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First of the Texas Twins, First Build |
Puebloswatcop |
Jul 3 2022, 07:13 PM
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#681
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,401 Joined: 27-December 14 From: Mineola, Texas Member No.: 18,258 Region Association: Southwest Region |
With the ring seated in place and everything all lubed up...
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Puebloswatcop |
Jul 3 2022, 07:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,401 Joined: 27-December 14 From: Mineola, Texas Member No.: 18,258 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Its time to install the Welch plug. Since I don't have my press here I had to resort to the old C clamp and socket method. It really doesn't take allot of power to set the plug, so it wasn't hard, except to hold everything in allignment and tighten the clamp....3 hands would be nice in allot of these proceedures...
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Puebloswatcop |
Jul 3 2022, 07:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,401 Joined: 27-December 14 From: Mineola, Texas Member No.: 18,258 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Then it was time to install thin inner adjuster, spring, hat and retainer. Again the old socket and clamp method was used. Getting this ring in is a PITA only because the room to work is very restricted.
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Puebloswatcop |
Jul 3 2022, 07:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,401 Joined: 27-December 14 From: Mineola, Texas Member No.: 18,258 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Damn it...So somehow I lost all of the pictures detailing the piston insertion and all the other steps, so again I urge you to watch the video I attached, it is very detailed and will answer just about any question you might have....Sorry.
But one thing I do recommend is using anti sieze lube on the internal adjuster cover plug and the bleeder valves...It might save you allot of heartache in the future.... |
Puebloswatcop |
Jul 3 2022, 07:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,401 Joined: 27-December 14 From: Mineola, Texas Member No.: 18,258 Region Association: Southwest Region |
At any rate, here is a pic of the completed rear calipers.....
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Puebloswatcop |
Jul 3 2022, 07:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,401 Joined: 27-December 14 From: Mineola, Texas Member No.: 18,258 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Since I was on a roll I figured one more thing to kill off my day was to rebuild one of my seat bases.....
All of the hard parts were sent for re-plating and then I used a rebuild kit from 914 Rubber for the bushings and such....a nice kit I might add. |
Puebloswatcop |
Jul 3 2022, 07:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,401 Joined: 27-December 14 From: Mineola, Texas Member No.: 18,258 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Since the adjuster handle actually passes through 2 holes in the seat rail, but was originally installed with only one black bushing (on the inside rail) I believe this might have led to the failure of that bushing. So I had a spare original bushing and inserted it into the outer hole in the seat rail (red arrow). Then of course there is the large white bushing where the seat catch is inserted.
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Puebloswatcop |
Jul 3 2022, 07:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,401 Joined: 27-December 14 From: Mineola, Texas Member No.: 18,258 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Probably one of the most important things when assembling the mechanism is to get the spring and the adjuster alligned correctly...this picture shows the correct orientation of the catch mechanism.
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Puebloswatcop |
Jul 3 2022, 07:56 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,401 Joined: 27-December 14 From: Mineola, Texas Member No.: 18,258 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Getting the spring inserted and then loaded onto the pin is a pain. First insert the strait end into the hole in the seat rail, then using pliers attach the loop to the roll pin.
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Puebloswatcop |
Jul 3 2022, 07:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,401 Joined: 27-December 14 From: Mineola, Texas Member No.: 18,258 Region Association: Southwest Region |
And there is one newly conditioned seat base...
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rmk83 |
Jul 4 2022, 06:52 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 29-June 22 From: Pensacola, FL Member No.: 26,654 Region Association: South East States |
Awesome thread! Looked through every page today. Just bought my first 914, a '76. It's a running and driving car I just have to fine tune some stuff. Fun seeing your build come along with the attention to detail you seem to have. Ready to see this one painted and on the road!
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Puebloswatcop |
Jul 5 2022, 06:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,401 Joined: 27-December 14 From: Mineola, Texas Member No.: 18,258 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Today it was back to body work. It was spent on the right frond fender flare...first order of business was to get rid of all of the green paint that I didn't blast off.
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Puebloswatcop |
Jul 5 2022, 06:31 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,401 Joined: 27-December 14 From: Mineola, Texas Member No.: 18,258 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Most of the green was gone, but still plety to hand sand... In the second pic, you can see the two laers of paint, the original and the crappy re-paint....
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Puebloswatcop |
Jul 5 2022, 06:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,401 Joined: 27-December 14 From: Mineola, Texas Member No.: 18,258 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Plenty of creases and crevises to get green out of......all by hand...yuk.
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Puebloswatcop |
Jul 5 2022, 06:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,401 Joined: 27-December 14 From: Mineola, Texas Member No.: 18,258 Region Association: Southwest Region |
And now with all of the green gone, its time to start the messy stuff...
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Puebloswatcop |
Jul 5 2022, 06:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,401 Joined: 27-December 14 From: Mineola, Texas Member No.: 18,258 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Unfortunately I had to go to town and do some shopping which set me back about 4 hours....So when I got back the temp in the garage was 87 degrees.....but I decided to go ahead.....After a good cleaning with body panel prep (man that stuff stinks)... It was time to put the final shaping filler in the seam of the fender flare.
Since I knew my working time would be reduced because of the temperature I mixed and applied in two small batches. |
Puebloswatcop |
Jul 5 2022, 06:55 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,401 Joined: 27-December 14 From: Mineola, Texas Member No.: 18,258 Region Association: Southwest Region |
After shaping the curves on the fender flare, I skim coated the whole fender and sanded it out to fill all the low spots in the fender. It was a real PIA because the temp was so high in the garage, that even though I mixed in very small batches, I couldn't get it all on before it started to set. Still needs blocking but so far pretty good...And now its time for a (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)
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bkrantz |
Jul 5 2022, 08:36 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,150 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Looking good!
Any plans to install AC in the garage? It made my life in Houston much more pleasant. |
Puebloswatcop |
Jul 6 2022, 05:04 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,401 Joined: 27-December 14 From: Mineola, Texas Member No.: 18,258 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Looking good! Any plans to install AC in the garage? It made my life in Houston much more pleasant. Not in the garage, but when I build the shop....absolutely. I think the shop is going to have to be done soon....the wife is complaining about the smell from the body work. |
Puebloswatcop |
Jul 10 2022, 07:10 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,401 Joined: 27-December 14 From: Mineola, Texas Member No.: 18,258 Region Association: Southwest Region |
So I took a few days off to go pick up my grand daughter for her summer visit. My daughter met me in Amarillo and bless her heart brought me a bunch of Porsche parts from my stash in Colorado.....or at least she though they were all Porsche parts
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