 Phase II of my Restoration of my '76 914, 2nd part of my restoration work first started in late 2017 |
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| Gatornapper |
 Oct 7 2023, 06:50 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 22-September 17 From: Woods west of Richmond, VA Member No.: 21,449 Region Association: South East States 
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The first part of my purchase and rebuild/restoration of my '76 914 is in Virginia Teener but I thought I should put Phase II in a 2nd thread.
In review, maybe I should recap the basics of Phase I started in Sept. of 2017. I'll try to do a condensed version: Car was abandoned in good friend's barn in 2005 an hour from where I live west of Richmond, VA. Friend asked me to buy it from the owner - another friend - who refused to move it. ME: "Sorry don't want a 914. They are VW's that are rust-buckets." FRIEND: "It's in really good condition and was running perfectly when parked in 2005. You should at least come look at it." I did, body was in very good condition with little rust. Found out after purchase it was an LA car (sold in Placenta). Owner raced 911's & 914's, wanted $7k. No way, offered $3k. He took it, albeit with much grumbling & griping. Driving home with 914 on my car trailer I wondered, 'What in the world have I gotten myself into?" I had never driven a 914 and knew so little about them. This forum was my 914 'salvation'. Everyone here has been incredibly helpful from day 1 and I have no words for my appreciation for all of you. Car's condition: The good: 911 Master cylinder, BMW 320i front brakes, little rust, car super-tight. Paint a 1st class job, but oxidized on lids. New rack & pinion. Scotty Burnett inspects car - says one of most rust-free 914's he's ever seen. The bad: Tank ouf of car, badly corrupted. Carbs horrible from years of gas left in them - almost beyond recovery. Dead battery. Tires shot. Rear brakes seized. It was about a year's work to get car on road. Long list of work: Rebuilt carbs 3x. New jets, new idle jets. Studied book on Weber's. I'm pretty good carb guy, but never seen Weber's. Had dual IDF-44's which everyone said were too big for everyday driving. (Local Porsche dealer installed the carbs at PO's request, telling him they were too big.) New fuel lines. All new ignition including EI. Dizzy was 009. New rear brakes from PMB/Eric. New racing front brake pads made huge difference. Other help from Eric too - thank you. Complete flush of all brake lines. New tires. Got car running and just driving up my 1/2 mile drive at 15mph - I knew I had a phenomenal car and was ecstatic. Handling blew me away. Took me a year to dial in the carbs. Finally got 44's running great for every day driving, but a bit louder than I like. Oh, well. Drove car for 4 years/6k miles, loving it. Worked on tons of details: Found/installed 050 dizzy - thank you Brant - and car's running and performance improved noticeably. Replace many pieces of trim/visors, etc. Thank you 914rubber.com/Mike. Dr. Phil gave me his like new 75 front bumper - mine was trash. Also sold me OEM Fog Lights - dramatically improving ugliness of big black front bumper. Rick Berkowitz - local 914 friend/Porsche encyclopedia helped me with a million things, lots of pieces and parts including a nice front spoiler. Found & had powder-coated nice set of original Mahle's that tranformed the car. All new shift bushings. Welded/closed lots of rusted thru areas on muffer, repaired issues with heat exchangers. New Relay Board & relays, starter, alternator. New ThunderSpark plug wires. New fuel tank, new stainless fuel lines installed. Installed fuel pressure regulator & gauge in engine bay to keep pressure precisely at 3 psi for Weber's. New thermostat from Tangerine Racing. New tail light bezels - European from Sierra Madre. Sorry - my preference. Installed LED headlights, all LED's in all other lights. Powder-coated engine tins. Tons of other minor items fixed/repaired/renewed. This was Phase I. Started Phase II on August 5th, 2022. GN PS: I must say thank you to George as well. He's always been available for my incessant questions - while always screaming about how the 44's will ruin my engine by running too rich. At the same time I've sure sent a lot of money to Auto Atlanta over the last 6 years...... ;-) |
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| Gatornapper |
Oct 7 2023, 07:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 22-September 17 From: Woods west of Richmond, VA Member No.: 21,449 Region Association: South East States
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Phase II of my 914 restoration has been part of my original plan since I purchased the car. I loved driving the car so much, I just had to take a few years enjoying driving this incredible machine before tackling Phase II.
