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Re: Little Duke Coupe
« Reply #120 on: March 06, 2012, 09:20:08 pm »
When do you want the car?  I was also wondering if we could set a target date of having this thing finished to lead us in next year's St. Patrick's Day Parade. 
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Re: Little Duke Coupe
« Reply #121 on: March 08, 2012, 04:26:12 pm »
Aerodonamic previously installed a tilt column with delay wipers and swapped out the 2 speed wiper motor for a variable speed unit.  It had a ghost wipe problem when turning the ignition on, flashing the lights, or using the turn signals.  I took TopNotch's Phantom Wipe repair out to install it, but remembered I had about 5 circuit boards in my cache of parts.  I swapped out the board first and fixed it, so now I have the repair kit for the 86SE that has the same problem.  Turns out a board fixed the SE also, so I still have the Phantom Wipe Repair Kit.

Next, the left front speaker had stopped singing, so I pulled it to see what's wrong.  Not original, but in horrible condition, so I pulled both and installed  a set of 4 x 6's that had a very large magnet that wouldn't fit B pillars.  When we do the headliner, we can replace the dash, seats and install the B pillar speakers so that stuff doesn't have to come out again. 

Scott Brown will be piloting the Lil Duke Coupe on the Cloudland Canyons/BBQ tour on the 17th if he doesn't have to work.  If he can't make it, Kevin will take over controls. 
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Re: Little Duke Coupe
« Reply #122 on: March 08, 2012, 06:05:43 pm »
We might have time on Sunday, but that is only tentatively right now. I'll let you know at the meeting.
 
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Re: Little Duke Coupe
« Reply #123 on: March 25, 2012, 06:12:01 pm »
I picked up the Lil Duke Coupe yesterday.  Still sounded like it was only running on 2 cylinders, but I managed to get it up on the tow dolly.  Towed it home with front end up at 70 mph most of the way.  This is a manual transmission car, so the rear wheels can stay on the ground.

I pulled the trouble code it set as we came down I-75 from Ringgold to Dalton and it indicated MAP sensor, it's harness or vacuum line.  Popped the deck and saw the vacuum line hanging there, so I put it back in place and it started and ran just fine.  I drove it around for about an hour this afternoon without problem.

I don't believe that was the cause of the initial problem, though.  I think that came loose when we pulled the breather off to look for the original problem. 

Picked up a new pair of 4 x 10 front speakers during the week and will get them installed when we replace the dash with the one supplied by Whodeanie.

While I was up in Dalton, I went by to see 3 Fieros that ButchSummerville has for sale.  An 84 base coupe, and an 85SE which are basically parts cars, with no body damage and a nice 86 SE that has a good clear coat original paint job, interior is nice.  The front fascia is loose at the top from a deer strike, but I saw no cracks or holes in it.  All are 4 cylinders.  The 84 and 86 are manual transmission cars and the 85 is automatic.  He's asking $1200 for the package.  He should have an ad posted soon. 
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Re: Little Duke Coupe
« Reply #124 on: March 25, 2012, 11:09:38 pm »
oh wow! that's just crazy it was something as simple as that...Guess i can understand with what happened to me this past Friday lol
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Re: Little Duke Coupe
« Reply #125 on: March 26, 2012, 09:44:00 am »
If an 87-88 duke happens to backfire, it can blow off one of the vacuum lines. It happened to me once. I don't know if that happened in your case, but I just wanted to make you aware.
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Re: Little Duke Coupe
« Reply #126 on: March 26, 2012, 10:19:21 am »
She did backfire once while Scott was trying to crank her
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Re: Little Duke Coupe
« Reply #127 on: October 14, 2012, 09:50:37 pm »
Today I completed the headliner on the LDC, and put in pillar speakers. I took out the seats to make working on the headliner easier, and found over $5.00 in change under the seats. I put it in my "Change for Children" can (from my church).
I also replaced the driver seat bottom with one I had in my shed, that's in better condition.
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Re: Little Duke Coupe
« Reply #128 on: October 15, 2012, 07:56:36 am »
I have a Grand Prix radio donated by Whodeanie that will be powering those speakers and also a pair of 87GT seats to go into the car.  When I put them in, I'll let you have the seats that are in it.  I'd put them in The Market for anyone that would make a donation to the club treasury, but nobody seemed to want them.  They missed a good deal for as little as $10. 
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Re: Little Duke Coupe
« Reply #129 on: October 20, 2012, 07:57:16 pm »
Today I replaced the crank position sensor on the LDC. The old one was cracked. It runs fine, but I haven't had a chance to test drive it yet.
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Re: Little Duke Coupe
« Reply #130 on: October 20, 2012, 09:54:57 pm »
Would that have caused it to stall out or start and die the way it has done?  How much was the CPS?  That's a normal maintenance item and should be my expense. 
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Re: Little Duke Coupe
« Reply #131 on: October 20, 2012, 11:03:14 pm »
It's possible. The car is blocked in right now, but tomorrow I'll move the other car and test drive it.
The part cost about $22. You don't have to pay me back, though.
Edit: I found the cracked CPC because I decided to check out the ignition "brick". The rest of it looks OK.
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Re: Little Duke Coupe
« Reply #132 on: October 21, 2012, 01:28:27 pm »
I took the coupe on a test drive -- it did just fine.
I also had a spare set of keys made at the local hardware store.
And I checked the tach based on what I get in my car. At 60 MPH on the speedometer in my car in 5th gear, the tach reads 2100. In the LDC, it reads 2700. It reads about 1100-1200 at idle, which sounds more like 900. So it gets more inaccurate as speed increases.
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Re: Little Duke Coupe
« Reply #133 on: October 21, 2012, 04:44:03 pm »
With those small wheels, I think the speedo is off by about 7 mph at an indicated 70 mph.  That's according to comparison with a GPS.  I had a set of Formula wheels lined up but were sold before I could get to them. 
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Re: Little Duke Coupe
« Reply #134 on: October 21, 2012, 08:39:10 pm »
Once again it's Oliver Scholz to the rescue!
Go to
http://www.fieros.de/en/main.html

Click 'Electronics' then, 'Speedo/Tach tester

Very simple to build with Radio Shack parts.

Also, check out
http://www.howtoalmanac.com/kevin/projects/automotive/tachfix.htm

I know it's not our tach but great info that is very informative.

I''ve also heard through the grapevine that a tach filter on its last leg will cause erronious readings.
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