I swear I'll get around to uploading pictures of all the new parts one of these days. I'm waiting on the last couple trucks still, but this pile is growing impressive.
I got a little work done yesterday. I got the old gas out and new gas in; the car does the same thing it did last year. It'll start right up with a little bit of starting fluid, idle poorly for 3-10 seconds, and then stall. If I open the throttle, I can keep it running as long as I want. At this point, I still suspect the fuel pressure regulator. The OEM pump seems perfectly fine, as I used it to push the 4 gallons of old gas out of the tank and it didn't take long at all.
I did not replace the FPR, nor did I replace the starter. The starter is absolutely toast now, and needs multiple attempts to get it to try and start. I didn't feel like laying in the mud to take the thing that far apart, so I didn't. I did manage to patch the exhaust together enough that there is no longer any fear of the neighbors calling the cops on me, so that's nice. I'll continue working on this and hope it fixes the fueling issue.
My attempt at fixing the boost gauge sensor on the firewall failed. Does this send any information to the ECM, or is it purely for the dashboard? Like, do I NEED to replace it?
Likewise, I discovered a single broken wire going to the one pin white connector at the distributor. The wire is broken off/pulled out of the small electrical component that is screwed down to the body of the distributor. What the heck is this thing, and how important is it? I don't see a good way to re-attach the wire, and I can't replace it if I don't know what it is.