Reviving the herd, Or, "How to lose money and friends and anger the wife" Options

[paxton]

See my first post:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=243052

I won't clutter up the board with a bunch of threads, so I'll contain my questions to this one.

First up is the green machine. Kind of more like sunflower than green, but I digress. The green machine has no battery. It will not start, obviously.

But first a little story. For the past few days, the keys for the green machine have been missing. I have a devious little boy who likes to grab things and put them away in his many toy boxes/behind the couch/underneath things I didn't know there was an underneath to. I also just sold an old 412 and thought maybe I left them in there for some odd reason. I had turned the house and the garage upside down. No keys.

I gather the family (which includes 3 older kids who always want money) and I said whoever finds the keys in this house will get $50. They never worked so hard. My wife wanted money to (surprise!) so she was in on the hunt too.

On a whim, my wife went out to the car and looked in the ignition. Silly woman. That car doesn't even have a battery in it. Why would you look in... "I found them!" she yelled. What? You found the keys? IN THE IGNITION????

Of course they would be in the ignition of a non-running car that doesn't have a battery. Of course... Then I remembered: I sold the 412 and moved the green machine in its place. I had to turn the key to keep the steering wheel from locking.

So I'm the idiot and I'm out $50.

Back to the car.

The previous owner told me it will start (and run) if you use some starting fluid. If you turn the engine off, it will not start again, until you use starting fluid.

My plan is to drain the gas, refuel, replace plugs, wires, and cap (at least), and then check each of the injectors. Change oil and new filter. Any other guidance?

[r_towle]

Yah, well that would do it.
Start with the fuses

[paxton]

Yah, well that would do it.
Start with the fuses

An interesting couple of days.

I have names for them. Anja (the yellow/green), Birgit (the black), and Katja (the red).

For all 3, this thread will be my inspiration: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=16748

Yes, shockingly enough, cars were sold that were not as described. The one in best shape is the one I bought locally.

But I will not be deterred and I will restore all three. I plan to get Anja running and driving. Then the major work on the other two.

On to Anja.

Jerry came over and we did some preliminary work.

The PO had replaced the 3-port fuel pump with a Mr. Gasket 42S 2-port for carbureted engines. We was getting no fuel at the rail. We pulled the tank and did some simple cleaning. The plan is to get the NAPA N69133 fuel pump and Wix 33274 filter, as well as various and sundry lines and hoses.

When we pulled the tank, we found the mouse problem. They have chewed through a handful of wires where the wires exit the firewall. That's annoying but not terrible. They also chewed through a brake supply line about 9 inches below the brake reservoir. I vacuumed out a nest in the glove compartment, I gave the gas tank cavity a good cleaning, and I vacuumed up the engine bay. It looks as if the mouse issue is limited to the front of the car.

I am tempted to replace the brake lines and the fuel lines with new ones. That will be one less issue later once everything is pressurized.

Three tires are holding air, and only two will even take air. They are going to be replaced anyway. Later. Much later.

For now, like I said, fuel pump, fuel filter, fuel lines, and brake lines.