More research on how original some of our existing parts are. This time a rear valance that’s a bit rough looking. Luckily though, it seems to be correct for a 914-6? Referenced some photos in the Restorer’s Guide to Authenticity, but the angles make it a little hard to tell. Checking with the friendly folks on …
Porsche 911T and 914-6 have a contraption called a Capacitor Discharge Ignition (CDI). It is an add-on box with an internal transformer to step up 12-volt battery voltage to 500 volts or more, storing that power in a capacitor that’s always ready whenever the distributor sends a trigger signal. In addition to a CDI still …
As we discovered previously, most Porsche components have numbers on them. Sometimes they are part numbers. Sometimes they are casting numbers. Sometimes they have both. Sometimes neither. What gets particularly confusing is that a given casting number could be worked into different part numbers with different applications. When shopping for a 914-6 fan housing it …
Another part shared with the 911, meaning several different flavors and potential compatibility issues. The HUB EXTENSION COMPLETE BLACK, part number 911-106-033-00 is known by a variety of names. Which makes it harder (err more fun) to find one to buy since they are NLA. Let’s try every possible variation of Air, Cooling, Fan, Alternator, …
I’ll soon be trailering our 356 chassis to my home garage so that I can work on it in earnest. Our route will be from Missouri to California, mainly along interstate 40. We’ll be stopping at Ollies and California Motorsports (CMS) in Lake Havasu City to drop off our 914-6 engine and transmission. I am very fortunate to have …
We found that a starter was still attached to the transaxle. So even though I had purchased a replacement and started rebuilding it, I decided to use the one that had been attached. I took it to O’Reilly who tested it for free. It tested good, and seemed in better shape than the replacement. That …
TLDR; If you want a good approximation for black engine paint on a Porsche 914 Prismatic Powders Card Black is a good choice for powder coat. Dupli-color Semi-Gloss Black Engine Enamel with Ceramic DE1635 is a decent spray can match for things you can’t powder coat (e.g. starter motors). Similar to the exercise I did …
You might think knowing the part number would make buying a replacement part easy. This is not always the case, particularly when you are considering used parts. Case and point is the crankshaft pulley. The 914-6 engine is essentially from a 911. The air-cooled 911 have no less than 4 different pulley sizes, not counting AC …
In the continuing tale of close but no cigar, we come to radios. The historical information I got from Pateman is pretty specific: M453 Blaupunkt Frankfurt US retractable antenna with loudspeaker & noise suppression. Our car has a Motorola in it, for who knows why? To my delight, one of the 914 my dad has …
We had some good fortune in finding some parts that we didn’t think we had. Chief among them was flapper boxes (aka heat control valve). The 914-6 original ones are a bit unique in that they have a hole in the cap not found in 914-4 or reproduction parts. Some bead blasting and powder coat …
