Jesus loved to party. Just think about it. Almost every good story was when he was at a party.
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Jesus loved to party. Just think about it. Almost every good story was when he was at a party.
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Andrew, it looks like it was in an accident or at some point over the years someone hit it with a snowplow or something.20211113_125349.jpg20211113_131131.jpgOriginally Posted by Andrew
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Wow, crazy that you found a frame so close! Aside from being a home for squirrels, what's the story here? It looks pretty good except for the tower. Did this guy do a frame swap?
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I see the lower ball joint is sheared off on the lower control arm. Maybe that caused the accident?
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No he bought it of Grady way back many years ago for cheap "Just in case I ever needed it" as he said. It has just been sitting outside behind his mom's house for like 15 years.
Basically after I got my DeLorean a month or so ago I was like a bloodhound tracking down anyone in the state that had every owned a DeLorean. This guy lived right near by and it turns out that he just randomly had a spare frame.
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Another weird coincidence, this guy that I got the frame from has an 82 also but his is an auto. Pretty nice car.20211113_122631.jpg20211113_122006.jpg
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One thing that didn't make sense to me is that the pull straps were on the door handles. Wouldn't that mean it is a 1981?
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Yesterday the wife did the following work on the car- changed the fuel filter (twice because the first one leaked like a sieve), removed the intake parts to check for block rot on the top of the engine, Cleaned the top of the engine block, hooked everything back up and tried to get the car to start.
Found more rust damage to the frame. I am really glad that I found a replacement frame. 20211113_152801.jpg20211113_155015.jpg20211113_183409.jpg20211113_191031.jpg20211113_191048.jpg
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We couldn't get the car to start still. I DID NOT change the accumulator. I looked up in there and said "No way!" This car is getting a total frame off restoration so I don't think I should be disturbing the accumulator right now.
If I push down the airflow plate down a few times with the fuel pump running the car will try to start. What should I do next? What about the WUR? Does that send more fuel during start up?
How do I troubleshoot this?20211113_182941.jpg
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Do you have a K-Jet fuel pressure gauge that can read both primary pressure and control pressure? That's job #1.
You are already familiar with jumping the fuel pump and pressing on the air plate it seems. Have you tried a spray pattern check on the injectors? Also compare volume of fuel delivered per injector. Likely due to all the other clues on this car that you need new injectors anyway.
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