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Kitskaboodle
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MAY 14, 12:18 AM
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Don’t ask me how I know this but.....
1) Always make sure you are running an alternator heat shield.
2) Always put Loctite on your caliper bolts.
3) Always make sure you go back and check and/or re-tighten any suspension pieces that you installed recently.
4) Never rest your arms/body on the trunk weatherstrip seal when working on the engine.
5) Never stop refreshing your brake fluid in your master cylinder and clutch resovoirs.
6) Never put your hand inside the headlight frame assembly when plugging the motor back in.
7) Never buy anything till you check Rockauto first.
Feel free to add to the list.
Thanks, Kit[This message has been edited by Kitskaboodle (edited 05-14-2019).]
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2.5
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MAY 14, 08:48 AM
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Never jack on the coolant tubes! (easy one)
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css9450
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MAY 14, 09:04 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Kitskaboodle:
2) Always put Loctite on your caliper bolts.
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Ha ha I know that one all too well!
Turns out, someone *cough*twinlakesfiero*cough* serviced my calipers many years ago and on one of them, they re-installed the caliper sliders backwards, and if you've ever seen the sliders on an '88, you'll know that one side is countersunk for the bolt head, and the other side isn't.... Install them backwards and the bolt won't be in far enough! Barely a couple or three threads were engaged into the steering knuckle. At some point one bolt came out and got lost, then soon afterward the other one started getting loose and there was a "clunk" every time I hit the brakes. Needless to say that was one very impromptu roadside repiar so I could limp home.... I used tie wire to help hold the other end of the caliper where the bolt was missing.
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olejoedad
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MAY 14, 09:11 AM
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Twin Lakes Fiero. That's a blast from the past.
Don't even get me started.......
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css9450
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MAY 14, 10:13 AM
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Yes, to borrow from an old nursery rhyme: "When they were good, they were very good, but when they were bad, they were horrid."
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cvxjet
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MAY 14, 11:32 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Kitskaboodle:
6) Never put your hand inside the headlight frame assembly when plugging the motor back in.
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I actually feel good about this one...Because I fig-ured it out before doing that..........
How about "Always make sure the nut behind the steering wheel is tight after removing and re-installing the steering wheel"....? For some reason, I have a loose nut behind the steering wheel on both of my cars AND my boat...........
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JMTUT
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MAY 14, 01:28 PM
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Always double check grounds before assuming electrical parts are bad.
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Patrick
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MAY 14, 02:41 PM
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Unclog the four drainage holes instead of silicone sealing the sunroof shut. (No, I haven't sealed any of mine shut, but I've seen it done often enough!)
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css9450
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MAY 14, 03:46 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
Unclog the four drainage holes instead of silicone sealing the sunroof shut. |
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What? This isn't the right way to do it? 
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fierofool
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MAY 14, 04:03 PM
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Don't use the spoiler when pushing a Fiero.
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