Non starting 73 old lady

[stuarts911]

Hi my old lady seems not to want to start she has a new battery 85 ah. She has been off the road for a number of years, ten years. I was wondering if there are any weak spots to look at before I replace the ht side. The fuel pump works it's a new starter motor only a couple of hundred miles before she was laid up. Could the ignition starter unit have failed. cheers.

 

[les richards]

Ten year old fuel will not help - did you renew it?

 

[stuarts911]

Fortunately she had no fuel in the tank, so all the fuel used is new-it appears to be getting nothing on the HT side. She always was a lazy starter even with a new starter motor on. The new battery is an 85 ah so there is enough to start her, If needs be I will pull all the HT side and replace the joys of an old lady.

 

[Robin]

You do not say if your "73" 911 is Carburettored, Mechanical Fuel Injection or K Jetronic type of fuel supply.

I assume that with only one battery it is an "G" series, early impact bumpered car with K Jetronic fuel injection.
A little more infrmation from you could help us advise what to try.
Have you sorted it yet?

 

[stuarts911]

She's an early G with a single battery, running K jetronic fuel injection. Unfortunately, I cried foul and asked my mechanic to come and give it a quick look. He found dodgy wiring to the coil. So it will require him to spend an hour or two fettling. I just have wait for a space to open up in his schedule.