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viperine
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APR 02, 11:27 PM
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Well, that's odd. No lenses inside your tail lights?
I think I have spares if you need them.
How's the temp gauge acting now?
Your heater buttons for any of the air conditioning options, as well as defrost option, will turn your cooling fans on, on demand.
I rely on this when our cars suffer cooling issues.
The gauge reading very incorrect can be an easy fix, a new sending unit (located at the corner of the cylinder head closest to the distributor, a 2 wire connector goes into it).
When installing the new sending unit, I believe it is advised to NOT use Teflon tape as it can interfere with the sending unit's ground, which is the threads in the cylinder heads.
Teflon tape can cause the readings to be very wrong at the cluster.
Inspect your rims on the inner side for fluid leaks. Brake fluid leaves a wet spot that will last a darn long time. It will also ruin paint, so check sooner than later.
Beautiful car though!!
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rice.1
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APR 04, 11:24 AM
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Absolutely beautiful, Thomas!
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Fiero Thomas
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APR 04, 05:55 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by viperine:
Well, that's odd. No lenses inside your tail lights?
I think I have spares if you need them.
How's the temp gauge acting now?
Your heater buttons for any of the air conditioning options, as well as defrost option, will turn your cooling fans on, on demand.
I rely on this when our cars suffer cooling issues.
The gauge reading very incorrect can be an easy fix, a new sending unit (located at the corner of the cylinder head closest to the distributor, a 2 wire connector goes into it).
When installing the new sending unit, I believe it is advised to NOT use Teflon tape as it can interfere with the sending unit's ground, which is the threads in the cylinder heads.
Teflon tape can cause the readings to be very wrong at the cluster.
Inspect your rims on the inner side for fluid leaks. Brake fluid leaves a wet spot that will last a darn long time. It will also ruin paint, so check sooner than later.
Beautiful car though!! |
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If you have spare for the taillights I would love to have them. Let me know. I also do put the air on to cool the motor as well. My AC does not work and there is no belt on the compressor. My sons school has the car now. They are going to start tearing into it tomorrow. Turns out that his teacher had an 86 GT so he is familiar with the cars so that is a good thing
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Fiero Thomas
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APR 05, 08:57 PM
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Well my sons class worked on the car today. Turns out the asshats that did my breaks on the car last year failed to close the bleeders on the calipers so when I hit the breaks the fluid was just coming out. There for no breaks. They are going to flush the lines next week and check for why the car is running a bit hot. ------------------
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Fiero Thomas
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APR 15, 06:18 PM
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Small update for today. The teacher recommended 4 new calipers to make the whole system new other then the break master. After a bit of calling around I found both fronts and rears for a total of 180.00 at O'Reilly Auto Parts. They are also replacing the tireod boots as well. After they put the car back together they are going to look into why it runs warm. This is saving me a ton of cash to have his class work on the car. I am not worried as his teacher had an 86gt as well and is familure with the car.
Also I want to send a big plus to viperine for sending me the lenses for my tail lights. One more step closer to stock.
Take Care all------------------
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Fiero Thomas
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MAY 10, 10:25 PM
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So here is the list that they did on the car at his auto shop.
4 calipers 180.00
2 e-break cables and the metal ting that they connect to. 45.00
2 tie rod boots 10.00
1 battery 80.00
1 alternator 75.00
Labor 00.00
And one happy driver
SSo far it is running good. I am going to be driving it tomorrow for the NIFE spring cruse for a shake down.
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Rexgirl
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MAY 11, 03:40 PM
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Looks very nice, Thomas!
I'm curious if your new tie rod boots are rubber? If they are, would you be able to get the part number? All I could find were poly replacements and the rubber boots seal better. TIA.
Have a fun Drive !
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Fiero Thomas
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MAY 13, 06:53 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Rexgirl:
Looks very nice, Thomas!
I'm curious if your new tie rod boots are rubber? If they are, would you be able to get the part number? All I could find were poly replacements and the rubber boots seal better. TIA.
Have a fun Drive ! |
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We ended up getting the poly boots for the car. The rubber ones are out there, I went to Orilly's auto parts to get them. They can get the rubber ones but I did not want to wait to get them. ------------------
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Fiero Thomas
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JUL 19, 11:43 PM
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So where are we with the car at this time. My son is driving it full time and it is running great. So we decided on the next step for her. Stereo time. we ant to keep it in the time period as much as we can so here is the list.
1 Alpine 9883 stereo
3 Kenwood KAC 821 amplifiers
2 Audiocontrol EQL equalizers
1 Audiocontrol Epicenter
4 Cerwin vega speakers 4x10 and 4x6 plates
1 Skar 8 inch subwoofer
We are going to build a rack for behind both seats one side with the amps and power center and the drivers side will hold all the EQ's and have extra room for upgrades as needed. This build will take a bit to do as I am gathering all the cables to make everything go. So I will be doing this in stages. I will be selling the old audio stuff that was in the car so look out in the mall. I will upload photos as we do this.
Thank You
Thomas------------------
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Fiero Thomas
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JUL 20, 04:10 PM
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