. I believe this was self induced as a couple years ago I squirted some TriFlow in the key hole to free up the steering lock mechanism and I believe that stuff worked it's way into the switch. I installed a new switch (not German) and disassembled/cleaned the old one with contact cleaner and put a dab of silicone grease on the sliders and it feels and works good. So that went in my spare parts bag.
Adjusted the valves; it's a PITA trying to spin the pushrods with the tube retainers in the way (I have SS pushrods so I adjust the valves to zero lash just loose enough for the pushrod to spin easily). I did find that it's easy to spin the swivel foot and verified that when the swivel foot spins the pushrod also spins and when the valve is tightened just enough that the foot does not spin neither does the pushrod.
Continued work on the GW air boxes. Got the second adapter plate cut and used the wrong top plate as a guide and drilled bolt holes wrong. Waiting for the JB Weld to set and I'll redrill the holes. I probably have another full day of work to finish installing the new air boxes.
Going up north to a wine & music festival tomorrow...hopefully I'll finish her next week so I can get a few drives in before WCR.

Installed new roll bar trim.
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Applied for my insurance today. Then I can apply for the plates.

Its getting close enough for me to start thinking about these things.

I sent the pictures and gave $25,000 as a valuation, agent called and said the company has these cars valued at $30,000 - $40,000, So I may up the number after its actually on the road.

you retire ?

Finally got around to re-install the broken outside mirrors.


No fun driving without them ...

Getting my car ready for WCR. Last year I had installed 5 gauges in my center console but I didn't like the "busy" look of that many gauges. A couple of months ago I had the vinyl sides of the console recovered and that gave my the impetus to do something about the gauge issue.

I decided to use a 964 oil pressure & temp combo gauge and an older 911 pressure & temp gauge. The 964 gauge was easy, it just required an appropriate 911 oil temp sender. The 914 oil pressure sender works directly for oil pressure. This is the upper combo gauge in my console. This gauge also has a number of indicator lights that will implement later show various fault conditions.

I wanted the lower gauge to display CHT and AFR values. First I disassembled the gauge, and scanned the gauge faces. I then used Photoshop to create new gauge faces to show Cylinder Head Temperature and on the second gauge Air/Fuel Ratio. My Megasquirt uses these sensors for its fuel calculations so I used Megasquirt's CAN Bus output to send these values to an Arduino computer that then transforms the CHT and AFR to voltage values that are output to the gauges.

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Also, since you can't have too much information, I made a mount that replaces the ash tray so that I can have an Android tablet on my dash. In the display shown below it is using a product called Shadow Dash MS to communicate via Bluetooth to the Megasquirt ECU. The tablet can also be used as a navigation computer. The tablet is fully readable in normal sunlight driving conditions.
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that might be the coolest techie mods/upgrades for 914's yet! watch out when you display such cool mad skills, you may end up in a business creating such things for others that like but dont have the same ability to create ourselves- its happened before-

what is it you do may i ask? automotive computer engineer?

Semi-retired from various high tech positions. Software development, engineering management for electro-mechanical and laser optical devices.

Would love to see a picture of the whole interior if you have one available.

Got it a new stablemate
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Removed these from the fuse panel

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Wired up the Tow Lights for the WCR trip.

Back working on the BB's clutch project.

Gave the pedal area of the floor a fresh coat of flat black after spraying the primer spray a few days ago.

Changed out the bushing in the modified pedal assembly to accept the 5/16" dia pin on the new clevis that threads into the Willwood M/C's rod.

Partially installed the pedal assembly - enough to get the steel plate to sandwich between the floor board and the brake M/C ... what a pain in the ass that was with no help

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... and back underneath to tighten things up

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I highly recommend having a helper ... would have made this a little more enjoyable and took a lot less time.


Next up, running the braided hydraulic hose through the tunnel back to where the slave cylinder will be mounted and mount the slave on the tranny ...

Yesterday I completed the recreation of braided SS AN-12 line to mate to my new on-engine cooler. I have installed a T on a a stock 911 cooler and used one side for return cooled oil from the tank and, on the other side of the "T" I installed a valve at the low point in the oil line system to drain the tank and part of the sump when warranted. I safety-wired an additional safety plug to the valve body downstream of the valve just for mental ease.

