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posted by alschnertz on Tue Dec 5 01:08 CST 2006
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I know you say you are getting fuel and you filled the tank recently.
Have you tried pouring some fuel down the carbs and seeing if it fires?

My 145 died last summer. I contemplated the same things as you, saying to myself you only need fuel, compression, and spark. Why the hell isn't this thing running?

My problem turned out to be water contaminated gasoline. Was real hard to diagnose...smelled like fuel, looked like fuel and therefore I assumed it was not a fuel issue. This drove me nuts!

Pulled the fuel bowl covers off the carburators carefully so I could inspect and sure enough you could see the water at the bottom of the fuel bowl. Dried them out, flushed the line, changed the filter and was good to go.

Then it was time to fix the leak on the rear door/window. Still chasing that one. Anyway, check the fuel bowls and refill them with fresh fuel. What have you got to loose at this point.
--
Tom - '60 544, '68 220S, '70 145S, '72 144E (formerly my driver, now parting out), '86 745T

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Headgasket replacement, now car will not start [120-130]
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