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| billh1963 |
 Nov 19 2011, 12:56 PM
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Car Hoarder!  Group: Members Posts: 3,402 Joined: 28-March 11 From: South Carolina Member No.: 12,871 Region Association: South East States  |
Finally got the 1974 914 2.0 I got from Redshift running. To make a long story short, Redshift quit driving the car when he thought the fuel line on the HP side of the fuel pump broke. He then parked the car in 2006 and it hasn't run since.
Well, after checking it out I got the car running today. Turned out to be the fuel line broke going into the fuel filter. So, for a $0.50 piece of hose, the $20K he had invested in the car went to crap. During that time the floors rotted out and the car needs total restoration. The good news is car fired up almost instantly (after sitting for over 5 years) and sounds great! Phil W came over in his super nice '75 and helped me tinker with the car. So, now that I know the engine runs good I'm going to start stripping the car to do a restoration. To paraphrase part of an old nursery rhyme, "for the want of a $0.50 fuel hose, the 914 was lost". |
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| Cap'n Krusty |
Nov 19 2011, 03:40 PM
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Cap'n Krusty Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California |
If that car has the stock fuel pump setup, that "50 cent" piece of hose costs close to 30 bucks. putting a cheap hose on there and clamping it down until it doesn't appear to leak is getting down on your knees and begging to be set on fire.
The Cap'n |
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| billh1963 |
Nov 19 2011, 04:50 PM
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Car Hoarder! Group: Members Posts: 3,402 Joined: 28-March 11 From: South Carolina Member No.: 12,871 Region Association: South East States |
QUOTE(Cap'n Krusty @ Nov 19 2011, 04:40 PM)  If that car has the stock fuel pump setup, that "50 cent" piece of hose costs close to 30 bucks. putting a cheap hose on there and clamping it down until it doesn't appear to leak is getting down on your knees and begging to be set on fire. The Cap'n Good advice. I replaced the bad piece to get it started with a piece of 30R9. It was less than a foot in length. |
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Miles doesn't exist.
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