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Local Sacramento repair reference, Need an experienced 914 mechanic |
jack20 |
Jan 2 2015, 04:15 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 406 Joined: 7-November 14 From: Granite Bay, CA Member No.: 18,099 Region Association: Northern California |
It's been a long time since I owned my last 914 or any Porsche. My trusted resources have all disappeared. There are certain tasks, like swapping out a transmission and clutch, which I need done now, that I just don't feel comfortable doing. I'm doing a light restoration on a very clean '74 2.0. I bought a rebuilt transaxle to replace my worn out unit and I'm getting the cold shoulder from one shop in town that was my first choice. They don't want to install a coustomer's own parts.
Does anyone who lives in the Sacramento area have any options? Thank You, Jack |
SirAndy |
Jan 2 2015, 04:19 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,707 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
Don't know of anyone in the Sac area, the closest i know would be McMark at Original Customs in Napa ...
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jack20 |
Jan 2 2015, 04:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 406 Joined: 7-November 14 From: Granite Bay, CA Member No.: 18,099 Region Association: Northern California |
Don't know of anyone in the Sac area, the closest i know would be McMark at Original Customs in Napa ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Thanks! I left him a message. Still hoping to find someone closer but it's good to have a backup. Jack |
Jeffs9146 |
Jan 2 2015, 05:18 PM
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Ski Bum Group: Members Posts: 4,062 Joined: 10-January 03 From: Discovery Bay, Ca Member No.: 128 |
Don't know of anyone in the Sac area, the closest i know would be McMark at Original Customs in Napa ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Thanks! I left him a message. Still hoping to find someone closer but it's good to have a backup. Jack The clutch/trans replacement/swap is one of the easiest repairs for a first timer to attempt. I would recomend you try it yourself! |
jack20 |
Jan 2 2015, 06:21 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 406 Joined: 7-November 14 From: Granite Bay, CA Member No.: 18,099 Region Association: Northern California |
Don't know of anyone in the Sac area, the closest i know would be McMark at Original Customs in Napa ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Thanks! I left him a message. Still hoping to find someone closer but it's good to have a backup. Jack The clutch/trans replacement/swap is one of the easiest repairs for a first timer to attempt. I would recomend you try it yourself! Thanks Jeff. I have seriously considered doing that and I'm in good health but at 65 there are some tasks that I'd rather not be doing. Further, it's hard enough to get a shop to use my outside parts but may be even more difficult to fix my mistakes. I may get in there and find things I didn't expect then I'd really be in trouble. Jack |
jack20 |
Jan 2 2015, 07:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 406 Joined: 7-November 14 From: Granite Bay, CA Member No.: 18,099 Region Association: Northern California |
Don't know of anyone in the Sac area, the closest i know would be McMark at Original Customs in Napa ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Thanks! I left him a message. Still hoping to find someone closer but it's good to have a backup. Jack The clutch/trans replacement/swap is one of the easiest repairs for a first timer to attempt. I would recomend you try it yourself! Thanks Jeff. I have seriously considered doing that and I'm in good health but at 65 there are some tasks that I'd rather not be doing. Further, it's hard enough to get a shop to use my outside parts but may be even more difficult to fix my mistakes. I may get in there and find things I didn't expect then I'd really be in trouble. Jack I see that at least 50 members have read this post and since I specified "sacramento" most of you are probably local. Maybe you do your own work as opposed to using a shop? Perhaps I should just bite into this, use the Pelican Parts tech article and see what happens. Otherwise other shop suggestions would be welcome. Jack |
Hank914 |
Jan 2 2015, 07:44 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 389 Joined: 7-April 14 From: CA and OR Member No.: 17,215 Region Association: None |
Don't know of anyone in the Sac area, the closest i know would be McMark at Original Customs in Napa ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Thanks! I left him a message. Still hoping to find someone closer but it's good to have a backup. Jack The clutch/trans replacement/swap is one of the easiest repairs for a first timer to attempt. I would recomend you try it yourself! Thanks Jeff. I have seriously considered doing that and I'm in good health but at 65 there are some tasks that I'd rather not be doing. Further, it's hard enough to get a shop to use my outside parts but may be even more difficult to fix my mistakes. I may get in there and find things I didn't expect then I'd really be in trouble. Jack I see that at least 50 members have read this post and since I specified "sacramento" most of you are probably local. Maybe you do your own work as opposed to using a shop? Perhaps I should just bite into this, use the Pelican Parts tech article and see what happens. Otherwise other shop suggestions would be welcome. Jack I just got done putting my tranny back in, with the muscle help of my non-mechanic son, and a jack to support it while we lined it up. Don't know about the clutch, but the transmission replacement is straight forward. Go with the Dr Evil transmission notes (http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=56892), as he knows the 914 transmissions quite well. And the Pelican articles. And get some local help from this community since many would not mind helping people out. Good luck and have fun. |
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