Even though is only 10 F above zero, I took the aircleaner can out to the garage and sandblasted off the majority of the rust. The nose for the tube to the manifold looked like thin swiss cheese when I was done. Not good.
Bondo would work, but I wanted something a little stronger.
After it cures, it can be sanded smooth & painted.
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Got the air cleaner installed. Used the PA intake hose to connect to the throttle body. Problem: hose won't let the air cleaner body rotate enough for the sensor to move out of the space where the vapor canister wants to go.
A different hose is needed. Looks like the air cleaner end needs a 3" I.D. and the throttle body end needs a 3-1/4" (83mm?) I.D.
Anybody have any suggestions? Also, the can outlet is way lower than the throttle body inlet.
Using a 3" dia PVC elbow & a strip of adhesive backed foam weather stripping applied to the groove in the outlet nose of the aircleaner, here's the result
Engine sounds quieter, too.
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Before I can prep for paint, there's a small crack on the lower driver's door that needs fixed.
Upon closer inspection, the door skin had to be removed to fix the crack.
Seems somebody had attempted a fix prior using massive amounts of Bondo. No flex hard Bondo on flexible plastic panels that are subjected to below freezing temps, a big NO - NO in my book.
Here's the back view.
Now to grind away the Bondo.
I used a heavy ridge of flexible epoxy body putty on the backside of those cracks.
250.1 miles on 8.004 gallons for this coupe = 30+mpg
Bought a DA sander to help with the spider cracks on the bumpers and front fenders.
Glad I got it. The front cover was a replacement part. Originally red with a clearcoat , it was repainted medium red & given a clearcoat. 4 layers to grind thru.
Also the left turn signal opening is not flat on the bottom. Time for the hot melt a straight section of coat hanger to the bottom side of the wave to straighten it out trick.
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that fiero looks pretty familiar, my friend is painting his 86GT right now. Shoulda looked around for a new door panel insted of trying to refiber it, I have a few red ones on parts cars right now, I am sure alot of people have some laying around also.
darkhorizon:that fiero looks pretty familiar, my friend is painting his 86GT right now. Shoulda looked around for a new door panel insted of trying to refiber it, I have a few red ones on parts cars right now, I am sure alot of people have some laying around also.
Did, couldn't find any. How much do you want? No PM's, please. E-mail me.
To remove the front fender, the rocker panel must be removed. However, someone decided to attach the rocker & fender using metal rivets instead of plastic ones. I'll replace them with plastic after the paint is on.
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Not good.
