 Why Didn't You do Anything to Your 914 Today?, or, What the Fuch is Keeping You From Working on it? |
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| euro911 |
 Aug 4 2019, 01:22 PM
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Retired & living the dream. God help me if I wake up!  Group: Members Posts: 8,860 Joined: 2-December 06 From: So.Cal. & No.AZ (USA) Member No.: 7,300 Region Association: Southern California 
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| ValcoOscar |
Aug 4 2019, 01:28 PM
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Garage Life Group: Members Posts: 2,482 Joined: 19-November 13 From: SoCal Member No.: 16,669 Region Association: Southern California 
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QUOTE(euro911 @ Aug 4 2019, 12:22 PM)  Dang Mark..I can see you're a part time Dentist. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Oscar |
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| Superhawk996 |
Aug 4 2019, 01:43 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,654 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch
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QUOTE(euro911 @ Aug 4 2019, 03:22 PM) Nice bench! Resolution a bit low but looks suspiciously like HAM radio gear. I wonder how many folks we have on here that live in both electronic/electrical worlds and the mechanical side? I've made a career of being the Mechanical Engineer that could understand and work with the Electrical Engineers. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Especially so now as everything is electro-mechanical. Someone once said the 19th century was improved by ME's, the 20th by the EE's, and now 21st is going to dominated by the Software Engineers. Seems right so far. I'm just a man from a bygone time. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| 914Sixer |
Aug 4 2019, 01:48 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 9,041 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region
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103 Degrees today
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| Superhawk996 |
Aug 4 2019, 01:56 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,654 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch
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QUOTE(914Sixer @ Aug 4 2019, 03:48 PM) 103 Degrees today That a valid excuse! Last winter I insulated my metal garage doors. It's now paying dividends - window A/C now keeps up with the summer heat! |
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| euro911 |
Aug 4 2019, 04:21 PM
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Retired & living the dream. God help me if I wake up! Group: Members Posts: 8,860 Joined: 2-December 06 From: So.Cal. & No.AZ (USA) Member No.: 7,300 Region Association: Southern California
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Every mechanic worth his/her salt should have a good assortment of dental picks, Oscar ... but I do also have a nice assortment of pliers (and pain meds) too (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
 Yep, I still tinker with old tube and early transistor radio communications gear every now and then. The new surface mount stuff is for the kids with good eyes and steady hands (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)  My AZ main garage door is shaded from the front deck so it doesn't get too warm in the summer, but it DID get real cold in the winter. I also installed those 1" foil-sided foam boards and it made a huge difference in the winter. My RV garage gets full sun all day long, but I had the house painted last summer and went with a light tan color on the garage doors. It's helped to keep the heat down, but winter's a different story. It's a roll-up door so I don't think it can be insulated (?). I may have to install a roll-up curtain or something (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)  |
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| euro911 |
Aug 6 2019, 04:25 AM
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Retired & living the dream. God help me if I wake up! Group: Members Posts: 8,860 Joined: 2-December 06 From: So.Cal. & No.AZ (USA) Member No.: 7,300 Region Association: Southern California
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More Ghia work. Installed a 70's circa JetSounds AM/FM/Cassette deck in the dash. It was originally in my '71 914 when I bought it. I also replaced the deteriorated cardboard glove box insert with a new one made from ABS. The trunk release lever is mounted in the glove box, and it had broken loose ripping the cardboard to shreds, and making somewhat of a trick to open the trunk. The toughest part of this task was making sure to drill the (7) holes to mount the entire mechanism in the exact spot it needed to be in, plus cutting a slot in the bottom for the release cable to exit. It was originally installed with rivets, but I used #8 screws, flat washers and nutz to reinstall it (just in case I fuched-up my measurements). Thankfully, it all worked out just fine (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mueba.gif)
 Found a bag with all the front 3-point seat belts parts, so those got installed too. Also found and installed the little spring that flips the gas filler door open. No more reaching in to pull the handle under the dash with the left hand while stretching to pry the door open with the finger nails on the other hand (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) Then I decided to wash it. A prospective buyer is coming to check it out on Wednesday, so it'll look nice and pretty (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cheer.gif)    ... Then I drove it around the neighborhood to make sure any water I missed while wiping it dry got blown off (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
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| Spoke |
Aug 6 2019, 05:29 AM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 7,108 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(Superhawk996 @ Aug 4 2019, 01:22 PM) QUOTE(Spoke @ Aug 4 2019, 08:05 AM) Had to design and print this. Any guesses to what this is? Mini electric chairs? Close. This will be a test fixture for a CPU PCB and a sensor PCB. The printed plate they are on will be a PCB. The "electric chairs" are clamps to hold the PCBs in place. There will be spring loaded probe pins on the test PCB to make all the connections to the CPU and sensor PCBs. |
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| falcor75 |
Aug 6 2019, 05:42 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,579 Joined: 22-November 12 From: Sweden Member No.: 15,176 Region Association: Scandinavia
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlU5BStIb1s
Because the wifes daily decided it was too good for boost. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| AZBanks |
Aug 6 2019, 08:06 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,063 Joined: 7-December 05 From: New River, AZ Member No.: 5,245 Region Association: Southwest Region
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Because I am in Orlando and it is in Phoenix.
