84 fieor-- 94 N* swap (Page 12/24)
IXSLR8 FEB 07, 12:41 AM
The new found power and personality of the car!
mcfrandon FEB 07, 03:20 AM
yeah im very excited, and excited to get this off my plate. It's really a lot more than you expect, but this is my first time doing something like this.

Water pump is being an unexpected nightmare. spent a while trying to get the ring off with a rental tool. I tried an impact gun and breaker bar to no avail. I will probably make a socket hold down strap tomorrow.

mostly done with the cradle and should be painting tomorrow.

Lots of coolant connections on my setup... I hate coolant leaks.
IXSLR8 FEB 07, 11:56 PM
I believe its a clockwise turn to get the water pump cartridge OUT and Counterclockwise to get it locked in place.

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mcfrandon FEB 08, 02:36 AM
yeah I took a good look at it before I tried to remove it and made sure I went clockwise. Last 2 nights I would hit it with wd40 and the impact gun and it wouldnt budge. Tonight it came off after just a couple seconds. YES. So glad. Now originally i was just going to put the Oring in there seeing that it was popped out for some reason on the old one, but seeing as how it was so rusty i might as well just order one.

I should be putting the powerplant back in the car tomorrow after i build a battery tray and make a couple small cuts to fit the surge tank nicely. I think everything else i can do with the engine in the car (i hope)
IXSLR8 FEB 08, 08:41 PM
Actions you might consider while the engine is out:

1) You might want to put in a new thermostat and drill a tiny hole in the flange to allow coolant to fill to the other side of the thermostat. Its easier to bleed the air out of the system that way.

2) You might also want to modify the oil dipstick tube by bending it toward the motor more. It will give you more clearance.

3) Consider plugging the valve cover cap hole with a freeze plug and fill it up with JB Weld for aesthetic reasons. Drill a hole in the opposite valve cover (Left side in the Fiero on the trunk side) and put in a rubber oil fill plug. