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Posted by Dave on June 16, 2001 at 13:44:32:

My mechanic pal came over today to fiddle with my '77.

Of course I had wires wrong all over the place. The one thing we still don't know about is the ring connection w/ 3 grounds splitting off the harness to the alt. WTF does it go?

Anyway, we got the old girl to spin by jumping terminals (still issues with wiring). Did not spin all that freely. I added more Marvel Mystery Oil and it finally spun a little better, but certainly not totally free.

Having never owned a fuel injected gasoline car (just diesel!), I don't know how to try and get it running after sitting for so long. Can I remove the bellows and add some gas to the intake (I assume that's what it's called, looks like a big piston to the right of the injector lines on the driver side wheel well)? Or anywhere else for that matter?
It was all so simple with carbs ;)

Thanks, as always!

-Dave
'77 320i
bmw02.org

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