Just picked up an 87 SE basket case (Page 7/37)
notwohorns JUN 15, 07:05 PM
NAPA and O'reilly sell the rubber line ends. There is several packages the chose from. They are in the MotorMite and/or the Helps section
78_elky JUN 15, 10:53 PM
Thanks for the kind words, I got a picture with the intake on but it was only resting there so I could see how it looked and I'm holding off posting that till I get all the parts installed and get it running again.

Well I had some good luck at O'Reilly's today and found they sell the plastic hard lines, and some fittings. I'm not trying to go back 100% stock because that would be too much hassle to find every single thing and expense but I think what I've come up with will work. I'm also going to reroute the brake booster hose and get rid of the hard line. Mine is rusted pretty bad and pitted so I'm going to just run rubber line to the nipple on the firewall and see how that goes for now until I can find a new metal hose that isn't full of holes. As for the rubber ends, a lot of them were sold as singles and as universal (so might not even work right) so I got plastic 90* bends and I'll just use some rubber hose on either end to make the connection. I wasn't going to pay over $5 a bend for this stuff

Jessica
78_elky JUN 16, 01:48 PM
Getting started on the vacuum lines last night, I took inventory of all the parts I bought and found there are some things that I'll just end up returning and I think I'm going to find some aluminum tube to replace the plastic lines.

Its a big mess with the parts store (hard lines) they are still too flexible and it'll look like spaghetti if I change them around. I also think I've got 90% of the 90* elbows replaced so that is good and the few I couldn't find replacements for are in good enough shape I suppose.



Jessica
78_elky JUN 18, 12:22 AM
Picked up some hard lines from the local hobby shop. Its aluminium and I got three 36" sticks of 5/32" (I think I needed to by 4 if I was going to do the EGR line) and one 36" stick of 1/4"

Getting closer, I put Fast 7 on the TV and got to work.

And here it is 90% there (I need a longer PCV hose)


Unfortunately (like usually happens lately) I have not had time to install the intake.

Maybe I'll get to it tomorrow after work
Jessica
78_elky JUN 18, 11:39 PM
Put a few hours into working on the car tonight and got the intake installed!
I love how it looks and how it sounds running at 1000rpm!!!!!

Of course in the picture you'll notice I haven't hooked up the power brake line, I just plugged it. I'll get down under the car and do that soon, as well as wrap the front header with header wrap. I've got to wrap the rear one and reinstall the crossover pipe heat shield but I can do that without getting under the car.

I think the car ran out of gas because it sputtered and died and I could restart it but it kind of did the same again unless I kept my foot on the pedal. I'm hoping it isn't an injector or regulator issue but it may be and then I guess I'll be pulling the intake again. Who designed this thing (lol)



Jessica

Update!
I checked out the car again and the vacuum line running to the top of the fuel pressure regulator came off. It must have shaken loose while the car was running or maybe it was never fully attached.
I know I hooked it up; but given how much moving and fiddling this intake took to get on its possible it came off and I didn't notice.
I think I can get my hand under there to plug it back in or at least get a tool under there to plug it in and I hope I'm back on the road!

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Dennis LaGrua JUN 21, 09:08 AM
Jessica welcome to the insanity. Fieros are great project cars and fun to drive. It is inspiring to many of us guys to see a girl who is proficient in car repair. Just last year I was able to show my wife how to pop the hood- no joke she didn't know how.
Keep the questions coming for this is a friendly forum where we all help one another. Fieros are great little cars and the addiction is easy to get. Once you get it , you will not be able to leave the car alone as there are tons of improvements that can be easily made.

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78_elky JUN 22, 01:23 PM

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Originally posted by Dennis LaGrua:

Jessica welcome to the insanity. Fieros are great project cars and fun to drive. It is inspiring to many of us guys to see a girl who is proficient in car repair. Just last year I was able to show my wife how to pop the hood- no joke she didn't know how.
Keep the questions coming for this is a friendly forum where we all help one another. Fieros are great little cars and the addiction is easy to get. Once you get it , you will not be able to leave the car alone as there are tons of improvements that can be easily made.




Thanks, I've been playing with cars with my Dad since I was little and never lost interest. I'm a little annoyed with the Fiero right now but nothing a couple days ignoring it won't fix. I'm also waiting for a fuel pressure regulator to get delivered. I'm pretty sure I've got the problem narrowed down to injectors or the regulator. The regulator was cheaper and if I find out it is fine I'll return the new one (or still replace it because I'm finding on this car its especially good to replace the very old rubber pieces). I hope to have an update this week on whats going on. I really hope there is some driving in the near future!

Jessica
78_elky JUN 23, 10:33 AM
I am going to pull the upper intake and check out the injectors, vacuum lines, and the fuel pressure regulator but I'm still waiting for the FPR to get to the auto parts store so I've been keeping busy.
I got some fiberglass header wrap and stainless zip ties so I tried to install that. I've never done it before and I think I would really like to never do it on a set while they are in the car again.
I have not done the front one yet; it'll get done when I jack the car up to replace the power brake vacuum line.
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I also cleaned and painted the only heat shield I have for the car, I'm not sure what the previous owner was thinking but this engine gets really hot in the back and it would have been nice if he hadn't lost so many parts.

I'll keep my eyes peeled for a set; maybe ones off of another similar car would work?
Its looking like we're in for some hot weather so it might be a while before I know whats wrong with the car or can get it going again.

Jessica

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78_elky JUN 24, 11:13 AM
Well I took the intake off again and pulled the fuel pressure regulator and it looks OK, old but OK. I was hoping for a smoking gun but it just looks old there isn't a tear or any perforations that I can see.
What else could cause this no start issue? I mean I had it running for a good 2 or 3 minutes and it just died like it was running out of gas and never started up again.
I'll check the resistance of the injectors and try to verify they are working but I've never really played around with injectors.
Anyways any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Jessica
hiwil88formula JUN 24, 12:00 PM
Make sure you have gas in the car Fiero fuel gauges suck usually run out about a 1/4 of a tank unless it has been fixed. Check the injector fuses and the fuel pump fuse.