Posted by LJD on November 29, 2011 at 15:55:31 from (67.142.130.47):
I finally did something today I've been dreading for a long time.
A little over 8 years ago I put my 79 Datsun 280ZX away in an old barn I have a few miles from home. I didn't realize at that time that it would not come back out for a very long time. We had a new kid born and figured a sports car would be no use to us for quite awhile.
As years went by I got more nervous about the gas in the car. It has a weird German Bosch Jetronic fuel injection system. One injector for each cylinder and it fires 1/2 fuel charge every stroke.
I tried many times to siphon the gas out of it but I never was successful. I also tried to make the on-board electric pump do the work, but never took time to figure out how to make it work without the engine running.
I'm sure everyone has heard how gas goes bad in 1 year, right? So, how about eight-plus years?
Finally today, my now over 8 year old "baby" boy and me went over to try to get it running.
Tires were dry-rotted and flat and the car was laying on a wood barn floor. So I jacked it up to keep the exhaust some distance from the wood. Put a battery in it and - it fired right up and ran perfect! Hard to figure.
I then got enthused and finally took the whole gas filler neck apart. Finally got a siphon in there and drained out 16 gallons of gas that kind of looks like red wine. I put some fresh gas in with Stabil and hopefully it's good again.
It sits in this 1830 barn along with many other small tractors, a 1950 Ford truck, and a 1972 MGB.
Look at the raccoon tracks all over the windshield.
More coon tracks on the back window . .
One of the rotted flat tires that did NOT last 8 years . .
The 2.8 liter straight-six . .
Assorted old other junk nearby . . . including a 1930 Viking Twin, B16 original "Rototiller", 1972 MGB, 1950 flathead Ford truck, etc.
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