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?

[DRPHIL914]

not sure if i missed this but, is this car still injected? if so you will need a different fuel pump, as injection is 29psi, whereas carbs are @ 10-12, . There is an aftermarket pump that is a one in, one out that supplies the proper pressure- i think i got it from Autozone- been in the car for 5 years, cost was only $150(you may need a meter ) there is a pressure valve to set the proper pressure, but obviously the mouse issue , wiring etc needed attention , -= good call to pull the tank, now clean it out and replace all your hoses and the internal tank screen filter. When i bought my '75 a few years ago, first thing i did was pull the tank - it was mucked up for sure! of course you will find that all the vac hoses will need to be replaced - buy the kit - and probably the injector seals and throttle body/plenum seals, and in my case the intake runner seals as well. the first one you will learn a bunch and the next 2 will be much easier/faster! I now drive mine almost daily and recently took it to the Octeenerfest/dragon run!! (@ $5k later for all new brakes, lines suspensionss front and rear etc) it adds up but over time it doesn't seem so bad, LOL!
-oh, Welcome!!