Update!

Drove 45 miles out into the boonies to the junkyard on Saturday where I was given carte blanche to loot what I could find. Of course both Fieros were on opposite ends of the lot about a half mile from each other. I took my dog with me and he absolutely loved peeing and pooping all over while I wandered around lost and confused in the MASSIVE junkyard.


After walking around in circles for an hour trying to find the cars, gawking at the random cool cars I kept seeing, "LOOK AT DAT SWEET 70 FIAT 124 SPORT SPIDER!" "HAWT DAMMM, DATS a 53 BUICK!", getting rained on, and accidentally mistaking a gen 1 Toyota MR2 as a Fiero from behind the weeds, I finally found them:

• This 85 Iron Duke that's the same color as my car... how convenient.
  
  
  
• And this 86 V6 that looks like it was repainted for Dale Earnhardt.
  
  

R.I.P. Let it be known they have served the greater good.

After 3 hours of fun, I made like a bandit with this box of goodies for a grand total of $55.

There's still some stuff left to loot on the cars, but at least next time I'll have an idea where to find them at.

I arrived home Sunday evening to discover my hot water heater was leaking all over my garage. After calling my landlord and cleaning up the mess, I just barely managed to get a couple little things done last night.

• I popped in the air cleaner hose and manifold tube I looted from the junkyard.
  
  
  
• and I finished installing my new Fiero Store battery tray.
  
  

Looks like everything's coming up Milhouse.

[This message has been edited by wwcvel (edited 09-17-2018).]

Well, my car wouldn't crank so I made a post on the TD&Q Forum with the assumption I was going to have to rip all the wires, the neutral safety switch, and the ignition switch out and that the sky was falling. Thankfully, they pointed me back at the right tree to sniff and I managed to get GUY FIERO STARTED FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST NIGHT!

Of course, our friend Shady the Tree Mechanic decided to throw a wrench at me while I was troubleshooting my no crank issue:

quote Originally posted by wwcvel: HOWEVER, the biggest issue which I honestly didn't notice when I first removed the starter was that it was not mounted properly, and I imagine that played a big role in preventing it from being grounded and working. It looks like the previous owner had taken a trip to Shamrock Logo Parts Store and spent $150+ on a new starter. For God knows what reason he decided to use the bolts and shim from the original starter. The original bolts were nasty, covered in soot/dirt/corrosion, and they wouldn't go all the way back into the bolt holes. He had solved this problem by using oversized nuts as washers so he wouldn't have to screw the old bolts all the way back in. I imagine that might have worked at first, but vibrations from the engine probably worked the starter loose? I took my own trip to the Shamrock Parts Store and spent $10 on new shims and starter bolts. When I got home, I went into the house and got my gun cleaning kit and ran a wire brush coated in PB Blaster up the mounting holes to remove the nastiness. After that, the starter mounted without any issue. I guess the moral of the story is if you're going to spend $150 on a brand new starter, you might as well spend $10 more on some damn starters bolts that aren't covered in nastiness.

I assure you this won't be the last time his handiwork will be featured in this topic.

[This message has been edited by wwcvel (edited 09-24-2018).]