It looks generally very good, but with points of white corrosion inside the engine compartment that suggests half exposed storage under a cover was only partial protection.
It runs well enough to move it, but with poor drivability. It had 15-20 minutes of driving, and was reportedly on the verge of not making it up steep hills.
Right now the obvious problems are:
Idles OK, but has no power. This is probably a spark problem. I pulled the TPS, because it is also a suspect and is easier. It was initially quite electrically noisy, but there aren't any repeatable dead spots so I hope that it will self-clean.
I'll check out the distributor cap, wires and spark plug wells next. I'm pretty cautious about the visible corrosion -- I don't want to break clips or snap off fasteners that I didn't actually need to touch.
The cam position sensor behind the distributor cap has a bad connector shell. Disturbingly bad -- I've never seen one that just crumbled. I have a spare Junior Power Timer 3 pin shell that I hope has the right keying to work. The mating side (female pin, with spring clip) is much better condition, even though it presumably saw the same conditions.
Headlights work only with push-to-flash-high, and enough other lights are out that I'm not suspecting bulbs. Is the headlight switch a known weak point?
