Remove air filter housing and the remove fuel pump/AC relays attached to body:
Since the AC compressor on this customers car was siezed, I removed the compressor and line to body. If your system is charged you can hang compressor out of way:
I seperate knuckle from strut at this point:
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Paul Prince Member
Posts: 2935 From: Kansas City, MO Registered: Dec 2002
Place crane with chains and lifting device on car and then I use a 4 x 4 piece of wood under body lifting points. Raise car with crane to remove tension and remove front and rear cradle bolts, Lower engine on crane legs (mine are long). Then use 4 x 4 and jack to jack car up to clear car. I remove cradle from side because I do not have room from rear. Engine out and tranny off:
Muffler does not look so good:
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Paul Prince Member
Posts: 2935 From: Kansas City, MO Registered: Dec 2002
Problem is clutch is worn, clutch fork is almost siezed and there is a crack in the case where the bearing is:
Once I replaced the clutch, put tranny on, and replaced the exhaust manifold bolts with Rodney's kit. Now is a good time to replace water pump. There is also a heat shield on firewall side that shoul be remove in the first steps.
Align cradle with car and push it in, attach crane hook, lower car slightly and line it up with cradle bolts. Pull cradle up and do the front cradle bolts first, then rear. Then is is a matter of attaching coolant hoses, harness back into engine, FP/AC relay, C-500, fuel lines, knuckles, shift cables, slave, battery cables. Sorry for the short version, but this will hopefully give you and overview.........Paul
Thanks for the posting. Good information. I've fortunately never needed to get this far into my Fiero so this is helpful for future reference. I have a comment and a question though.
I've found that the decklid is so easily realigned that marking anything in advance is not really necessary. With the side grills removed, loosely replace the hinge-to-decklid bolts, carefully close the hood while watching for interferences, Once the decklid is closed, tighten all the bolts.
I would not have expected to disconnect wiring harness inside the passenger compartment. Isn't there anyplace on the firewall in the engine bay that this can be disconnected?
Thanks again for the info!
------------------ RickN White 88GT 5spd White 85GT Auto
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Paul Prince Member
Posts: 2935 From: Kansas City, MO Registered: Dec 2002
Isn't there anyplace on the firewall in the engine bay that this can be disconnected?
Thanks again for the info!
No, that harness connector is a one piece deal. The wires go into the connector, but there is no way to disconnect them at that point. They are solid. The decklid method you mentioned is also a good way to re-align the hood. This car BTW was an 87 GT.....Paul
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Patrick Member
Posts: 39308 From: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Registered: Apr 99
Paul, excellent thread. Two things would make it better:
1) Do the same procedure with a Duke powered Fiero so that the pictures would look more like my Fieros.
2) Okay, on a more serious note, how about using a photo program to alter your images so that they appear in the thread itself (rather than having to click and view one at a time)?
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Very nice write up. I always cheated by leaving the motor in the car. I use an engine support brace made by the Heartland club. Ive done 3 Clutch jobs so far. It allows me to raise or lower the engine where I need it. It saves me the trouble of pulling the engine.
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sanderson Member
Posts: 2203 From: corpus christi, texas, usa Registered: Sep 2001
I've done 4 cradle drops on Fieros. I pick the back of the car off the cradle with a 1 ton chainfall and a short length of chains with two hooks that go into the crossmemeber that runs across the top of the trunk under the carpet. Sit the cradle on a dolly, disconnect everything, remove the cradle bolts and the cradle is out in under 3 hours. Then you can work on everything in comfort and not be fighting hard to get bolts.
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Paul Prince Member
Posts: 2935 From: Kansas City, MO Registered: Dec 2002
2) Okay, on a more serious note, how about using a photo program to alter your images so that they appear in the thread itself (rather than having to click and view one at a time)?
I use photobucket.com and it seems lately that the photo's have been appearing as the little img icon on screen. Must have to do with size, or Cliff changed something?............Paul
