Here is the New to me 88' CJB. She had a fire in the battery compartment but im going to bring her BACK. Already has a 3800SC with 5 sp. Leather interior / T Top, theres a lot to LOVE !! This is where I start with the Rebuild.....................
Bringing her home
She couldn't get out of this salvage yard fast enough !!
At the Shop at last. Getting ready to access the damage.
Damage. Seams to be from shorted wiring from the starter wires. Positive and negative cables shielding rubbed thru and started a spark in the area of the battery. It must of burned quick and put out quick because besides the wiring and back window and upper body area, the damage is contained to a small area.
Started to take off the upper clip. We cut it at the roofline because I didn't want to take the interior out just yet to remove the bolts. Took out the cooked battery , shattered rear window and cut most of the wires that were damaged.
Next steps are to remove the cradle and rewire a new engine harness and rear vehicle harness. For now just cleaning up all the charred remains, glass, wiring.
Thanks for all your replys. This is definatly one to save. The underside is as new. I can compare it to my 88' 512 Project with 32K original miles.....underside is flawless. I to Cringed when the forklift op came over to get my tag to pickup the car from the yard and put it on the trailer. He had just come out with a car before to put it on a rolloff.... and I was thinking NO WAY is he gonna load a fiero like that !!! Then I talked to him and he assured me that he's moved thousands of cars and this fiero specifically many times already. So.....after looking at the wood lined forks on the lift ....and having no other choice he went to get the car. Placed it gently on the trailer as a pro could and I tied it down within minutes and was ready to go. The forks are pretty narrow on the lift and didn't come close to the coolant lines. After putting the car on the lift at the shop I could not find a trace of it being lifted in that manor. Who woulda thought !
At the Shop at last. Getting ready to access the damage.
Damage. Seams to be from shorted wiring from the starter wires. Positive and negative cables shielding rubbed thru and started a spark in the area of the battery. It must of burned quick and put out quick because besides the wiring and back window and upper body area, the damage is contained to a small area.
Well, its been awhile but the time has come to start working on this again. Its engine pulling time ! Since I didn't build this it takes awhile to figure how things are run and how to disconnect it .
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Now im almost done. Fuel lines done , took the coil pack off to get to it, I will relocate that later, some changes to come Pontiacbuildersnortheast.com
The install and conversion were done pretty well. Im going to clean this up and move the ecm to the engine compartment. Also going to move the coil pack, and some other misc things.
Hears the battery tray. Burnt but still solid metal there. Im going to move the battery to the front and cut this all out and clean this up. Idea is to keep the harness away from the pulley and belts. Prob what caused this to begin with.
