Today’s work started with the slow process of removing the fuel system on the engine. One project that I’ve encountered, and to some degree I’ve encountered this all all old cars that have not had rubber lines replaced on a regular basis is that the clamps really distort the rubber and over time (in this…
Category: System – Engine – Fuel
Murbella – Day 18 – FI Engine – Preparation for dropping!
Today was about getting the heating connections separated, the fuel lines and other lines to the engine off, the rear tin out and ancillary pieces removed, and the engine out. Rear Tin As the a carb engine removal, the rear tins needs to come out to allow the engine to be pulled forward off…
Murbella – Day 17 – FI Engine – The cause of the fuel leak?
I cannot be 100% certain yet but I think I may have found the area of the fuel leak that caused me to park Murbella last summer and has lead me to all this engine tear down work. When the fuel leaks happened I was never able to clearly see what was going on. All…
Murbella – Day 17 – FI Engine – Top End – Part 2
I continued disassembling hoses and wires from the top end today. The next step will be the removal of the rear tin and then, the slow removal of the engine from the car. Hoses and wires continue to come off easily with no major force needed so far. I finally got a good view of…
Gen4EFI is probably Żuczek’s future
So while I had not planned to do anything major in a physical sense this winter, I have been doing a lot of reading and research on both body/metal work as well as continuing the dumping of data into my brain in terms of engine building and where to go in the next few years….
Getting Żuczek ready to deal with the fuel issues
So I got Żuczek’s front up on stands to get access to the fuel tank outlet and try to drain what’s there and begin the process of trying to figure out where that water-contaminated fuel was coming from. While I was down there I noticed some things I was definitely not happy about. The main…
Żuczek – Day 2 – Success!
So when I got home from work I immediately got Ż up on stands and started going through the fuel path. Tunnel line was clear. Line from fuel filter to tunnel was clear. But then… as I prepared for fuel to come pouring out of the line from under the tank… Nothing. I hooked up…
Żuczek – Troubleshooting – Day 1
So six months ago way back in October, I took Żuczek out to fill up his tank, get the stabilizer in him, and put him away for the winter. It was on that trip driving back home when he sputtered and died and I was left with having AAA come and tow him home. I…