70S - need some guidance on resurrection!
 

Hello all, in 2008 I had my throttle bodies rebuilt by Matt Blast at Eurometrix. Matt is actually a neighbor and does fantastic work. He also replated my fuel lines and throttle cross bar and all the hardware. It all looks great. Until then, the car ran perfectly fine but I wanted to spruce up the engine compartment a bit and the throttles did have a little wear. Here are some photos I took yesterday:

http://mhackney.zenfolio.com/img/s7/...95121072-4.jpg

http://mhackney.zenfolio.com/img/s5/...57415073-4.jpg

Then, like many projects, the project stalled. First, I was not able to get the required gaskets - everyone was out of stock. Then, a month later or so I had a change of jobs, family stuff, you know, "life" got in the way. Long story short, I did moth ball the car to make sure I would't have mice problems, plugged all openings to keep dirt out, etc. The car is stored on a lift in my garage. And there it sat. Each spring I would say to myself "once the rain stops I should finish off the throttle install". And then something would come up!

Well, a couple of weeks ago I got motivated and ordered all of the gaskets. They came in last week. I promised myself that I would finally get the car back on the road and I knew that once I got started I would see it through the end. It is such a lovely 70S!

I targeted yesterday to get started. It was a fantastically beautiful autumn day in New England - perfect for working on an early 911 in an open door garage! I cleaned up the garage and lift a little and then lowered the 70S down to floor level. I popped the engine hood and looked in. Everything looked exactly as I left it with no evidence of mouse meanderings. In fact, the interior and front hood area were also "clean" and the inside even had the sweet fragrance of an early Porsche 911 s!

I vacuumed the engine compartment - twice - to get rid of any dust and grit. I also carefully vacuumed the plugs I had installed in the throttle openings. I did have a little bit of old gasket material to remove so I replugged the openings and soaked the old gasket in liquid wrench and cleaned the remnants off with toothpicks and a fine Scotchbrite pad. That all went quickly and encouraged me to continue.

Once everything was cleaned - I used a lot of rags and went over the entire engine compartment - I test fit the fuel lines to make sure where they fit. Here is a photo:

http://mhackney.zenfolio.com/img/s12...44873856-4.jpg

So now I estimate I have a few hours of work installing the throttle bodies, fuel lines, etc. I have the reference manual so I can make sure everything is installed and buts torqued properly.

And this is where I could use some guidance!

Firstly, should I or do I need to do anything as I reassemble? For instance, should I prime the fuel lines before installing?

Next, and I think this will be the most difficult part - will be firing it back up after 6 years of sitting. What is the best process for restarting? I had drained the gasoline (and had put preserve in before draining) when I moth balled it. I removed the battery at the time too. The oil and filter had less than 500 miles. What do folks recommend to revive the engine?

And to show you what she looks like:

http://mhackney.zenfolio.com/img/s9/v2/p894279469-4.jpg

Thanks!
Michael