Got the rear trailing arms and suspension off

Everything comes apart so easily on this car. Hopefully it will all go back together as easily.

Bearings and bushings are out thanks to a super in-laws jig http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?s=&...t&p=2475422

Chance to test fit new parts

Cleaning up more parts

Time for some fresh paint

Cleaning up the trailing arms and associated parts

More parts ready for powder

Should look like new next week

Heat exchangers ready for ceramic coating
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?s=&...t&p=2482838

More parts ready for powder coating

Haven't updated for a while as there has not been too much exciting happening. Just lots of time in the blasting cabinet and taking things in for fresh powder coating and zinc plating. Until today. I picked up the exhaust from the ceramic coater and they turned out awesome.

After the Kent in the body shop told me that none of the tubings that you can get to cover the wiring harness tabs on the body are correct like the factory ones coming off. We decided to make the tubing to match the appearance of the factory ones with the correct shine. I got the chance to put them on the car and I really like how they went on and looked. They slide right on but have just enough grab to them to stay on well.

Started to clean up the blower fan

down to bare metal

blower mount

Even the fan

Cleaned up the head light assemblies and found a pretty cool light that Bruse Stone said was pretty rare.

Getting lots of nice looking parts. Getting closer to assembly

One of these is a new 914Rubber part comming soon

A few schnoor washers got in to the batch that got replated. These will be thrown out and replaced with new ones. They are one time use.

Old part vs new part. 914Rubber percision Stainless Steel pivot shafts

Thank you Bruce Stone, very nice work

Ran the wiring harness back into the front trunk.

Attention to detail ,appears you have some contacts ,well done looks great .

Bruce Stone did the Pedal Cluster for me. But the rest was all me and lot's of hours in Cary's blasting cabinet.
(OK I may have sent them out to a powder coater and a zinc plating company along with some 914rubber parts )

That is some nice 914 Porn.

Do the new pivot shafts have a correct diameter shoulder and serrations on the ends ?

You mean the nut?

No, not the nut.
The picture answers the question.
The original shafts have a collar or shoulder that is a perfect fit into the inner
chassis ear and the outside alignment bracket. It acts to locate the shaft with no play.
The shoulder is visible, is it a tight fit into the chassis features ?
The shafts also have serrations that (when tight) prevent rotation of the shafts with suspension movement.
Both features are important. The mating surface in the photo is smooth.

Gotta love an unlimited budget project that will exceed its' budget.

Nice ork!

What you can't see yet is what we are doing with the rubber.
These are in testing right now.

Matt, Your upper rear latch trunk assembly needs to have the plate flipped around.
Craig at CAMP

Thank you, Craig. I got excited with the pretty, shiny parts and did not look at my photos. This really shows why you need the new bushing.

This is a great thread....and nice work.

The shaft ends should look like this though:

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I grabbed the sample from the shop before they were done. They will have the correct ends when were done. Thanks for the heads up.

Update: After lots of trial and error we found it best to use an aggressive locking washer rather than trying to machine the ridges in to the shafts.

Worked on the wiper mechanism yesterday

We make all of the bushings to rebuild these on the 911. But on the 914 they are pressed together and would have to be drilled out. Luckily all if the bushings were in great shape on my assembly.

Replaced all of the parts that wear out with new ones we make.

Getting closer

Worked on the wiring harness for the front trunk. It needed some cleaning and to be re wrapped but it was in pretty good shape

Cleaned wires and taped with the cloth tape

Replacing all grommets and boots with new ones we make. We are now working on the round one shown here.

The old boot was not in too bad of shape but was starting to crack so I replaced it. Tip for instilling the wires. Put the boot in hot water for a minute to soften it up. Us a little wire lube. Work the 1st connector in and then push it in with next one so they are both sliding in at the same time. Push the rest of the way in using needle nose pliers.