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My 87GT Auto project. by Back On Holiday
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Disconnecting everything for removal!

Have the Chain hoist taunt as I remove cradle bolts.

REAR CRADLE BOLT SNAG! np, done this 5x already before.... cut sheetmetal time, and use air chisle to cut the retainer nut off the bolt


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Car Up, cradle down!



Cradle Inspection!




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Cant believe someone did this to the head to "try" and fix a front manifold Leak......

The Engine Swap BEGINS! - Swapping out 87 Engine for 88 Neutrally Balanced Engine!


87 Engine Removal, Pic shows my Assistant, 5 years old and loves helping his daddy!


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My assistant Zachary guiding me through the pitfalls of the garage floor!

Cradle with Tranny and stuff awaiting the 88 Engine!

87 Engine now sitting on the Table with the Torque converter draining...


More pics as I accomplish more!

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Nice work.Just one thing why didnt you unbolt thew tq convereter from the flywheel before removing the transmission.The pump is made of butter and breaks real easy if it isint already.
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oh crap....
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more pics tommorrow! (free bump)
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Using Dremel and shop Vac to clean sleeves for Poly bushings.


Rodneys Poly Transmount

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After adding a few things from the other engine, putting on the Neutrally balanced flexplate, time to allign engine with trans on the cradle

.... attempting to allign it w/o dmging the shaft and seals

Poly bushings in, alot done since previous pics, white paint is primer that I painted on there after using dremel to clean the cradle to keep it from rusting

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More Progress Pics..




took this 90mins ago...

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Putting stuff back together


And She Starts!.....Later...
Sitting outside yesterday in the pouring rain with a huge piece of cardboard over her to keep her dry while I did work on the Silver Bullet for inspection.



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Coolant Leaking from Tube from Therm housing to Throttle Body! I get a spare one from up in the rafters and my son starts removing the Plenum bolts!

Son begins his can crushing again, pointing to one he just did as I take a pic of the windshield in front of the tub freezer, next to the broken roof skin, since it was broken already I tried several ways to remove it w/o dmg for when I junkyard raid for the sunroof one.

Son sitting in the drivers seat, enjoying the EXTRA clear view out the front... omg no windshield...

Tool I used to cut the windshield out, and the "Crap" that secures the roofskin along the sides in a big clump
This images is larger than 100K. Click to view.

Looking for info about roof sealant!
https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/061409.html

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If your car has been sitting for awhile, check for rodent problems... they LOVE to make nests in the blower assembly...

Here are the front AC Line connectors that you need to replace the O-RINGS for when doing r134a conversions.



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My Proud Lil Helper!

Just ONE side of my rafters, lotsa big stuff all over the place, had to get a Cradle out for my dad, his is rusted through under the battery, thus the reason for the mess.

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Heres my new donar windshield picked up at shortys u-pull it on King of Prussia

Heres the steal of the week, 98 sunfire seats, both for $70.... not bad considering I converted the rails over to fit the fiero while in the junkyard.



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This is my entertainment, Listening to WMMR in philadelphia, on my Grand Am stereo, with mounted Buick Skylark Rear speakers and Fiero Front speakers (not shown in the ceiling) D-Snider Radio 7pm - 12am keeps my mood positive almost everynight doing this project.

My new Radio, Blue background... from a cavalier I believe, rigging it upto the Fiero electrical system, installing the new (not in pieces) center Skeleton, and doing some other misc stuff to the interior.

Time to do the dreaded front suspension ball joints, endlinks, and poly bushings....


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Purple roof.... /sigh

"Fitting" Rear clip on...

Faded Red Decklid.... will have goldish Wing.

the start of Calico.... (Son doing something in dr side)

Tearing Steering down and tightening tilt bolts, and replacing new turn signal assembly switch.

I know this is general section, but any suggestions on what adhesive to use to glue dr side sail panel on?

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WINDSHIELD INSTALLED WOOT!

Here I am installing the Gas filler assembly

(edit - I am on my knees LOL I look short in this pic, but I am 6ft 2)

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looks good so far. keep up the good work!

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Thats quite the project you're taking on! Nice work.
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Thanks guys! heres this weekends pics, since there was damage to the dr side rear, trying to figure/construct/fabricate a way to bolt down the decklid and the rear facia support so that everything looked right was a huge timesink wed-fri nights and all day sat, but I was able to do it, facia hangs down a hair, something to do for the future since it matches up 95% which is great.

the New Rear End!


using plastic epoxy to fix dmg to rear clip, works great!


heres the windshield and trim around it, complete... thank god!

placed the sail panel on, ready to go at the interior first up... dash!

Halfway done the front of the Interior, stopped to take a pic, then checked the new brighter dash illumination bulbs I got from rodney dickman

checking rear lights, "PONTIAC" not lite? first GT so... they "Are" supposed to be illuminated wethere the car is running or not as long as the lights are on? (Cross posting this question in Tech section)

Stopping for the night, 1215am here now had to make this post

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Got tech answered, LOL key has to be on, thx for the help guys
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Keep up the good work. Makes me wish I knew more about mechanics.

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tonight was drivers side interior, 98 sunfire seat, door, some misc other stuffs...


I like the seatbelt holder on this, but... makes the seat less adjustable. hmm...

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This weekends progress! (not much since sunday was mothers day!)
since the front end was damaged, and the front fascia did not match up despite my attempts to bend the support, i removed the spacer things and attempted to tap the frame, changed my mind and drilled the hole and used the nifty things seen in the next pic... much easier to use



heres my replacement bolt/nut/spacer combo for the rear cradle, this is the 5th time ive done this to my Fieros, and it works great once the retainer breaks free up there.

Silver quarter panel, yes... I know. mom calls it clown car, I call it Calico....

Son is cleaning the Dr side Q-panel (need to goto sears for a few more fasteners tommorrow)

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Looking good! I like blue!

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rofl so do I, oh well... so its a little calico, big deal so what... hehe
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ground effects on now woot!


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Tonights progress -> replaced leaking radiator, replaced entire fuel rail & injectors.

couldnt figure out why car was running rough, clogged fuel injectores seemed to be the problem, swapped a spare rail w/ injectors and cold start injector in - since it was 1220am here when everything was reassembled, only ran car for 15 seconds and it sounded alot better! (neigbors sleeping!)

heres the rail I swapped in, injectors arent the stock injectors... hmm

Heres my son helping out with the plenum bolts...

IM DETERMINED TO GET THIS CAR TO CARLISLE (Legally)!

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Heres me after several hours using dremel to remove front inner tie rod w/o dmging the steering rack...

Heres a pic of car 2 days b4 carlisle...

Heres CALICO at Carlisle, Next to the 86SE we brought. Go figure, the silver one was the one with problems ~


sunday morning was real sweet, went out to the silver car to check for a possible shorted wire causing the car to shut down at high speeds/rpms and blow ash and smoke out the tailpipe, locked the keys in the ignition.......had it been auto, and I didnt need to push the manual key release lever, I would have had the keys before the glass shattered.... /SIGH

spent about an hour cleaning up glass in the parking lot and the car

Todays goal... RELAXING =)

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