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| JeffBowlsby |
 May 5 2005, 08:37 PM
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914 Wiring Harnesses  Group: Members Posts: 8,582 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None 
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You will only find these tips here on the 914Club, and you can contribute by posting 914 hints to help other 914 owners.
There are some things you should know about fixing, maintaining and upgrading your 914 that may seem obvious to some, but they are not written down in any manual, in any instructions you may get with parts or on any website. Here are some of mine: 1. Liberally pack the pilot bearing in the flywheel with wheel bearing grease or it will grind everytime you let the clutch in/out and wear out the bearing prematurely. 2. Liberally lube the clutch and throttle cables with wheel bearing grease when feeding them into their guide tubes so they operate smoothly and don't bind or abraid. 3. Liberally lube replacement suspension bushings incluing sway bar bushings or they will squeak. 4. Use a plastic bag under your wheel bolt wrench/socket and your wheels/lugs wont get bunged up. 5. Change all fuses and clean all electrical grounds and relay contacts every couple years as regular maintenance becasue they easily corrode, to avoid hard to find problems and dim lights and hard engine starting. 6. Routinely replace clutch and throttle cables about every 4 years to avoid being stranded. Thats only how long they will last, everything else is borrowed time. Always use a mirror to examine the cables at the front of the tunnel...or you tangle the cables everytime. 7. Just remove the rear trunk lid male latch piece...you dont need the latch to keep the lid down and then you wont ever have to break into the rear trunk...what a major pain. 8. Retighten the fuel injection fuel line clamps at every oil change...they loosen up and might start a 914 BBQ. 9. Liberally lube the shift linkage bushing contact points, to make shifting smoother and easier. Be sure your shift linkage covers are in place, they are there to keep dirt and grit out. So what can you tell us... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) Do these things or your 914 may rebel and turn into this... Attached image(s) 
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| redshift |
May 5 2005, 08:45 PM
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Bless the Hell out of you! Group: Members Posts: 10,926 Joined: 29-June 03 Member No.: 869 |
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JEFF BOWLSBY! YOU! OF ALL PEOPLE! #7! LMAO! M |
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| Brad Roberts |
May 5 2005, 08:53 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 19,148 Joined: 23-December 02 Member No.: 8 Region Association: None |
Um.. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) The stock cables are "sheathed" in plastic. Lubing them doesnt help. It actually promotes premature wear when they exit the plastic casing by dragging dirt in on the grease.
These bushings where designed to be "dry" not greased. B |
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| Mueller |
May 5 2005, 08:54 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None
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No #7 mod for Trekkor, he spins out too much (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/lol2.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)
Speaking of running your 914 without a rear latch, mabey "okay" with a steel rear lid, but not good with the carbon fiber...when I was sitting on the side of the freeway waiting for AAA to rescue me, the turbulance from big rigs going by would cause my rear CF lid to open up about a foot or so....luckly no big gusts of winds flipped it open the rest of the way.... good list Jeff (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) |
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| Mueller |
May 5 2005, 08:55 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None
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how about a "dry" lube such as graphite powder?? |
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| red914 |
May 5 2005, 08:58 PM
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...i believe in coyotes and time as an abstract... Group: Members Posts: 862 Joined: 8-February 04 From: poulsbo, washington Member No.: 1,641 |
what manner of 914 is this? actually, i wouldn't mind if mine turned in to it, assuming that it has no rust! |
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| Bleyseng |
May 5 2005, 09:00 PM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,035 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
When buying a new 914, change out the acid battery to a Optima so the battery tray /long doesn't rot out over the years.
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| Brad Roberts |
May 5 2005, 09:00 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 19,148 Joined: 23-December 02 Member No.: 8 Region Association: None |
Feel free to try it. I just know what a cable housing looks like after dirt has found its way in.
