Hi Folks,

Looking for any useful clues to help with my latest project. Recently acquired a '73 350SL with manual transmission. Has been in storage for past 7 years and needless to say I'm having some grief getting it running. I have replaced the fuel hose at pump (totally disintegrated) and thrown in a new battery (man those 11 plate jobs are expensive). Spark is excellent, fuel delivery seems OK (pump is going fine, removed and cleaned filter in tank before I put any gas in her) and she cranks over beautifully (oil pressure coming up on the gauge just on cranking). Will fire and run for a few seconds if I give it a blast of engine starter down the air cleaner but refuses to continue running or to fire without the engine start spray.
I swapped the EFI computer over with my other car, to no avail.

Starting to run out of ideas on this one. Any further clues would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Daryl

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