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| FourBlades |
 Oct 24 2009, 09:17 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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Windshield and trim in. Need to find the corner clips.
 Rear windshield installation is a piece of cake compared to the front. Again, put the butyl tape right on the inside edge of the lip so it does not squish out the sides.  John |
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| FourBlades |
Oct 24 2009, 09:26 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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Went to the Evil Werks transmission clinic. Taking apart the 901 is surpisingly
easy, and of course, assembly is the reverse of disassembly. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)  Start looking for pieces that fit and slide them on.  Keep going, this looks like it might belong here.  Only a few unimportant looking parts were left over.  Nearly done, just need to add the cod piece.  Sweet. Now it just needs an engine. John |
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| FourBlades |
Oct 24 2009, 09:33 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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There comes a time in every restoration when your engine must find a transmission to mate with and leave the security of the living room.
 Now I just need to figure out how to wire it up, set timing, synch the carbs, and maybe attach a car to it.  John |
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| steveherman |
Oct 24 2009, 10:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 380 Joined: 12-September 09 From: Kissimmee Florida Member No.: 10,799 Region Association: South East States |
HOLY CRAP!
I can wait to come up there. that is awesome and completely insane. there is no way i could fathom that amount of work. |
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| 914Tom |
Oct 25 2009, 05:02 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 122 Joined: 11-February 07 From: Germany Member No.: 7,526 |
hi john,
are this carbs dellorto or weber ? TOM (my wife will def. KILL me if i try to get the motor in the living room, or even the house) |
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| FourBlades |
Oct 25 2009, 09:19 AM
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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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Tom, Those are EMPI copies of Webers that I got from Jake Raby. They are really nicely made and supposed to fix some problems with the old Webers. Steve, Come on over and bring some wrenches, got a lot of work left to do. John |
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| carr914 |
Oct 25 2009, 10:11 AM
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Racer from Birth Group: Members Posts: 122,685 Joined: 2-February 04 From: Tampa,FL Member No.: 1,623 Region Association: South East States  |
John, I didn't know that you had a Raby/McMark, much less have it in the Living Room (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
T.C. |
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| Gint |
Oct 25 2009, 10:22 AM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,095 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
QUOTE(914Tom @ Oct 25 2009, 04:02 AM)  (my wife will def. KILL me if i try to get the motor in the living room, or even the house) My wife is used to it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) QUOTE(FourBlades @ Oct 25 2009, 08:19 AM) Steve, Come on over and bring some wrenches, got a lot of work left to do. Careful, you'll scare the poor guy off. Killer progress. Getting closer all the time. Expect to be driving by Spring? Not that that matters in Florida. |
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| FourBlades |
Oct 25 2009, 06:39 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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Hauling the engine out of the house.
 Getting ready to stuff it back in the car.  Using a motorcycle jack to lift it up.  Using a second jack to lift the transmission. I ended up taking the transmission mounts off the car and put them on the transmission. Then lifted the transmission into place and bolted the mounts back onto the car. Because of the angle of the mounting bolts, I could not just lift the transmission straight up.  Not sure this is the concours way to do it, but it worked for me. |
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| FourBlades |
Oct 25 2009, 06:43 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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Engine is almost in there.
 Engine is bolted in!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) Hooked up the shift rods and gear shift lever. Also put in all new bushings.  Still have to connect the fuel lines and the other controls. I think its time to stop milking this restoration and gitter done. John |
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| carr914 |
Oct 25 2009, 06:52 PM
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Racer from Birth Group: Members Posts: 122,685 Joined: 2-February 04 From: Tampa,FL Member No.: 1,623 Region Association: South East States |
Damn John, you and that dog are quick workers. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif)
It looks like the nuts are not on your control arm threads - I'd hate for you to lose your suspension the 1st trip around the block. T.C. |
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| FourBlades |
Oct 25 2009, 07:06 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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TC,
She is a special, German service dog, bred for the ability to read metric sizes. Thanks for pointing out the missing nuts. Those are a special, thin locking nut I believe, I must have them somewhere... Speaking of nuts, how much thread do you need to have sticking out of the wheel for your lug nuts to grip? I am worried by wheel studs are too short. I have some steel nuts and the thread only goes about half way into the nuts. John |
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| sean_v8_914 |
Oct 26 2009, 09:46 AM
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Chingon 601 Group: Members Posts: 4,011 Joined: 1-February 05 From: San Diego Member No.: 3,541 |
1.5 x thread dia
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| FourBlades |
Nov 26 2009, 01:08 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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Front bumper with Auto Atlanta front fiberglass valence. This part comes with nice
gloss gel coat and fit perfectly right off the bat. George let me buy the first one they received when I was at the transmission clinic. The back of this valence is smoother than the front of the other fiberglass one I bought on ebay. It would probably fit even better if my front bumper had not been dented extensively and then straightened by me with a BFG.  Rear bumper with my new license plate! Whoo hoo! It took me about 18 months to get a clear title and registration for this car. The DAPO lost the title and jerked me around about it for about 12 months, then moved out of state. What a freaking douche. I really need to go back and edit post #1 to tell the real story of this idiot and his BS lies. I'll tell ya how I took care of the title problem sometime, it is really not that hard, just cost about $500.  John |
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| FourBlades |
Nov 26 2009, 01:19 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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Put in the tangerine racing exhaust and headers. These parts are like a work of
art. I had them ceramic coated silver and they just look awesome.  You can see the muffler in the previous post. I wanted the twin tips and will have to adjust my rear valence to fit them. I also put in my drive shafts. Here is a tip: put in the drive shafts before putting in the shift rod and exhaust. I did mine in the wrong order and had to pull them off and put them on again.  I could stare at those headers all day. Now I am on turkey duty because my wife works all day today. It is much easier to prepare a turkey than to rebuilt CV joints on your drive shafts. That must be the messiest job on a 914. I ended up throwing away the shirt I was wearing that day. I had to go to 4 autoparts stores before I found one with the proper moly grease, so don't assume it is easy to get. The parts geeks told me to just buy new axles assemblies because they are like $70 for most new cars. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) Yeah, but how much is a new computer for your beemer i-drive system??? John |
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| MDG |
Nov 26 2009, 05:08 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 |
Excellent, John!!
Every time I look at this thread I'm reminded of how much I love Adriatic Blue. and Happy Thanksgiving! mike |
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| oldschool |
Nov 26 2009, 06:13 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,372 Joined: 29-October 08 From: P-town Member No.: 9,705 Region Association: Southern California |
is a advantage to the antique plates? |
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| smg914 |
Nov 27 2009, 01:10 AM
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Sahara Beige Steve Group: Members Posts: 1,970 Joined: 22-February 04 From: Tampa, FL Member No.: 1,695 Region Association: None |
When transferring a title and purchasing new tags in Florida for a car 25 years old or older, with antique plates the initial cost is considerably less then the standard Florida plates or any of the personalized plates and when renewal time comes around they are considerably less cost again.
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| nsr-jamie |
Nov 27 2009, 06:09 AM
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914 guy in Japan Group: Members Posts: 1,182 Joined: 7-November 07 From: Nagoya, Japan Member No.: 8,305 Region Association: None |
I love this thread, its amazing all the work you have done and has been an inspriration...I just spent the last hour going through this whole thread from the very beginning...and that Tangerine exhaust is just killer, exactly what I want for my car....thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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| jtf914 |
Nov 27 2009, 08:27 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 428 Joined: 31-December 02 From: Burlington, CT Member No.: 58 Region Association: North East States |
Great Thread! Awesome progress. The adriatic blue is probably my favorite 914 color behind signal orange...
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