The harness will be finished tomorrow.

After opening up the entire thing, removing about 10# of vestigial wiring, installing new wiring for the /6 and wrapping every thing back up.

I have a few things to finish in the back and we have to work on the engine harness, but I'm planning on getting the car harness in the tub tomorrow.

Last:

Looks great to me! Joe- your my idol
Eric

I pulled out the engine harness today and decided this was all I wanted to save:

Not much more of this for Liz to clean:

We got the dash pad!

More dash pad:

Wiring going in:

last:

So. Yesterday the harness looked like this:

yesterday2:

Oooh. Sorry for that blurry pic.
Yesterday3:

Today it looks like this!:

Today2:

Today3:

Yay!!! There's her central nervous system...

Joe loves what he does!

Dashpad install... 3 pics to follow:
Before:

Installing:

2:

After!

Joe? Did you take your camera with you to Tuscon?

He's got the pics of the steering... and the drama that follows that!!!

No camera here.

The steering is not drama, just a welding opportunity.

QUOTE (Series9 @ Feb 2 2006, 09:26 PM)

After opening up the entire thing, removing about 10# of vestigial wiring, installing new wiring for the /6 and wrapping every thing back up.

vestigial

Great job...like everyone else you have motivated me to get started on my 914 project. Thanks for all the photos and tips...I will have some questions along the way. Hope to see your car next time Im in ABQ.

Ty

QUOTE (Flat VW @ Feb 4 2006, 08:36 AM)

QUOTE (Series9 @ Feb 2 2006, 09:26 PM) After opening up the entire thing, removing about 10# of vestigial wiring, installing new wiring for the /6 and wrapping every thing back up. vestigial

#2 is how I meant it. The wiring was pulled like tonsils and cut out like an appendix.

QUOTE (Series9 @ Feb 4 2006, 09:57 AM)

QUOTE (Flat VW @ Feb 4 2006, 08:36 AM) QUOTE (Series9 @ Feb 2 2006, 09:26 PM) After opening up the entire thing, removing about 10# of vestigial wiring, installing new wiring for the /6 and wrapping every thing back up. vestigial #2 is how I meant it. The wiring was pulled like tonsils and cut out like an appendix.

Awww, Joe... You're showing off your vocabulary again, aren't you?!?!

After a small snag on the steering and some minor finishing to accomplish on the wiring, we're basically on schedule.

Here's the current plan, after a few changes:

February:
Week 2:
Finish the wiring
Install rear brake lines
Clean Engine & Tranny
Install/plumb oil tank

Week 3:
Modify oil cooler
Engine painted and assembled
Steering (deferred from week 1)

Week 4:
Headlight/Turnsignal hardware cleaned & painted
Battery tray installed
Order thermostat
Get battery
Light, fog, hazard switches

March
Week 1:
Install engine/tranny
Install front sway bar
Install gas tank
Plumb fuel system
Fuel pump/filter

Week 2:
Install gauges
Install clutch, throttle & speedo cables
Tachometer
Pedal cluster

Week 3:
Shifting
Brake pads
Master cylinder
Finalize brake system

Week 4:
Bumpers, rocker panels, valences & top to paint
Install headers and muffler
Start the car!

April:
Trim Clips
Rollbar vinyl
Seats & Belts
Firewall HW for belts
Assemble doors
New door handles
Windshield trim
Order windshield & install (also install rear window)
Tail light assembly
Drain tray for header

May:
Rear struts & coilovers
Finalize seals
Window/targa trim
Carpet
Door panels
Inside sill trim
Window cranks
Speaker housings
rollbar interior trim

Wiring:

Tail lights:

Clean the tranny.....

Brake lines:

QUOTE (TurtleGirl @ Feb 4 2006, 11:03 AM)

QUOTE (Series9 @ Feb 4 2006, 09:57 AM) QUOTE (Flat VW @ Feb 4 2006, 08:36 AM) QUOTE (Series9 @ Feb 2 2006, 09:26 PM) After opening up the entire thing, removing about 10# of vestigial wiring, installing new wiring for the /6 and wrapping every thing back up. vestigial #2 is how I meant it. The wiring was pulled like tonsils and cut out like an appendix. Awww, Joe... You're showing off your vocabulary again, aren't you?!?!

I thought maybe he meant... vestal.

QUOTE (Series9 @ Feb 9 2006, 09:48 AM)

May: Rear struts & coilovers Finalize seals Window/targa trim Carpet Door panels Inside sill trim Window cranks Speaker housings rollbar interior trim

Don't forget:

May 19th
drive to colorado for track event

May 20th
race around on race track and look at RS sister car
(yellow 3.6 with flares, and carbon fiber hoods)

May 20th
drink beer with Eric Shea and friends

May 21st
drive around on race track and kick butt....

QUOTE (brant @ Feb 10 2006, 11:03 PM)

QUOTE (Series9 @ Feb 9 2006, 09:48 AM) May:     Rear struts & coilovers     Finalize seals     Window/targa trim     Carpet     Door panels     Inside sill trim     Window cranks     Speaker housings     rollbar interior trim Don't forget: May 19th drive to colorado for track event May 20th race around on race track and look at RS sister car (yellow 3.6 with flares, and carbon fiber hoods) May 20th drink beer with Eric Shea and friends May 21st drive around on race track and kick butt....

Fair enough.

Sweet!!

Did you fabricate the dash?

QUOTE (KaptKaos @ Feb 11 2006, 10:13 AM)

Sweet!! Did you fabricate the dash?

Check a couple pages back. It's a modified stock dash.

QUOTE (brant @ Feb 11 2006, 12:03 AM)

Don't forget: May 19th drive to colorado for track event May 20th race around on race track and look at RS sister car (yellow 3.6 with flares, and carbon fiber hoods) May 20th drink beer with Eric Shea and friends May 21st drive around on race track and kick butt....

Ummm.... May 19th is my 30th birthday...

OK, so anyway... We've been having some stress... Nico, for those of you who have met him I do not have to explain, is a big individual. We are looking for racing seats that might fit his, ummm, largesse. It seems that we need something that will hold a frame with a 43 or 44 inch waist. Are there any suggestions? Does anyone have something that they would recommend?

My sweetheart just doesn't know his mass, and the impact that it can have on our build... as well as Joe and Lauren's couch!!!!!


f=ma, dood!!!

another view: (the dog didn't seem to notice the couch giving way, though!)

914 with a bench seat?!

Are you gonna install one of Engmans re-inforcing kits?

Any new progress to report? This is a great build thread. Hope the car is progressing OK.

Marc

We'll have an update soon.

I've modified the oil cooler and we're about to install the headlights and assemble the engine.

We're dying here!
How about some news!
These are my favorite threads, i love seeing these cars look like new again - i'll never have the fundage to do it myself, but it does make me think......... alwasy a dangerous pastime.

QUOTE (roundboy914 @ Mar 10 2006, 07:51 AM)

We're dying here!

Yeh, how about some pic's of that part I sent you?

Headlight mechanism in place on both sides. Look at all that dust in the trunk. It's been REALLY windy here and had to have the car outside while we did some work in the garage:

Engine assembly has begun: