Father/son Fiero fix up (Page 3/3) kendell JUL 20, 02:51 AM Man, that's one nice project for your kid! Nice Dave7 JUL 29, 07:30 PM A big thank you to fierosound. We now have a working speedometer! My son has been driving it for a couple weeks now. johnyrottin AUG 02, 10:16 AM Now you will know when you are going 162MPH!!!! Dave7 OCT 08, 03:15 PM As a further update Not surprisingly for a car that had sat a long time, once he started driving it the car began leaking. The worst offender was from the oil pressure sender. There are three different units for the V6 engine in 1985 for reasons only a long retired GM engineer could explain. Two cost almost nothing and one was quite pricey. His was, of course, the more expensive three-wire version but after a few (many) scratched knuckles and swear words, it was replaced. The oil leak was slowed from a torrent to a trickle. While in there I noticed the heat shield above it was not attached properly. Probably because it involved a good amount of arm contortions to get the bolt in while holding the shield in place. As a reward, the annoying exhaust rattle on cold start up was no more. Another annoyance to be sorted out was the car did not come with a driver’s side exterior lock. This meant every time he drove the car, he had to first unlock the passenger side, then reach over to unlock the driver’s side. Do-able, but gets old fast. I was able to order a new lock fairly cheaply, but we were missing a few bits of the hardware to connect the lock to the rod in the door. Another Fiero owner to the rescue who had a couple parts cars as well as engine swapped Fiero (a larger V6, maybe supercharged I cannot recall now). He was good enough to give us the required door hardware as well as a ride for my son in a legitimately fast Fiero. From the condition of the door paper I suspect this one had never been apart before. A lot of owners suggest taking the outer door skin off to get the lock back together. My son managed to assemble it all without doing that, which was a relief as there were a few plastic bolts to take off in that case that looked rather delicate [imghttps://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/streetwheelers.jpg[/img] My son had hoped to take his car to a few car shows this year but almost everything this summer had been cancelled due to the pandemic. One such cancelled event was the annual Street Wheeler’s Friday night cruise. Hundreds of classic cars fill the streets of Lethbridge on a controlled cruise. A large number of classic and special interest vehicles showed up regardless for an unofficial cruise night. We headed down to participate, as it is pretty easy to social distance in one’s car. There were a few in Calgary on a Friday but the timing never worked for us. Probably next year at this point. Another such mostly cancelled event was the Great Beater Challenge, which we have competed in every year up until now. The main event was canceled but there was a single day mini-GBC that we drove the Fiero to the start line for. As previously mentioned, I had broken my collarbone in three places a few weeks earlier in a minor motorbike crash. As a result, I had to get a metal plate and twelve screws put in, and so did not feel up to a full day drive in the Fiero. We joined the small group for a short distance before heading back. So far, my son has been driving the Fiero almost daily with only a few issues (knock on wood). It has been a good car for him thus far and has proved to be a great learning opportunity as well. The only slight bummer has been fuel consumption and a small-ish gas tank. Overall, a pretty darn cool first car with lots of sweat equity into it. 2.5 OCT 09, 11:20 AM Great father son project! Good to see lots of pics too yamaha94 OCT 10, 11:02 AM Looks awesome! My son is a lot younger - but I do have a 88 formula that was given to me from a friend. When my son is a bit older this will be our project. Love seeing these types of projects. Dave7 DEC 07, 01:28 PM Winter tires on my son's Fiero just in time for all the snow to melt and his school to switch to online. Can't be too many around with snow tires on.