Lost two emblems in the same week! The front shield disappeared on Friday, and the dart on the passenger side is gone as of tonight, less than four hours after I called FieroStore for a new front badge.
I'm now worried that, unless it's just the fact they're 20-year old badges, someone is messing with my car. Someone I know at school with a Mustang has been getting his emblems stolen and I really hope they're not after me as well.
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08:59 PM
Feb 25th, 2009
Jarhead 2m4 Member
Posts: 1849 From: Missouri City, TX Registered: Jun 2006
Clutch pedal won't go down. Was almost home from shopping, slowed for a corner, tried to downshift, but the clutch pedal simply will NOT press down. What's up with that?
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07:21 AM
1MohrFiero Member
Posts: 4363 From: Paducah, Ky Registered: Apr 2003
Clutch pedal won't go down. Was almost home from shopping, slowed for a corner, tried to downshift, but the clutch pedal simply will NOT press down. What's up with that?
Air in the system?
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07:49 AM
MetroMatt Member
Posts: 702 From: Washington, D.C., CAR located in Monroe, Michigan Registered: Jan 2005
Since getting a replacement 3sp autobox into my '85 last year, I've had a "spare" transaxle sitting outside my door (top of the stairs outside my 2nd floor apartment).
Went out this morning to get one of my tyres remounted and get it washed for the first time in a few months.
When I came back, there was a trail of transmissions fluid down the stairs and along the pavement - the gearbox had been stolen...
It will be of no use to anyone here, and has likely been stolen by the "local" scrap metal merchants to be weighedd in down at the scrap yard.
Wouldn't have minded, as 2nd gear was toast on it, but I'd just promised a couple of parts to another Fiero owner here...
well...14 mpg...unknown oil leak on supposed 10k mile engine, belt chatters like mad...iron duke fun lol...no cruise, missing wheel stud on one tire...going to locate oil leak tomorrow, also RR brake caliper leaks a little and doesn't seem to work as i have a pull to the left when on brakes...humph. what's next!
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11:49 PM
Apr 13th, 2009
Mr_jacob7 Member
Posts: 377 From: Silver Springs, Florida Registered: Jul 2007
well, it's been going wrong for more than just today, i've just been too lazy to fix the massive oil leak on the front seal... darn teenagers, these days! don't know how to get off thier butts, and work... hehe
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07:22 AM
Apr 14th, 2009
americasfuture2k Member
Posts: 7131 From: Edmond, Oklahoma Registered: Jan 2006
I was driving home from work when i heard what sounded like frayed wires hit my decklid and then nothing. It just happened once and only lasted for half a second. I was sure the accessory belt on my DOHC had just left the vehicle. It made it the 1/2 mile back to the house. Drive belt was still there minus a notch of width. There was something rubbing it near the alternator. I'll check it out in the morning when there is daylight.
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02:03 AM
Jun 6th, 2009
americasfuture2k Member
Posts: 7131 From: Edmond, Oklahoma Registered: Jan 2006
After taking an impact wrench to car car to take the cradle out, it rattled loose a rusty, weak spot on the frame, and now there is a massive hole in the frame. Considering parting the car out and junking it.
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12:49 PM
greasemonke50613 Member
Posts: 1005 From: Cedar Falls, Iowa, US Registered: Mar 2009
Temp gauge needle started sticking pegged on start up. I good whack on the dash putts it back down and then it works fine till I shut her down, than pegged again.
Nothing has had to be done to my car for two years now. Well aside from tires and oil changes.
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01:43 PM
americasfuture2k Member
Posts: 7131 From: Edmond, Oklahoma Registered: Jan 2006
my fiero caught fire. yea, holy sh**! the charcoal canister was rattling around loosly, rested on a header, and BOOM! WOOSH! popped the decklid to catch it just in time. nothing else was really affected. so far from what i can tell, the looms were melted.
the other thing that started going wrong is it would stall out and not start back up unless i let it sit for like 30min to an hour. and i cant hear the walbro too easy either. so im thinking that the fuel pump is going out and that the DIS module could be going out.
