914 tool kit --what should be there?, And why is the round bar longer than my roll? |
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914 tool kit --what should be there?, And why is the round bar longer than my roll? |
PinetreePorsche |
Jun 22 2007, 03:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 235 Joined: 14-November 05 From: Falls Church, VA Member No.: 5,124 |
I got my car ('73--yeah, and the 2nd one. a '72, too) without a tool
kit--the roll-up assortment. I found one, in pretty fair shape, incomplete, for cheap-- it's medium brown (tone is slightly reddish- brown) , grained naugahyde with 2 black snaps, about 14 in long,w/6 pockets between the main piece and the slant-cut sewn-in second layer. I have picked up tools--I now have all 4 wrenches, the double-ended screwdriver, and the lug/plug/jack wrench (?), and the 15" round bar. A few questions: Q1 -The handle-less socket wrench won't fit down in the recessed holes of the Fuchs wheels--I assume the wrench, which also fits the jack, was made for the steel or other wheels of the first years. -?? Did they make a thinner- walled one later--or has anyone machined theirs down slightly at the corners so it will go in the holes (presumably weakening it, possibly fatally)? It's also too small, probably too short also, for a spark plug wrench--could have been made longer and double- ended, you would think. That's what I'd do if I ran the zoo (I had a motorcycle wrench like that)! And Q 2-- My 1/2 inch round-stock bar (or maybe 12mm diameter) ia 14 3/4+inches long, about an inch too long to fit in the tool roll-- it sticks sticks out the top. Did the bar come in a 14-inch size for 914s and a 15" I have for 911s, or some other such mix, that would explain the non-fit Q3: - I once found a link on some site, not so long ago, that had lots of info--pics, even, on these tool rolls -- 914s, both 4 and 6 cyl, 911s, etc. Anyone know where that site is? -Thanks |
73Phoenix20 |
Jun 22 2007, 04:37 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 334 Joined: 15-June 05 From: Michiana Member No.: 4,283 |
Yepo, that is Correct, Mr. Blackstain! You win the Prize at the bottom of the Cracker Jacks Pack!
In fact, the photo is of my 1973 914 2.0 "S" Tool Kit. Although, I have seen the "Pouches" made from other vinyl materials, including one type that looks like it was covered with small "bumps"...go figure... Later 914's got the VW Tool Kit treatment, with the few essential wrapped up in a black plastic "Bag", and held together with a rubber band... black and about 7mm wide... |
Johny Blackstain |
Jun 22 2007, 05:37 PM
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Walnut Elite Stratocaster player Group: Members Posts: 3,434 Joined: 5-December 06 From: The Shenandoah River Member No.: 7,318 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Yepo, that is Correct, Mr. Blackstain! You win the Prize at the bottom of the Cracker Jacks Pack! In fact, the photo is of my 1973 914 2.0 "S" Tool Kit. Although, I have seen the "Pouches" made from other vinyl materials, including one type that looks like it was covered with small "bumps"...go figure... Later 914's got the VW Tool Kit treatment, with the few essential wrapped up in a black plastic "Bag", and held together with a rubber band... black and about 7mm wide... Got the photo from this site: http://www.p914.com/p914_tools_kits.htm (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool_shades.gif) |
73Phoenix20 |
Jun 22 2007, 06:45 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 334 Joined: 15-June 05 From: Michiana Member No.: 4,283 |
Yepo, that is Correct, Mr. Blackstain! You win the Prize at the bottom of the Cracker Jacks Pack! In fact, the photo is of my 1973 914 2.0 "S" Tool Kit. Although, I have seen the "Pouches" made from other vinyl materials, including one type that looks like it was covered with small "bumps"...go figure... Later 914's got the VW Tool Kit treatment, with the few essential wrapped up in a black plastic "Bag", and held together with a rubber band... black and about 7mm wide... Got the photo from this site: http://www.p914.com/p914_tools_kits.htm (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool_shades.gif) So you did...now I wonder where "They" got those photos...? These are all taken in my living room... very interesting... |
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