[T3] Starting again?

[Mike Fisher]

It ran 7 years ago, so it will run again as is.  If it still has the
original braided fuel hose I'd replace every piece of it with standard
5/16" fuel hose.  Get it started/running/driving again and take a
compression test.

On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 6:53 AM, Jacob Adam Schroeder <
jacob.schroeder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> It has been a long time since I have posted to this list, because I had to
> garage my '72 Squareback for the past 7 years and have been unable to work
> on it.  I have since been reunited with my car, have relocated it from a
> barn in Indiana to beautiful Northern California, and am wanting to get it
> back on the road again. So I'm wondering, where to begin.
>
> The car ran when it was parked 7 years ago, but I have not tried to turn it
> over yet.  It was my daily driver for about 2 years before I parked it. Do
> you guys recommend that I give it a shot and see if it starts, or do you
> think I should just plan on a rebuild?  If I should try to start it,
> anything I should do first to prep it for the first attempted turn over?
> The Indiana barn, although water proof, was not as safe as a place as I
> would have hoped because I notice significantly more rust on the vehicle
> than when I parked her, but she still looks great.  Most of the rust is on
> the exposed metal (exhaust, disk brakes, around the fuel cap, etc).  So
> again, where should I begin?
>
> Because the fuel that was in the tank is all gone (and there is probably
> some gunk left behind) should I pull the tank and try to clean it out?
>
> I've done nearly all the work to this car myself and would like to keep
> that up.  I find working on the car a great stress reliever -- most of the
> time ;-)
>
> Also, it still has the stock FI system.  Do you guys recommend keeping
> that?  It was difficult to find parts 5 years ago and I'm assuming it has
> not become any easier.  Thoughts?
>
> What else would you guys do in my shoes?
>
> Jacob
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