Preparing my Fiero for an engine swap (Page 20/23)
blazin' MAY 18, 04:30 PM

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Originally posted by longjonsilver:

So plumb it the original way? Except without the alternator bracket plumbing? Would that help to cool the lower intake manifold? which would be a benefit!

Yeah, i can tap 3/4" threads cuz a tap is only $17 canadian on amazon, free shipping. i've tapped lotsa things before, so i can do one again
jon




Have you used the 17 dollar tap yet? I saw it as well and was wondering if it was any good.

longjonsilver MAY 19, 11:07 AM

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Originally posted by blazin':
Have you used the 17 dollar tap yet? I saw it as well and was wondering if it was any good.



Waiting for it to come in. i can't believe that it won't work as it should be made to cut into steel, but we are just tapping into aluminum.

jon
longjonsilver JUN 01, 06:10 AM
Waiting for the tap and looking for a tensioner to fit my application. Counterclockwise tension, about 4" center to center, offset wheels. Anybody know?



The tensioner will go in the upper part, the lower part is for the dogbone. Can't fab the dogbone cuz dunno exactly where it will need to be. Gotta put it in the car for that to be determined.

Meanwhile i am working on my harness:

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These are the wires that i won't be using (?) Lotsa spaghetti. i just pulled the pins that the pinout said i wouldn't be needing, n then pulled the wires out of the harness. Gotta check a cuppla things, two wires, a ground(?) n a 5V have nowhere to go. Poor lonely wires!

jon

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Astronomy says we will find a coded signal from outer space. Then we'll KNOW that life exists there, for coded signals aren't by chance.

Biology says there are coded genetic signals in every cell, but we KNOW that no intelligence created life.

I'm the original owner of a white ' 84 2M4 purchased Dec 10, 1983 from Pontiac. Always garaged, no rust, 4-wheel drifts are fun!

longjonsilver JUN 03, 09:49 AM
i think i will wire in my oil pressure sender the way Ryan does.

http://www.fiero.nl/forum/A...160323-2-128692.html

Altho i mite run the black wire to a ground. Can you ever have too many grounds?

jon

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Astronomy says we will find a coded signal from outer space. Then we'll KNOW that life exists there, for coded signals aren't by chance.

Biology says there are coded genetic signals in every cell, but we KNOW that no intelligence created life.

I'm the original owner of a white ' 84 2M4 purchased Dec 10, 1983 from Pontiac. Always garaged, no rust, 4-wheel drifts are fun!

ignorant prodigy JUN 04, 09:40 AM
I think you can re-clock the stock tensioner to work in that position.

http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/120294.html
longjonsilver JUN 25, 08:10 PM
OK, i know someone already told me this, but i can't seem to find it now. The OBD2 connector. 4 wires from the Buick OBD2 connector but only two wires from the computer on the GTP. Purple goes to purple and tan to orange, no? that leaves two black wires, one with a white stripe. They get a ground no?



jon

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Astronomy says we will find a coded signal from outer space. Then we'll KNOW that life exists there, for coded signals aren't by chance.

Biology says there are coded genetic signals in every cell, but we KNOW that no intelligence created life.

I'm the original owner of a white ' 84 2M4 purchased Dec 10, 1983 from Pontiac. Always garaged, no rust, 4-wheel drifts are fun!

blazin' JUN 25, 08:31 PM
DLC Pin 2 purple wire goes to C-1 59
Pin 4 & 5 black & white are ground
Pin 9 Tan goes to C-1 15
Pin 16 pink is power 10a fused per at all times

Edit: your picture didn't load the first time. You are missing the tan (dlc pin 9) and I believe it's not required.

[This message has been edited by blazin' (edited 06-25-2020).]

longjonsilver JUN 26, 01:58 PM

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Originally posted by blazin':
DLC Pin 2 purple wire goes to C-1 59
Pin 4 & 5 black & white are ground
Pin 9 Tan goes to C-1 15
Pin 16 pink is power 10a fused per at all times



OK Thanks. purple pin 2 to purple C1-59, orange pin 16 to hot at all times, black and blacknwhitestripe pins 4 and 5 to ground. i will need to add a pin 9 for tan which does go to C-1 15.

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Astronomy says we will find a coded signal from outer space. Then we'll KNOW that life exists there, for coded signals aren't by chance.

Biology says there are coded genetic signals in every cell, but we KNOW that no intelligence created life.

I'm the original owner of a white ' 84 2M4 purchased Dec 10, 1983 from Pontiac. Always garaged, no rust, 4-wheel drifts are fun!

longjonsilver JUL 11, 11:23 AM
Decided to use another tensioner like on supercharger for the alternator/waterpump accessory tensioner. i used a straightedge off the crank pully as a baseline. i have to wait for the new tensioner to finalize the hite of the walls of the bracket.



Here i have spacers to measure the height of the walls of the bracket. Tensioner clamped to spacers and base.



It should look something like this finished. My accessory belt tensioner will be more at about 2 oclock while operating.



Using this system, my alternator is between 1/2 and 8/10 mm out of alignment. How accurate is accurate enuf?

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Astronomy says we will find a coded signal from outer space. Then we'll KNOW that life exists there, for coded signals aren't by chance.

Biology says there are coded genetic signals in every cell, but we KNOW that no intelligence created life.

I'm the original owner of a white ' 84 2M4 purchased Dec 10, 1983 from Pontiac. Always garaged, no rust, 4-wheel drifts are fun!

longjonsilver JUL 17, 03:53 PM
Wired up my OBD2 port, obtained from a Saturn had 7 wires - an extra black and a blue. Wired as above cept three wires to ground n the blue left extra.



All wired up for now...



Now the orange is supposed to go to hot at all times. Where is the best place to find this? Which raises the question bout all the pink wires running from the engine. Are they hot in run only? Or are some of them hot at all times? And where should i tap into for the hot in run?

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Astronomy says we will find a coded signal from outer space. Then we'll KNOW that life exists there, for coded signals aren't by chance.

Biology says there are coded genetic signals in every cell, but we KNOW that no intelligence created life.

I'm the original owner of a white ' 84 2M4 purchased Dec 10, 1983 from Pontiac. Always garaged, no rust, 4-wheel drifts are fun!