New here but just picked up my first 914 it's a 1972 most original has not ran in 15 years most most kept in barn needs lots of work but where do I start?i put battery in and found that all gas lines rope braided are all leaking old fuel pump under car is bad put some Either down carb and gas pump inline to test start get thing it did start just don't stay running and kills soon as I hit gas pedal...need idea what to do first or where to start and do I try to find origanal parts?any info is good or ideas to what most of you did?

Obviously, don't try to run it with leaking fuel lines. Too many of these have been lost to fire. Most of us have replaced the fuel lines with stainless steel ones made by Tangerine Racing or similar.

It is likely that the fuel tank strainer has been gummed up. There is a strainer sock inside the fuel tank that should be checked/replaced.

Fuel injectors are probably not functioning properly, and should be cleaned.

Test fuel pump.

Most people get their parts from Pelican Parts. I know GPR is trying to establish a place in the market also. General consensus is to stay away from Auto Atlanta.

So many more items, but this should get you started on the fuel side.

Buy good jack stands

Sell it quickly before you get hooked!

Do you have a single-carb setup, or the stock fuel injection?

The single-carb setup is pretty lousy, but can be made to work well enough to drive the car.

First step is to replace the fuel lines. Fuel + hot engine parts == fire; FIRE BAD! Get an extinguisher while you're at it.

Replace all the fluids as well. Check the brakes; they may need serious work. Being able to "go" without being able to "whoa" is not a good thing.

If you can start it on ether, then you have spark and at least some compression. So what's missing is fuel. The fuel system (carb or injectors, plus the pump and any fuel lines) could be gunked up with old fuel that has turned to varnish. Lots of cleaning, rebuilding, or replacing will likely be needed to get that out.

BTW, we love pics of these cars. Have any?

--DD

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Oh boy...

It looks like a Rustoration Project.....

Help is only a thread away.....

Mine is red and also a 72. They are I think a unique year among the breed. Let me know if I can help with anything. I have a lot of spare parts and am not too far away.

Since you already have the carbs you probably should keep it that way, but I do have a complete 1.7 lying around as I make my 72 into a six.

Is it bad no holes in body one did has surface rust and needs battery tray replaced ..I need picture layout of vacuum lines and breather tubes for person that never worked on Porsche ...but ideas is what will help me get this back on road...I want to keep original as I can...if that's what is being done with this type of car!!

That's not a carb. You have djet.

It needs go back to oem color ivory white it's been 3 colors repainted if you have parts that I can use I will buy them I really don't know what I got myself into but I really want to bring this back to life and in joy it..

My '73 started as a project too. I have had a lot of fun and frustration working on it.

Good luck, there is a lot of help here that you can't find anywhere else.

Welcome, from another Ivory White 1.7L 1972.

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If you have some patience, tools and common sense you are well on your way to getting it on the road. I would check the longs and he'll hole for structural rust before you get to far I to it tho.
Here is some light ivory inspiration for you.
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You'll find that the restoration of a 914 is an imaginative, technical, and trying journey only limited by your wallet.

You'll want to look under those rocker panel covers before you do too much more. Especially on the passenger side.

Looks like it has a Bursch sport muffler. Those are VERY loud but a lot of people like them.

Are you relocating your full pump or keeping it the oem unit same spot under rear car below the battery ?? I found oem pump $240 with the three ports

Is that the panels under the doors and what do I look for they have some rust holes in back part needs new ones for sure.

So fuel is leaking out the back of the black wire conecter..is there a rebuild kit I can buy with instructions?Click to view attachment

Just buy a new one and you can use the 2 port fuel pump around $85 or less I think from Napa.

The black parts under the doors are the rocker covers. If they have holes, that's a bad sign. Remove them, or at least remove the screws on the bottom and swing them up and out, to inspect the rocker panels themselves. You'll probably get a lot of dirt out when you do that, and with holes in the covers there's a good chance you'll find holes in the rockers.

I would not try to rebuild that fuel pump. I know that people have done it, but I don't feel the risk is worth it. To get at the electric motor, you'll have to un-crimp the housing to pull it apart. Then you'll need to source O-rings and such.

It's better to replace the pump when it leaks out of that part. You can use pretty much any pump that is capable of delivering the pressure and volume that the engine requires, as long as it isn't so much that it overwhelms the fuel pressure regulator. Some plumbing changes are usually necessary when you change to a non-stock pump, but those are well known and not really a problem.

--DD

Our good friend Jeff Bowlsby has a great website for info.... including each and every type of vacuum line layout.

http://bowlsby.net/914/Classic/
Click on the TECH NOTEBOOK and dig around.

