Fiero Project Update #2 (Page 1/1)
raichuisfat APR 21, 12:29 AM
IT'S ALIIVEEE. ITS ALIVVEEEE
That's right! It's running, it didn't run for long due to the fuel leak, but it runs.|
Listening to the advice on the previous post, it was in fact the clutch being low. I will be replacing that so I can atleast start it without bypassing the switch every time.
other tid bits. Put brand new tires on it, tried to get the caliper free , but it seems the bottom bolt is really stuck on there. any suggestions on how i can remove that?
other than that, progress is going great!


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wftb APR 21, 08:35 AM
Having a clutch safety switch is mostly a GM thing. All of the other brand manual transmission cars I have had did not have one. I cut the clip off and stripped the insulation and wirenutted the wires together. I always start a manual car in neutral with my foot on the brake.

Make sure you use a T50 torx to get the brake bolts out.

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86 GT built 2.2 ecotec turbo
rear SLA suspension
QA1 coilovers on tube arms

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cvxjet APR 21, 12:16 PM
Believe it or not, my Father saved himself and his car on a Stygian rally back in the 50s with the car's NON-safety starter; He was coming around a turn and hit a big puddle- the car died...Behind him he could hear someone coming at high speed, so he put it in 1st and hit the (Over-sized) Starter and moved the car out of the middle of the road just in time.


The car was a Jowett Jupiter......Won 3 times at Le Mans in it's 1.5 L class (Can't find the pic)

Here is my Father in his Jupiter at a car rally event in 1952...

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