Person at car show: "Oh, look. It's one of those sweet little Fieros. Ain't it cute and what's the hood up for? It's only got a little V-siiiiiiii.............ZOOOOOH MY GOD!!!!! "
Can anyone say sleeper?
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Got cabin fever and went for a ride this evening. Darned 3800 seems to foul plugs all the time. Went to Plainfield Ave to try to get rid of the miss. Saw two Fieors. Both White in driveways. One was Tims and one was Daves.
Rides: 86 Fiero GT, Blue, V8 " Snapperhead" 2013 Fierorama Best of Show Non-Stock, , 88 Formula White stock soon to be 4.9 met Blue like Snapperhead--- 10 Camaro, 99 K2500 Suburban, 04 Trailblazer
How hard was it to do, I'm going to be doing this next month.
About the same as any other car, the transmission mounts are a little bit harder due to the angle that they sit. A lot easier to do if you have a hoist, but it can be done 1 side at a time with jacks and a piece of 2x6.
------------------ 86 Fiero GT 4spd - L67 swap: VS cam, GenV 98 GTP - Some mods
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About the same as any other car, the transmission mounts are a little bit harder due to the angle that they sit. A lot easier to do if you have a hoist, but it can be done 1 side at a time with jacks and a piece of 2x6.
DING, DING, DING ! ! ! We have a winner.
It was a bit of pain though, but it's a whole lot stiffer and I got rid of the annoying "clunk" sound when I put it in gear.
Replaced the speakers in my 87 GT. This thing still had the original speakers... and most still worked! Of course, the sound quality was absolutely terrible.
Replaced the speakers in my 87 GT. This thing still had the original speakers... and most still worked! Of course, the sound quality was absolutely terrible.
I did that last week! 4 new Pioneer speakers and a new stereo! Now I can actually listen to music in the car off of my phone! And they sound amazing!!!
Woohoo! I just got my Mr. Mike's seats installed! I've been waiting since Christmas to install them!
On a side note, Amazing job on the seat covers Mr. Mike. Not only the quality work on the covers, but the tutorial and complete package of items included with the seat covers. Thank you!
Installed my new rfid push button start, keyless entry and security system. Very nice now it will be ready for the new bezel I've been working on when it's finished.
Steel vacuum lines installed. New IAC valve installed. Got too excited and put the newly painted plenum on without the MAP sensor and the lines running to it. Got frustrated and stopped for the night. I am easily distracted.
ABS headliner, sun visors and brackets came in the mail today, though
Fired up my 86 GT for the first time this year to get it out of winter storage. It stalled a couple times which is very unusual and the idle speed was hunting all over the place. No codes so I suspected an ignition problem and started by taking off the distributor cap. Anybody see what's wrong?
Four of the arms on the rotating portion are physically gone, and one of the stator arms is bent! Oh, and there was a pile of rusty bits in the bottom of the distributor. It's incredible it ran at all! Good thing I have a spare parts engine sitting around for just these kinds of occasions. Here's a new one for reference (not mine):
Fired up my 86 GT for the first time this year to get it out of winter storage. It stalled a couple times which is very unusual and the idle speed was hunting all over the place. No codes so I suspected an ignition problem and started by taking off the distributor cap. Anybody see what's wrong?
Four of the arms on the rotating portion are physically gone, and one of the stator arms is bent! Oh, and there was a pile of rusty bits in the bottom of the distributor. It's incredible it ran at all! Good thing I have a spare parts engine sitting around for just these kinds of occasions. Here's a new one for reference (not mine):
What did I do to my fiero today, you ask ? I stared at it to make sure it is not a dream. Finally found the perfect one, , 1988 factory t-top ( #186 in registry ) GT , two owner , 5-speed, PW&L, 74K, in Medium red. After 16 hours on the road, it is sitting in my garage. This summer is gonna rock.
What did I do to my fiero today, you ask ? I stared at it to make sure it is not a dream. Finally found the perfect one, , 1988 factory t-top ( #186 in registry ) GT , two owner , 5-speed, PW&L, 74K, in Medium red. After 16 hours on the road, it is sitting in my garage. This summer is gonna rock.
Replaced the rear struts today, not as hard as I thought it would be but still a nice load of work. Also replaced the right side engine mount while the strut was removed, it was still a PIA!
I shaved the ignition cylinder mounting boss off the column, plugged the hole and prepping for paint. Should be back together Sunday. I also ordered a new set of shaved door lock solenoids as mine were starting to act up
Today I installed new inner and outer dew wipes on the 86GT courtesy of seajai. I cleaned and greased all of the window tracks in order to make things operate smoother and faster, and I cleaned and greased the latch/lock mechanism as well so that the locks would operate.
I installed replacement front Kenwood 4x10 speakers from seajai's old dash from his 88 GT, and then figured out how to wire in four relays to make the power windows go up/down like they should. I'll be performing that modification sometime during the next week or so.
Thanks a bunch to seajai for all of his help today.
*Inner and outer dew wipes installed on driver's side. Took forever to get the window inboard/outboard adjustment right - not sure why since everything was marked where it was. *IAT sensor changed out *First drive since the steel vacuum lines, plugs, wires, distributor cap, EGR, IAC replaced *Would not stay running after startup - Found MAP sensor unplugged (durrr...) *Appears that my high idle problem was solved (yay!) *Car overheated while idling in my driveway (boo!) *Followed procedure to "burp" the cooling system - seemed to stay cool afterwards (yay!) *Found small, but vigorous coolant leak coming from one of the throttle body lines - will fix this week (boo!).
*Inner and outer dew wipes installed on driver's side. Took forever to get the window inboard/outboard adjustment right - not sure why since everything was marked where it was.
That's odd... I've never installed dew wipes in a Fiero before. seajai helped me out this weekend. Showed me how to do one side, hands-on, and then I did the other door. Took about 45 minutes per door to dismantle, clean and grease all the slides, and the latch/lock assembly and reassemble the door with the new dew wipes.
We removed the lift stops at the top of the doors, and the rear rail. That was all we took out. The glass lifted up and we slid it all the way straight back as far as it would go.
Reassembly was just as easy and the rear rail slid right into place. Got all four bolts started, lined it up, and then tightened one bolt up. Everything else was still in line without issue.
I stared at mine and tried to come up with a game plan on my missing first gear in my 125 and wrong flex plate while I am trying to figure out what I'm gonna do with my camaro that decided to spit out 2 freeze plugs on the block that I was planning on getting out of storage for the season
What did I do to my fiero today, you ask ? I stared at it to make sure it is not a dream. Finally found the perfect one, , 1988 factory t-top ( #186 in registry ) GT , two owner , 5-speed, PW&L, 74K, in Medium red. After 16 hours on the road, it is sitting in my garage. This summer is gonna rock.
Just got the furious fuchsia Fiero back from paint. Haven't had any sun lately so really curious to see it in the sun. Lots of metallic and pearl in the pink and black. My painted said this is the first and last Fiero he will ever do. Apparently there are way too many parts to shoot. He did it with the car completely apart since it was a color change. Now the long process of making it a driving car again......... I only took it apart 6 years ago..... not sure what happened to all the parts.
Took delivery of an '88 Cradle today. Second half of a two-part shipment.
Parts all laid out:
Parts thrown together in a test fit:
/*ToDo: Take it back apart. * Pop the hubs/bearings from the knuckles so I can recondition it all (powder-coat!), * Re-pack and re-seal the bearings. */
Rebuilt the passenger side headlight motor. Green crap everywhere! Cleaned, put back together, now the limit switch won't engage. Seems I put it back together wrong. Going to pull it apart and inspect again tomorrow after work.
