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Topics - GTRS Fiero

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Club News / Scholarship questions/comments
« on: July 12, 2021, 09:04:44 pm »
1. Is the due date to change yearly, or is it every November 1st?
2. Many scholarships require a recommendation from a teacher, to be sure that the student has some follow-through.  I didn't see anything on that.
3. We handle a lot of STEM (since it was mentioned) stuff.  All the scholarship applications we handle here require a parent's signature.  It would seem not, since the students are usually 18, but we get a signature, anyway.
4. There were certain legal hurdles with which we had to deal.  I'm hoping those were all dealt with.
5. Due to legal ramifications, we had to have certain wording in all our scholarships, which are essentially contracts.
6. May students apply for/be awarded this scholarship more than once?
7. Usually, there is some requirement on the legitimacy of the school itself.
8. I'm not sure how the tech school schedules work, but I wonder when the money would be paid, in relation to the start of classes.
9. Would the money be presented as a club activity?

2
The Market / 33-year "new" Fiero on BaT
« on: July 06, 2021, 08:20:33 am »

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General Fiero Discussion / Fiero attractions
« on: June 17, 2021, 07:27:12 pm »
For the 35th, we went to Pontiac, IL, where they had cars on the city corners.  Here, we have cakes.  Not at every corner, but at selected locations around the metro area.  In one city, they have eggs scattered throughout the city.  In another, they have boots.  In a city near here, dogs.

Maybe some Fieros scattered around a city?

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The Market / 1984 parts Fiero
« on: June 07, 2021, 10:02:57 pm »
I have not seen it, but understand that it is an auto and red (pink).  The original owner died, and his wife wants to sell.  More or less local to me.  She says it has rust, but she wants the parts to live on.

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Missing injector and spark pulses
« on: June 07, 2021, 06:41:49 pm »
When my Fiero gets warm, it starts missing.  When this occurs, it seems that neither the injectors nor the plugs fire.  Once the Fiero cools off (5-10 minutes), it runs OK again.

New plugs, new plug wires, new ICM.   Coils should not affect the injectors.

So, replaced the crank sensor.  Again, because it was leaking oil through the plug.  No change in the misfiring.

Scratched head.  Lost several more hairs.  Problem still not solved.  Wrinkled brow.  Problem still not solved.

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General Fiero Discussion / Rodney retiring
« on: May 29, 2021, 09:30:32 pm »
I saw on Rodney's web site that he will be retiring in 2022.  He plans to have a retirement party next summer.

Details here.

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The Market / Inspection plate/dust shield
« on: May 29, 2021, 07:59:40 pm »
Mine has gone missing.  Anyone have one for sale?

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Fuel sender
« on: May 26, 2021, 06:18:21 pm »
My fuel sender is from the original batch of reproductions.  The sender does work, but not consistently.  There seem to be dead zones.  Is there any way to fix this?  I have tried cleaning the contacts, adjustment, and various other things, but no change.

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My poor Fiero has a leaksie.  It oozy and dripsie.  The dripsie keep puddlin under the Fiero.  I wipe up zee dripsie wid' de ragsie, bot it never en', and keep dripsie here and there, alon' de way.  Aske de mechanic man, an' he say, "It just piddlin', piddlin' little to worry abou'.  Ze worry begin when zhou sees ze puddle.  Then zhou know ist time fer worry."

I aske de mechanic man about how to stop de leaksie.  He say, "Why stop?  If leaksie, zhou knows oil in ze pan."

I aske de mechanic man about no more leaksie.  After a bit, he say, "If no mo' leaksie, no mo' problem.  You bother someone else."

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / ICM or fueling?
« on: May 19, 2021, 06:05:48 pm »
So, the GTRS Fiero seemed to have lost some of its pep, and wasn't idling smoothly.  On tip-in, it had hesitation.  When coming off the highway to a stop, it would almost die on the after downshifting to first, but then recover.  Off the line, it would almost die ahen getting on the throttle.

In the past, I could light up the rear wheels, off the line.  There ended up being a vacuum leak around the fitting at the intake for the brake booster.

Another issue was that the GTRS Fiero would run a few miles on a tank, then apparently run out of gas.  Adding gas would immediately solve the problem.  This started after the float was adjusted to not hit the baffles.  Fuel pressure was always low when this occurred.  At fill-up, it would only take a few gallons of fuel.  On the way home from work, the other day, I filled up with fuel.  About 11 miles later, the engine would not make power, but was still running, for a bit.  It died.  I got over to the shoulder, and it did restart while still rolling, so I drove on home.  This dying like this is a new thing, but it has now done this several times.  It has about 30 miles on that tank of fuel, and has fuel pressure.

I can't really believe that the ICM would cause the the car to die at the same mileage, avery tank.  The ICM does seem to be having issues, though.  If it was out of fuel, it wouldn't run another 19 miles.

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General Fiero Discussion / Fiero troubles
« on: May 14, 2021, 10:09:30 pm »
I've been noticing some issues with the Fiero.  I went through a drive-through for some food.  When I got to the window to pay/get the food, the actual window shelf was higher than the roof of my Fiero.

Later, when going to the bank to use the ATM, I could reach the cash slot, just fine.  Unfortunately, the card slot was far too high.

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Why, oh why?
« on: April 29, 2021, 07:00:18 pm »


In the image above, there are two pieces of heat shield between the ignition coil and the crossover pipe.  The horizontal piece extends to the left of the vertical piece, and has a hole in that section.  Why the extension, and why the hole?

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Club Events / May Events?
« on: April 29, 2021, 06:49:29 pm »
The May calendar is looking a bit bare.

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General Fiero Discussion / 3.4 injector problems
« on: April 14, 2021, 06:52:11 pm »
There seems to be a lot of inconsistency.  Injectors that are fine in one engine cause problems in another engine.  Injectors that should be properly spec'd make some engines run terribly, while other engines run fine.  Sometimes, when going back to previous injectors, problems persist.

I've seen claims of piston issues, valve issues, etc.

I believe part of the problem is different ECU's, but another part of the problem is that multiple variables are introduced at the same time.

Has the ECU been reset between changes?

If there is damage to the face of a piston, that will change the compression in that cylinder.

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General Fiero Discussion / Key Rings
« on: April 09, 2021, 10:32:41 pm »
Which key ring do you like best?

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