My '88 Fiero - The Never-Ending Saga

[GTRS Fiero]

Holy cow.  It's tomorrow!  I need to go to bed.

[GTRS Fiero]

Look what I found:


Scenic background and all.  The bridge getting to this place was one of those wooden affairs with no sides.  The bridge sortof moved as I drove over it.  It's designed to sit in the water, but not completely impede water flow.  The bridge was wide enough for 1 vehicle.  Not as bad as some bridges that just have planks for the wheels on either side.

[GTRS Fiero]

What do you think of my floor mats?

[Drewbdo]

Nice mats! Where did you  get those made?

[GTRS Fiero]

Thanks.

From TFS.  Custom order.

[GTRS Fiero]

Rrgh.  Won't start.  The fuel pump runs, but that's about it.  Something electrical.

[GTRS Fiero]

I'm remiss.  Here's the pic you're waiting for:


Everything is now hooked up, although the exhaust work isn't done past the Y-pipe, and the decklid isn't on.  No wheels on yet, either.

I dunno.  How do you like the color?

[GTRS Fiero]

Dang neutral safety switch!  It started!  Vroom, VROOOM!

[GTRS Fiero]

Tach is good.  Oil reads correctly.  Volts read correctly.  Temp reads correctly.  No check engine light.

Fuel gauge, not reading correctly..

[GTRS Fiero]

Here's the cruise installed on the firewall:


It needs some cleaning and polishing.

You can see the harness going through to this:

[GTRS Fiero]

If it isn't one thing, it's something else.  The gauge reads warm.  Not in the red, but well past halfway.  It should stay below the halfway mark.  The water pump is new from TFS, and is working.  Testing the sensor.  Will see what the computer says.

[GTRS Fiero]

And the equalizer on the ebrake broke, somehow.  Fortunately, I have a new equalizer here.

[GTRS Fiero]

Brand new TPS.  Bad.  Put the old one in, it works fine.  New one, not so much.  Runs very rich with new TPS.

Bad new parts list: alternator (burned up), TPS (bad), IAC (bad), neutral safety switch (first 3 were bad), fuel/temp gauge, sending unit.  The old parts work fine.  Checking wiring on the sending unit.

Brakes are bled.  Car was wheels down as of yesterday afternoon.

[GTRS Fiero]

Going for a test drive.

[GTRS Fiero]

Obviously, it needs an alignment, then it goes to the exhaust shop.