Phase II plan included: * Restore paint to original Malaga Red - a rare and beautiful 914 color. Include repair of every bit of rust. That is covered in my thread "Back to Original Malaga Red..." * Do top-end rebuild of engine with 2056 pistons, cylinders, new heads. * Do complete rebuild of 901 tranny. 1st gear synchro was gone, 2nd a problem on maybe 10 - 15% of shifts. * Do further improvements to shift linkage - already very tight, but want even better. * Install 123ignition distributor * Install new exhaust muffler There is a Phase III planned - in 12 months after Phase II is finished: * Install complete original 914 BROWN interior that I have, including new door cards from 914 Rubber. Will complement Malaga Red perfectly. New brown carpet from 914 Rubber too. * Install original D-Jet system which I have already completely rebuilt and just need new injectors. DrPhil graciously has run my ECU and TPS in his car and they are fine- after he carefully cleaned the TPS. I used to work on Bosch FI systems in the '70's. I will want to bore throttle-body to 50mm or find replacement. * Install front anti-sway bar. Car has none now. * Install almost like-new /no crack dash given to me by Steve Anderson 4 years ago. An 8 hour project... Phase II commenced on August 5th of last year with the dropping of the engine with my 914 partner, Rick Berkowitz. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/hosting.photobucket.com-21449-1696727917.1.JPG) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/hosting.photobucket.com-21449-1696727917.2.JPG) GN |
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| 76-914 |
Oct 8 2023, 10:50 AM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,616 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California
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I would heed George's advice re: those 44's and washing down the cylinder walls. There is a reason new cars rack up 200K easily. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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| Gatornapper |
Oct 12 2023, 07:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 22-September 17 From: Woods west of Richmond, VA Member No.: 21,449 Region Association: South East States
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I hear you. Will be adjusting them using AFR meter.........
GN QUOTE(76-914 @ Oct 8 2023, 10:50 AM)  I would heed George's advice re: those 44's and washing down the cylinder walls. There is a reason new cars rack up 200K easily. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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| Gatornapper |
Oct 12 2023, 07:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 22-September 17 From: Woods west of Richmond, VA Member No.: 21,449 Region Association: South East States
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The plan is also to put the original D-Jet back on the engine after everything else gets done.
Most of it is tested and ready to go as I think I noted earlier. Been going through it for about 4 years.......or more....... If I cannot get a good AFR with the 44's, I'll try to trade them even to someone who has some nice IDF-40's. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) GN QUOTE(76-914 @ Oct 8 2023, 10:50 AM) I would heed George's advice re: those 44's and washing down the cylinder walls. There is a reason new cars rack up 200K easily. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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| Front yard mechanic |
Oct 13 2023, 07:11 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,219 Joined: 23-July 15 From: New Mexico Member No.: 18,984 Region Association: None
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Nice looking engine / transmission and garage it’s like a where’s Waldo book (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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| Gatornapper |
Oct 13 2023, 07:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 22-September 17 From: Woods west of Richmond, VA Member No.: 21,449 Region Association: South East States
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Somewhat true. EVERY wall is either shelf, cabinet, pegboard, workbench, tool, or window or door. A full shop with my own hardware store stock for most everything.
I have absolutely no storage space left. 40' x 26' should have been 50' x 30'. Has 3 cars and 5 motorcycles. I now am storing some of my tools in my lower 24' x 20' garage for my 928 & 944 - but mostly duplicates for down there. Then there are my 2 - sheds 12' x 20' and 8' x 12' that are full of 40 years of junk...... I'm hopeless....... GN QUOTE(Front yard mechanic @ Oct 13 2023, 07:11 AM) Nice looking engine / transmission and garage it’s like a where’s Waldo book (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| Gatornapper |
Dec 28 2023, 03:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 22-September 17 From: Woods west of Richmond, VA Member No.: 21,449 Region Association: South East States
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I apologize for lack of posts and pics of my Phase II restoration.
I just have too many things going on and am not one to focus on documentation. Oct. 4th - engine top-end rebuild complete with new P's & C's & heads - 2056cc. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/hosting.photobucket.com-21449-1703798190.1.JPG) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/hosting.photobucket.com-21449-1703798191.2.JPG) Engine complete, ready for start-up today: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/hosting.photobucket.com-21449-1703798191.3.JPG) GN |
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| Gatornapper |
Dec 28 2023, 03:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 22-September 17 From: Woods west of Richmond, VA Member No.: 21,449 Region Association: South East States
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New EMPI 40 (IDF-40 clone) carbs, 123ignition Distributor ready to go.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/hosting.photobucket.com-21449-1703798597.1.JPG) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/hosting.photobucket.com-21449-1703798597.2.JPG) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/hosting.photobucket.com-21449-1703798597.3.JPG) New starter as well. Going for startup shortly - will video. GN BTW - Nice rebuilt Weber IDF-44's for sale. Carbs only, but with velocity stacks. |
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| Cairo94507 |
Dec 28 2023, 04:32 PM
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Michael Group: Members Posts: 10,049 Joined: 1-November 08 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 9,712 Region Association: Northern California
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| Root_Werks |
Dec 28 2023, 05:33 PM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,452 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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| Gatornapper |
Dec 28 2023, 06:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 22-September 17 From: Woods west of Richmond, VA Member No.: 21,449 Region Association: South East States
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Started the engine tonight - and wow! It has never run better!
