I left a 993 in the dust today on the freeway!!!

I love it! My new toy that will pay for itself. No more remote starter switch to hook up.

What started as a simple CV replacement has manifested itself to this. Yep, I pulled the drive shafts last week from Blackie after reading McM's post about sliding the shaft and listening to the clunking noise. I ordered Eric's S's type I refits and they take a few weeks. Then I see Otto's ad for the rear trunk panels (which Blackie needed) so here I am. Once again, my ego and lack of common sense have convinced me that this is something I can do.

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Polished a wheel... 7.5X 15 Jogbloed..

Installed pedals, adjusted clutch

And sweated my ass off driving in the glorious heat of today!

Worked on Engines, At least one is going in a car soon!

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The restoration begins...

Got my Rich Johnson conversion mount installed today! Woo hoo!

I was a bit scared of my lack of welding skills but all is well. Now it's time to get this project moving!
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I'll still keep my day job but the welds should suffice...

I pissed of my neighbor lady tuning my car in front of her house. I parked there on purpose.

She screamed "I can't hear my TV".
Fuch you lady was what I was thinking. I said sorry and turned if off.

CONTEXT: This lady has called the Police and the City inspection dept. on me several times. She keeps telling them I'm running an auto repair business out of my garage. They come out and check my registration and leave. No repair business here.

I've got the same in 4 lug!



Today pops and I finally got the charging system sorted. Had to replace the alternator, and swap out the (G) bulb housing. Now she makes 14 volts goin down the road!
(The light goes out once the alternator starts to pump juice)


Picked up a new Tach at EASY. STripped it down, cleaned it up, some black paint and now I'm on the road.


And My brand new Bosch fuel sender fell apart in it's housing.... Thanks Bosch. Luckily I saved my old one, and low and behold, it works again!

I don't want to talk about it!!!

I went to the Mather AX and raced mine



Jeff

Did a little tidying-up around the house today. Whilst moving stuff around to sweep up yard debris the gardener always manages to blow into the carport, I found one of my spare '6' engines had decided to take a leak ... Started Hazmat cleanup procedures before my wife caught wind of it.
Smart & Final's degreaser works pretty good, but I'll need to go over it a couple more times
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Also, ran across an old A/C condenser unit. Took it apart, cleaned up everything and reassembled it. As soon as I find the under dash unit, they'll both show up in the classifieds)
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Danmar lift? ... gotta get mine assembled soon - I'm SO tired of working with jack stands

I drove 300 miles each way to my engine builders and spent the day tuning the carbs on his dyno Jet...

fun weekend!

my little tiny race car was dwarfed by the rousch mustang Street car that was on the machine ahead of me...

I watched it pull 786 At the rear wheels...
kinda a let down to put the race car on the machine after that!

Been testing the fit of my Gotti wheels. Pretty soon will be running 9" and 11" slicks, probably Avons in soft compound....

Looks like I need some new flares.

Or some kind of aluminum extension.

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Got most of the interior installed on my 73 project.

Hi guys,

(1975 914 1.8L)

Well saturday is not a good day for my teen, went to our church for some work day with my fellow men's ministry and upon leaving our church compound after 5 to 8 minutes engine running idle in the park area, I smell some burning which at 1st I thought it was from the church neighbor who is barbequing and I suddenly noticed a smoke coming out from the hood vent just below the wiper arm. So immediately turned off the engine and remove my battery cable. Check some wiring beneath the dash board and did'nt see any electrical problem, remove the wiring for the clock and stereo which is attached directly to the fuses. So did try starting the engine again and after 2 to 3 minutes running, smoke again coming out on the same area. Did try to smell the area of the fuel tank and did smell the smoke from the fuel tank area. I ended up calling AAA to tow my teen which is about 25 minutes drive to my house.

Now I have some questions, Is there any other electrical beneath the fuel tank beside the fuel pump? For now I only suspected fuel pump problem. Before this happened, I noticed last week there are times that after turning off the engine, totally key off from the ignition, the fuel pump still running and fuel are continues running on the fuel lines on the engine bay (Fuel injection lines). Is there also a problem with my ignition electrical or fuel pump is the problem already?

But with this, I still thank God for this did not happened on a freeway that will require me to run the car a longer time to find a place to stop that might make it more worse.