As someone mentioned you have D-Jet fuel injection. Look for stuff on that type. I found that O'rielly auto parts has metric hoses for vacuum and fuel. Get fuel hoses that handle ethanol.

You have a ways to go. I think you are starting at a good place. See if the engine will run. So check and replace everything that makes that happen. Fuel and power from beginning to end. Don't go too far, til you know about the RUST situation. Once you know about rust start with.....

Fuel tank.... fuel filter, fuel sock, fuel pump (you have found), hard fuel lines (in the tunnel), fuel injectors, all need checking and fixing after 15 years of sitting and gumming up. Vacuum lines and associated items fall in here too.

Then on to the electrical.... battery, ground connections, wire harness, etc.....

Heck, once you have all that done, you will be happy and can move on to brakes and suspension.

Holes in those panels are not critical, the panels are just for looks. You could clean them up and make repairs on them. But as mentioned, you need to see what is under the panels. Dirt gets stuck in there and then water stuck to the dirt. Rust forms from that. the Jack Point is the square tube that sticks out of the panel. Those accumulate dirt/water and rust.

You may have to cut the rusty screws and bolts to get them off. Get them off and let's see some pictures.

You should give the car a good look over and poke around with a screw driver all along the longitudinal, behind the seats (seats and carpet pulled), need a picture of your HELL HOLE too.

All that before you jump in and get the engine running. Cause if you have tons of RUST, a running engine will not do you much good. But in my opinion the engine is next after a semi clean bill of health (minimal rust).

Get a new one. The parts and labor are not worth the effort. The fuel pressure is higher than you probably think. ~34 psi. so you also need to check all of your fuel lines before you start it. Don't want any fires. Your fuel tank will probably need to be flushed too. Not hard to do.

Look at Larmo63's build thread. He brought a car back to life and it's a nice car now. It's a long road but very rewarding once you get done with it.

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Pull the rocker covers before going any further - as others have said. No point having your fuel pump working if you car is about to bend in half!

Since the rocker covers have holes in them, take them totally off and post pictures.

Well my heart is broken not sure it can be fixed I took pic of bad side other is half the holes..Click to view attachment Click to view attachment Click to view attachment

Can this be fixed within reason or total it out?

It depends on how structural the rust is. Need more pics. Do the doors open and close freely or are they hard to open and sag down ? Take some pics of the underside. Also the door jambs at the back. A few years ago we would have told you to throw it away but a lot more 914s are being saved these days. So the drivers side is the bad side? Usually the passenger side is much worse because battery acid would wash down the long. Are you SURE it's better on the other side?

Great to see another '72 on the site! First order of business should be to drain the old gas out the tank and to replace those hoses with some permeation resistant ones (find at local auto store). Check the operation of the fuel pump, with the ignition on you should be able to hear it running. Parts for fuel for the D-Jet injection system you have could be hard to come by but it looks complete and may just need seals. Parts for Type 4 motors in general are pretty abundant and replacement/OEM parts aren't hard to come by either. With new gas, fresh lines, and possibly a new pump it should start and run almost immediately. My '72 started up on the first turn after sitting for SEVEN years without doing anything to it. But no matter how temping, DON'T try to drive it without checking brake operation.
I bought my '72 in May 2013 and it should be finished by this summer.
Yours looks complete but rough so good luck, congratulations, and

Here's what my 914 looks like currently with the motor out
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Doors open and close very little sag.passanger side has less at door but where fuel pump was is gone pump hanging on rust crazy lots good spots but the wholes make me think it will be hard to bring back or a hard learning curve..can I buy the metal to fix this pic or do I need custom guy to make and weld it?

Restoration design makes most of the panels you would need. Brad Mayeur at 914 Limited in Peoria can replace them if you don't have experience with that kind of thing.

Restoration Design

The worst thing that can happen is you learn a lot by taking a whole 914 apart. The parts are worth more than the whole in most cases. Hopefully you can save it though.

If you know how to weld, have a lot of project time on your hand, and like to learn then fix what you have.

If you are like me then find a new roller from the west coast, buy it, ship it to your house, pick the best parts from both for the new car and sell the rest.

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That can be fixed. Lotta work. Now's a good time to consider how much you can reasonably handle yourself, how much you can afford to pay someone to fix it, or if it makes more sense to find a solid roller and start with a better chassis.

I'm a glutton for punishment and like to see even rough cases saved.

