[T3] Starting again?

Jacob Adam Schroeder jacob.schroeder at gmail.com
Tue May 8 09:04:12 PDT 2012


Great, thanks for all the advice so far.  It looks like I have a few tasks
to get started on this weekend:

(1) Oil change

(2) Replace fuel lines (I had planned on doing this years ago, but now
seems like a good time to do it).  How much fuel line should it take to do
a complete replacement?  Where can I find the good German stuff at?  I take
it they don't sell it at O'Reilly or one of the other auto parts chains, do
they? You said 5/16"?

(3) Prime everything before I try to fire it up.

Jim: That is great to know that you have plenty of FI parts available, that
really puts my mind at ease and because of that I will keep my Squareback
fuel injected.

I'm sure you all will be hearing plenty from me in the future as I try to
get my Squareback on the road again.  I'll put up some pictures too when I
get a chance.

Jacob

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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