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| flat4tom |
 Feb 1 2010, 11:56 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 6-January 10 From: Shingletown CA Member No.: 11,207 Region Association: Northern California  |
Hello all,
Some of you replied to my questions about opening the trunk, and gas line issues in my other posts. Thank you for your replies! Yesterday was a big day. I managed to finish up installing the fuel lines under the tank - with a few issues I had to work out. I changed the oil and filter, and installed the new Optima 34R battery. Which, by the way, is about 1/4 inch longer than my battery tray, so I'll have to mod it so I can close the engine lid... but that's another story... Put about a gallon of fuel in the tank, check for leaks. Check - no leaks. Put the key in the ignition, turn it on and see if we have idiot lights and fuel pump sound - check - lights and fuel pump ran for about 2 secs and turned off. I did the power on / off several times so I could get fuel back to the engine. Remember, this car has not been run for almost 3 years. I have a fuel pressure gauge on the injector rail so I could see when I was getting fuel pressure. It started coming up. While looking at that I smelled gas. I had a leak on the other side of the engine. Found it and fixed it. Fuel pressure is holding now. Turned the key and ran the starter...After about 5 tries she fired up!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) Idled about 1800rpms for several minutes, then idled down with a bit of a lope as it's not the stock camshaft - I expected it to sound that way because as I said in an earlier post - I used to own this car about 4.5 years ago so I'm a bit familiar with it. So, she's alive. I pulled it back and forth a bit under it's own power so the clutch is working as well. I'm psyched! Just a few small issues such as the battery fit to address, and some grounding problems with the lights then hopefully, I'll be driving! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) Regards, Tom '73 914 2.0 |
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| jsayre914 |
Feb 1 2010, 12:58 PM
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Speed Up !!! Group: Members Posts: 3,188 Joined: 10-February 08 From: Timonium MD 21093 Member No.: 8,696 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
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| Drums66 |
Feb 1 2010, 02:35 PM
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914 Rudiments Group: Members Posts: 5,321 Joined: 15-January 03 From: Coronado,Cali Member No.: 151 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Glad to hear it!! drive on (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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