This may be off topic. See pic. Anyone know what these are. They're in my parts "bin". Could be 914, 911, 924 (yeh, I had one) or VW. Before I throw them out, anyone recognize them?

DUH! Forgot the pic - sorry!

just the 2-wire clip for me Tom. Thanks again.

Pat, Jeff & Barry,

I'll get this stuff done sometime this week. Have a busy travel week coming up & will work everything with your patience.

Pat, understand your wife is worried about you. Don't be alarmed, because I woke up this morning thinking about those fuel line clips. My wife thinks the same about me. I remembered where another one was. It's where the fuel lines come out of the tunnel and goes through the sheet metal into the engine compartment. I'll have to get down flat & low on the ground to get that picture. Don't worry it's all for a good cause. Yes, we are crazy.

Tom

I've been all over my fuel lines & these clamps are not used on a 72! The plastice lines come up through a grommet attached to the sheet metal & are held in place by more of those funky painted metal tabs - no plastice clamps (though that would be an improvement). I'm more & more amazed at how many differing parts from model year to model year there are.

Still have my original plastic lines also & have no intention of changing them unless I see some degradation. I do change all the fabric covered hoses on a 5 year rotation (I'm due), as well as the injector hoses & seals.

Thanks for the crazy statement! Now I can inform my wife that, based on the statement of a very reliable source, she is correct. They ALWAYS win!

On my 75, there is a white plastic clamps near where the fuel lines exit the firewall, and they run up through the engine tin, and there are two metal tabs that hold them on top of the long. So I have one plastic clip, and metal tabs...WTF is going on!

Climb under the car and look above the air deflector on the passenger side to see em.

and I need a pair for my car?

I KNEW those things looked familiar! Just couldn't quite place where they were. Cool!

Clue- Rarely purchased option. One of two parts. Will post the other part with correct answer.

Rear wheel mudflaps....Thats the support brace...

If anyone else got it first, I'd be suprised. You are correct Sir.

And raise you one...

What is this? SirAndy NOT eligible...

Gas heater?

Ski rack attachment? (Duh!)

Good show my man....What company made it?

One more. Why is this significant to 1972 and earlier 914s?

Center seat belt.

Gas heater........Webasto?

Nope.

Yep.

Seat belt extension, for fixed passenger seat with kids? So it doesn't throttle them.

Nope. See if you can RECALL the answer....hehehe...

Recalled by NHTSA Oct. 27, 1972, 18,989 cars, buckle assembly, failure.

You score! We are probably referring to the same thing, but the factory published safety recall campaign BG says:

http://members.rennlist.com/914_collectibles/Recalls.htm

On Oct 26, 1972, the recall was to replace the fixed length safety belt for the fixed passenger seat only of 1970-71 914/4 and 914/6, because the orignal belt may have been a few mm too long and may have been a potential safety hazard...

Ok, this is easy. The 2 parts on the left were replaced by the one on the right. What are all of them, what's the purpose & why was this lame thing done? I have questions, but let's get the scoring done first.

That's pretty easy. Those are battery covers- left early, right late. The early one was held on by the big rubber loop in the middle. The late one has teeth on the long sides that snap onto the deck of the battery, so it didn't need the loop. The loops pull apart easily.

They were put there in an attempt to stop the water that drains in from the gap between the engine lid and the body that is directly above the battery from rinsing the top of the battery off. Nice, fresh looking battery, but it gave a sulfuric acid shower to the fuel lines and suspension console below......

You win! I said it was easy!
And, you brought up the point that the loop pulls apart easily. Though it doesn't show in my pic, the loop is broken & held together by the "straw" from a WD40 can!

Does anyone know of an adhesive that will stronglt bind the 2 ends of this together? It held up for over 30 years & I'd much prefer using the original battery cover & loop, because the campaign replacement appears to be a cobbled up Audi/VW part & is crude.

Thanks for bringing it up - exactly what I was hoping for!

That's easy too. Since the loop is actually made of tubing- just cut the head off an 8 penny nail, and grind a crude point on the cut end. Smear it with 3M weatherstripping adheasive- maybe just past the slime stage- and jam it into one end half way. Do the same with the exposed half, and splice the two pieces. Let it sit for a couple of days, and then install it.... There'll be a slight bulge on either side of the joint, but it'll NEVER come apart again.

Click to view attachment Is this installed correctly? I have no guide to go by...

Superglue may do it. I have seen superglue used to make o-rings and weatherstripping, with none of the yellow contct adhesive residue. And for that morsel of wisdom, will you sell me that recall campaign battery cover with the yellow label?

Please...?

What is this? You will find it only on 75/76 cars. This should be fairly easy to figure out.
Gary

Hmmmm, It's the fan belt for (Craig) Bxtr's model-A pickup truck? heee hee.

Tom

Nope. But I thought you would tell before anyone else could guess. I believe you gave it to me when I was showing the 75. So if you remember, wait.
Gary

Hmmm, let's see. That looks curiously like the "belt" that held some jack handles in place. Wrapped around the upper half of the jack(late style) & held everyting from rattlin'. Or, am I wacko? Mine has one.

Nope again, wacko, not to say that maybe in its life it once may have been used for that! But not in 1975. We need to get out of the trunk. Lets see!?! Another clue would be it holds something on.

Gary,

This goes back to my other post. I am getting old & forget details of what I gave away. I think it's to hold down the plastic battery cover. The one Pat shows on another posting.

Tom

I'm guessing now. Does it hold the relay cover on in the engine bay? I know they got rid of the stud and knurled nut, and there are ridges on the cover that could hold an elastic band from slipping off, but I never know what's supposed to go there.

Jim

uuhh....band for tool kit??

Ding/Dong, we have a winner!!!!! Good work Jim. It replaced the stud and knurled nut in 75/76. The thought was to stop water from leaking in to the relay board. This band is about 7" long and slipped around cover and board. Now Tom, do you remember? Detail, Detail, Detail.
Gary

Lucky guess for me. Anybody know where I can I get one? My '76 never had one, and I was about to modify (shorten) a battery hold-down band.....

Jim

Ahhh so thats what its for... I have one and could never figure out what it was used for.

Here is a shot that I put together to show how the band works. Jim PM me and may we make a deal for the one I have.
Gary

Why? Because they were cheap? Saved what - 15 cents? But it left a hole in the top of the cover for mother nature & spiders to get into! I believe, but I don't get it!

No, the one I set up is and old one I had laying around. The 75/76 had no hole and was thought to keep water out by using the band to hold cover in place!?! Cheap,cheap. Today it would have snaps or something to hold it on,I think.

black, round, plastic, 1/8" dia and 3/8" long.

k

Did SirAndy take that pic????

HUH?

I've known all the other ones. This one's a stumper.

Filter from Kevins cigarette.
CCL

spacer for the valance....