I also cut off and welded on my muffler pipe to align perfectly with the rear valance. then I hammered on the 911 stock chrome tip. It looks and sounds great.

I remain hostage to my Weber guru who is replacing three butterflies and changing emulsions etc. to better address the particulars of my engine build. Unless he misses a third deadline for the return of the carbs, I should hear this beast roar again next week sometime..... not holding my breath however.

Today, I will reinstall the break-in oil and check for leaks at all fittings. It would be hard to imagine a Porsche that doesn't leak somewhere / but I have heard tales....

Rebuilding my rear brake calipers. Finally to a point where I can begin assembly today. Removing rust down to bare metal with vinegar soaking and wire brushes very tedious but effective. Paint turned out well.

Almost had them zinc plated locally for $80/pair but currently laid off from job. Thought I'd try paint first and see how well my intensive prep pays off in durability. When time comes for the front calipers I'll perhaps be more eager to send them to PMB or at least locally blasted and plated. At least I now know what it takes to do it myself.

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7th circle of Hell... reinstalled the fresh air box with new seals.... now for a

We need tips, lessons learned from your ordeal. Did you do it by yourself?

Ordered my Cal Legacy black plate.


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put the drain tubes on last and while it seems incorrect make sure to hook up the fan speed/vent cable before mounting it. also I would recommend using some kind of trim glue on the rubber seal and let it setup before trying to slip the box into place. it's a tight fit and will for the most part of 3 hours keep slipping off while you are pushing the box into place . also make sure to buy a new clip for the cable because the old one will break when you try and reuse it.

other than that... 7th circle of hell

I got the bracket and Wilwood 260-1333 slave cylinder installed and adjusted on the 'BB'. I had to drill out the little block that pulls the throw-out bearing lever to fit the 5/16" shaft on the slave cylinder.

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I'll have to hold off on the hydraulic hose & fittings until next week. I have to source some different AN fittings than what I had for the Honda M/C

Earl's Performance should have everything I'll need, and they're only a few miles from home ... but closed during the w/e.

No leaks! All AN fittings and other sundry pipes and clugeations are low pressure tested. Awaiting carbs from the 914CarbGuruDotDontGetNA:miles:hurry guy...

In my idle time today, I worked on my mold for casting Carbon Fiber back pads to cover the hatch kit that I am making and sending out occasionally. I made ample progress. A really generous guy here on the boards offered to send me a cut out of a firewall as a template to start with. Then I took a torch to it to de-glue the seam sealer and random spray adhesive from it. a few rustations were welded and ground smooth.
Then to add metal for the fit to the cabin firwall. Its gonna be a high performer if I can work out the differences in application between DOT late and earlier cars like mine...

Previously, my friend at UC Berkeley offered to use this firewall as a project some months back / for a trace evidence thing / and she scraped hairs and carpet fibers from the glue and metal of the firewall for analysis. I am not, at this time, willing to say who donated this piece of 914 firewall history to my project efforts, but early analysis results in from the forensics lab at UCB indicate that whomever owned the doner car, was, as BB King put it, " Fa Fa Fa.. A Love Man!"

The fabrication conundrum is not in the gumbo of the miscellaneous DNA coating the tin. It is in that of the difference between early and late firewall shapes / and retractable seat belt hardware is the issue... The two do not mate / unlike the host of prior owners of the doner firewall car..........

On another topic: Happy Mother's Day

Took the engine apart some more. I removed the last of the oil and although very dirty there was no metallic sparkle. Also started to degrease the outside of the case as it's quite grimey. Looking good so far.

I sourced a correct 914 flywheel and that is now on for trial fit purposes. Think I'm going to fit new rings to the existing pistons as there is naff all scoring in the barrels. I may have actually bought a decent engine.

I spent yesterday afternoon cutting between the 5 center holes in the front trunk. The "snout" is now open on the body, and the cutout on the front valance is also done. I used a spare engine grille mesh piece for the front rock guard protection, I think it turned out alright. I'm going to source a narrow body fiberglass piece eventually.

Little by little. Welding the louvered front floor pan and oil cooler mounts in this week, then all oil lines, fuel pump, and oil cooler will be mounted and done. Also ordered McMarks oil line holder/grommet which I hope to get welded on too.

I can then move to the rear of the car and finally get the 2.7 ready to install.

I sprayed my firewall

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Patience....time...and beer.

BTDT........twice.