New owner

[GTRS Fiero]

The new intake is on, and the fuel hoses, lines, and fuel fill tube have been replaced.  F85gtron was right about replacing that fuel fill tube.  A sawzall was mentioned.

One of the fuel lines has a quick-disconnect on it.  It looks like an air hose fitting.  I hope that's the right line, but it is for fuel.  The old line had rotted right at the fitting.

It will be interesting to see how this runs.  We've been replacing anything that looks iffy, but new parts aren't always good parts.  For some things, when they got bumped, they broke, so we replaced them.  For the most part, screws and bolts came out without breaking off, but we had to run a tap through to clean the threads of some holes.  Only new bolts and screws were put back in.

One of the brackets broke, so we made another bracket out of aluminum.  Since aluminum wasn't just setting around, we used a bracket that used to be for a truck mirror.

I'm of the opinion that some of the stuff in the engine bay isn't stock.  Not being familiar with the L4, there are things that just don't seem familiar from those I have seen.  We added some brackets.  These brackets were made from stainless steel, which was in a scrap pile.  We used existing holes to secure the brackets.  Since one bracket secured a fuel hose, we put a rubber grommet between the hose and the bracket.  That seems odd while typing, but made sense at the time.

The transmission cooler lines may be too short.  We'll see.  I thought there was supposed to be a loop.

This may seem to be slow, but it's the best we can do.

[GTRS Fiero]

Painted the interior, including the center console, the AUX gauges bracket, and the HVAC assembly.

Stripped and painted the steering intermediate shaft, and the brake pedal arm.

Replaced the gas and brake pedals.

Repaired some damaged wiring in the dash area.  It seems that someone hadn't been careful during (re)assembly, and pinched some wires.

The kids lubed the window tracks and regulators in the doors.

Actually, the kids have done most of the work.  Their enthusiasm is great.  They work on the Fiero all day, then I show up in the evening and pick over it.

They had removed all the bolts on the tops of the fenders.  Somehow, several of the bolts were lost.  Since a Fiero can be legally driven without its body panels, I'm guessing a missing fender bolt or two isn't a safety or legal issue.  We found and ordered some bolts online, but shipping may take a week.

We got the correct license plate hardware.

[GTRS Fiero]

Reading through this, maybe the order of things isn't the best, but things have been worked on when we could.

[GTRS Fiero]

The brake lines/hoses have been replaced.

The bearings and hubs for the wheels have been replaced.

[GTRS Fiero]

The dash oil gauge in this Fiero had a tube running to it.  A very tiny tube.  The engine end of the tube has a small fitting that screws onto what looks like a coupler, which screws into the spot where the oil pressure sender would go.  That can't be stock.

[Fierofool]

No.  All Fieros used electric sending units, not hydraulic. 

[GTRS Fiero]

Great.  More digging into the harness.  I wonder why they converted this?

[GTRS Fiero]

The car has been clear-coated.

The kids put some sort of heat or sound coating on the interior.

We removed the tube for the hydraulic oil pressure setup.  The tube was run up by the decklid hinge, then across the firewall, and into the cabin below the ECU, then along the side of the tunnel, and up into the dash.  We had thought that, with everything apart, we could just cut the connectors off each end and pull it through, but no, that would have been too easy.  There were several couplings, along the way.

[GTRS Fiero]

The belt trim and side markers are installed, the HVAC control and radio are in.

The steering column with blinker stalk is installed.  The "new" steering wheel is installed.  At some point, it will need to be sent out to be re-covered.  The wheel isn't oozing, nor is the leather getting loose, but the texture is not smooth, anymore.  We cleaned the leather, so the wheel looks OK, but the upper part of the wheel is a bit rough.

The instrument cluster is installed.  The hydraulic oil pressure setup was converted back to stock.  For now, we used the actual stock OPS unit, rather than converting to the '88 unit.  The '88 pigtail has been ordered.

The interior is back in, including carpet and trunk carpet.  Oh, the seats, headliner, and visors, also.  At some point, the kids re-carpeted the door panels with more modern carpet.  The door panel carpet isn't an exact match for the floor carpet, but apparently I'm the only one who noticed that.  The floor mats were cleaned.  Some gum was removed, and something like glue that matted the carpet.  Rust stains were removed, as well.  These are probably not stock floor mats.  There is no lettering on them, and the carpet looks much more modern.  New floor mats are on order.

The outer door panels are secured at the bottom.

The dew wipes and felts were installed.  The inner door panels were installed.  Window cranks were installed.

The dogbone, motor, and transmission mounts have been replaced.

The dipstick was replaced.  I did it all by myself.

The new windshield was installed, with new molding.  The new molding is about 3/4" wide.

The interior light bulbs were replaced.

[GTRS Fiero]

The front tub is installed.

The new headlight motors are installed and working.

The trunk seal, front seal, and side mirrors were installed.  New side mirror gaskets were used.

The hood latch was cleaned and lubed.

The coolant and washer fluid reservoirs were installed, along with the wiper motor, washer pump/filter, and hoses.  The washer nozzles were cleaned.

The blower motor was replaced, as was the heater resistor.

The door weatherstrips were installed.

The sail panels, arrow emblem, and front emblem were installed.

The front hoot, front fascia, rear fascia, and decklid were installed.

[The Art Doctor]

Wow, marching right along.

[GTRS Fiero]

Needs to be ready for inspection.  The appointment is for 8/6.

[GTRS Fiero]

The tail lights are in.  All exterior lighting is new.

The new ground wires are installed.

The tie rods have been replaced, along with some bushings.  It's eyeball aligned.

The sensors and relays have been replaced.

Filled the brake fluid and flushed.  Filled the coolant and burped.  Filled the washer fluid.  Filled the oil.  The oil filter had already been replaced.  Added a few gallons of gas.  The fuel filter was replaced, already.

The wheel well liners were installed, using all new fasteners.  New wheel studs were installed.  The wheels were installed.

We went to start it.  Nothing.  Several tries.  Nothing.  The kid uttered an expletive, then climbed under the Fiero.  He emerged a bit later, looking rather sheepish.  Apparently, he hadn't connected the wiring to the starter.  This time, the engine started.

Dropped off for inspection, alignment, and replacement of shocks/struts, control arms, as well as some exhaust work.  Yeah.  On the way to the shop, we got the Fiero up to maybe 30 MPH in the straightaways!

For now, not worrying about the cradle bushings, which appear to have been replaced with solid pieces.

[GTRS Fiero]

The windshield replacement (done last week) cost about $300.  The windshield itself was $122.  2 guys came, and it took them almost 3 hours to do the job.  Dunno how that compares for anyone else.

The welder charged $1,000, plus $200 for materials.  That works out to about $100/hr.  Pricey, but he came to us, and the welds do look good.  Maybe part of that $1K was the trip charge, as I think on it.

[TopNotch]

The windshield replacement (done last week) cost about $300.  The windshield itself was $122.  2 guys came, and it took them almost 3 hours to do the job.

It probably took them a while to figure out how to take the windshield wipers off. That happened to me when I had the one replaced on my yellow car. I had to go get something to stick in the little hole.