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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 08:38 PM
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starting a wrecked car?
i have an 89 N/a that has been wrecked and the AFM is busted is there any way that i can start the car with out it? also the car has been sitting for about 2 years what else will i need to do to start it?
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 08:41 PM
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Re: starting a wrecked car?
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also the car has been sitting for about 2 years what else will i need to do to start it?

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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 08:45 PM
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it turns freely and i know i was running when it got wrecked.
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 08:47 PM
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replace the AFM and fire it up.
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 09:09 PM
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is there any way to start it with out the afm? also the idiot that i got the car from tried to wire up an s4 AFM to it. would that have caused any problems?
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 10:52 PM
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grab one off ebay
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Re: starting a wrecked car?
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... also the car has been sitting for about 2 years what else will i need to do to start it?
You might want to put a little ATF in the spark plug hole if it doesn't start right up.
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 12:47 AM
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thanks for the help. but what about the attempt (by someone else) to use an s4 afm? would that have messed anything up?
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