Ok, so now I’m learning all about ignition systems, old school. I found my spare brain, and it has a Bosch referb sticker on it. I pulled the installed one and it looks like it’s original equipment. I swapped them out, but still no fire. And then there’s the distributor…..
I was a little young in the mid to late seventies, and I never got into wrenching on cars later, so this mid seventies air cooled electronicly fuel injected horrizontally oposed four cylinder is so basic it’s almost cryptic to me. From reading the factory repair manuals, the 914 handbook, an excellent parts catalog, as well as cypering through vintage MG and BMW websitees, I am starting to put the pieces together.
I ordered a new dist. cap and rotor, as well as a new set of wires and points, and I already have a new coil, condenser and plugs. So, with the exception of the injector triggers and some plate parts, it’ll be a new ignition system.
There are a few things I can check tomorrow so I’ll know then. I’ll have to check to see if the injectors
are getting the signal to fire, as well as the cold start injector. I wish I had a pressure gage. If I’m reading the books right, If they’re not firing, the trigger points might be to blame, and that’ll require pulling the whole distributor assembly. Yeah, I should know tomorrow if they’re working. I still need to re-plumb the upper fuel lines. The putz at advance sold me carb fuel line, and not high pressure FI line, now I know. Don’t get me wrong, but the manager at another location actually schooled me and another employee that FI hose is clearly marked, as in printed on the hose. And as a side note on this topic, I had ordered an upper fuel line kit and that hose was not marked FI either, so I’m skeptical about it now. No biggie.
I think the new oil is getting into the engine. It’s getting easier to crank. The crap that came out of it was nasty. I’ll get some fire, then I’ll focus on the EFI.
Don’t worry MD, I just had to drop back and take a breath.
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