If you're relying on the oil pressure switch to turn the fuel pump on, it will need to see 10 psi of pressure before it completes the circuit. If your relay is good, try tracing the 12v from the relay and see where you lose it (if you have it). You might want to check your grounds, if your engine block isn't grounded well to the frame that may explain the problems with your oil pressure gauge jumping all over the place. I used a short negative cable from advance auto and ran it from somewhere on the front side of the engine to the passenger side rear wheel well. There was a popular thread explaining this but I can't seem to find it now.
I like your garage floor covering, was it expensive? If you don't want to derail the thread, feel free to pm me. I'm looking to put a floor covering down in a house that I'm closing on in august.
Hmm, I might add a extra ground anyways just to eliminate the possible issue. I've heard that a few times around other threads.
The flooring is simple vinyl tiles that I have found around Home Depot and Lowes from $.25-$.50 / sq. ft. depending upon if they are on sale, It's a cheap floor. But you have to use good glue (don't remember which) to make sure it's down good because Fiero's Independant suspension will pull up the tiles if sitting on it for an extended period of time. Especially after jacking the car off the floor and sitting it back down. The suspension will push the tiles apart. I had to reglue a few of them with stronger glue and it fixed the issue.
Ok, I got another motor to help rebuild a Driverside motor for my GT's Headlight. I took it apart last night and found it was in MUCH better condition on the inside of the case.
I found a half tooth missing on the gear, luckily my original motor has a perfect gear. I will have to buy another gear for the driverside probably cause it probably has teeth missing since it keeps running when it goes up or down.
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06:57 AM
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Posts: 43235 From: Southern MN Registered: May 2007
I've got one motor back together on the driverside. I hooked it up and it worked perfectly. I am so happy. Now I moved on to the passenger side and it was a stripped gear. I'm ordering a new one as I type. I've got the rest of the motor alaready cleaned and put back together. I am also working on my Slim down pop up headlight mod. I have cut down my buckets and made my new brackets to fit my 4x6 headlights. I should have it together tonight. I will, of course, post pics here shortly. I'm stoked to see the lower version lights pop up together. I haven't had the head lights working up/down since I got it.
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fierofool Member
Posts: 12932 From: Auburn, Georgia USA Registered: Jan 2002
Hey, I have 3 rebuilt right side motors up here if you just want to put your new gear set aside for parts, or I'd even buy it from you.
I actually went to buy it and thought twice about it. The ones I found was $30 for that one nylon gear. To me they are over chargining for a simple nylon gear. I'm gonna have to wait til I get paid again. :-) I have the motor cleaned and lubricated sitting there waiting for the nylon gear. I'll go ahead and mount my slim headlight buckets and the Driverside will work. I'll move to the Fuel Rail replacement for now and come back to the motor after Pay day.
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08:56 AM
fierofool Member
Posts: 12932 From: Auburn, Georgia USA Registered: Jan 2002
Are you kidding? The Fiero Store has the rebuild kit with screws and bumpers for $20. You can find it under lamps and lenses/headlights and motors, page 2.
Are you kidding? The Fiero Store has the rebuild kit with screws and bumpers for $20. You can find it under lamps and lenses/headlights and motors, page 2.
OH! , see it's good to know people.
I was looking on Ebay and it was blowing my mind how much for a piece of plastic
Yesterday afternoon I got my chance to complete the driverside light and motor rebuild. I fininshed cutting down the bucket frame and then after install I had to go back and mod the finishing panels on the side to fit better in it's new position. I think it looks ten times better. I love the sleek look and the clean headlight lenses. I took some pics of the Sport's headlight in comparison. I quickly realized that I forgot to wash the Sport's headlights and they are covered in Pollen, but you get the idea. and the bad night pic
I am still waiting to get the passenger side motor together but the housing is cut down and the light is mounted ready to install,. I love it.
Here's both headlights installed. Love the way they look. The passengerside is a touch slower than the drivers side, but it works just fine.
I ended up using the chipped gear in the passengerside. I looked at it real hard and just figured, half a tooth missing shouldn't affect it and even if it does, I will just pull it and replace it. It's not a hard task. So far it works perfectly and I think it will serve me well.
I haven't pointed them yeet because the car stopped running again. It has a bug in the fuel system power that's driving me nuts. ------------------ 86 Fiero 2M4 Silver, and 86 GT
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Well, I think I have a bad Fuel Pressure regulator cause it bleeds down after sitting for a while and at idle it runs at 50 psi. Well last night I started it with the Fuel pressure gauge on the rail and left it over night. I will check and see if it holds by tonight. It's down to 40psi after turning the car off.
We'll wait and see tonight....
------------------ 86 Fiero 2M4 Silver, and 86 GT
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Posts: 458 From: Ft Wayne, IN, USA, Earth Registered: Aug 2010
1. what kinda drink is that in the cup holder on the zero turn? LOL!, That is a Milwaukee's Best. A friend of mine brought them over and left them in my fridge. I was embarrassed, not because it's beer, but because it's a Milwaukee's Best, so I turned the label around. Funny thing is, the guy liked the cup holder that I made there. He said when he cuts the grass is the only time he drinks beer and jams to his favorite music.
2. did it go in the trade? Nah, that would have been embarrassing to offer it to him. Might have broken the deal. LOL!
