My '88 Fiero - The Never-Ending Saga

[GTRS Fiero]

Um, NPT?  I looked it up, so I'd feel less the fool.  Google helpfully returned results for Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

I do remember there being a bracket there for the plug wires.  Hmmm.  I'll have to ask him for that.

PM sent.

[Roger]

Oops, sorry. National Pipe Thread. It's some silly style plumbers came up with. Why, I don't know. The threads themselves don't make a good seal. That's why you have to use teflon tape on them. Probably developed by the guy that invented teflon tape. Don't even mention 'pipe-dope'! Run away!!! And yea, I used lower case on teflon...on purpose. I used to work for those people.

[GTRS Fiero]

I have plumber's tape.

[f85gtron]

Rectoseal works really good. It's some of the best dope you can get legally (in Georgia).

[GTRS Fiero]

I'm just putting plugs in for cosmetic reasons.

[Fierofool]

National Pipe Thread is a tapered thread.  If you lay a threaded pipe nipple on a flat surface and view it from the level of the surface it's on, you can see that the tip of the pipe nipple threads won't be in contact with the surface, but they get closer to the surface as the threads get nearer the body of the pipe.  NPT threads were invented long before teflon.  teflon (lower case letters in honor of Roger) was invented because of NPT. 

Actually, NPT works very well if you torque it properly.  It's a cone-shaped thread that is very difficult to strip because it becomes an interference fit.  That's what's used on most of the pressure lines on a vehicle, most notably, the oil pressure sender. 

[GTRS Fiero]

A pic of my Fiero taken today:

[GTRS Fiero]

I secured a few cables, and corrected the routing in the process.  Oh, and installed the thermostat cap cover.

[GTRS Fiero]

This showed up at my door today.

Here're a few pics.


And the contents.


As you can see, this was packaged well.  The engraving is quality.  The top is a little odd, and I'll have to see how the gold coating holds up.  The pictures make the actual gold color look more silver than the bottle is.  The bottle looks better in the top pic.

[Roger]

The car is looking very nice! Did the bottle come with a message inside?

[f85gtron]

The car is looking very nice! Did the bottle come with a message inside?

... or maybe a young Barbara Eden?!  Rub it and see what's inside.

[Roger]

The car is looking very nice! Did the bottle come with a message inside?

... or maybe a young Barbara Eden?!  Rub it and see what's inside.

Even at 86, Barbara Eden is still a beautiful woman.

[GTRS Fiero]

Well, if it came with another woman, my wife would have insisted I get rid of the bottle/woman.  The bottle was empty.  I still need to run some other tests on the bottle.

[GTRS Fiero]

Well, I've been documenting the work on my Fiero.  Very tiring.  62 pages, so far.  I'm about half finished with the worklog.  I'm including pictures of the entire process.  I'm hoping to cut down on the length a bit by formatting the text around the pictures.

[GTRS Fiero]

I'm trying to put together what I believe to be called the ”window sticker” for my Fiero.  It lists standard equipment, options, descriptions, prices, MPG, etc.

Pontiac Historical Services says they can reprint for up to '86.  Doesn't do much for me, but I've read mixed results about them, anyway.