Thanks and God Bless!

Noel

Got to take off some more parts to get ready for paint but most improtantly I got to hang out with my son while doing so.

Dropped it off with Rich!

It took my son and I about 8 hours to put it together. It does get you off of your knees and back. But it does have it's challenges too. I have jack trays so I can put my Vette on stands to change tires and brake pads for the track.

We had to take the engine mount bar and the right side sheet metal off to get the engine to fit through the rails but it worked.

Mounted up new targa vinyl and completed my engine cover.

Trans out. The rear seal was definitely leaking. It was a brand new Elring with only 600+/- miles on it
New seal fits tighter on the flywheel and should cure the problem.
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Replaced the torn passenger-side vent glass seal. Scraped off the PO's after-market tint film while the glass was out.
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Also, the mail man delivered my new custom-built breather box
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I had a leaky Elring rear seal also and it was just a few weeks old! Changed it with a different brand and all is well. Is there something going on here?

Is that box for a carbs set-up? (i've been researching threads on breather box set ups, most are for carb set ups and have wondered if a stock F.I. set up would benefit from such a situation)

damn, i just put that same exact flywheel seal in....i hope it doesnt start leaking.

nice breather box. is that one baffled? from the guy over on the samba?

I had both, Victor Reinz and Elring seals on the shelf here, was told the Elring was better so that's what we originally installed. The new Elring seems to have a tighter grip around the yoke on the flywheel than the one we removed, so we'll see how it works out

Trial-fit the seal on the flywheel before installation. I also replaced the graphite-coated O-ring in the flywheel.



Yes Doug, Samba. The guy's name is Travis. I had him construct the box with both, 1/8" perf and solid plate drain-back baffling. The box looks good - the welds are real nice.



Phil, it all depends on how much CCP you've got. Stock pressures may not require a remote box, but they can be use with either carbs or FI.

OH MY GOD! WHY WOULD ANYONE WELD IN A CAGE????

Have you ever seen a bridge that was welded??

Have you ever seen amn aircraft part that was welded?

Plate mounts on both sides are 20 times stronger if they are properly installed and torqued.

Beautiful!

Thanks! I need a little incentive to continue this 2 year project. Ray

yes i have the same box. except i had him weld on AN fittings instead. very nice workmanship. and price too. i powder coated mine semi gloss black. did you find a good place to install it?

my flywheel seal looked just like the one in your photo. 2 tone. it replaced an orange one that never leaked.... i guess we will see....fingers crossed.

I'm planning to mount the box in that depressed area on the firewall. Not going with the nice, fancy braided hoses, so ordered with the slip-on fittings.
Yeah, for what you get, his prices are great.

mark, heres where i put mine...

continued tear down for media blasting...

Got the 4-wheel alignment done today.

Decent looking hell hole



Yeah, Doug, that's where mine will mount too.

My last 914 had that same wheel (Luisi, right?). For my current project, I upgraded to the Momo "Retro" which looks the same, but is a larger diameter. I can't wait to actually use it.

Looking' good!

Yes--that is a Luisi wheel. I've used them on two of my cars. Thanks for the positive comments. It's taken a long time to get to this point. Ray

Out for a nice drive

I the hell out of it yesterday. Took the 10yr to school in it this morning. Cleaning the garage this evening so I can move the project car around and pull the latest donor in the garage.

Had to fab up some new pipes when I lost a SuperTrapp somewhere near Nachez. Dangit. I wonder how long the new one will take to heat up and match the old one. Bunch of work just so it can look like it did before. Now off to drive!

I'm happy to say that after a 3 week hiatus from driving the 914 as a DD, I sold the BMW, and got back into the 914 Couldn't live without it.

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Beautiful car... That's not Florida is it?

Yeah--there are no hills in Florida. Nice car!

Pulled the carpets out yesterday to find the front floor pan gone all around the edges. Ordered a new pan.

Rebuilt pedal cluster

Got a new Holley in the mail for the 327

Logged onto the world!
Thanks Andy!!!!

I WAS ABLE TO AND DID LOG ONTO 914WORLD!

Congratulations!

GLAD YOUR BACK. ...I was in withdrawal.

oh yeah and installed front and rear bumpers and headlight assemblies too.

What about "Space Mountain?"