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[Porschephile]

a match and the neighbor's yard... hand crank fuel pump to get it there...
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werd B.

[My924gtc]

Is there something in the water in Littleton, CO that makes you people so malicious?
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MJ
'81 924 2.0L T
'82 924 2.3L SC/EFI <---online fall '06

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[Vince Ponz]

Save yourself a lot of trouble and remove the sending unit and then remove the in tank fuel pump. You will remove a lot of rust doing this way and it will not destroy anything along the fuel line.
I did this twice and removed about a cup of rust from the tank ea time.

Just have some large pans to catch the fuel.

Thunderbird spoiler, ehh. Inside joke.
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"Never let them see you sweat"
77.5 924 modified track car
79 931 Euro stock
88 924S SE
87 911 Targa stock

[Joes924Racer]

Suppose you could remove the sending unit. though I just found a bolt that fit the inside dia. of the the hose that goes to the pump and whenever I
needed it when testing fuel pumps I would pull the bolt and let it flow while
I jammed the hose end over the pump. Just let it drain figure 25 -30 minutes.
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1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.

[Porschephile]

[emoore924]

Ok folks here is the end of the story...

I found a piece of fuel hose and inserted an old piece of fuel line into it. Secured it with a hose clamp. The old fuel line had a fitting on it that allowed me to unscrew the main fuel line out from the fuel filter and replace it with this one. So, instead of feeding fuel into the dizzy, it went down this hose.

I killed the power with the "off" switch. Then I climbed under the dash, removed the fuel relay and jumpered 30-87. Then I took the fuel line/hose combo, put the not-connected-to-the-fuel-line end in a fuel can and put the power back on. The pump happily pumped the fuel out of the tank.

I filled a 5 gal gas can in less than 10 min and was about 1/2 way through the second when I heard the pump start to cavitate (suck air). Then I flipped the power off, waited a few seconds, flipped it on again, then off, on, off, etc., until the pump cavitated consistently (no more than 3 seconds "on" at a time w/20 sec cool down between...)

Removed the jumper. Put the relay back and done.

Problem solved. And quite nicely too. Didn't disturb the fuel system save for the one line removed from the fuel filter, then replaced. No spilled fuel. No muss no fuss no problems.

Thanks for all your ideas. I have pics of the rig and will post when I get a chance...