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| dflesburg |
 Aug 4 2010, 02:02 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,720 Joined: 6-April 04 From: Warm and Cheerful Centerville Ohio Member No.: 1,896 Region Association: None  |
Kind of like it says
The other am Erik hit a speed bump hard. Car died. After 5-6 attempts he got it started Later that day he drove it home Today he drove it to football At 1:30 today wont start. Where to start looking? |
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| SirAndy |
Aug 4 2010, 02:54 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,675 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(dflesburg @ Aug 4 2010, 01:02 PM)  Where to start looking? Electrical connectors. Grounds. Fuses. Relays. Sounds like something got knocked loose ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Andy |
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| siverson |
Aug 4 2010, 03:56 PM
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The very first day I owned my 914 the same thing happened to me (foreshadowing...).
It turned out to be a cracked rotor in the distributor. Really. I don't even know how that would happened or if it's ever happened before, but that's my story. Replaced the rotor and I was back on the road... -Steve |
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| nick73-914 |
Aug 4 2010, 09:15 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 31-May 10 From: Tulsa, OK Member No.: 11,783 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Day one driving my 73 I hit a speed bump too hard on my street, I parked her and then she wouldn't start a few hours later. Turns out the yellow solenoid wire going to my starter just popped off, simple fix for me.. but idk about your situation, take a look underneath maybe?
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| underthetire |
Aug 4 2010, 09:18 PM
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Check yer fuel pump connections to.
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| bandjoey |
Aug 4 2010, 09:47 PM
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bandjoey Group: Members Posts: 4,926 Joined: 26-September 07 From: Bedford Tx Member No.: 8,156 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Fuel Filter Clog? Something big worked it's way from the tank into the tank screen or inline filter?
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| realred914 |
Aug 4 2010, 10:25 PM
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Senior Member Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,086 Joined: 1-April 10 From: california Member No.: 11,541 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(dflesburg @ Aug 4 2010, 01:02 PM) Kind of like it says The other am Erik hit a speed bump hard. Car died. After 5-6 attempts he got it started Later that day he drove it home Today he drove it to football At 1:30 today wont start. Where to start looking? wont start??? how about somore detials; does it crank, do you hear the fuel pump , does it try to fire, smell of gas after several start attempts in tail pipe or not? let us know. good luck |
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| bugsy0 |
Aug 4 2010, 11:24 PM
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I'll bet somebody a buck it's electrical. Does it crank? Check for spark! Fuel pump running?
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| dflesburg |
Aug 5 2010, 08:36 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,720 Joined: 6-April 04 From: Warm and Cheerful Centerville Ohio Member No.: 1,896 Region Association: None |
appears that fuel lines kinked under front suspension.
fuel pump and filter under there and something moved and kinked a line. now all is good again. |
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| bugsy0 |
Aug 5 2010, 02:57 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 191 Joined: 26-July 06 Member No.: 6,508 Region Association: None |
...these old cars...
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