Another Pickle Post - 1973 Squareback

[Scotty D]

I was going through some old photos and found this one, early 80's, of me and my friends building a launch ramp in the driveway. I'm the Tony Hawk haircut-havin' homeboy with his hand on the platform, 3rd from the left.

You can just make out the front end of my first car, a clementine '72 FI automatic Squareback. Ahh, the memories...

[Scotty D]

Reinstalled the air cleaner with some fresh oil, and reconnected the starter/ignition cable (after removing the remote starter). Turned the key, got the fuel pump going, she started right up and idled nicely. Went through the gears lightly while up on Jack stands in the driveway. All of them work

Now down to the FLAPS for some fresh oil. I’m going to replace the solid cover plate that came on the ‘73 and replace it with one that has a drain plug. Just seems cleaner/easier for future oil changes.

[Scotty D]

Got the stuff for the first oil change. Surprisingly the oil in the engine was extremely clean, and clear. No sign of gas or any sludge. The previous owner must have done some work on it recently.

The original oil cover plate had orange RTV caked between it and the engine case. No bueno

So all of that came off. The strainer was clear of debris. Got all of the supplies set up.

Got it all cleaned up, no leaks after a quick warm up. Then took it for a drive finally!!!

https://youtube.com/shorts/qpUhr_-bocc?si=CpBvk3KNnf2X58zK

[Scotty D]

I figure it’s never too early to stock up on spare parts. Got a great deal on all of this right here on The Samba.Thanks WheeliePete!

[Bobnotch]

Some spares are good to have. You might want to check the AAR valve, as it can be leaned up to be used almost right away. That one is a mechanical version, and they usually work better than the electric one. You can test the injectors too, and maybe build a test harness to use the distributor to fire off the injectors. But you can hose them up and see if they leak, or hold pressure. I had a guy send me a bunch of used injectors, and I sat down one day and tested them using a spare dist to fire them (aimed into peanut butter jars, and using the cars wiring harness to fire them. Turned out only one injector was bad out of the 12-15 in the box. Well worth checking, and then cleaning off the old hose stubs so they were ready for use again. Some of the rest of the bits you'll need a spare engine (long block) to use on.
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