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| claudeb |
 Jul 9 2012, 07:05 AM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 12-August 10 From: NYC / Southbury, CT Member No.: 12,040 Region Association: North East States  |
The short: Newbie based in Southbury CT seems to be having FI probs with 72 1.7, seeking a Guru for a friendly housecall, or a referral to a local mechanic.
The longer: About 2 years ago the bug bit and I had to have the 914 I'd been dreaming of since I was 12. The wife clipped my wings to 4K which didn't prevent me from crossing my fingers and leaping. My hope was something that I could drive and enjoy as I restored. The good: Clean square and 98% complete No structural rust, just one spot on pan behind passenger seat. Ran well when I got it other than high warm idle. The bad: Mainly that I don't live near the car. It lives at my parents and I can only get to it on occasional weekends. Last fall I painted myself into a corner trying to change the PO's incorrect engine mount bar and towed it 50 miles to Racer Chris. Chris took care of the engine bar - and we ended up swapping transmissions too. He also took care of the pan rust and high idle (replaced AAR). Had a glorious drive home, other than the generator light which Chris assured me was a false positive (negative?). A few weeks later, the car wouldn't start. It would catch and immediately die. I replaced what seemed to be a crimped AAR hose and messed with idle/throttle settings. With mindless pumping of the accelerator I was able to get it to run a bit and even took it for a drive, but as it warmed up it started missing and eventually died, not to be restarted again. I dug into the FI literature, but way too many variables for this newbie. Hoping I don't have to do a long distance tow again (a short one would be OK). Many Thanks in advance - Claude B Pix: http://cead.pair.com/users/claudeb/pix/914site/Photos.html#0 |
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claudeb Danbury CT area FI expertise Jul 9 2012, 07:05 AM
The Cabinetmaker Mindless pumping of the throttle should have resu... Jul 9 2012, 08:59 AM Kraftwerk Cut to the chase: Take it back to Chris? Or it cou... Jul 9 2012, 10:04 PM
rwilner I think it's very unlikely you're going to... Jul 10 2012, 07:17 AM r_towle I agree, Ed will make it purr.
Bring it to Foley.
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