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General Fiero Discussion / Re: 86 Fiero SE

« on: December 20, 2008, 04:36:50 pm »

Rob it's black with a grey interior. I will be doing a repaint to black.

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Fuel Tank Cleaning

« on: December 20, 2008, 03:23:41 pm »

Well I pulled my fuel tank on my 86 Se. The car has been sitting since 1992 and when I got the tank down there was alot of rust in the bottom of the tank. The fuel was old and the rust was like sand in the bottom. I did some research on the web and found a method to boil the rust out of the tank. I took arm and hammer washing soda(sodium carbonate) you can't use baking soda because it is sodium bicarbonate and from what I read it doesn't work you have to use the sodium carbonate. I mixed about half the box in hot water, mixing it in a bucket and then pouring it in the tank. I then built an anode out of a piece of allthread I had laying around and hooked a 12 guage wire to it, I put a wire tie on the wire to keep it on the allthread. I then put another wire tie on the wire to clamp a pair of vice grips to the wire to suspend it in the tank. Make sure if youy do this you use an piece of steel with no chromium (they say it makes a nasty gas). after suspending the allthread in the tank I hooked my battery charger negative lead to the tank and the wire from the anode to the positive lead and plugged the charger in and put it on the highest setting. Now the slution is bubbling and should clean the rust from the tank, I will tell y'all how it worked later. I will also take pics of my experiment for y'all to see.

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Re: Fuel Injector Cleaning

« on: December 20, 2008, 03:14:07 pm »

Thanks for the info Rob, I will be pulling my injectors and doing this once I get my fuel tank boiled out.

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General Fiero Discussion / Re: 86 Fiero SE

« on: December 18, 2008, 08:35:36 pm »

Driver, I wish I had some money right now to buy that car.I removed my fuel tank last night and it was full of what looks like rust or sand. I am going to try to mix some sodium carbonate and hot water and filling the tank, attaching a battery charger and using electrolosys to get the rust out. Anybody have good ideas to clean a fuel tank out.

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General Fiero Discussion / Re: 86 Fiero SE

« on: December 09, 2008, 07:09:24 pm »

Cool guy's Thanks for the info.

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General Fiero Discussion / Re: 86 Fiero SE

« on: December 08, 2008, 11:26:54 pm »

I found Steel pistons at Rock Auto for $11.00 a piece. Next the gas tank is coming out.we cranked the car over on Saturday. How available is a Gt rear clip, I would like to put the gt sail panels and rear roof and a sunroof in the car,I really would like t-tops but unless there are aftermarket t tops I doubt(looking at production numbers) that I will find a t-top donor car.

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General Fiero Discussion / Re: 86 Fiero SE

« on: December 06, 2008, 03:44:57 pm »

I got the hood open by putting 2x4's under each side of the hood and pulling on the cable, I need a new cable. And the front brake pistons were swelled I have one out the other one is still stuck in the caliper.Can I buy just the pistons?

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General Fiero Discussion / Re: 86 Fiero SE

« on: December 02, 2008, 06:05:35 pm »

Thanks Rob, I will try the prybar idea.If I can get to the latch I may be able to trip it with a screwdriver.

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General Fiero Discussion / Re: 86 Fiero SE

« on: December 01, 2008, 06:24:58 pm »

Thanks Rob I will try that.In the event that it doesn't work can I remove the front clip with out the hood open? There are a lot of leaves and debris in that area probably causing the latch to not open.

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General Fiero Discussion / Re: 86 Fiero SE

« on: December 01, 2008, 05:21:07 pm »

Thanks Y'all I got the trunk/engine cover with a battery charger, I found the window sticker in the storage compartment in the back.The car was sold new at John Mcdonald in Roswell and stikcered at $13,700.
The front hood ,I am not so lucky I had already pulled the emergency cable and it is stuck in the back position but the latch is still locked.The sides of the front hood are loose but in the center it is locked solid.I imagine the latch is in the center.I took the driver side wheel well (plastic) out but there is no access.I don't want to tear the hood up trying to get it loose, any ideas gentlemen? The front brakes are locked down, so I imagine the pistons have swelled.I will take them off once I get the trunk lid open( so I can access the master cylinder).

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General Fiero Discussion / Re: 86 Fiero SE

« on: November 30, 2008, 12:24:55 pm »

I got my fiero home and the front brakes are locked down, the calipers are coming off now. I can't get the front trunk open and the cable seems to be frozen up. How can I open the front trunk without tearing too much up? The rear trunk (engine cover) key will not turn I sprayed a bunch of pb Blaster in the lock cylinder and it still won't turn. How do I get the engine cover open without a key? The drivers side door lock was also seized but the pb blaster made it turn. I don't want ruin the hood and trunk lids getting them open.

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General Fiero Discussion / Re: 86 Fiero SE

« on: November 27, 2008, 01:51:42 pm »

The roadster would be the way to go then. I imagine this car is unibody with a rear subframe. Dos the kit come with prefabricated frame rails? I would imagine the car would need to be taken completely apart. I plan on putting a v8 in also so I will do all those mods at once. First I am going to get this barn find back to working order then mods and paint.I am going to let my daughter drive it for a little while in stock trim.

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General Fiero Discussion / Re: 86 Fiero SE

« on: November 27, 2008, 11:25:14 am »

suggest you try PB BLASTER if the wd40 doesn't work that stuff is awesome, available at most auto parts stores - advance auto parts definitely has it ,  good luck   oldone in c'ville

Thanks Oldone, I was thinking of that this morning, I have a can of pb Blaster, I used Pb when I redid the suspension on my vette and always keep a can on hand for hard to remove fasteners, or frozen up pieces.

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General Fiero Discussion / Re: 86 Fiero SE

« on: November 27, 2008, 11:21:13 am »

Rob, The car is an automatic. Has anyone installed t-tops in a non t top car are the parts to do it available? are there any roadster/convertible conversion kits for the fiero? I am looking at putting a small block chevy engine in the car, but I want an open car. This little car has got some real cool possibilities.

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General Fiero Discussion / Re: 86 Fiero SE

« on: November 26, 2008, 06:30:00 pm »

Charlie, I aired the tires up yesterday and tryed to roll it with three people pushing and it wouldn't budge, so I hooked my John Deere 200 to it with a chain and drug it the tires rolled and I was able to roll it by myself but it has sat in the same place for 17 years. I will take the calipers apart and check the pistons for fit. The veery first thing I plan to do is pressure wash everything. The lock for the rear hatch wont turn with the key so some wd40 is in order.