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| redshift |
May 5 2005, 09:01 PM
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Bless the Hell out of you! Group: Members Posts: 10,926 Joined: 29-June 03 Member No.: 869 |
I wrote an article for an online magazine a few months back. I tried ten different lubricants, and rated them on several points. I am sticking with KY. M |
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| Brad Roberts |
May 5 2005, 09:01 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 19,148 Joined: 23-December 02 Member No.: 8 Region Association: None |
I recognize the headlights to be from a Type4 411/412.
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| SLITS |
May 5 2005, 09:08 PM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None  |
Now I know why the goat smiles so much (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wub.gif) |
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| Aaron Cox |
May 5 2005, 09:11 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
yup b beat be too it...
vw411/412 (IMG:http://www.wanonzin.nl/overmij/mijnautos/verleden/vw-411-01.jpg) |
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| GWN7 |
May 5 2005, 09:13 PM
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King of Road Trips Group: Members Posts: 6,280 Joined: 31-December 02 From: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Member No.: 56 Region Association: Northstar Region |
it sort of looks like this one.....
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| JeffBowlsby |
May 5 2005, 09:16 PM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,582 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None
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I hear you B but I am primarily talking about lubing the cable in the center tunnel guide tubes. But now that you mention it, all the cables...throttle, clutch and brakes...have rubber bellow closures at the exposed end to keep dirt out.
It this publiushed somwhere? They work lots better greased...and the covers keeop the grit out. Without the lube they bind and make shifting harder. Like that morphed 914/411 eh? You too can own this morphed 914/411 prototype photo... |
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| Flat VW |
May 5 2005, 09:17 PM
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Illegal Soapbox Derby Racecar Group: Members Posts: 1,692 Joined: 13-November 04 From: Phoenix, AZ Member No.: 3,105 |
Do not store rags, paper towels or for that matter, anything else in the engine bay as it may get "sucked in" by the cooling fan. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif)
John P.S. ( I don't want to talk about it) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif) |
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| Bleyseng |
May 5 2005, 09:21 PM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,035 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Do not park you 914 in the barn for very long as the mice will build nests in it.
Heck they even got hungry and ate my cigarette lighter rubber knob to the plastic! |
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| SGB |
May 5 2005, 09:34 PM
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just visiting Group: Members Posts: 4,086 Joined: 8-March 03 From: Huntsville, AL Member No.: 404 Region Association: South East States |
10. Use a t-handle swivle (swivil? swivel? i dunno) spark-plug wrench to prevent plug socket loss into the cooling tin.
11. Keep band-aids close-by. 12. Wear a glove to pull with and use a bf screwdriver to lever at the side to take off the valve cover retaining wire. 13. Clean behind the rocker panels. 14. Use a whole lotta scotchguard on the belts to keep seatbelts retracting. 15. (I discovered this just tonight) For weber users: Lube the shaft of little metal wheel on the accel pump cam to ensure smooth throttle response when applying or reducing pedal pressure. (My idle was hanging way high intermittantly until I figured out how gummed up that wheel was) |
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| Joe Bob |
May 5 2005, 09:45 PM
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Retired admin, banned a few times Group: Members Posts: 17,427 Joined: 24-December 02 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 5 Region Association: None |
Do not use long screws in place of the short ones for the inside door handles.
Keep a spare key. Check your oil. Fix gas leaks. Starters may not start after a long drive. Saratoga tops are stupid, leaky, expensive, leaky, stupid, don't fit right and leaky. Swepco is Gud Gear Oil. Fix the bushings before getting a racey short shifter. A GUD FI is better than carbs. Stock brakes work when fixed right. Change the brake fluid more than once a decade. |
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| LukeD |
May 5 2005, 09:56 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 254 Joined: 14-November 04 From: Atascadero, CA Member No.: 3,117 Region Association: None |
Always, Always carry a fire extinguisher!!, a few screw drivers and metric tools. i keep them in my flipped spare tire up front.
I also keep a small flashlight in the console/glovebox. Luke D |
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| Bleyseng |
May 5 2005, 10:01 PM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,035 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
If you order parts from Brad, figure they will arrive right after Hell freezes over......
If you order parts from AA, you will get the wrong parts and never see your money again...... |
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