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| McMark |
 May 4 2009, 07:22 PM
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914 Freak!  Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None  |
Yeah! That FreeMotion setup is nice, eh?! I'm waiting for my 6000 mile test set of FreeMotion rears to come back so I can pull them apart and see what they look like.
If there are no issues, then I'll have them for sale. |
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| FourBlades |
May 4 2009, 07:32 PM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,056 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States 
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Mark, That is cool, looking forward to it. The friction involved in rubber bushings is really obvious when attaching the control arm to the anti roll bar. I greased up the delrin bearings in all the anti roll bar bushings and it still takes much more force to move it than I would have thought. John |
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| MrKona |
May 4 2009, 07:38 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 597 Joined: 25-July 05 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 4,469 Region Association: None |
Great thread! What size Fuchs wheel is that? What size tire? By the way, I like the look of the black Fuchs. It's what I plan to go with for my five-lug conversion.
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| bcheney |
May 4 2009, 07:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,341 Joined: 16-November 03 From: Orlando, FL Member No.: 1,348 Region Association: South East States |
Nice looking work John. That color is awesome! You are really doing a great job with that car. I hope to stop by and see it sometime. My father in law lives in Indialantic on Coral Way West.
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| FourBlades |
May 4 2009, 07:56 PM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,056 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States
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Hey Bryan, Those are 16x6 wheels with 205/50 R16 tires (Kumhos). I have the same size for the rears. Looks like the fronts will fit, we'll see with the rears. John |
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| FourBlades |
May 5 2009, 07:13 PM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,056 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States
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Hey Brian from Orlando, PM me when you will be in the area, you are welcome
to come over. I painted my engine bay with eastwood silver rust encapsulator. I like the way it looks and may just leave it this way. I could also paint it body color, what do people think? I still have to paint the inside of the sail panels.  I also thought I would show the lazy SOB way to mount your front anti sway bar. To get access to the lowest bolt on the bushing retainer, you have to cut away a little piece of the inside of the gas tank area. Most people cut a slot so that the backup nut plate can fit down to the lowest bolt. Because I welded a large reinforcing plate to the outside of the fender well I was just using washers and nuts on the inside. I already had my 1 inch hole saw out to cut the holes for the anti roll bar itself, so I used it to cut a hole to access the lowest nut. Very easy.  John |
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| Lou W |
May 5 2009, 08:23 PM
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"Here Kitty Kitty" my ass...... Group: Members Posts: 4,109 Joined: 9-May 04 From: Roseburg, OR. Member No.: 2,039 Region Association: Spain |
QUOTE(FourBlades @ May 5 2009, 06:13 PM)  Hey Brian from Orlando, PM me when you will be in the area, you are welcome to come over. I painted my engine bay with eastwood silver rust encapsulator. I like the way it looks and may just leave it this way. I could also paint it body color, what do people think? I still have to paint the inside of the sail panels. John You'll have to paint over the rust encapsulator, it turns yellowish if you don't. Stuff works great, used it on my car. |
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| FourBlades |
May 5 2009, 09:13 PM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,056 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States
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I did not know that, Lou, thanks for telling me. I guess it will get Adriatic Blue like the rest of the car. I have noticed that the silver rust encapsulator is pretty easy to mark if you scrape a piece of metal over it. John |
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| charliew |
May 6 2009, 11:57 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,363 Joined: 31-July 07 From: Crawford, TX. Member No.: 7,958 |
I also painted a vw rear suspension with the silver por 15 and it would come off on me and kinda leave a dull mark. Alot of silver paints are like the paint that is used on the big propane tanks, in that it is easy to rub off on you, but it won't all come off it's just the way the paint is. Kinda crappy but thats the way the paint is made. Also be sure to check how to top coat the eastwood paint to make the next coat adhear good, On the por 15 you have to use a tiecoat primer over por15 to get other paints to stick. Por 15 is also not uv resistant, it turns all kinds of funny shades in the sun. Kinda like oil on water look.
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| FourBlades |
May 6 2009, 02:03 PM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,056 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States
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Charlie, The eastwood paint claims to be UV resistant. Have not tested that myself. It is also compatible with a lot of different top coats. I have put my catalyzed enamel over it and it seems to stick well. I wish it was harder and more mark resistant because I like the silver look. John |
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| MDG |
May 6 2009, 02:06 PM
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Wolf in wolf's clothing. Group: Members Posts: 8,652 Joined: 3-February 09 From: Toronto Member No.: 10,018 Region Association: None |
The Adriatic is looking fantastic, John. I lost the thread but I was wondering how you made out on the door gap issue? Hope it worked out.
