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Frustrated in Louisville |
dabird |
Jul 16 2018, 07:48 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 17-October 14 From: New Albany, IN Member No.: 18,025 Region Association: None |
I'm making this post just for a little motivation. I bought this 74 2.0 a few years ago and have only driven it around the block once. Immediately replaced the fuel lines and then had the rear calipers rebuilt by PMB. Finally got those installed last summer and before I even bleed the brakes I noticed a leaking fuel injector. I walked out to the garage today and thought " I should probably get this thing on the road". Life, work, kids etc have put the car on the back burner but sitting in it this morning made me want to give it a little more attention. The fuel injector leak, bleeding/adjusting the rear calipers and a broken garage door are pretty much the only things keeping me from giving it a proper shakedown run. I'm hoping posting about this car will be the first step towards making it a little more of a priority to not let such a cool vehicle languish in my tiny garage.
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DRPHIL914 |
Jul 16 2018, 08:20 AM
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Dr. Phil Group: Members Posts: 5,766 Joined: 9-December 09 From: Bluffton, SC Member No.: 11,106 Region Association: South East States |
well you did some important stuff already, that had to be done before you drive the car, now you are just a few hours of work from getting it running so you can jump in and take a drive now and then - get the injectors sent in and have them cleaned or post an ad for one here. they are getting hard to find, but they are out there. I had to do the same thing when I bought my car 9 years ago. I had never owned a 914 or any Porsche at that time but had done a lot of work on a Austin Healey in high school and college back in the 80's. bought it not running, but knew it had good compression and spark, was pointed to this forum and 1 week later I had a running car thanks to a member that sourced a good MPS for me- so , just to encourage you, get that injector taken care of and get it out there running then you can sort thru some things but enjoy it !!
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