The '74 TIi has arrived - now the "fun" starts

[tdskip]

Thanks Paul. I'm planning on having the pump professionally gone through, but that is good to know. 

 

Thanks for the note!

[PaulTWinterton]

That little wire hose guide on the top of the KF is NLA and will disappear. Put it away someplace safe.   They are most often missing.

[ray_]

There's a new style, lighter, more powerful starter (and cheap (and Chinese) on eBay). Do a search  if you are eventually interested.

 

Cheers,

[tdskip]

Wire clip removed and stored, thanks Paul.

 

Ray - is that the M3 style starter? Gear reduction I assume?

 

[Gordon]

Now that you have your KF injection pump out of the car, recommend you send it (along with the injectors) to Jerry Fairchild to have him go through the pump. Others will chime in with their recommendations of KF restoration shops but I can only speak of my experience in dealing with Jerry Fairchild, great rates, fast turnaround and great customer service.  http://www.fuelinjectioncenter.com/index.htm

 

G-Man

[tdskip]

18 minutes ago, Gordon said:

Now that you have your KF injection pump out of the car, recommend you send it (along with the injectors) to Jerry Fairchild to have him go through the pump. Others will chime in with their recommendations of KF restoration shops but I can only speak of my experience in dealing with Jerry Fairchild, great rates, fast turnaround and great customer service.  http://www.fuelinjectioncenter.com/index.htm

 

G-Man

 

Hi Gordon - pump isn't off yet but I plan to remove it tomorrow. 

 

Thank you for the recommendation and suggestion.

 

Edited April 11, 2018 by tdskip

[g_force]

On 4/11/2018 at 3:50 PM, PaulTWinterton said:

That little wire hose guide on the top of the KF is NLA and will disappear. Put it away someplace safe.   They are most often missing.

 

What does that little wire hose guide guide?  The fuel supply hose?

[jgerock]

1 hour ago, g_force said:

 

What does that little wire hose guide guide?  The fuel supply hose?

Yes

[tdskip]

Is that supposed to loop?

[Conserv]

38 minutes ago, tdskip said:

Is that supposed to loop?

 

Yep!

 

 

[tdskip]

48 minutes ago, Conserv said:

 

Yep!

 

 

 

Huh, one more thing to fix.

 

Thanks gentlemen!

 

[alixta]

2 hours ago, Conserv said:

 

Yep!

 

 

 

Damn, my clip has gone NLA too ;-(

 

[PaulTWinterton]

 

13 hours ago, alixta said:

Damn, my clip has gone NLA too ;-(

 

Trick: you can make a new loop from a bicycle spoke.

 

 

 

 

[tdskip]

Shhh -  don't make it easy for him, that NLA clip is probably the most valuable part of my car. Grin.

 

Got the alternator loose and the bellhousing bolts that are accessible from the top.

 

Speaking of which, I was planning on removing the engine from the top since I need to keep the car easy to roll. Any tips?

 

Thanks!

 

[saaron]

Speaking of rare things often missing, do the '74s have the little diagnostic thingy on the valve cover near the dizzy, too?  I know they were on the earlier cars.  

 

Scott