bkrantz

Glad you agree. I welded the few cracks and did a bit more straightening. Ready for paint or powder-coating (TBD).

skl

Transaxle for the '73 is done- looks like garage ****... a trip to Lake Havasu is in the cards sometime this week.

Bob Rouleau

I envy you, selling my 1972 was a thing I regret.

bkrantz

But what do you do with all your free time?

bkrantz

Sweet! Now just spray the whole thing red.

skl

Already have the paint!!!

Krylon here we come...

Superdave312

Gosh, this car looked so clean in the original pictures. Have you thought about buying your own rotisserie to do it all at once?

bkrantz

Yeah, it did. And I feel a bit foolish about not recognizing all the hidden problems. And neither did my buddy who has lots of 914 experience.

The car was on my rotisserie from late December through early June (and is on one at the paint shop now). Definitely the easy way to go.

bkrantz

Today, it was back to electrical mode, starting with the alternator.



First I pulled the back cover off the alternator. Looks pretty nasty.



Not sure this is even worth testing.

bkrantz

To warm up, I started with the ignition harness. Got some cleaning materials out.



After a bit of labor, I had the harness cleaned and could check it more carefully.



The ambitious part of me wants to replace the full length of the heavy gauge yellow wire that has the spliced bit. So I opened the multi-connector and extracted the pin for that wire.





So that got me to start pulling out all the electrical repair gear. Here's my current kit and supplies. I definitely need the right wire in correct colors.

bkrantz

And to get a list of necessary wire, I pulled out the main harness again.

Whitezulu

You are so ahead of me, i always have to look at your status to lengthen my to do list......
and each work opens a can of worms.... never ending
carry on, i am trying to keep up

bkrantz

To be honest, during each phase my confidence goes up and down. Right now I am feeling a bit optimistic about restoring the wiring--let's see how things work out.

bkrantz

I did some more diagnosis today, looking at all the issues I have flagged on the main harness. In a few places, original wires were cut and/or new wires spliced in.





A few other places are missing connectors.

bkrantz

And of course, more evidence of mouse action.