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It begins . . ., summahh of 914 |
type11969 |
May 30 2004, 01:41 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,231 Joined: 2-December 03 From: Collingswood, NJ Member No.: 1,410 Region Association: North East States |
I just bought the furniture dolly and with the help of PP's article, I'm going to go pull the engine out of the 914 in my avatar. Never done this before, should be interesting. Gonna give the engine a breeze through to look for anything questionable, maybe swap it with a 1.8l that I was going to put into my beetle, install a working alternator that I just won on the bay, and go from there. I'm finally done with school, don't have a job yet but once I obtain one (hopefully, anyone want an EE/ME?) I am going to try to start as late as I can. With any luck I'll be able to get this 914 in solid shape in the time that I have free. Just a fair warning that questions may be pouring in from here on out.
Ahhh, a summer filled with no responsibilities and working on my 914, can it get any better? -Chris |
type11969 |
Dec 13 2004, 08:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,231 Joined: 2-December 03 From: Collingswood, NJ Member No.: 1,410 Region Association: North East States |
Guess I didn't make myself clear, got the fender off about a week ago, did some cleaning today. It took me a damn long time to get the fender off, a PO decided to braze a replacement fender on along the door jamb and along the weatherstripping channel in the trunk. Oh yeah, it was also pop riveted on along the sail. Below is the pic of the carnage resulting from having to get all that braze out, I'm thinking about cutting that whole strip off and replacing it with metal from a junk trunk lid that I have (should have close to the right contour). So if you ever think about brazing something on, think about the people down the road that may have to deal with that repair. Will you please think about the children???!?
Anyay, I have to give some respect for the wound wire wheel in the picture above, that thing absolutely dominates. The paint, seam sealer, and surface rust stripped off in the after picture was done tonight in abotu one half hour . . . not too shabby. My arms are feeling it though, better than going to the gym. Once that thing gets spinning it is tough to turn it from side to side, just like the old spinning bike wheel experiment. Tis a lot of rotating inertia. -Chris Attached image(s) |
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