Car wont start after sitting a while...need ideas. |
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Car wont start after sitting a while...need ideas. |
biosurfer1 |
Dec 15 2007, 07:20 PM
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Teener fo Life! Group: Members Posts: 3,020 Joined: 3-August 03 From: Roseville, CA Member No.: 977 Region Association: Northern California |
So after 8 months of sitting, moving to my new house next week got my a$$ in gear to get my 914 back on the road...and now it wont start.
Background Info: Back in April, the 914 went on jackstands to replace the brake calipers and convert the tranny to sideshift. Brakes are now done, and the tranny was rebuilt and installed. I didnt start it for so long because I couldnt get the shift linkage adjusted. I know, bad excuse but with a new job and whatnot, it just got put on the back burner. Anyways, now I want to drive it to the new house so I started going through it and trying to solve the problems. I tried starting it the other night and all it would do is crank very slowly but wouldnt not turn over. After talking with a friend, I found that the tranny ground strap was not installed. I got a new one, cleaned all connections and hooked it up. Now the car will crank like normal, but it will still not start. I went through everything I could think of but nothing helped, so now i'm looking for suggestions on where to go from here. List of what has been checked: accelerator and throttle linkage ok all hoses replaced and connected correctly battery fully charged all grounds cleaned connected correctly AAR recently cleaned out and works plenty of gas in the tank So where do I go from here?? BTW, its a 1971 1.7 with FI. |
swl |
Dec 16 2007, 04:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,409 Joined: 7-August 05 From: Kingston,On,Canada Member No.: 4,550 Region Association: Canada |
quite a common oops is to get the throttle cable wrapped around the clutch cable. Get a little flashlight and an inspection mirror and look down the tunnel. There is an inspection port right beside the throttle. (if you have a console it will probably be in your way. The cables both run down the drivers side of the tunnel. If they are fouled pop the end of the cable off at the ball joint (can be a bit of a PITA) make it right and reattach.
Be very vigilant in inspecting ALL the fuel hoses in the engine bay! That includes the little pieces down to the injectors. Engine bay fires are legendary with these cars. Matter of fact - for the few bucks involved - replace everything on the high pressure side just to be sure. No gear type clamps either - make sure they are proper fuel hose clamps. |
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