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| 76-914 |
Aug 6 2019, 10:28 AM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,652 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(Larmo63 @ Aug 3 2019, 12:46 PM) I did a solo drive out, up, and over the Ortega Highway. My car is in good nick and there was open road both ways! Beautiful morning. Stopped there many a time. It reeks of Piss smell if the wind is out of the east. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sunglasses.gif) |
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| Ferg |
Aug 6 2019, 10:37 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,948 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 116 Region Association: None
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Lots of two wheel action this summer.
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| 76-914 |
Aug 6 2019, 10:44 AM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,652 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(euro911 @ Aug 6 2019, 03:25 AM) More Ghia work. Installed a 70's circa JetSounds AM/FM/Cassette deck in the dash. It was originally in my '71 914 when I bought it. I also replaced the deteriorated cardboard glove box insert with a new one made from ABS. The trunk release lever is mounted in the glove box, and it had broken loose ripping the cardboard to shreds, and making somewhat of a trick to open the trunk. The toughest part of this task was making sure to drill the (7) holes to mount the entire mechanism in the exact spot it needed to be in, plus cutting a slot in the bottom for the release cable to exit. It was originally installed with rivets, but I used #8 screws, flat washers and nutz to reinstall it (just in case I fuched-up my measurements). Thankfully, it all worked out just fine (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mueba.gif) Found a bag with all the front 3-point seat belts parts, so those got installed too. Also found and installed the little spring that flips the gas filler door open. No more reaching in to pull the handle under the dash with the left hand while stretching to pry the door open with the finger nails on the other hand (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) Then I decided to wash it. A prospective buyer is coming to check it out on Wednesday, so it'll look nice and pretty (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cheer.gif) ... Then I drove it around the neighborhood to make sure any water I missed while wiping it dry got blown off (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) I know lots of KG's have those bumper deletes but they look out of place. Like the represent speed. On a KG? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) IMHO, KG's look beautiful when dressed out with the proper bumpers and overriders. FWIW, the nose on mine was virgin which is rare. It sold quickly because of the unmolested nose cone. GLWS Mark. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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| Mikey914 |
Aug 6 2019, 10:46 AM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,742 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(Dion @ Aug 3 2019, 03:09 PM) Nothing exciting....catalogued and sorted inventory so I can put my car back together (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Love it ! Maybe we should just sell a tool chest fully loaded like this (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Attached image(s) 
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| ValcoOscar |
Aug 6 2019, 10:47 AM
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Garage Life Group: Members Posts: 2,482 Joined: 19-November 13 From: SoCal Member No.: 16,669 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(Dion @ Aug 3 2019, 03:09 PM) Nothing exciting....catalogued and sorted inventory so I can put my car back together (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Dion- @Dion I like your parts organization. Great use of old flat file cabinets too. I threw away about five of them a few years ago (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif) Oscar |
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| Dion |
Aug 6 2019, 10:58 AM
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RN Group: Members Posts: 2,806 Joined: 16-September 04 From: Audubon,PA Member No.: 2,766 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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QUOTE(ValcoOscar @ Aug 6 2019, 08:47 AM) QUOTE(Dion @ Aug 3 2019, 03:09 PM) Nothing exciting....catalogued and sorted inventory so I can put my car back together (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Dion- @Dion I like your parts organization. Great use of old flat file cabinets too. I threw away about five of them a few years ago (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif) Oscar Thanks Oscar! A shop was closing down a few years back so Dave & I ran over there and snagged 4 of them. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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| Dion |
Aug 6 2019, 11:01 AM
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RN Group: Members Posts: 2,806 Joined: 16-September 04 From: Audubon,PA Member No.: 2,766 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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QUOTE(Mikey914 @ Aug 6 2019, 08:46 AM) QUOTE(Dion @ Aug 3 2019, 03:09 PM) Nothing exciting....catalogued and sorted inventory so I can put my car back together (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Love it ! Maybe we should just sell a tool chest fully loaded like this (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) I like it, Buy in bulk! I would have gone for it Mark! |
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| jd74914 |
Aug 6 2019, 01:09 PM
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Its alive Group: Members Posts: 4,819 Joined: 16-February 04 From: CT Member No.: 1,659 Region Association: North East States |
QUOTE(Superhawk996 @ Aug 4 2019, 12:37 PM) Check out these power supply capacitors. There are four of them at 47,000 uF. 7oz mini Mountain Dew for relative size comparison. You should see the ones I changed on our laser...$1300 ea and the size of a gallon paint thinner can; 75 uF @ 2.5kV. Making sure they were discharged correctly was just a little scary-the official instructions actually said to use a screwdriver. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) |
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| Gatornapper |
Aug 6 2019, 01:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,263 Joined: 22-September 17 From: Woods west of Richmond, VA Member No.: 21,449 Region Association: South East States
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Not 103, but still too hot to work in garage until the sun goes down......
GN QUOTE(914Sixer @ Aug 4 2019, 01:48 PM) 103 Degrees today |
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| 914-300Hemi |
Aug 6 2019, 01:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,373 Joined: 7-September 06 From: San Dimas, CA Member No.: 6,794 Region Association: Southern California
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Car is in So. Cal and I’m in Maui.
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