karl ruiter

Oh Yeah. Intact Pasha!

On the accumulator: if Jim says it work, it works.

porsche_dawg

The red thing is a light for an alarm system but I think the alarm was removed. They cut the door panel to put boston acustic speakers attached with silicon. The car did start with fuel sprayed directly into the intake but the fuel tank was out when I bought it. Only things I have done is remove light covers because one of them was jammed, started to sand down some rust and a little bit of vacuuming.

danglerb

Spraying in ether shows the ignition system is working, which it usually is. Its not helpful to continue spraying ether once you know the ignition works, it won't do anything for the fuel system.

Dennis Wilson

Check with www.928intl.com for both used and new parts.

Dennis

danglerb

That level of corrosion doesn't just happen in one place, filter might catch almost all of the junk, but there is very little chance the whole fuel system won't need to be either rebuilt or replaced with new. Injectors have two good filters before them, the WUR and Fuel Distributor with tiny internal screens.

The Pascha looks better by far than most, but I would be very careful with it, since old fabric tears very easily. Maybe take the seats and door panels off and store in some safe place while you fix the rest?

utjmac

Man, I love that interior. Welcome to the vice that is the 928.

James Bailey

Yes the several feet of hi press rubber hose in place of the accumulator does work. Again like the garden hose with a nozzle on the end when you shut off the tap at the house if you unscrew the nozzle on the other end of the hose you get very wet You do need to have a fuel filter and odds are the fuel dist/injectors are all full of junk. You need to get very familiar with CIS Injection or spend $1,000 or so swapping parts. The goal now is to get it running for as little $$$ as possible because then and only then can you find out how bad the transmission shifts etc. etc. This one is a classic for my line....$10,000 away from being a $5,000 car. Nothing wrong with that by the way , just how it often is.

David L. Lutz

All great suppliers listed here and also very helpful as is this board.

Welcome and good luck with your project.

David L. Lutz

You can always trust JB's advice. Sounds like a good idea to get the car up and running spending as little as possible and then proceed to tackle the worst items first. New parts cost add up in a hurry.

danglerb

Look on the bright side, it might be $15k away from being a $10k car, done right it will be pretty sweet.

zoltan944

If anything, things like wrapping hose and such gets you through the initial stages. Odds are you will need $$ for something else that will be NEEDED more than the accumulator. Quick fixes and band-aids are fine when used as band-aids and removed for the right part later. As Jim says you need to just get everything else 'working' so you can continue on checking electrical and trans, etc...
BTW- ive seen worse! Good luck with the project!

Dennis Wilson

Diagnostic shortcuts are fine, but he should definitely replace the pictured fuel filter. Also, he will run a large risk of blowing out the old seals in the fuel distributor if too much pump pressure achieved. Then there is the potential of running too rich and hydrolocking the engine BTDT.

Dennis

danglerb

The "get it running" urge needs to be tempered with do no further damage.

buzzdwyer

hey porsche_dawg,
our cars are distant cousins. i have been restoring my '78 euro for some 4 years now and its almost done. i will have it ready for Frenzy this year!
my vin is #9288101829
i have done a fairly full restoration. i plan on posting the full story soon, but here are a few choice pics. PM me if you want to chat more about the 78.

buzz

IrishLegend

Hey Buzz, how about some more pics?