Club's Formula Fastback

[Fierofool]

I found 2 bolts at Tractor Supply that are about a half inch shorter than stock, but if we can come up with 2 good stock bolts, I'm all for it.  Diameter of the stock bolt and the replacement bushings are different with the bushings being 3/8 and I think the stock bolts are 1/4 or 5/16. 

The clutch slave probably needs a rebuild or replacement.  Most likely it's pitted from having set for so long.  I think I have a good slave in the garage. 

[GTRS Fiero]

Wouldn't the thicker end link bolts be better, in this case?

[scottb]

What was the wrench size for the nut? 7/16 wrench= 1/4 inch bolt, 1/2= 5/16, 9/16=3/8 bolt

[Fierofool]

7/16 stock bolt.

[Raydar]

The bolt made it into the hopper at the post office, tonight.
Collection is 8:00 AM. Should be there Thursday or Friday.

[Fierofool]

That's OK.  I'm a little disabled right now and am not allowed to drive while on pain meds.

[Raydar]

That's OK.  I'm a little disabled right now and am not allowed to drive while on pain meds.

Thought Mike might decide to play with it.

With that said... I heard you hurt your back. What did you do?

[Fierofool]

I have one of the stock bolts.  I think its the good one.

I didn't do anything to my back.  Fact is, I didn't do anything to anything.  I went to Church Sunday morning, then to Melissa and Tony's for dinner Sunday night, came home and went to bed.  When I tried to get up Monday morning, I was in awful pain.

It felt as if it was centered around the nerve stimulator implant in my back, radiating to my hip joint and into my right groin.  Doc says it isn't the appendix.  Pain pills aren't giving any relief.  Right now, it's mostly centered in the right hip joint.  The pain's bad enough that when I try to walk, it makes me sick.  It has eased off a little, today.  I'll probably give it until at least tomorrow before seeking more treatment. 

[Raydar]

Wow. I hope you recover quickly. Take care.

[GTRS Fiero]

That's OK.  I'm a little disabled right now and am not allowed to drive while on pain meds.

Better, now?

[Fierofool]

I didn't realize it had been so long since this was updated. 

Yes, Michael, I'm better, but if I walk too much, it starts to hurt again. 

The front end links are installed and we noticed that the bushings on the rear ones are missing, too.  We removed the big side scoop and installed a stock air intake grill in it's proper place.  There are 3 bolt holes in the rear quarter that could easily be filled, or the quarter could be replaced with one provided by Raydar. 

It was taken for two test drives when we rolled it out of the bay.  It now needs new rear tires after Scottb smoked the rear ones off when on his test drive. 

[GTRS Fiero]

Good.  I wonder what happened to the end link bushings.  Age?

How did he smoke the rear wheels?  No cracks about with hickory chips & BBQ sauce.  Did he do a clutch dump?

[Fierofool]

I didn't hear him when he left, but I think it was just that he accelerated hard as he turned right out of the parking lot.  The end link bushings probably just crumbled due to age.  That's what appeared to have happened as everything but the bushing is still in place. 

[Raydar]

Yeah... Scott pretty much went out of the parking lot sideways.
When he came back, all he would say was, "Damn!"

The car is obviously not a slouch. I was a bit tired and declined a test drive, but it looks like it's pretty much sorted.
Still needs rear sway bar bushings, but that's not a huge deal. Everything else seems to be in place.
Oh... the tach filter still needs replaced. The tach is not reporting.

[GTRS Fiero]

No wonder Scott got on it.  He wanted to see if it was running!