Full Version: Rebuiding Inside-out
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Time for one more step: get the back end hoisted up and check a few more things in the engine compartment. I think I am ready for lifting the engine.
QUOTE(bkrantz @ Feb 12 2023, 09:04 PM) 
Instead of 914 work I spent a couple of hours playing with old snow. I shoveled back snowbanks in the shade not melting (except a little each day which then makes ice on the driveway), and big ice dams at the street that makes a skating rink every morning. Party my OCD and partly my wife's worries about slipping.
I would do this for the elderly neighbors so they didn't have to lift if I was at work.
Fingers crossed I'm back in too
Kevin
OK, progress today!
Step 1: get the engine off jack stands and on my wood platform on the motorcycle lift.
Step 1: get the engine off jack stands and on my wood platform on the motorcycle lift.
Step 2: Lowered down to maneuver.
Step 3: roll into place under the car. Plenty of vertical clearance for the ITBs.
Step 4: begin lifting. But not enough side clearance for the ITB fuel rails.
Step 5: unbolt the ITBs.
My solution to get another 2 inches of lift from my AC floor jack.
Step 6: get the car back to horizontal.
Engine-trans mounting hardware.
Coming up--check from the top side.
Some cardboard for...
Protecting the side sheet metal from the suspension nuts.
Step 7: bolt the engine and trans in place. Yay, back in again!
A good chance to connect the fuel lines, before bolting the right ITB in place. My preference is to double clamp all the connections where possible.
ITBs back in place, with all fuel lines connected.
Now just hook up all the cables and bits, and off we go! (Yes, I need a work cover--got something in the works.)
Fingers crossed Bob. Glad to see it go back together.
QUOTE(Puebloswatcop @ Feb 15 2023, 09:14 PM)
Fingers crossed Bob. Glad to see it go back together.
Thanks. I hope to find out soon.
Speaking of work covers, here's what I'm thinking. I got some 1/4" wool felt.
I figure one wide piece across the trunk and hanging down the sides, with some short side extensions to protect the fenders under the targa sails.
McMaster Carr?
No, the vendor I found is Madison Speaker Components, who sell this stuff by the yard for lining speaker enclosures.
Back under the car today. First, I connected the ground strap before I forget.
Then the shift rod, starting with the front coupling.
Then the rear.
The back cover is easy, and I was able to re-use the clamp.
But I hate the front rubber cover. It took me 20 minutes to get it around the flange on the firewall.
I decided to make a checklist for the engine installation--maybe the next time I will not forget something.
Here's the first version of my work cover. Total length is a about 3 yards, with cuts to fit into the engine compartment.
Plus a couple of magnets. (I decided to get some bigger and stronger magnets.)
Taped to the front corners.
Magnets stick to the sails on vinyl.
I think this could work.
View on the inside. The edge tucks under the torsion bars and release cable tube, so the trunk lid edge is protected.
I tested the cover with some work on the engine top. I hooked up the vacuum lines, including the line that goes through the trunk wall to the EFI CPU.
And I installed the air filter bases and intake horns. Now to connect all the stock and EFI cables.
Back in town and on the job. I need to connect things below and above.
In prep for bolting on the heat exchangers, I gave the copper gaskets a heat treatment.
In prep for bolting on the heat exchangers, I gave the copper gaskets a heat treatment.
Then time for rubber surround clips. They might look like office supplies, but they are actually custom 914 parts.
Here's a clip as initially installed.
And then with the special chrome handles removed.
BTW, after my initial engine installation last year, the rubber surround kept pulling away from the sheet metal. This was an effective fix.
BTW, after my initial engine installation last year, the rubber surround kept pulling away from the sheet metal. This was an effective fix.
Then I got out all the CV joint hardware, especially new gaskets and Schnorr washers.
Gasket installed. The fit is tight, and it was a bit tricky to keep the gasket in place in the CV body recess.
CVs bolted up and torqued.
I then worked on making all the EFI cable connections, and tying down the cables.
My buddies we'll be quite impressed with my car, as long as they never see yours. Looks great Bob
Plus the connections on the relay board. The alternator cable is stock, but the 12 pin cable is a hybrid of original wires plus new leads for the EFI.
Relay cover and custom strap.
Then the throttle cable
Last thing today, connect all the breather hoses.
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