I just acquired a fuel injected Dodge Aries K (I do not yet know what year it is) which came with my daughter’s house when she bought it two-years ago. There is no paper work anywhere in the car and even the license plates are missing, so I don’t know how long it’s been setting. From what I understand the car was purchased used by the mother of the previous owner of the house. The mother died before the title for the car was transferred. The car was parked beside the house and essentially forgotten. When my daughter bought the house she was told she could do whatever she wanted with the car.
My daughter recently decided to move to another state, so we are turning the house into a rental. As a result it’s finally time to do something with the K-Car! I looked the thing over and discovered it only has 17,000 miles on it (the peddles have no wear which would indicate the odometer is wrong or rolled over). The interior is in reasonable shape, the engine is pretty clean, and the body is straight and rust free (though the paint is pretty bad due to many years of neglect).
There was no key for the thing so I drilled out the ignition switch, inserted a flat blade screw driver and was able to get the engine to turn over but not fire. The fuel gauge reads empty, so I put a couple gallons of premium in the tank hoping I would get lucky. I didn’t. I’m not certain if the fuel pump is coming on. I can’t hear it running but I’m not sure if it’s even audible on one of these cars.
I haven’t had much time to mess with the car yet. I’m planning to tow it to my place tomorrow, where I have the tools I need to get the thing going again. I would like to get the car running, apply for a lost title and sell it as quickly as possible (we already have four cars). I need cash for bills and other projects.
I would like to know if anyone has any suggestions on where I should start first in the effort to get the car running again? To my knowledge the car ran when it was parked.
My daughter recently decided to move to another state, so we are turning the house into a rental. As a result it’s finally time to do something with the K-Car! I looked the thing over and discovered it only has 17,000 miles on it (the peddles have no wear which would indicate the odometer is wrong or rolled over). The interior is in reasonable shape, the engine is pretty clean, and the body is straight and rust free (though the paint is pretty bad due to many years of neglect).
There was no key for the thing so I drilled out the ignition switch, inserted a flat blade screw driver and was able to get the engine to turn over but not fire. The fuel gauge reads empty, so I put a couple gallons of premium in the tank hoping I would get lucky. I didn’t. I’m not certain if the fuel pump is coming on. I can’t hear it running but I’m not sure if it’s even audible on one of these cars.
I haven’t had much time to mess with the car yet. I’m planning to tow it to my place tomorrow, where I have the tools I need to get the thing going again. I would like to get the car running, apply for a lost title and sell it as quickly as possible (we already have four cars). I need cash for bills and other projects.
I would like to know if anyone has any suggestions on where I should start first in the effort to get the car running again? To my knowledge the car ran when it was parked.