A History of the Blue Demon (Page 3/17) JimmyS JUL 19, 09:01 PM quote Originally posted by Fierochic88: (Am I posting too many pictures? Please let me know!) Nope! Keep postin' . Fierochic88 JUL 20, 02:38 PM We made sure to take pictures of the AC unit...after all we wanted to make sure we could get it all back together and converted to R134 after the engine was done! Can't forget the hoses! I hope these pictures can be of help to any other person out there crazy enough to disassemble their front compartment! L.I. Fieros JUL 21, 09:56 AM AHH!!! My eyes! RED heater core hoses! Say it ain't so! Fierochic88 JUL 21, 07:26 PM Well you did see the windshield wipers right? Fierochic88 JUL 22, 10:50 PM Well I was seriously hoping to have this thread near finished before the 25th but being as that we are leaving in 23 hours and we're still putting pieces together for the car...that is taking precedent. But I must say, the "top secret" addition does look pretty awesome ;-) I'm very excited for everyone to see it. There are also a couple other smaller surprises for those of you who have seen the car in person before. ~ Jen Raydar JUL 22, 11:20 PM Thanks for sharing! You've always had one of the nicest Fieros I've ever seen, even though the only time I have ever seen it (or you) in person was at the 20th. Good luck with your ride and have fun at the 25th. turbo86se JUL 23, 12:46 AM quote Originally posted by Fierochic88: Well I was seriously hoping to have this thread near finished before the 25th but being as that we are leaving in 23 hours and we're still putting pieces together for the car... ~ Jen Have a safe trip Matt and Jen! I'll be up your way in a little over a month, going to Maine for a few days, if the days and times work out it would be great to see you two! Fierochic88 JUL 28, 02:21 PM Well we're back from the 25th! Overall we had a great time and enjoyed seeing our many Fiero friends. I decided to take a break from unpacking to post some more info in this thread, especially because some of you were clamouring for it at the show! After taking pictures of the A/C unit, photos were taken of the set-up of the brake master cylinder and the wiring in the front compartment. The photos of the wiring were among the most critical so we were sure to zoom in! These photos would later come in handy when we rewired the front! P.S. - these are moving ahead in date at a rapid pace. Keep in mind that other work was being done on the car at the time but I figured it would be more organized to keep the topics together in this thread. Fierochic88 JUL 28, 02:31 PM Prepping the front compartment was a real b*tch. You have no idea how many little groves and bumps there are above the wheel wheels until you have actually tackled the project of wet sanding and filling it all in with bondo. I learned so much about the intricate areas about this compartment that I now have a much great appreciation for it! In the first picture you can see my "tools" of choice. I first "Super Cleaned" the whole area to get the surface dirt off. I also used brake cleaner and "Goo Gone" to take off any tougher residues. I wet sanded the entire compartment and then began taping off the hoses (it was so much easier to leave those particular ones in), while I simultaneously worked at slowly filling in the valleys with bondo. After the initial prep work was completed, it was important to carefully tape off the areas to be painted. This job could not have been undertaken without the help of many Fiero friends, including kslish who is shown on the right: After the car was done being taped, the primer was shot by my dad: (Back to unpacking and cleaning - more later!) Fierochic88 JUL 28, 02:50 PM Alright got a temporary reprieve (Matt wanted to mow the lawn and it kills my allergies!) For the paint we used an enamel with hardner. After spraying the inner compartment, we used a black version of the same paint to spray the surrounding compartment. While those areas were prepped, painted and drying, we began to paint some of the pieces that belonged in those compartments such as the radiator, headlights and jack. Other pieces were also being powdercoated such as the tire iron and tire holder. This is what it looked like upon final spray: And fairly re-assembled: Now onto the engine!