The later year cars have the fuel pump up front by the fuel tank. I relocated mine to that stock position. I learned here on the fourm that the pump works better pushing fuel rather than sucking it!
Fuel pump location is the least of your worries right now. Lots of good info here. Good luck.

So I opened up fuel pump and cleaned it put o-ring in and it works so I put in car and started it it runs good just back fires out exhaust any ideas why? Or what to look for?

At some point, finding a "solid tub" or "solid chassis" is going to be impossible as these cars age and get even more rare. The price of fixing a real rust bucket will become worth it as these cars increase in value.

You're right Lawrence, I have seen several 914 tub where cut to pieces and what if in the future there will no much 914 tub available. I admire SoCal Andy, instead of putting his tub to junk, he did an amazing restoration to save another 914 tub. Same with the 74 I used to have, at first it was only a bill of sale from the previous owner I bought it and another bill of sale for me, so I was thinking of just cut the metal and sell it. But I would like to save it until Mark (who got the car) took it and plan of restoring. Not only that, yesterday the previous owner whom I got it, called and said he got the PINK SLIP from whom he bought it for a couple of years ago. Thank God for providing the pink slip instead of paying so much getting a title replacement or maybe so much hassle getting one. So now Mark who owns the car will be more excited and encourage restoring the 74 1.8.

Ooops sorry for hi jacking this thread and for a long message! Thanks!

Joe Penge, my 75 1.8 FI was in 8 years non-op parked along the driveway of the previous owner. What I did is to remove the fuel tank and drained it and cleaned it, then replace all fuel hoses (tunnel line was replaced to SS fuel lines but late on maybe after a few months running) but I suggest also to replace them now, replaced also vacuum lines, check fuel injection hoses, change oil and install new battery. And that's it for initial process to make it running until I did several repair and fixing.

God Bless on your new project!


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Hey Joe, I haven't read through your entire thread in detail, but it looks like you've got D-Jet and a car that hasn't run in a long time. You're going to have a lot of troubleshooting and learning to do (BTDT with a '72 that sat idle for a long time). I enjoyed the process, but it can also be frustrating at times.

A couple of resources you're going to need in addition to Bowlsby's site:

Anders D-Jet. The "bible" on understanding and troubleshooting D-Jet (IMHO). PLEASE bookmark this site and read and re-read this page and others when you have a D-Jet question.

Google 914Wolrd Search. Use this to see if your question has been answered before or if you can gather more info on your issue so you can be as specific as possible when you post it here.

As to this question, the root cause of backfiring can be caused my many different issues in the fuel delivery and ignition process. Is this the first time the car started in a long time? I'd gather more data (does it do it all the time, when does it do it, how do you describe it in detail) that might help isolate.

Also, I agree with 1972 914 2.0 who said you're going to need to drain the fuel tank and pretty much replace all the fuel lines and vacuum hoses.

The good news is you've got it to fire up. It took me something like 3 months to get that far with mine.

Save the Porsche!

Here is what my 914 looks like. Lots of rust in the Longs.

well back fire only happened when I hit gas hard popped then idi it again it popped again and died out so not sure can vacuum line cause that?

Good luck on this frame wow mine is not that bad but gots me feeling like I wasted money on a car not worth as much as it will cost to repair it only bowing little on repairing of it ..and had a guy after looking at 1970 roller he told me don't waste my time on repairing it he lost lots of money !!wish had member closer to me help keep me motivated and on right track and little help to keep cost down to keep from falling in same as guy I taked too..so lots to think about now..

Hey Joe. Great to meet you. Here's my unsolicited advice: Sell it as is...at a loss if you have to.

From the limited posts I've read, it sounds like you're going to get in WAY over your head in a hurry. I hate to be the guy to come off like a dick....I'm really not that way. Just being honest.

I'm sure I'll likely get flamed, but if you aren't ready to realistically spend $2500-$4000 fixing that one...then bail now. There are a LOT of 914s out there that have the exact same issues, so there is plenty of support if you want it. But you do have to want it.

Look over some of the restoration threads. Just about all of us have had the longs off at some point and it's never a trivial job.

I'd LOVE to see you go at it and restore the whole thing. Honestly...I really would. But I'm being realistic. If you're looking for something that you can drive and feel good about, start with a different car.

Well I'm going to work with it till I can't just started so I'm not out yet...well I got it running and runs really good very surprised no either to help it start key on and off new vac lines so pump is good and grounded engine this is what I think was misfiring it bad ground to engine.so before I run new fuel lines I am going for test drive test trans and break system just short drive.....wish me luck