Thanks. I will have a look at the center mount option but I would prefer to keep the center cushion for my new little four legged JRT to ride with me and my son.

Well the seat reposition is done and the seats fit........the handbrake...not so much!




Time to design som bracketry.....



and make a handbrake relocation kit !

Mats...wow...look at that handbrakeplate, really nice work.
One question...why did you make that small rectangular hole in the part under the seatframe that looks like a mouse ate his way through ? (between the spraycan and the lid of the spraycan)

Thats a previous owners classy 5 point belt installation....

So I have revised the design a bit. The sticky outy bit simply isnt needed.
With four M8 riv nuts into the side of the sill its plenty sturdy. So I cut that off.
Sorry for the mismatched screws but it was what I had at hand in the right lengths.

The result is simply great. My handbrake has never felt very solid but this is such an improvement. The M12 nut holding the handle has since been replaced with a nyloc nut.



Seats and carpets back in.



Now I just have to choose which one of Oscars awsome keyrings to add to the keys for this season. I'm adding a PDF drawing of the bracket below for those that might need it.

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Got my new rear calipers from PMB this week after they have been out travelling for two months. Yes it took that long for them to get here, first one month to get out of the US and then another month to get from Belgium to Sweden. I thought for sure the package was lost when I last sunday got an update it had reached Sweden.

Today me an my son started mounting them. They went on without any trouble and I bled them and had just hooked up the hand brake cables and was about to tighten them back up when I noticed a drip from the drivers side caliper.

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You can just see the wet gleam ontop of the hand brake lever, it runs out the arm and then drips off the bottom clip. I've contacted PMB already to get their view on how to sort this out. Getting about one drop every 20-25 seconds.

Mats, that sucks. That's a lot of fluid leaking. I'm assuming you're not trying to drive the car. PMB does fantastic work. Because of the shipping delay and cost I hope there's a way you can repair this yourself. Sending it back then waiting for it to return would really bite. Eric is great to work with and even helped me out on an issue with a rear caliper that was restored by a different shop.

Yes I'm not worried they wont help me get this right and no I wont be driving the car as it is. I may swap back my old drivers side caliper as only the passenger side was bad but I figured I would change both while I was at it.

Hi Mats, too bad that happened. But the good part was that you had a chance on some father/son wrenching time ! I hope it will get solved soon !

Thanks

Looks like I will be rebuilding the caliper myself tonight.

My friend that ordered parts from PMB with the same package as my calipers kindly lent me one of her rebuilt kits untill I get the one PMB is sending out for me.

Took the caliper apart tonight and replaced the inner adjuster O-ring. Put everything back together and bled the brakes. Now I'll wait till morning and see if its dry or not.

Cross your fingers !

One of my favorite build threads.

Seems to be leak free so far, I did have to tighten down the 8mm bleed nipples quite hard to stop them weeping under brake pressure. Everything was dry when I left it last night and it still looked ok at a quick glance this morning before I headed to work.

Had a wierd issue occur today. I havnt had the car started since march since the ECU has been away being repaired. Got it back today and loaded it up with my tune and everything worked fine. Except that my hand brake flasher is on all the time as soon as I turn on the ignition.

When moved my handbrake earlier I completely removed the hand brake switch but I cant see how that is the issue since it is "on" when grounded. Removing the switch should have it permanently off.

Turn signals and emergency flasher works fine. Brake pedal switch is connected. The only way I have found to get the flashing to stop is to disconnect the two brown/yellow cables from the warning light.

Any ideas please? I'm desperate to drive my car but I would prefer to do it without the warning light disconnected.

Is this as simple as resetting the master cylinder switch?

Mats, when you changed brakes you lost pressure in your brake system. Most (many?) master cylinders have a warning switch that gets set when that happens. If it does there should be a little reset button on the master cylinder where the two wires are located. Easier to see when driver's side front wheel is off, I believe.

Aaah thank you Navy, I just pulled out the wiring diagrams prior to reading your post and saw that one of the two brown/yellows do indeed lead to the brake warning switch.
I cant remember if there is a button on it but I will pull the belly pan off tomorrow after work and check.

Thank you @BeatNavy , it was indeed the master cylinder switch. Reset it and all was normal.

Took the car out for a short drive around the block, this revealed the brakes to be a tad on the spongy side. Back into the garage and up on jackstands and my son and I did a complete brake bleed. Back down again and then out for a half hour drive just to make sure it was running ok.





Cylinder 1 is running 15-20 C warmer than the others but it did the same last year.
Did a few accelerations and brake sessions just to get some temp into the brakes. Then cruised around for another 10 minutes before driving back into the garage.

I did raise the rear from the second notch on the Bilstens to the topmost one. Does anyone know how this affects the toe values, does it move towards toe in or toe out?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYXZSTPqvGg


Dropped my son off with his phone in the long bend between the mountains here and I love the sound echoing before the car even comes into view.

Hi Mats, great sound in the car ! nice video.

Very nice . I like your rims

Your car looks and sounds great.

Thank you, was just a quick shot that my son did when we were out driving the other morning.

I know the skart was expensive, but it sounds great, best four sound ever. And it seems to pull really well. Car seems very “together”. Really nice job.

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Summer evenings when the sun goes down....a cocky BMW driver was all over my ass but he couldnt take a tight roundabout in the same speed and launch out of it like my 914 does.

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Went to a local car meet with a nice mix but the car stereo guys kinda ruin it for everyone when you cant talk when standing 5-6 feet apart. Coolest car of the evening was a really nice Volvo Amazon

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Gorgeous sunset, straight out of the phone with no filters.

Gorgeous sunset, straight out of the phone with no filters.
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Beautiful pic, Mats. You have a fine eye for photography.

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Well as I have put it up in the 914 group on facebook I might aswell mention it here too.
The car is up for sale. I have summarized all the details in this post on my webpage: https://matsgarage.com/?p=1730

I know most readers here are US based but since there is a few europeans maybe it will interest someone.

Good luck with the sale, Mats. It's a beautiful car and someone will really enjoy it.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do with your time and money as well, and hope to still see you around here from time to time.

Thanks Navy, I'll be around here because I doubt it will sell quickly. And I have learned alot in the last 8 years and like helping others when I can.

Good luck with the sale, Mats. It has been enjoyable reading your thread and admiring your beautiful 914. Someone will be a lucky owner of a nice 914.

So you're finally pulling the trigger on a 911?

Probably not, I dont really need the pretend backseats. And I have already had a 911, I sold my 964 before I got the 914. Going to add to whatever the car sells for and aim for a 981 Cayman S or Jaguar F-type. Since I'm building a super seven type of car I feel having two cars that only gets driven in fair weather is one too much.

https://youtu.be/BGdBuoACUDM

Made a short overview video of my digital dash setup and my oil pressure warning alarm.

Let me know what you think or what you would do differently.

Mats. Was going through your old build admiring all the work.
One question for you.
Do you remember where you got your custom Martini floor mats?
Looking to do a set of those in another car.
I know it's been a long, long time. Ha
Thx, Doug

Maybe there are someone in Europe on here that would be interested?

https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=343783831

This thread has all the restoration history.

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Last ride with my son in the 914 a few days ago. Now she is fully fueled and newly polished waiting for her new German owner to pick her up on friday.

Good luck Martin and take good care of her.