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dflesburg
Kind of like it says

The other am Erik hit a speed bump hard.

Car died.

After 5-6 attempts he got it started

Later that day he drove it home

Today he drove it to football

At 1:30 today wont start.

Where to start looking?
SirAndy
QUOTE(dflesburg @ Aug 4 2010, 01:02 PM) *
Where to start looking?

Electrical connectors. Grounds. Fuses. Relays.

Sounds like something got knocked loose ...
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siverson
The very first day I owned my 914 the same thing happened to me (foreshadowing...).

It turned out to be a cracked rotor in the distributor. Really. I don't even know how that would happened or if it's ever happened before, but that's my story. Replaced the rotor and I was back on the road...

-Steve
nick73-914
Day one driving my 73 I hit a speed bump too hard on my street, I parked her and then she wouldn't start a few hours later. Turns out the yellow solenoid wire going to my starter just popped off, simple fix for me.. but idk about your situation, take a look underneath maybe?

NL
underthetire
Check yer fuel pump connections to.
bandjoey
Fuel Filter Clog? Something big worked it's way from the tank into the tank screen or inline filter?
realred914
QUOTE(dflesburg @ Aug 4 2010, 01:02 PM) *

Kind of like it says

The other am Erik hit a speed bump hard.

Car died.

After 5-6 attempts he got it started

Later that day he drove it home

Today he drove it to football

At 1:30 today wont start.

Where to start looking?



wont start???

how about somore detials;

does it crank, do you hear the fuel pump , does it try to fire, smell of gas after several start attempts in tail pipe or not?

let us know.

good luck
bugsy0
I'll bet somebody a buck it's electrical. Does it crank? Check for spark! Fuel pump running?
dflesburg
appears that fuel lines kinked under front suspension.

fuel pump and filter under there and something moved and kinked a line.

now all is good again.
bugsy0
...these old cars...
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