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Teener fo Life! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3,020 Joined: 3-August 03 From: Roseville, CA Member No.: 977 Region Association: Northern California ![]() |
So after 8 months of sitting, moving to my new house next week got my a$$ in gear to get my 914 back on the road...and now it wont start.
Background Info: Back in April, the 914 went on jackstands to replace the brake calipers and convert the tranny to sideshift. Brakes are now done, and the tranny was rebuilt and installed. I didnt start it for so long because I couldnt get the shift linkage adjusted. I know, bad excuse but with a new job and whatnot, it just got put on the back burner. Anyways, now I want to drive it to the new house so I started going through it and trying to solve the problems. I tried starting it the other night and all it would do is crank very slowly but wouldnt not turn over. After talking with a friend, I found that the tranny ground strap was not installed. I got a new one, cleaned all connections and hooked it up. Now the car will crank like normal, but it will still not start. I went through everything I could think of but nothing helped, so now i'm looking for suggestions on where to go from here. List of what has been checked: accelerator and throttle linkage ok all hoses replaced and connected correctly battery fully charged all grounds cleaned connected correctly AAR recently cleaned out and works plenty of gas in the tank So where do I go from here?? BTW, its a 1971 1.7 with FI. |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,409 Joined: 7-August 05 From: Kingston,On,Canada Member No.: 4,550 Region Association: Canada ![]() |
A year is a little short for varnish build up but it could be a 'last straw' kind of thing. If there is power arriving at the pump but the pump is not not working try a little whack with a hammer. The pumps have a very low starting torque and sometimes a little vibration is enough to get them going. If that works then a tear down is probably in order.
BTW If you have to troubleshoot the pump you can hard wire reasonably simply. Remove the power to the coil to protect your points. On the relay board remove the 4 pin plug on the back left. Jumper pin 3 (front drivers side) to ground. Pin 3 is what the ECU switches to ground to turn on the pump. Now the pump will run when you turn the ignition on. oh - one more. If you can't get the fan to shut off just pull the relay - rear passenger side. |
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