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Buying 73 been sitting outside 20 years |
LukeD |
Jun 9 2015, 09:21 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 254 Joined: 14-November 04 From: Atascadero, CA Member No.: 3,117 Region Association: None |
Jumping back into the 914 scene, got a lead on a 1 owner signal orange 73 - 1.7 that has been sitting outside in Central Valley California uncovered for about 20 years ("ran when parked"). Went and looked at the car yesterday, little surface rust on the battery tray, no visible rust under it, passenger long has no visible rust. Seems complete but obviously weather beaten. He only wants a couple hundred dollars so I'm not going to pass it up. Looking for a checklist of absolute musts to attempt to get the car started
Must; - Remove fuel tank, clean and check for rust - replace all fuel lines and filter - replace injector seals - soak injectors? in what? - change oil with what type? - clean all contact on relay board and fuse panel What else? Anyone point me to some threads of those that have done this before? I've searched for "resurrect" "revive" "sitting outside" no good hits. Thanks! -Luke |
Claus Graf |
Jun 9 2015, 11:57 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 25-November 14 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 18,154 Region Association: None |
This is what I did to get my 1974 914 1.8 started:
1. Put some fresh oil in the engine. 2. Changed a broken hose. 3. Didn't have spark, so I removed, cleaned and gapped the points inside the distributor. 4. Put some fuel inside the throttle vane. It did start and ran a few seconds. GOOD! 5. Removed and cleaned the gas tank. (it had gummy residue inside and the lines on the bottom were plugged). Put the tank back in and poured a gallon of fuel and a bottle of injector cleaner. 6. Removed the injectors from the engine but left the connected to the fuel supply line to see if they would squirt fuel while cranking. They did not. So i got some carburetor cleaner spray and did my best to clean them. 7. Connected the injectors (4) back on the fuel supply lines and cranked the engine. They were now squirting some fuel. GOOD! Put them back in the engine. 8. For the next month or so I ran the engine a few times (parked) a week adding more fuel and injector cleaner to the tank. Each time it ran better. After a few weeks the engine would run to redline and idle back perfectly. 9. Next I put the rear on jackstands and changed the transmission oil. Removed the wheels and ran the engine and changed gears to see if the gearbox worked. Gearbox GOOD! Hope this helps Claus Graf |
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