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General Fiero Discussion / tie rod ends

« on: March 31, 2013, 05:37:41 pm »

This may be a dumb question but are the front and rear tie rod ends interchangeable? They look very similar, and the price at the parts stores makes it seem the fronts are made of gold? I boogered mine up, trying to removing them from the knuckle

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The Market / My 86 fiero is for sale

« on: October 01, 2012, 12:58:37 pm »

Just don't have the time to give it the attention it needs

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/3308908986.html

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General Fiero Discussion / who has a machine shop?

« on: March 09, 2012, 03:44:59 pm »

HI! yup, I'm still around, I've been lurking

on here and pennocks. Always busy with family life, and started a new job (well about 6months ago) at SKF in flowery branch.

ANYWHO!! I have gathered up some parts for my fiero thanks to a bonus check. My shopping list:

- Poly Mounts for the engine and tranny
(I should have replaced them when installing the engine I got from Ashby)
-End Link kit

GA/Baretta Brake upgrade parts
-Master Cylinder
-Rotors
-Calipers
-pads
-Front Brake hoses('cause I know mine are swollen)

From Pull-a-Part
-Front swar bar from the 84 fiero
-Front Rotor/Hub assemblies
- other little trinkets from the fiero
- GM EGR valve beauty cover (finally!)
- did not find a egr tube AGAIN!!!

and recently I noticed an exhaust leak which led to the discovery of a manifold bolt missing a head

. good times ahead

So I need help parting off the rotor/hubs. I thought I could do it,but after comparing the rotors to the new ones, I notice more material needs to be removed from the hub section to get them to fit. Whoodeenie's came to mind and may still my best shot, but is a bit out of the way and I wanted to see if anyone else has access to the equipment needed. I've called a couple local places, but got the predicted answer that they can't do it for liability reasons, it's considered modifying a brake system.

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General Fiero Discussion / want your car in a movie?

« on: September 29, 2011, 09:02:31 pm »

So a guy contacted me on southeastwheelevents.com and wanted to know if i'd be interested in having my car in a movie? Well, I called him today. He said my car will be needed this coming Monday and Tuesday in the blairsville/Hyawassee(sp) area. $100 a day, plus gas expense. They will need to move my car around but not much (it will be a parking lot scene). They are looking for vehicles from the late 70's to mid 80's. They still need 7 more vehicles and really need some pick up trucks, non show vehicles. they need be realistic for the era. If you are interested, send a photo of the vehicle to bobsarda@comcast.net.

I will have to leave my car Sunday evening and pick it up Tuesday evening. I'd like be able to be there whole time, but I just got a new job, so days off are out of the question.

On a side note...looking at his profile, I realized I've seen his car before and have taken pictures of it. During my old job, reading gas meters, I read his meter. It's a 71 Honda AV600. well, at the time it was a shell and the engine was in the drive way

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General Discussion / free test to see if your card info is stolen

« on: July 17, 2011, 01:28:01 pm »

Link deleted -- it's phishing.

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General Fiero Discussion / the IMSA kitted fiero is on craiglist

« on: July 16, 2011, 10:04:23 am »

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/2496800580.html

he told a much higher price when talk to him in person

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General Discussion / who wants a google+ invite

« on: July 08, 2011, 10:24:18 pm »

speak up, and i'll send you an invite

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General Discussion / real or not.....

« on: July 04, 2011, 07:25:53 pm »

I've seen this sitting off of 129 just outside of gainesville. I decided to stop take a few pictures. full carbon fiber body.watcha think?

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The Market / thought I'd put it out there...

« on: May 24, 2011, 08:01:50 pm »

Anyone wanna trade a manual equivalent for my automatic?

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General Fiero Discussion / 2001 pontiac fiero trans am ram air ws6

« on: March 22, 2011, 05:44:40 am »

here's another amusing CL post

http://greenville.craigslist.org/cto/2278701986.html

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / door hinge replacement

« on: March 14, 2011, 06:10:37 pm »

umm...yeah it's a P.I.T.A!!! My car has been in the driveway, doorless for a couple days. I brought the door in the house when it got dark and worked on it in the living room (the wife loved that). I just finished putting it back together and bolting it back on the car. now i gotta reconnect the electronics and interior panels back.

A couple things to remember:

-take the door off the car( a jack, and some blocks and/or a helping hand)
-you can access the hinge bolts through inner finder
-get a door spring compress tool OR like I did, a 4" C-clamp works
-find a set of ratchet wrenches( at least a 13mm and a 15mm)

dont ask me to come help

i dont wanna do that again

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General Discussion / anyone wanna make an offer?

« on: December 22, 2010, 10:17:51 pm »

this is my uncle's truck
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/2126150214.html

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General Discussion / cars I saw at work today

« on: November 16, 2010, 06:42:04 pm »

while walking through subdivisions reading meters, I get to look at what people own. being a car guy, i tend to focus on them. today, I found interesting stuff:

Merkur XR4Ti (i saw another one a couple weeks back, but it was in pieces)