Cary's 73 1.7 Rustoration Thread Options

[JoeDees]

Damn. I've been sweating making those for a while...

[cary]

I'm starting the day with delivering my new tool box to my new place of employment.

My first big boy tool box.

[cary]

Picked up Doug's 914-6 project this am. We'll need to do some construction/redecorating. Super In Law is going to build a wooden super structure to store/house body parts as they come off cars.

Front Hood
Trunk
Engine Lid
Top
Bumpers
Valances
Doors
Rocker panels
etc.



Here's Doug's car upon arrival today.



http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...p;#entry2356501

[cary]

Week #1 of the new job.

Day #1. Stripped a 80 SC Targa of all usable/sell-able parts.
Day #2. Begin conversion of a forward dated 69 911 caged race car that will become a 73 RS clone.
Day #3. Help with the preparation of 2 Cup cars that will be raced at Infineon this weekend. Then back to my conversion project.

Don't pinch me, I don't what to wake up from this dream.

[cary]

Today was basically a shop tidy up day .....................
Got my new shop PC set up and running.

Now I can order parts from the shop. Windows 7 on the old clunker wasn't getting it done.

Then went back to hole that needed to be patched in my DD rear trunk.


Time to try out my birthday present. Miller MIG welding goggles. I bought them primarily for wheelhouse and floor pan welding. But I thought I'd give them a try.

Very impressive .....................

While I was working on the car. Super In Law started measuring up the flat work we'd like to do in front of the shop door.


Self Etching Primer ............................


First layer of seam sealer ........................... Evercoat brushable

[cary]

Second coat of seam sealer.




Covered up the primer on the tail panel with Glacier White. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) . I'll get a couple spray cans loaded when I re paint my car.


Weekend starts with a session a Dad's Garage.
1. Diagnosis failed MASS airflow sensor on the A6. Changed out 4 year old fuel filter.
2. Cut in new terminal for left headlight.
3. But on the drive home I find that both electric fans aren't working. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) I wouldn't have caught it except for we got stopped for 20 minutes for paving work.
4. Today will be spent pulling and testing parts .............

[cary]

Parts testing :
Both fans run fine when tested with 12 volts. Both Maxi fuses are good so we ordered a Fan Control Module. Super In Law is going to dig into the A/C fan and give the motor a couple drops of 3n1 oil. Rock Auto'd everything but the hardware. Ordered them from ECS.

Feels kind of weird not posting the days work every night. Should be back on Mark's car on Thursday.

[cary]

After 3 weeks I feel comfortable enough to post where new new place of employment is.



Being the new guy I get all the dirty work. I'm tearing down an 89 C4 that will become a Bastos SCRS rally car replica.





Dropping the 964 C4 drive train is just a bit more complicated than a 914. LOL.
914, 40 t0 50 minutes depending on the CV bolts. I've probably done it 30 times.

964 C4, about 6 1/2 hours the first time. I have another to do after I finish this one. We'll see how long the second one takes.

The team was laughing at my expense at lunch. Let's let Cary do the 993 Twin Turbo engine drop when it comes in. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

If you thought I was tool poor before. Holy crap you haven't seen anything .............

[mepstein]

Cary - Cool job Congrats! You'll get the 911's down quickly. They are a little different from 914's but pretty similar to each other. At least up to the 3.6's.

Tool poor - well, that's why snap on takes payments. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[cary]

All my work on 911's has all been on G bodies. Did a couple small projects on a couple F bodies. The 964 is all new to me. Pretty much the same. Just a lot more stuff.
Nice thing about this car is that its a complete strip. Including wiring harness. So I get to touch just about every thing. Some of the crap in the front trunk I don't even know what it is. LOL.

Biggest issue is we sell all the take off stuff on Ebay. So I have to bag it and label it.
And not break any connectors. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) This car is only 25 years old and the connectors are starting to harden.

But it's all fun. So much different than 30 years of managing people.
Start at 8. Take a complete hour lunch. Then all of us in the chassis shop are usually out of there by 10 after 5. Weird .............
Oh yeah, home in 8-10 minutes. Life is Good ................

[saigon71]

Congrats on the career change Cary. I'm happy things are going well for you. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[cary]

Short Episode of Tool Whore .....................

If your in the market for a magnetic work light this is the one you want.
Snap On. $79 and its rechargeable. No batteries. 3 times the light of anything I've had in the past.
Bought two for working at Rothsport. I'll buy a couple more for my shop.

[cary]

Super In Law project. We're heading to Home Depot for lumber.
He unloaded two bays so we can build dividers and shelves. This will allow us to dismantle 3 cars and have the major body parts stored without stacking them on each other. Then 3 sets of shelves for the trim pieces. Should be kind of cool.

Matt (Mark's bother) wants me to do a dismantle. Then send out for paint. Then reassemble after paint.

[cary]

Start the day at Home Depot. $100 worth of material.



All cleaned out and ready to go.



Making progress. I'm thinking each car will need 3 totes too.





The upper shelf will have a 3 shelf section for trim pieces. Here's my extra pile.



Mark's pile won't quite fit ................... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)



Needless to say I started the day labeling parts ...................

[cary]

Body panel jail is just about finished.



I picked up the freshly painted bumpers for my 911.

[cary]

Short episode of Tool Whore

Picked up couple more tool boxes at a pawn shop this am.

Right one will become the primary shop tool box. Totally organized like my box at Rothsport.

Left one is an old Matco that will become a small parts storage box. Engine parts: seals, gaskets, etc. Tubes of adhesives, etc. $200 for both.



Super In Law is building a new wooden body dolly like Doug built for his car. Starting with re-purposing the inflatable rubber tires that we bought for the rotisserie that didn't work. Bought 4 new solid rubber tires and he is switching them out. Swivels on all 4 corners for ease of movement around the shop.

[cary]

Super In Law finished the redesigned car dolly. I reshaped it into a trapezoid for ease of loading and unloading off the 2 post lift.




We did add a 2*4 to the top so we would have more clearance for the 2 post lift arms.



On a side note. The 10" wheel frames from HF, suck. To much lateral give in the frames themselves. The 8" ones on Doug's dolly are much easier to drive.

[raynekat]

Mine were from HF too.....just a lucky pick I guess.

[cary]

Minor setback today.
Motor on the compressor stopped working. Not good. I'm almost dead in the water. I was about 1/2 way thru the stripping of paint off the engine tins on Mark's engine swap project when it gave up.

I'll do a quick test on the start and run capacitors in the am. Then run it to the irrigation pump repair shop. Wish me luck .............. A new 24-25cfm compressor is my next major purchase. But I need to make sure my youngest son gets his apartment in NYC set up first.

[cary]

Must have been a heat related issue. Fired right up this afternoon. Blasted parts for 4 hours.