[cmartin]

Nice work

Best way to find a part or tool? Buy a new one

[racer]

fwiw, I think I saw recently that Auto Atlanta had batch of new relay board covers made

Nice to see progress being made! Keep going!

[BillC]

Got a little more work done on the car. Installed new clutch, gas and heater control cables. Also installed the rebuilt pedal cluster, new gas pedal, shifter and shift rod (front half) and heater control lever. Since I marked the shift rod on the shifter before I took them out, the shifter should be fairly close to the proper alignment, but won't know for sure until the engine and trans are back in.

Pedals:


Shifter:


Cables and shift rod:



I also started to take a look at installing the heat exchangers on the engine. That's when I discovered that my great pile of muffler gaskets are all for 1.7L engines. So, now I have some 2.0L gaskets on order....

[BillC]

Things have been pretty busy around here, as usual, but I managed to squeeze a little 914 time in this weekend.

I was going to start mounting up the used heat exchangers I bought years ago, so I pulled them out of the shelves to get started. However, once I got a good look at them, I decided I had to spend at least a little time trying to clean them up.

Here's how the first one looked:


I tried a few cleaning chemicals lying around in the garage, but none of them made a noticeable dent in the baked-on crud. So I stopped, stepped back and thought a bit (yeah, I almost set the smoke alarm off with those thoughts ) -- what gets used for cleaning baked-on oily gunk? Oven Cleaner! So I went up stairs, and managed to dig out a can from under the sink. I still had to use quite a bit of elbow grease while I was at it, but it did a reasonably nice job.


I did top and bottom of both heat exchangers, wiped them off and then took them outside and hosed them off. I think they turned out pretty good:


It ended up taking a couple of hours, but they look sooo much better than before.

[BillC]

Now that racing season is over for me for the year, it's time to get back to the 914. And today was finally time to reinstall the engine!

On the stand:


Some friends came over to help. First step was to get the engine off the stand and bolt the trans and starter back onto it.


We also got the car set up to receive:


Then, we slid the powertrain into place. This was a multi-jack operation, since I don't have a lift.


Getting close:


And in!!!!


It'll take a little while before the car's actually ready to drive. A whole bunch of things still need to be connected (cables, electrical, fuel, shifting, exhaust, axles, fluids, etc.). Plus, the last DE of the year is next weekend, so more time away from the car. But, I'm still hoping to drive it before it gets too cold out.

[Dandelion]

Congrats!

[Patrick3000]

Nice work

[Casey914]

Geez bill, I expected an invite? I had NOTHING going on this past weekend! Looking awesome!

[BillC]

Life continues to get in the way, but I have made some progress on the 914.

Axles, clutch and speedo cables connected:

I used new bolts with new schnorr washers to attach the CVs, plus a little blue loctite. They should hopefully stay tight.

Then, shift linkage with all-new bushings, heat exchangers and brand-new Quiet 2.0 muffler from Ben:


The heat exchangers turned out to be a much bigger pain to install then expected. Whoever had these before had cranked down on the ears and bent them out of shape, none of the ears would fit over the exhaust port studs. So, my son helped me heat the ears as I reshaped them to fit.

I've had the muffler for years, bought it when Ben (mb911 on 914World) was having his getting-out-of-the-4-cyl-muffler-business sale. Was a bit relieved when everything bolted up just as it should. Only (minor) concern is the muffler tip is a little close to the valance (no contact, but only about 1/8" gap). I suspect this is because I put new rubber trans mounts in, and expect the gap will open a bit as the mounts sag over time.

[Dr K]

Originally Posted by BillC

Only (minor) concern is the muffler tip is a little close to the valance (no contact, but only about 1/8" gap). I suspect this is because I put new rubber trans mounts in, and expect the gap will open a bit as the mounts sag over time.

...or the valence burns away a little from being too close...

What is the round thing that extends about 3 cm below the center of the engine (with a bolt in the middle of it)?