Could not believe how well it ran considering all initial carb settings were rough. All good noises from engine as we warmed it up and it ran smoother and smoother. It was in mid-fifties when we started it and carbs have no chokes or enricheners. Couldn't take it out for a drive though - have some oil leaks at top of pushrod tubes on the right I need to address. Could not be more pleased with how the engine ran and sounds. Can't wait to get it on the road now...... GN |
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| Gatornapper |
Dec 28 2023, 06:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 22-September 17 From: Woods west of Richmond, VA Member No.: 21,449 Region Association: South East States
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Cairo94507 & Root_Werks -
THANKS GUYS! GN QUOTE(Root_Werks @ Dec 28 2023, 05:33 PM) |
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| Gatornapper |
Dec 28 2023, 06:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 22-September 17 From: Woods west of Richmond, VA Member No.: 21,449 Region Association: South East States
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Cairo94507 & Root_Werks -
THANKS GUYS! GN |
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| Gatornapper |
Jan 1 2024, 07:06 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 22-September 17 From: Woods west of Richmond, VA Member No.: 21,449 Region Association: South East States
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Some tranny rebuild pics I should have posted long ago.....
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/hosting.photobucket.com-21449-1704114366.1.JPG) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/hosting.photobucket.com-21449-1704114366.2.JPG) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/hosting.photobucket.com-21449-1704114367.3.JPG) GN |
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| Gatornapper |
Jan 1 2024, 07:29 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 22-September 17 From: Woods west of Richmond, VA Member No.: 21,449 Region Association: South East States
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Replaced bad Loose Gear Wheel - 1st gear (center), Shifting Gear for 1st gear and Reverse Gear (left)[both had bad dog teeth], Sychronizer Ring (right):
Also took good 5th gear Syncro and put it in 2nd, and 4th gear Synchro and put it in 3rd, 3rd gear Synchro and put it in 4th as per Mike's video instructions. All other gears, synchos & dog teeth looked like new. Only had issues with no synchro in 1st, 1 out of 10 "crunches" going from 1st to 2nd. 66,777 original miles on car. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/hosting.photobucket.com-21449-1704115796.1.jpg) |
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| Gatornapper |
Jan 1 2024, 07:39 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 22-September 17 From: Woods west of Richmond, VA Member No.: 21,449 Region Association: South East States
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Small other part - old Pedal Board was cracked & beaten. Made a new one out of 5/16" fiberboard I had in stock as original was 1/4".......more better.........
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| Gatornapper |
Jan 1 2024, 07:51 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 22-September 17 From: Woods west of Richmond, VA Member No.: 21,449 Region Association: South East States
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HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone!
Hope this is your BEST YEAR ever! Especially with your 914! And a million thanks for all who have helped and guided me on my now almost 7th year of retoring my sweet '76 914. I could not have done it without all the help here. That includes so many: Dr. Phil914, Anderssj, Spoke, Mikey914 (914rubber), George Hussey, mb911, Brant, 914Sixer, Chris Foley, mlinder, and too many others to list - sorry if you were one of many who have helped me and I left you out! Oh - George - l did take off the IDF-44's and replaced them with 40's.......D-Jet is next, probably this summer...... GN |
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| Gatornapper |
Jan 3 2024, 06:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 22-September 17 From: Woods west of Richmond, VA Member No.: 21,449 Region Association: South East States
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Spent day working on pulling out old carpet to replace - ARGHHH on driver's side seat belt bolt and parking brake handle!
Found moldboard behind NTM brown interior behind seats is bad & missing clips - was just ripped out. Need to repair some cracks in my original with fiberglass then transfer brown vinyl to my moldboard. Put my original tracks on brown seats so they'll be ready to go in soon. Any tips on how to get E-brake handle off it's pin are greatly appreciated. Removed 13mm bolt, oiled pin that handle rotates on, and could not get handle off pin even using large screwdriver as a wedge. Searched with no success for tips. Advice on removing handle so I can remove old carpet and install new is greatly appreciated. GN |
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