I pulled in for gas, got 9.7 gallons, and looked at the miles traveled, 104, and saw that I got 10.7 MPG
WHAT ???
Then on the way home, I figured out my trip odometer stopped working. The main odometer still works, but as I reset the trip meter, it never moved. I tried a few times, and it still sat at zero.
Now I'll have to rely on the the main odometer. Oh well, this is a failure I can live with.
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Jul 2nd, 2009
americasfuture2k Member
Posts: 7131 From: Edmond, Oklahoma Registered: Jan 2006
hmm...what went wrong.......surprisingly nothing this time. oh yea! i put my HIDs on the car and the connection to plug into the headlight harness is so filled with 20+ year old GM electronics crap (now tar) and the HIDswere getting a horrible connection. i think i hear new connectors calling my nam e
So, last week, driving up a busy thru-town road, and my TCC decided to lock up and stay locked as I came up to a major intersection. *sigh* Couple of neutral drops to cross the intersection, pulled in to a gas station, and unplugged the TCC plug. Don't really care, that stupid duke/slushbox are comin out this week.
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04:32 PM
katatak Member
Posts: 7136 From: Omaha, NE USA Registered: Apr 2008
Tonight I stopped at Pep Boys to get some headlight adjustment screws. I went inside, got the screws and when I came out, the Duke would not start. No click - nothing. All the lights worked and the battery was not dead. I messed with the saftey switch's and wiggled the ign switch, move the shifter around, etc. I had resolved myself to accept that i was going to have a late night - dragging the thing home. After about 30 minutes, I gave it another shot and she cranked and fired? I'm thinking maybe the starter / solenoid got hot and was stuck? I'll pull the starter this weekend.
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11:12 PM
Jul 3rd, 2009
doublec4 Member
Posts: 8289 From: Oakville, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jun 2003
i was adding a fuel pressure gauge to the 3400 fuel rail. had to take off the intake manifold. stripped one of the bolt holes. the fuel gauge and adapter fitting were leaking. i tried to tighten the gauge by hand and broke it. i dont know my own strength.
well the first step is admitting the problem. but you putting the blame on yourself is not healthy. lets talk about your childhood..... did mommy and daddy treat you well? here, show me with these dolls how they treated you. did they ever touch you? show me with the dolls.
hmm...ok.....
thats norma....WAIT! STOP THAT! thats not normal. these arent voodoo dolls damnit. girls play with dolls. . . . . . . . there, do you realize that YOUR the problem now? its not your fiero. its you.
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10:49 PM
proff Member
Posts: 7393 From: The bottom of the world Registered: Oct 2004
well the first step is admitting the problem. but you putting the blame on yourself is not healthy. lets talk about your childhood..... did mommy and daddy treat you well? here, show me with these dolls how they treated you. did they ever touch you? show me with the dolls.
hmm...ok.....
thats norma....WAIT! STOP THAT! thats not normal. these arent voodoo dolls damnit. girls play with dolls. . . . . . . . there, do you realize that YOUR the problem now? its not your fiero. its you.
dude,you are one sick puppy...and yes i thought it was funny too !
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americasfuture2k Member
Posts: 7131 From: Edmond, Oklahoma Registered: Jan 2006
i was puling my center console padded parts off to restore, pulled too hard one of the window switches and *pop* parts where all down the denter console. yanked the skeleton and found the parts. i got paid $0.70 for this taask pretty much
dont be embarrased that your fiero breaks on you. it happens to all of us. who own a fiero.
mine threw up a code 42. and since i have a DIS system, things are kinda different. im trying to eliminate everything before i figure that i need to buy a new DIS ICM.
the charcoal canister was rattling around loosly, rested on a header, and BOOM! WOOSH! popped the decklid to catch it just in time. nothing else was really affected. so far from what i can tell, the looms were melted. 