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| FourBlades |
May 6 2009, 04:20 PM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,056 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States
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I got a lot of good suggestions on what to do about it. I guess I chickened out. If I can get the door glass to seal well and the car aligns ok then I don't want to do anything drastic to it. It either of those don't work I may take it a local place with a frame machine and see what they can do. I am afraid to make it worse given my lack of experience. Worst case, I cut off the longs and redo them paying much more attention to lining up the door and windshield. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) It would not take nearly as long if I did it again...but that is a last resort. John |
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| FourBlades |
May 31 2009, 09:28 PM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,056 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States
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How to ruin a door lock cylinder PO stye:
 Was working on rekeying all my locks, so I took the door cylinder out. Hmm, no wonder this door handle was screwed up.  The PO used a bolt that was too long and it dug a hole in the cylinder. Somewhere along the way all the wafers for the tumblers got bent over. The long bolt was screwed in there tight. The shorter bolt is the correct length (I believe). Fortunately, I have a whole set of new cylinders I got from MarkB, so I just replaced the damaged cylinder. John |
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| FourBlades |
May 31 2009, 09:39 PM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,056 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States
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I've been working on reassembling the car. I got the passenger door put back
together and on the car. The glass actually fits pretty well when the window is rolled up. The targa top also fits easily so I think the windshield frame to targa bar gap is ok. Maybe the door gap issue is just sheet metal and not warped car... (fingers crossed smiley). I am working on the wiring harness. I unwrapped and cleaned it section by section using electrical parts cleaner (spray can). I rewrapped it with PVC electrical tape. I know this is not standard, but I hope it lasts better than the cloth tape, that was rotting and falling apart. I am going to try assembling the dash, switches, guages, heater controls and make all the wiring harness connections off the car and then put the whole thing in as one unit. This would be easier than making all the connections lying on the floor of the car and reaching up under the dash. Not sure this will work, but if it does it will be much easier and I can do it inside with AC. Here is my neatly organized dash project.  I have been cleaning and painting all the little pieces which is very time consuming but is coming along. Lots of people have been helping me out with parts that were missing from this car. I keep thinking I have everything unil I get to the next section... John |
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| strawman |
Jun 1 2009, 09:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 885 Joined: 25-January 08 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 8,624 Region Association: Central California
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Hi John --
Keep up the good work! You're an inspiration to me and my basket case project. I can't wait to get to reassembly stage... Geoff |
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| FourBlades |
Jun 1 2009, 09:47 PM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,056 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States
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Geoff, Just keep plugging a little every week. It is a real rush when you stop taking stuff off the car and start putting it back. Every new bit you put on feels great. John |
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| FourBlades |
Jun 10 2009, 08:36 PM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,056 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States
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Passenger door glass looks like it will seal ok once I get all the new rubber put
on. Maybe the narrow door gap is just sheet metal related. :wishful thinking smiley:  Got my dash set up based on advice from the world members.  Dash installed, windshield not glued in yet, nor is dash to windshield seal. It looks freaking cool to have a dash and instruments.  It took me a long time to get here because the wiring harness had me intimidated for a while. I hope I wired the switches and instruments right. Not even sure the instruments or relays work. Debugging this should be real fun. Started fishing the front end wiring harness.  Next I will put in the steering and do a rough alignment. I could actually get it off jackstands then and onto its own wheels. I know it is sacrilege to say that about a 914 so please don't tell anyone. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) John |
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| degreeoff |
Jun 10 2009, 09:12 PM
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I like big butts and I can not lie! Group: Members Posts: 1,622 Joined: 9-February 03 From: Booowieeee MD (near DC) Member No.: 275 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/shocked[1].gif) she's a beauty man looks great!
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| ConeDodger |
Jun 11 2009, 08:38 AM
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Apex killer! Group: Members Posts: 23,860 Joined: 31-December 04 From: Tahoe Area Member No.: 3,380 Region Association: Northern California
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Very nice John... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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| jc914 |
Jun 11 2009, 07:41 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 289 Joined: 15-September 08 From: Miami, Florida Member No.: 9,548 Region Association: South East States |
GREAT JOB AGAIN (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)
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