My $100 1983 944 Farm Find Mud Rescue Resurrection Thread
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This part has been sorta hanging in one of the gaps on the driver's door, which has no inside panel. Does anyone know what it’s for? Door handle seems to work fine on either side so I’m not sure. The PO mentioned the door card was off because he was playing with the aftermarket remote locks. Could this be part of that mechanism(and thus disposeable)?
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You won't like this and it probably won't do any good, but that looks remarkably like the part I use to adjust the float valve on my toilet.
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Looks like an extra rod to lock the door, Could be part of the PO's mess left over..There should be at least one rod running from the inside of the door to the lock mechanism near the rear of the inside of the door.If I remember correctly..?What does the PET say? any pictures match up??
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Doesn't match anything in the above diagram, no.
Also I want to say, leaving near a Pelican Parts warehouse is awesome! I ordered brake pads and some sun visor clips and misclany yesterday, and they arrived today. Fantastic!
Also I want to say, leaving near a Pelican Parts warehouse is awesome! I ordered brake pads and some sun visor clips and misclany yesterday, and they arrived today. Fantastic!
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Pic from my brakleen:
Here's my unit:
Looking at it again, this is clearly not an original unit. It's off-center, and it doesn't say blaupunkt. The feel is not very good on it either. I'll still try to get it working, since I have all these cassettes, but I'm still stumped on how to get it off, short of trying to pry the faceplate off of it.
Here's my unit:
Looking at it again, this is clearly not an original unit. It's off-center, and it doesn't say blaupunkt. The feel is not very good on it either. I'll still try to get it working, since I have all these cassettes, but I'm still stumped on how to get it off, short of trying to pry the faceplate off of it.
Good luck with your project!
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I've been researching this radio subject for quite a while and it appears that the early 944's had four speakers (wired) and an antenna but did not come with a radio unless optioned at the factory or dealer installed. My 84' is a very low optioned car so, unless the selling dealer installed a unit (who knows?), it came with a plastic cubby in the single DIN space.
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So today’s wrench session has the new fuel pump in and new brake pads all around but we just can’t get it to fire up on its own. It’s trying really hard but can’t seem to keep going. We know it has air and spark, and we know we have great pressure to the fuel rail, but we cannot confirm the fuel injectors. We tried adding fuel system treatment directly to the fuel rail then repressurizing the system, and that got it almost working, but it just won’t run. I’m thinking I just have to pull the injectors. I’ll try to put them through the ultrasonic cleaner first to see if I can fix it but most likely I’m going to have to bite the bullet and buy a new set. Ouch.
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So today’s wrench session has the new fuel pump in and new brake pads all around but we just can’t get it to fire up on its own. It’s trying really hard but can’t seem to keep going. We know it has air and spark, and we know we have great pressure to the fuel rail, but we cannot confirm the fuel injectors. We tried adding fuel system treatment directly to the fuel rail then repressurizing the system, and that got it almost working, but it just won’t run. I’m thinking I just have to pull the injectors. I’ll try to put them through the ultrasonic cleaner first to see if I can fix it but most likely I’m going to have to bite the bullet and buy a new set. Ouch.
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We tried adding fuel system treatment directly to the fuel rail then repressurizing the system, and that got it almost working, but it just won’t run. I’m thinking I just have to pull the injectors. I’ll try to put them through the ultrasonic cleaner first to see if I can fix it but most likely I’m going to have to bite the bullet and buy a new set. Ouch.
http://rennbay.com/dme-relay-info.html
The DME itself controls the fuel injection and would be the first place to look with a car that's sat outdoors for so long. In the 83 it's located in the driver side footwell, to the left of the steering column.
Keep up the good work!
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Before you go buying new injectors, do you know whether the DME is working correctly? Have you tried bypassing the DME relay?
http://rennbay.com/dme-relay-info.html
The DME itself controls the fuel injection and would be the first place to look with a car that's sat outdoors for so long. In the 83 it's located in the driver side footwell, to the left of the steering column.
Keep up the good work!
http://rennbay.com/dme-relay-info.html
The DME itself controls the fuel injection and would be the first place to look with a car that's sat outdoors for so long. In the 83 it's located in the driver side footwell, to the left of the steering column.
Keep up the good work!
#105
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This can rule out the DME relay, but not the DME itself. When they go bad, the car can run haphazardly or not run at all.