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Congrats on the new car! I see you already found the 358-9-3 paint code thread.

Even after replacing the fuel lines, you've still got to worry about the fuel distributor. I think once you get some fuel in the tank, pull the red fuel pump relay and jumper terminals 30 and 87a. With the ignition on, this will run the fuel pump. It should circulate fuel from the tank to the fuel distributor, and then back to the tank. Hopefully this will clean out any sticky deposits. Then pull the six injectors, put them in jars, and with the fuel pump running, slowly lift up on the sensor plate inside the air box. That should let fuel to the injectors, and you can see if they are all flowing and hopefully nicely atomized.

If the distributor is messed up, you may find the sensor plate is not moving freely and/or all the injectors are not flowing. Maybe let things sit with the fresh fuel for a couple days and try again. If that doesn't work, you'll have to rebuild the fuel distributor.

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