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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Dog bones

« on: December 26, 2019, 08:08:46 am »

Montegut,

The dog bones were different lengths.  If your mounts are all good, you can use a shorter dog bone.  See the November newsletter, where the shorter dog bones and the slotted dog bones were covered.

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General Discussion / Merry Christmas!

« on: December 24, 2019, 07:41:29 pm »

Picard singing?

Here are a few clips for laughs:

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General Fiero Discussion / British cars use a Fiero timing cover???!

« on: December 23, 2019, 08:43:59 pm »

http://bradleyrestoration.com/british_car_conversions/milled_cast_timing_cover_on.html

This is for a Bradley.  Interesting.

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Push button start pros/cons

« on: December 21, 2019, 09:40:10 am »

I've been driving a push-start vehicle, off and on.  Anyone have any comments on driving a Fiero with push-button start?

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Timing cover woes

« on: December 20, 2019, 08:57:30 pm »

Apparently, there are 2 timing covers for the V6.  I'm trying to understand how the gaskets fit, and what the differences are between the timing covers.

There is a round blue gasket, the water pump gasket, a V gasket, and 2 brown rings of different sizes.

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General Discussion / Pickup truck driver in hot water

« on: December 20, 2019, 03:44:16 pm »

https://cdllife.com/2019/pickup-driver-in-hot-water-after-cops-catch-him-hauling-53-trailer/

A pickup truck was pulling a 53' trailer.  Not sure how the hitch hardware liked that.

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Bracket on timing cover?

« on: December 15, 2019, 04:46:15 pm »

F85gtron, since your Fiero was not originally equipped with AC, I'm curious if your timing cover had a bracket bolted to it, or not.  This would be the bracket on the top right.

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Club News / 2020 Newsletters

« on: December 14, 2019, 09:55:28 pm »

2020

January Newsletter February Newsletter March Newsletter April Newsletter May Newsletter June Newsletter July Newsletter August Newsletter September Newsletter October Newsletter November Newsletter December Newsletter

This topic is only for newsletter postings, and will remain locked.

To see the newsletter for a given month, click the newsletter image to the left of the topics for that month.

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The Market / '88 cradle brace?

« on: December 14, 2019, 09:35:23 pm »

Since I'm sure my cradle isn't braced, is this something we can make, for less than $50 per set?

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / '88 cradle reinforcement

« on: December 14, 2019, 03:31:36 pm »

Does the cradle need to be pulled, to do this?

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General Fiero Discussion / Someone has a sense of humor

« on: December 11, 2019, 09:36:26 pm »

When I got home, there was an unfamiliar Fiero parked in front of my house.  It was a bumperpad.  It's for sale.  The guy said it's an '84, with the factory V8.  He opened the decklid, and behold--NO ENGINE!  Interesting.  So, I checked the front compartment, which looked fairly normal.  About then, he said he had to go, and he drove off...in that Fiero.

There is a motor in there, somewhere.  It was dark, but whatever motor was in there was not near the decklid.  I could hear a motor.  Whatever it was was certainly not factory, and likely not a V8.  What did I miss?

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General Discussion / Tesla autopilot wreck

« on: December 09, 2019, 11:53:49 pm »

When a tesla on autopilot wrecks, who gets blamed?  The driver, of course!

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/12/09/tesla-on-autopilot-rear-ended-a-parked-police-car-on-the-highway.html

At least there were no fatalities, this time.

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General Discussion / MIA?

« on: December 08, 2019, 07:22:23 pm »

I haven't heard from handymanpat or blakeinspace for a while.  Anyone know if they're still around?  I realize they're in Texas, and don't post here.

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Fan switch probe?

« on: December 06, 2019, 10:40:24 pm »

I've been comparing my stock fan switch with the replacement.  Note that my current setup does not use a fan switch, but I have replacements for all sensors.

Anyway, the probe on the stock sensor has a much larger diameter, and is made of a different material than the replacement unit.  I have not had much luck testing switches, but it would seem that this would matter.

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General Discussion / Comparison

« on: December 05, 2019, 06:36:12 pm »

Gee you surpassed Fierofool in the number to tweets you have posted.

I thought about this.

Comparison
	----------Fierofool----------	----------GTRS----------
Leadership	Many, many, many	None
RFTH	Many, many, many	None
Meetings	Many, many, many	1
Mentorship	Many, many, many	None
Other events	Many, many, many	1
Roadside assistance	Many, many, many	None
Tenure	Many years	3 years

GTRS is far behind.  Being a non-local late-comer doesn't help.