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Car wont start after sitting a while...need ideas. |
biosurfer1 |
Dec 15 2007, 07:20 PM
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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. |
biosurfer1 |
Dec 16 2007, 04:32 PM
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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 |
2 steps forward, one step back:(
I found that the wire connected to the battery had worked its way lose from the spade connector, I just didnt see it earlier so the fuel pump is back to normal. We also got the shift linkage adjusted and I can find all gears, so thats great. However, apparently the car sat for too long and after firing it up for the first time in months, I have two more problems. First, I had gas squirting out of the fuel hoses so we had to shut things down quick. I was able to get the hoses off the fuel rail (PITA!!) so I'll go buy some replacement. It looks like all the other hoses have been replaced except the two that cracked...dont really know why the PO just didnt do those too but oh well. I also am having a problem with the clutch cable and accelerator binding up somewhere. I looked under the car and nothing there so it must be some place in the tunnel. When I push the clutch pedel down, the accelerator also goes down...scared the shit out of me since before we saw the fuel spitting out, the car was running, I pushed in the clutch and the engine rev'ed out. Any ideas?? |
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