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Offline 7upJohn

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Re: New UK Member living in the US.
« Reply #15 on: Sunday,January 17, 2016, 10:36:16 AM »
 :Welcome:Paul
If you are looking for parts I have quite a few from my S2 when it was overhauled

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Re: New UK Member living in the US.
« Reply #16 on: Sunday,January 17, 2016, 11:56:11 AM »
Overhauled?!

More like magically transformed!

Perhaps not magically as there was a heck of lot of work but certainly transformed.

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Re: New UK Member living in the US.
« Reply #17 on: Monday,January 18, 2016, 01:42:29 PM »
Thanks 7upJohn...

Let me start the list of parts needed with LH door quarter glass. Currently have a lovely misted up piece of plastic as a substitute.

Or if anyone else has one, or knows where to get one.

Thanks.

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Re: New UK Member living in the US.
« Reply #18 on: Monday,January 18, 2016, 05:23:11 PM »
That I don't have the originals are still in my car

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Re: New UK Member living in the US.
« Reply #19 on: Tuesday,January 19, 2016, 02:35:21 PM »
....... Steering lock/ignition switch?
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Re: New UK Member living in the US.
« Reply #20 on: Tuesday,January 19, 2016, 04:14:23 PM »
Hopefully, you'll find a good used one at a good price, but failing that, r.d. (rdent.com).

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Re: New UK Member living in the US.
« Reply #21 on: Saturday,January 30, 2016, 08:29:42 PM »
A long couple of weeks working on the car and finally made some progress tonight. After flushing, cleaning, rebuilding, part searching/buying and not to mention sorting the heap off mess on the ignition electrics, I got the car started. I'm still not getting any fuel and so had to manually squirt fuel into the carb.
I ran a vacuum pump on the fuel  line going from the side of the tank to the lower inlet on the fuel pump and it's blocked. Not in the pipe but in the tank. The other pipe going to the front of the tank and T piece is clear. Should the side pipe be blocked? Any ideas what's going on and why it's not sucking fuel?
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Re: New UK Member living in the US.
« Reply #22 on: Sunday,January 31, 2016, 01:30:46 AM »
If it were me, I would drain both tanks, take out the RH tank, and see what crap there was inside the tank.

If you just blew the fuel line with compressed air, what was blocking it would still be there in the tank to block it some other time.

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Re: New UK Member living in the US.
« Reply #23 on: Sunday,January 31, 2016, 06:07:42 AM »
Should the pipe inside the tank from the side entry point be open? Meaning if I run compressed air down it the fuel should bubble?
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Re: New UK Member living in the US.
« Reply #24 on: Sunday,January 31, 2016, 06:42:25 AM »
All pipes should be clear.  Use compressed air carefully, making sure there is somewhere for it to go by removing the cap first.  Build up pressure slowly as you do not want fuel and fuel vapour to suddenly be sprayed everywhere.

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Re: New UK Member living in the US.
« Reply #25 on: Sunday,January 31, 2016, 06:38:40 PM »
I can't get it clear. Tried spraying cleaner down there, followed my compressed air and nothing. Tried a few times over the day and still a blockage inside the tank.

Any other ideas??
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Re: New UK Member living in the US.
« Reply #26 on: Monday,February 01, 2016, 05:50:20 AM »
Remove tank and:

- get it boiled out at a rad shop;

- cut it open and replace the plugged pipe; or,

- replace it.

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Re: New UK Member living in the US.
« Reply #27 on: Monday,February 01, 2016, 01:09:51 PM »
I can't get it clear. Tried spraying cleaner down there, followed my compressed air and nothing. Tried a few times over the day and still a blockage inside the tank.

Any other ideas??
What type of cleaner did you try?
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Re: New UK Member living in the US.
« Reply #28 on: Monday,February 01, 2016, 01:56:07 PM »
Can't you stick stiff wire (fence wire) or an opened out metal coat hanger down a section of the feed pipe to see if you can move the obstruction?

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Re: New UK Member living in the US.
« Reply #29 on: Monday,February 01, 2016, 02:50:39 PM »
I tried PB blaster and also tried a brake cable from a bicycle. The cable came to a holt at the end and repeated jabs didn't free anything up.
Thanks for the advice everyone. Thinking to remove the tank and have it looked at by my local rad and tank specialist.
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