Home  |  Forums  |  914 Info  |  Blogs
 
914World.com - The fastest growing online 914 community!
 
Porsche, and the Porsche crest are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. This site is not affiliated with Porsche in any way.
Its only purpose is to provide an online forum for car enthusiasts. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
 

Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

> What have I gotten myself into?
spencerhut
post Sep 7 2024, 02:43 PM
Post #1


Newbie
*

Group: Members
Posts: 13
Joined: 26-August 24
From: Idaho
Member No.: 28,312
Region Association: Pacific Northwest
"Oh you like cars? Want a project?"
. . . and so it begins
Sitting in a sort of covered shed for 28 years in North Idaho.
1.8 Motor is locked solid. The starter did try. We also tried to drag it in 5th gear.
Front calipers are locked.
Rust in the usual places, but the rust does not seem as bad as many I have seen.
Floors are solid.
All the rubber seals seem to be perished.
~30 years old KYB Struts!

We will be tearing it completely down. Fixing the body and then putting it back together one system at a time.

Please bare with me as I ask stupid questions.

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-28312-1725741826.1.jpg)74 914 by Spencer Hutchings
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
2 Pages V  1 2 >  
 Reply to this topicStart new topic
Replies(1 - 19)
Artfrombama
post Sep 7 2024, 03:04 PM
Post #2


Member
**

Group: Members
Posts: 210
Joined: 21-January 24
From: Alabama
Member No.: 27,870
Region Association: South East States
Quite a following on this forum for the 1974 1.8. Welcome!
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
mepstein
post Sep 7 2024, 03:15 PM
Post #3


914-6 GT in waiting
***************

Group: Members
Posts: 19,702
Joined: 19-September 09
From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE
Member No.: 10,825
Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
It does look like it has promise.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png)
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
930cabman
post Sep 7 2024, 06:03 PM
Post #4


Advanced Member
****

Group: Members
Posts: 3,834
Joined: 12-November 20
From: Buffalo
Member No.: 24,877
Region Association: North East States
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png)

Got to love it " sort of covered shed"

Looks as though you have booked yourself for the next year or so. Other than that she looks promising. We will help you through the in's and out's of this example
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
wonkipop
post Sep 7 2024, 06:48 PM
Post #5


Advanced Member
****

Group: Members
Posts: 4,670
Joined: 6-May 20
From: north antarctica
Member No.: 24,231
Region Association: NineFourteenerVille
@spencerhut

i'm going to want to ask you some questions on the car if you have time.
for our L-Jet research project. we have been compiling quite a bit of data on the 1.8 L jets.

in the meantime - hopefully another little 74 1.8 will be back on the roads in your hands.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
SirAndy
post Sep 7 2024, 06:51 PM
Post #6


Resident German
*************************

Group: Admin
Posts: 41,972
Joined: 21-January 03
From: Oakland, Kalifornia
Member No.: 179
Region Association: Northern California
QUOTE(spencerhut @ Sep 7 2024, 01:43 PM) *

1.8 Motor is locked solid. The starter did try. We also tried to drag it in 5th gear.

I never understood this sort of thing.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

The engine might have been salvageable if you had taken it out and split the case.
Now it is for certain ruined and needs a complete rebuild (or be tossed out).

Anyways, good luck with your project. We've all been there, some more than once.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png)
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
bkrantz
post Sep 7 2024, 07:35 PM
Post #7


914 Guru
*****

Group: Members
Posts: 8,206
Joined: 3-August 19
From: SW Colorado
Member No.: 23,343
Region Association: Rocky Mountains
Door gap on the left side looks good. More photos!
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Freezin 914
post Sep 7 2024, 07:48 PM
Post #8


Senior Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 926
Joined: 27-July 14
From: Wisconsin
Member No.: 17,687
Region Association: Upper MidWest
Welcome to the sickness!

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png)
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Artfrombama
post Sep 7 2024, 07:53 PM
Post #9


Member
**

Group: Members
Posts: 210
Joined: 21-January 24
From: Alabama
Member No.: 27,870
Region Association: South East States
Mine was in similar condition when I drug it home. Time, patience and a little cabbage….
Many experienced members of this group (including yours truly) that have been in your shoes that are willing to help.

Pull the plugs, add some rust penetrating oil of your choice. After a few days rock the car back and forth in second gear.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
spencerhut
post Sep 7 2024, 09:40 PM
Post #10


Newbie
*

Group: Members
Posts: 13
Joined: 26-August 24
From: Idaho
Member No.: 28,312
Region Association: Pacific Northwest
QUOTE(Artfrombama @ Sep 7 2024, 07:53 PM) *

Mine was in similar condition when I drug it home. Time, patience and a little cabbage….
Many experienced members of this group (including yours truly) that have been in your shoes that are willing to help.

Pull the plugs, add some rust penetrating oil of your choice. After a few days rock the car back and forth in second gear.


