World's slowest Fiero/Quad 4 Swap (Page 16/51)
Quadfather DEC 13, 05:35 PM
Test.

I’m having trouble logging in on my Android phone, so I’ve switched to the iPad.

I ordered a new select cable from Rodney and installed it today. Shifting through the gears is much easier now (of course, it’s without the clutch pedal hooked up to the slave cylinder).





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Quadfather DEC 13, 05:58 PM
I tried gluing a new section of headliner material onto the backer board and screwed it up yet again. I’ll get some more material tomorrow. I figured out what I was doing wrong.
Quadfather DEC 23, 08:42 PM
I reupholstered the headliner backer board and got it installed. It fits much better now.










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Quadfather DEC 23, 08:57 PM
I’ve been working on installing the wiring harnesses for the power windows, locks and mirrors. Here’s a separate thread I started about connecting the harnesses to power:

http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/099136.html

I finally figured out that I need to connect the two wires I’m holding here to the similarly colored wires attached to the fuse block. I already added the 30 amp breakers to the fuse block years ago, when I first bought the power doors and wiring harnesses from a salvage yard car.

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Quadfather DEC 23, 09:11 PM
The passenger side installation was even easier. There’s a circle cut in the sound insulation and a screw hole drilled in the space frame to mount the junction block at the other end of the harness.





While I was in there I saw that my car doesn’t have a blue dingy thingy.




I’m also considering taking the shroud off to look at the heater core. Wouldn’t hurt to replace it while I have the dash out.

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tmadia DEC 24, 12:29 PM
Great thread! You are doing a fantastic job and that's going to be a really fun car when you are done!

Just curious, why did you decide to go with the Camaro seats over the Cavalier seats? Also, do you remember what year the Cav seats were?
Quadfather DEC 24, 03:48 PM

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Originally posted by tmadia:

Great thread! You are doing a fantastic job and that's going to be a really fun car when you are done!

Just curious, why did you decide to go with the Camaro seats over the Cavalier seats? Also, do you remember what year the Cav seats were?



That is really nice of you to say. Thank you.

I like the Camaro seats better than the Cavalier seats because the Camaro seats are almost exactly the same dimensions as the Fiero seats. The Cavalier seat bases are wider but not as deep as the Camaro seats, so I didn’t like how they fit in the car and they didn’t support my legs very well. I don’t remember what year the car was that I removed them from, but I think ‘96 or ‘97. I was looking at a lot of different types of seats back then and they all run together.

EDIT: They were out of a ‘99 Cavalier.

Fiero seat on the left, Cavalier on the right:

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Quadfather DEC 24, 03:56 PM
I am certain the Quad 4 will be GREAT in the Fiero. When my GTZ was still on the road, I had a different job at my company which had me attending a meeting at another location every two weeks. Driving back to work from that meeting involved using one particular highway on-ramp to get back to the office. I’d start up that on-ramp at about 15 mph and by the time I was ready to merge a few seconds later I’d be doing 75. Every, single, time.

My responsibilities at work changed and I didn’t have to go to that meeting again. After 10 years and another job title change, I had the occasion to take that same on-ramp about a month ago. I was in a company vehicle, but those GTZ/Quad 4 memories came rushing back. Made me want to finish this swap/restoration even more.
Quadfather DEC 24, 09:25 PM
I’ve set the wiring issue aside for now, mostly because I’m hesitant to hack into the car’s original wiring. Instead, I started work on the door panels. I bought a set of power window door panels from a salvage yard car a few years ago. As usual, they’re in worse shape than I thought when I bought them.

It appears the passenger side one got wet, so the bottom part of the backer board is very flimsy. I saw someone else’s post about removing the carpet using a heat gun and elbow grease, so that’s what I did.







Took at least 30 minutes to heat the carpet and pry it off while doing as little damage to the backer as possible.



I then put a layer of fiberglass cloth across the bottom 5 inches of the back side and glued it on. We’ll see how it looks tomorrow.

While Christmas shopping for my wife at Hobby Lobby today, I bought some black vinyl material that I plan to use to replace the carpet. More to come.

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Quadfather DEC 28, 10:32 PM
More progress on the door panels. One needed a lot of fiberglass because of water damage, the other one needed some help around the mounting holes for the plastic clips that hold it to the door. I cut small pieces of fiberglass cloth for each one. A Dremel made quick work of opening up all the holes once the resin cured.



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