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Author Topic: My '88 Fiero - The Never-Ending Saga  (Read 105144187 times)

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Re: My '88 Fiero - The Never-Ending Saga
« Reply #315 on: September 22, 2017, 06:23:46 pm »
My Fiero is gassed up.  Decklid on.  Steering wheel bolts locktited.  Valves adjusted.

300 miles to go before I sleep...I mean, until it's ready to come home.

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Re: My '88 Fiero - The Never-Ending Saga
« Reply #316 on: October 09, 2017, 07:39:49 pm »
Well, break-in is complete.  It gets a detail this week.

I'm scheduled to pick it up this weekend.

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Re: My '88 Fiero - The Never-Ending Saga
« Reply #317 on: October 13, 2017, 08:33:06 am »
Are you on your way to Texas?
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Re: My '88 Fiero - The Never-Ending Saga
« Reply #318 on: October 13, 2017, 11:06:45 am »

I'm scheduled to pick it up this weekend.

Good luck! I hope it all goes as planned.
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Re: My '88 Fiero - The Never-Ending Saga
« Reply #319 on: October 13, 2017, 03:39:36 pm »
Are you on your way to Texas?

I leave tomorrow to get my car.  So, while you all are having your meeting and working on the Aerodon car and the Fastback Formula, I'll be on my way.

He is meeting me in OK.
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Re: My '88 Fiero - The Never-Ending Saga
« Reply #320 on: October 13, 2017, 03:40:28 pm »
Good luck! I hope it all goes as planned.

It's a story of mice and men.

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Re: My '88 Fiero - The Never-Ending Saga
« Reply #321 on: October 13, 2017, 06:54:55 pm »
Holy cow!  How much does a detail cost?

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Re: My '88 Fiero - The Never-Ending Saga
« Reply #322 on: October 13, 2017, 07:00:37 pm »
Depends upon the detail.  I got an interior and exterior without underhood for $85 on my old Dakota truck.  My daughter did detailing during her jr. and sr. high school years and way back in the early 90's, they could go as high as $150 for a dealership quality detail. 
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Re: My '88 Fiero - The Never-Ending Saga
« Reply #323 on: October 13, 2017, 07:05:12 pm »
Think more...LOTS more $$$.  Basically a car wash.

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Re: My '88 Fiero - The Never-Ending Saga
« Reply #324 on: October 14, 2017, 08:13:53 pm »
I've seen some places charge $250.00 for a full on detail. I haven't seen any of their results though.
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Re: My '88 Fiero - The Never-Ending Saga
« Reply #325 on: October 14, 2017, 09:18:05 pm »
I've seen some places charge $250.00 for a full on detail. I haven't seen any of their results though.

MORE.  I told him he should get a full refund.

They washed the outside of the car, sortof.  They were supposed to detail the front and rear compartments, but did not.  They put the decklid vents in wrong (tabs up), and lost a wing nut.  The windshield, sunroof, rear window, rearview mirror, and dash weren't touched, nor was the underside of the spoiler.  They broke the knob on my radio, as well as one corner on my shift surround.  They threw out the data cable, and lost my bag of tools that was in the TFS glove box.  They got white wax on my black front plate holder, the RF side marker, and the black insides of the quarters.  They destroyed the rear emblem.  They somehow removed the logos from my center caps.  They cleaned the steering wheel, but the wheel is destroyed.  The sun probably didn't help.

They didn't clean inside the fuel door, or the underside of the decklid, or the part between the trunk and the tail lights.  The decklid vents were wiped, but all the stuff they sprayed into them just mixed with dirt and ran down the shock towers.

The front compartment looks like mud was dumped into it.  All up in the cowl that I worked so hard on.  They wire brushed the wiper arms, removing much of the paint.

The rear bumper has that groove, but that wasn't cleaned.

They armour-all'd the wheels, but I can tell which side was down.  There is a spot on each wheel that was clearly toward the ground.  There are also gravity fluid runs.
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Re: My '88 Fiero - The Never-Ending Saga
« Reply #326 on: October 14, 2017, 10:47:02 pm »
Look what I found!




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Re: My '88 Fiero - The Never-Ending Saga
« Reply #327 on: October 15, 2017, 12:12:24 am »
Here goes.  There are some issues:
1. There is a screeching/scraping sound from the rear, possibly the dust shields.  Sometimes, hitting the brake stops this sound; sometimes, shaking the steering wheel from side to side stops the sound, or makes the sound change sides.
2. The RKE sometimes works, often not.
3. The gauges are erratic.  Oil pressure can read fine, then suddenly the needle points to the bottom right of the gauge.  The speedo is just erratic, unless at highway speed.  The tach jumps around.  The temp reads very hot, right below the red, but the computer reads cooler.  The fan does run.  Sometimes, the temp needle moves rather quickly.  The volts gauge reads 12, but no higher.
4. The idle is WAY too high.
5.  The transmission is frequently in the wrong gear.  It may be in third, when it should be in second.  When you step on the gas, it UPSHIFTS, and falls on its face.
6.  Acceleration is acceptable in first.  In second, it doesn't have that burst of power it used to have.  Highway is OK.  It seems that, under acceleration from a stop, it shifts from first almost instantly to third.
7.  The AC doesn't seem to get cold quickly.  I mean, it eventually got too cold for me in the cabin, but after running on max AC for an hour.  The air coming from the vents is cool, but not cold.
8. The shifter slides back and forth between drive and neutral, without feeling firmly in gear.  I cannot shift to first.

It isn't all bad.  The tires, alignment, brakes, and coolant lines are good.

If you haven't tightened the bolts on your steering column, DO IT.  My column felt tight.  I figured to locktite the bolts, anyway.  They were loose.  If mine were loose, I suspect everyone's are loose.
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Re: My '88 Fiero - The Never-Ending Saga
« Reply #328 on: October 15, 2017, 11:39:18 am »

The transmission is frequently in the wrong gear.  It may be in third, when it should be in second.  When you step on the gas, it UPSHIFTS, and falls on its face.


Sounds like the TPS is wired incorrectly. I had the same thing with my 4.9 when I installed the Allante intake.
Should read ~ .5 volts w/ closed throttle. Should read ~5 volts at WOT. You can see it with a scan tool, with the engine off. (May be displayed as "% of throttle open", or similar.)
This is assuming you have a 4T60E. If it's not the "E" version, then the TV cable is likely mis-adjusted.
On the "E" version, the TPS voltage has *everything * to do with shift timing.
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Re: My '88 Fiero - The Never-Ending Saga
« Reply #329 on: October 15, 2017, 12:39:15 pm »
Mine isn't the E version.

Any thoughts on adjusting the idle screw on a 3.4?
« Last Edit: October 18, 2017, 07:14:47 am by GTRS Fiero »