Yeah, we did that. Gave it week of pulling the plugs everyday and spraying each cylinder.
Then we tugged it with the Ranger in 5th on dirt. Wheels were still locked after ~3ft so we left it at that and will pull the motor.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
SO.O.C914er
post Sep 7 2024, 10:04 PM
Post #11


Senior Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 1,474
Joined: 18-July 16
From: Mission Viejo Ca
Member No.: 20,199
Region Association: Southern California
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png) welcome to our mid-engine madness! Plenty of awesome people here to help you out. Drive it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
930cabman
post Sep 8 2024, 05:53 AM
Post #12


Advanced Member
****

Group: Members
Posts: 3,834
Joined: 12-November 20
From: Buffalo
Member No.: 24,877
Region Association: North East States
QUOTE(SO.O.C914er @ Sep 7 2024, 10:04 PM) *

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png) welcome to our mid-engine madness! Plenty of awesome people here to help you out. Drive it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)



(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) , yes most of us here should be committed for getting ourselves into this sort of thing. Extra blessings to our wives for putting up with this nonsense. Even if you could loosen the engine, it's doubtful the rings would ever seal against the cylinder walls or piston lands.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
iankarr
post Sep 8 2024, 06:25 AM
Post #13


The wrencher formerly known as Cuddy_K
****

Group: Members
Posts: 2,532
Joined: 22-May 15
From: Heber City, UT
Member No.: 18,749
Region Association: Intermountain Region
Welcome!

Lots of amazing people in this community to help. Just keep the questions and pictures coming. I made a bunch of resto videos on my YouTube channel, including a series for newbies. Link in my sig below…
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
brant
post Sep 8 2024, 06:43 AM
Post #14


914 Wizard
**********

Group: Members
Posts: 11,831
Joined: 30-December 02
From: Colorado
Member No.: 47
Region Association: Rocky Mountains
Hope you are a good welder and have patience

Pull the rocker covers first to see what you actually have
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Superhawk996
post Sep 8 2024, 07:24 AM
Post #15


914 Guru
*****

Group: Members
Posts: 6,663
Joined: 25-August 18
From: Woods of N. Idaho
Member No.: 22,428
Region Association: Galt's Gulch
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png)

The good news is that road salt wasn’t used much in PNW during the time 914’s were most likely to be on the road. Hopefully it was a local car and not an east coaster.

Looks like trunk hinges have failed based on looks in photo?

As others have said, keep pictures coming and you’ll find the help you may need here.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Superhawk996
post Sep 8 2024, 07:48 AM
Post #16


914 Guru
*****

Group: Members
Posts: 6,663
Joined: 25-August 18
From: Woods of N. Idaho
Member No.: 22,428
Region Association: Galt's Gulch
QUOTE(930cabman @ Sep 8 2024, 07:53 AM) *

Even if you could loosen the engine, it's doubtful the rings would ever seal against the cylinder walls or piston lands.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) horizontally opposed engines have a terrible propensity to collect condensation and corrosion on the bottoms of cylinders resulting in severe pitting and seizure as you’ve experienced.

User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
914-300Hemi
post Sep 8 2024, 09:38 AM
Post #17


Senior Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 1,373
Joined: 7-September 06
From: San Dimas, CA
Member No.: 6,794
Region Association: Southern California
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png)
Welcome to the addiction. Great to see 914’s being restored
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
spencerhut
post Sep 8 2024, 10:02 AM
Post #18


Newbie
*

Group: Members
Posts: 13
Joined: 26-August 24
From: Idaho
Member No.: 28,312
Region Association: Pacific Northwest
QUOTE(bkrantz @ Sep 7 2024, 07:35 PM) *

Door gap on the left side looks good. More photos!


Here are a bunch of photos
https://www.flickr.com/photos/201248624@N08...177720320140005
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
spencerhut
post Sep 8 2024, 10:08 AM
Post #19


Newbie
*

Group: Members
Posts: 13
Joined: 26-August 24
From: Idaho
Member No.: 28,312
Region Association: Pacific Northwest
QUOTE(iankarr @ Sep 8 2024, 06:25 AM) *

Welcome!

Lots of amazing people in this community to help. Just keep the questions as pictures coming. I mad a bunch of resto videos on my YouTube channel, including a series for newbies. Link in my sig below…


Hey Ian! I have watched most of your 914 video's and will be referencing them on several of my repairs.
Thank you soo much for making those video's! You did the 914 community a real solid favor, probably helped save a bunch of these cars.

Thank you,

Spencer
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
spencerhut
post Sep 8 2024, 10:14 AM
Post #20


Newbie
*

Group: Members
Posts: 13
Joined: 26-August 24
From: Idaho
Member No.: 28,312
Region Association: Pacific Northwest
QUOTE(brant @ Sep 8 2024, 06:43 AM) *

Hope you are a good welder and have patience

Pull the rocker covers first to see what you actually have


I'm a decent welder. And I have plenty of other projects to turn to if this one tries my patience.
pull the rockers and post what I find.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
« Next Oldest · 914World Garage · Next Newest »
 

2 Pages V  1 2 >
Reply to this topicStart new topic
3 User(s) are reading this topic (3 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:

 

Display Mode: Switch to: Standard · Linear+ · Switch to: Outline

Track this topic · Email this topic · Print this topic · Subscribe to this forum

- Lo-Fi Version Time is now: 15th January 2025 - 04:17 AM
Invision Power Board v9.1.4 © 2025  IPS, Inc.
All rights reserved 914World.com © since 2002
914World.com is the fastest growing online 914 community!
We have it all, classifieds, events, forums, vendors, parts, autocross, racing, technical articles, events calendar, newsletter, restoration, gallery, archives, history and more for your Porsche 914 ...