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jjeffries wrote:I'm sure this is a silly question, but have you had your fuel tank cleaned out? John

The tank is brand new John along with all the fuel lines, filter and pressure regulator.

Gary71 wrote:Let’s hope it’s just a silly set up thing. Fingers crossed!

I do hope to Gary. It has done some bizarre things over the last few months - I've scratched my head so much it hurts!

It's been a frustrating few months trying to get the engine running well. I've tried everything I know and more after hours of searching online. So after taking a break for a while to save my sanity, I did the right thing and got someone a damn sight more knowledgeable than me to get it sorted. Toda...

Rose Passion were my go to during my restoration. First class service every time. I even had a part unused for over a year that turned out to be faulty and they replaced it without any quibble.

It's around 95mm give or take a bit. It's a bit difficult to measure in situ.

Keep it up Gary. It certainly get to you sometimes and a break every now and then works wonders. I've struggling with mine for weeks now with engine issues and like you have stepped away from in for a couple of weeks. Still not sure if I can face it this week so I may just leave it another few days....

If you like football and funny stories I recommend the 'That Peter Crouch' podcast. I'm going though the episodes at the moment and have enjoyed a good amount of belly laughs whilst driving.

There's another ground strap from the gearbox that bolts to the underside of the trunk floor. Worth checking that too.

earthing strap - is that the same as negative lead? told you I was electrically challenged I can weld and paint and fabricate by way of balance :) Yeah, the negative lead that connects the battery to the ground point on the inner wing. Something like THIS would be perfect. Just order one the correc...

John_F wrote:My local garage suspected the battery earthing strap needed replacing which they did.
Bingo! - Engine spun like a top.

Checking/changing the earth strap was going to be my recommendation on what to check first.

dt4 wrote:Is any one able to confirm the battery size for a 1.8 please, it looks to be a type 063?

That is correct.

Welcome to DDK. Good to see you on here Steve. It was nice to meet you with you 914 a few months back. I enjoyed the brief drive of it. Reminded so much of mine before its restoration.

So this is the only one that will fit that Dansk do which is a reproduction of the original 1.7/1.8 exhaust. https://www.jpgroupclassic.com/Images_products/1620000410.jpg That will fit of original 1.7/1.8 heat exchangers. I can't think of anything else that's a straight fit for those heat exchangers...

Why on earth would they reproduce a 1.7/1.8L exhaust that doesn't fit the original heat exchangers?? I think something is amiss somewhere, absolutely no one would put that on a set of 2.0L heat exchangers.

I had a Dansk catalogue here but typically I threw it out just before Christmas.

Dansk do make exhausts for the 1.7/1.8L

https://www.design911.co.uk/fu/pt63_398 ... -Mufflers/