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OK, here goes.
I bought this car last year in Connecticut, it was non running, original somewhat documented with 63K miles. Last time the car was registered was in 1990. The reason it stopped running was because of a fuel leak at a shop and the car got evicted from the premises right away and that was it. Attached image(s) ![]() |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 800 Joined: 2-March 05 From: Montreal, QC Member No.: 3,697 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
Upon massive shop-vac work the hell hole seems to be solid but the engine shelf will have to be patched.
Mechanically, there has been a bit of work involved. It was hard to know from where to start! I guess the fuel leak(s) were in order. The gas tank was removed and the crap that was in there is unbelievable. I ended up replacing it with a slightly better one despite the rust it had inside which I cleaned the best that I could. The car has the fuel pump relocated to the front, what a mess with the 70-74 style pump. Still I replaced all those fuel hoses with a new filter and tank screen to get things started up. As my luck would have it, the car was leaking fuel at the back also where the fuel pump was originally. An interesting fact is that the varnish that formed in the lines completely blocked the Y fitting for the return and bypass lines. It had to be cleaned with a drill bit! Injectors were replaced immediately even before trying to start the car, upon inspection, two were blocked. New cap, rotor, plugs and wires and oil change, the points looked good, so we tried to fire up the car, nothing, there was no spark. Screwed around with coils and other crap, it ended up being bad points even though they looked like new. Put in the replacement points and after that tried again and it fired right up after 15 years of sitting idle. The shocking part is that the engine actually runs well. Fuel pressure is way up there at 60 PSI, me thinks I forgot all about checking the return line if it was gummed up (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif) |
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