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Ok, so I bought Stella (my 1976 914) over a year ago , knowing it had a "rod knock". I think I was just scared to tear into it, cuz before this car i was pretty much a small block chevy guy. I finally got around to getting the engine out, then pretty much looked at it for a few days, once again, knowing I'm in over my head. After taking 80,000 pictures, labeling everything I could, I started to remove stuff. I got to the big tubes on the right side, pulled them off, & kinda glanced down at the valves to see if they were wet. (it blew a little smoke when I brought it home) It was almost a relief to see something I knew wasn't right. I pulled this clamp out of the head port, & smiled, thinking this was the "rod knock", but then realized the screw was missing. I will pull the head tomorrow, & hope the clamp was missing it's screw before someone dropped it down the intake.

My question to you 914 veterans..........Do I continue to go all the way with this (split the case, new bearings, etc) or just do the top end? I will probobly drive Stella once a month on weekends to an occasional car show.......do I need to go in deep? How long does the bottom end usually last in these things? Thanks, Hank

the only thing i have for you is that you obviously have not gone through sir andy's school of photography!

good find. i'd pull the heads and jugs then check the condition of jugs pistons rings and the heads then make your call on how fubar'd those are.

I suck at adding pictures. Sir andy yelled at me last time cuz they weren't jpeg, haha! I need to downsize, I guess. thanks for the info.

In many ways, the top-end and bottom-end exist in parallel, but separate universes.


The top could be trashed and the bottom could be fine. It happens all the time in /6s.

your pictures are clear and in focus..... not per sir andy specs.

Start with the top end. See how it looks. If stuff is clearly wrong, do the bottom end too.

Zach

Do lesbians really taste like chicken? That is so cool.You are right, paralell.I knew that was coming. But us chevy guys, top end, bottom end, .........you know.

nope..... tuna just like all the rest!

Crap. Now I'm a commie sympathizer.

Click to view attachmentmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........... tuna

Yeah, but with a clit the size of your thumb.....

Sandbox only!

what kind of car is that red one. my eyes cant seem to focus on it

uuuuhhh... there's a red car where?

To answer your question; the bottom half is tough as hell!

I vote for this picture to be on this website's home page.

one of my favorites and she's a member!

Now that's a keeper ! It's to damn cold in this state to get my wife to do that