Pulled the fuel pump fuse. Cranked the engine to get the oil pressure to register on the gauge. The battery died before the gauge could register. Had to use the charger. Battery went from 0 to 100% charge in just over half an hour using a 6 amp charger.
The reserve cranking amps in the battery has been diminished by age. Note to self: Buy a new battery this fall.
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Removed the venturi tube from the A/C system. Filter was clogged with black gunk, just as I had suspected by in my 9-01-08 post. Put a clean tube in and recharged the system. Cool, man.
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No A/C. Static pressure 95 psi. Compressor cycles between 22 to 52 psi a little to rapidly. When I got the salvage yard compressor, the ports hadn't been sealed & it didn't want to turn 360 by hand. I had to use a wrench & work the shaft plate back & forth until it would turn freely.
Sooo, open the system yet again and .... fresh bits of metal in the orifice valve screen.
Replaced the valve, poured a few more ounces of fresh PAG in the suction line to the compressor & recharged system.
We'll see if that lasts the summer. If not, after I had ordered the compressor from E-bay, I found a spare H6 compressor in my workshop.
The A/C compressor was cycling a little too frequently so I decided to add some more R-290. Got it up to about 40psi on the low side w/ the A/C & engine running.
Went for a ride on a hot summer day. After short while we had to turn the fan down from the highest speed. It was getting too cold in the car!
Rerouted mirror wires between the outer door skin & the window track mechanism.
Had to use a pair of needle nose pliers to fully seat the male connector in the female socket. That should hold forever!
Also the 4 way rocker plate for the switch is not uniform on the underside. It is possible to mis-orient it 90 degrees. When that occurs not all the directions will operate properly.
Everything is back together and the mirror remotely operates in any of the 4 directions.
It's a shame because this is a really nice color for the Fiero, but once it loses it's luster, it just looks bad. I have that same color on my Fiero, and when I first bought my Fiero 13-14 years ago... it looked amazing...
It's still decent, but the paint is fading in a few places and it's kind of a shame. I wonder what it costs to bring it back to what it was like when it was new?
There used to be a member with a SloooooowGT (or something like that) user name that had a project that was similar in length if I recall. I think the car was scrapped before he ever drove it though.
The engine install looks eerily familiar to my old 3800 powered '84... I ended up milling the 3800 inscription off the intake manifold in the end, having an engine proudly proclaiming to be an OOBE wasn't really my cup of tea
FROSTY! 