3. Can we see them drawer handles please? lol are those hotwheels? cool! howd you attach em? Yea, the drawer pulls are Hot wheels cars that have been drilled and epoxied to the doors.
Ooops thats four questions
Anyway sweet score! Gotta love Craigslist, well sometimes
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Ha Ha the drawer pulls are pretty cool. I had to go back and look because I didn't notice when I read your first few thread entries! Got to love inginuity!! Keep up the good work car is looking great. Headlight mod came out really good. I plan on doing mine as well. I just have too many things going on right now to get anything done on the car though.
Ha Ha the drawer pulls are pretty cool. I had to go back and look because I didn't notice when I read your first few thread entries! Got to love inginuity!! Keep up the good work car is looking great. Headlight mod came out really good. I plan on doing mine as well. I just have too many things going on right now to get anything done on the car though.
Yea, i am still trying to change out that Fuel Pressure regulator and haven't found the time. Also the heat is not making me want to be outside as much.
Well I got a good bit done last night. I changed out the ICM. The car still didn't start. Ew that made me mad. I thought, O.K., the ECM is bad, let me change that out. I changed that out and as I did I found these pin holding clips laying below the ECM. So basically the plug was connected but could have had a pin or more come loose. So I plug in the new to me ECM and see on the large plug where the clips were off the Green and white wire not all the way in and prolly, MAYBE the reason why the fuel pump wasn't getting signal. So I pushed in the ECM plug pin clips to make sure the pins are properly seated. I feel better thinking that was the inconsistant problem all along.
Well, I get the ECM installed correctly and check everything to be correct. Go to start the car and it doesn't start again. No Fuel Pressure still.
So I start thinking....... My last ditch effort really..... I grab a extra grounding cable I have and attach it to one of the intake bolts and back to the negative of the battery. The car starts right up.
I think that was my problem all along. Bad Grounding somewhere or everywhere. Now I have perminantly installed a extra ground wire to the block.
I next moved on to replacing the Fuel Pressure regulator. I pulled off the top of the intake and found, what I had assumed, that the EGR tube was bad. The top part that attaches to the intake had already been welded VERY poorly and was leaking. I removed it and found that it was covered up with a Aluminum can piece at the intake. It wasn't working to begin with. Anyways I am fixing it with a 1/2" Natural Gas flex pipe. I cut off the ends that came with it and re-flanged them into the original EGR Tube ends. So far it looks and fits great. I won't know until I get done re-painting the intake and re-installing. But here are the ends I made up.
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Posts: 3537 From: Lawrenceville, GA USA Registered: Feb 2009
I got the GT running great last night. I finally got the EGR tube working correctly. After installing and re-installing 2 more times I got it right. The first time it was whistling at me like a Turbo. Kinda sounded good but I knew it would not work of course. LOL! Since the gaskets were on incorrectly from the PO I had to try it a couple different ways before I got it. Also my flanged end on the intake side needed a little more flange to it to make it work correctly.
At first when I started the car it idled up to 3000 rpms. I was not happy and played with the timing and checked the tube and anything else and then eventually, after it had already warmed up, I guess the ECM figured out the change that had been made and idled down perfectly for the first time since I've had the car. I love it. It idles good now.
I washed the car, put a plug in the leaky tire that had a nail in it and cleaned the coffee off the passenger seat from months ago. I put the tire slick on the tires and now it's sitting ready to roll out on Saturday to Whodeanies.
I drove the GT up to the Wing place last night and it ran great. BUT the Check engine light came on shortly after I got going down the road so I think the EGR tube is still leaking a little. So the flanging of the ends didn't work well enough so next step will be to pull it back off and Braze it with MAP gas and soldier. After that is done it should work perfectly. Right now it's a lot better and actually seems to have smoothed the idle. It idles at 1400rpms right now but is running good.
------------------ 86 Fiero 2M4 Silver, and 86 GT
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Aug 6th, 2011
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Posts: 151 From: Corydon, IN, US Registered: Feb 2010
Your first order of business is getting rid of that Fram filter.....Otherwise VERY nice pick up! =D
WOW!, outta all those pictures you pick that out... LOL! I didn't even notice. I will though, I am not a Fram person anymore. I was growing up but then watched a few infomercials and it changed my mind. LOL! What do you suggest?
I drove the GT this morning to take to Whoedenies today. I figured out that the bulbs that came with my 4x6 lenses are VERY dim. Gonna have to replace them with something brighter. Had to run with my brights on the whole way to work.
Well Monday I tinted my Taillights on the GT and the Sport. I sanded with 800, the sprayed them with VHT NiteShades, then wet sanded with 1000 then spray MANY coats of clear until I ran out and then wet sanded with 2000 and compounded them out.
Sunday, I lowered the rear end. Cut a coil off. Monday I cut a coil and half off the front. Monday afternoon I had it aligned. OMG! How much better this thing drives with a Laser alignment. The mechanic said ALL the bolts took breaker bars to get loose and were still hard to move.
Such a differnce. MUCH easier to drive now.
Here it is lowered now
Here you can see a previous pic with the wheel gap Also now that the rear is lowered the rear wheels are flush with the fenders. Before they sat in. The A-Arms extended the wheels out perfectly.
