Been quite some time since my last post – we’ve been busy. Every Wed and the occasional Sat are “car night,” and we’ve pulled the engine, opened her up, and made some discoveries. Not all voyages and discoveries are positive, either… The engine was filthy – covered in rust and thick tar-like grease. It didn’t get any better as we delved into it. The years had added up. What I didn’t know was that, in…
Well, it’s been an interesting couple of weeks. When I brought Ruby home, she ran something awful. In fact, here’s a quick video: In my head, a process of elimination led me to a compression issue, namely (as mentioned in my first post): Well, many people had me chasing many different leads – tested spark on every cylinder, tested the coil, checked continuity, etc. At some point, all the testing (the frequent removal of the…
Ruby is a 1972 Porsche 914-4. She was originally “Light Ivory,” and equipped with a 1.7 L Volkswagen Type 4 engine. By the time I bought her, she was ruby red and, with only 3 cylinders firing, more like a 1.3L, LOL. In the mid-eighties when I was in high school, a new guy moved in. In a school as small as mine, anytime a new guy or girl moved in, they were fresh meat…