Just cut out on the Fwy, fuel issue Options

[johnpierre]

hello 914 community

so I was driving the other Sunday - nice drive with no traffic due to covid, doing 80 on the 405 heading south, for those of you that don't live in LA, that is in LA ;-) and then all of a sudden I just lost power.

it sounded like I ran out of gas but that of course is impossible as the tank was 1/2 full. I have a 73, 1.7 fuel injected engine and I have never had this issue.

I suppose I can tow the car to a garage but I thought I might put this out there in case this sounds familiar to anyone and I could try to troubleshoot the issue first. is there anything I can check rather easily to solve this? has this happened to anyone else under these conditions?

I looked all around the top of the engine as best I could when it happened and I didn't see anything disconcerted or otherwise out of place - but then again I don't really know what I was looking for and it was hot so I really could feel around that much.

-jp-

[johnpierre]

hey there - thanks for all the help

here is what i found based on your help.

#1 im pretty sure the fuel pump is priming - i can here the low whine when i turn the key

#2 checked all the fuses and they all look old but non blown, i turned each fuse to see it that would make a better connection

#3 it looks like im missing a fuse on either end - not sure i even know it they where there to begin with

$3 looked at the coil and it all seemed to be connected, no lose wires

#4 i did find a vacuum hose that is not connected, i can't seem to figure out where the hell it connects to however it is coming from a long black straight tube that is at the front of the engine bay

#5 checked tank to make sure there was fuel - there is

#6 there are only 10 fuses and i could not see any numbers anywhere - must be on the plastic cover that departed me some time ago so i don't know where fuse controls the pump

here are some pics to see if you can see something i did not

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The dreaded double post!