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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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Cairo94507 |
Jun 9 2019, 05:06 PM
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Michael Group: Members Posts: 9,772 Joined: 1-November 08 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 9,712 Region Association: Northern California |
Congratulations on getting it out of the garage and washing it. Your cars looks great. I agree with the above, I would replace all 4 soft brake lines and then bleed away. Not sure how long the gas has been in the tank, but draining and taking a peak inside might be a good idea. If it looks clean and does not smell like old varnish, then top it off and see if ti runs OK. Good luck and don't tackle more than 1 project at a time or else these cars tend to grow jack stands. Cheers, Michael (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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dabird |
Jun 9 2019, 05:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 17-October 14 From: New Albany, IN Member No.: 18,025 Region Association: None |
Congratulations on getting it out of the garage and washing it. Your cars looks great. I agree with the above, I would replace all 4 soft brake lines and then bleed away. Not sure how long the gas has been in the tank, but draining and taking a peak inside might be a good idea. If it looks clean and does not smell like old varnish, then top it off and see if ti runs OK. Good luck and don't tackle more than 1 project at a time or else these cars tend to grow jack stands. Cheers, Michael (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) The gas tank/fuel is fine. It came to me as a car that was driven semi- regularly. I also drained out most of the gas when I installed a new 2 port fuel pump last month. As if right now it runs great, I've just had problems getting a good pedal after installing the PMB rear calipers. I replaced both front soft lines yesterday. I'm not looking forward to doing the rears because they seem like a major pain. After a bunch of old school 2 person bleeding and then a gravity bleed I was able to get enough pedal to take a trip around the block and actually get into 2nd gear =) |
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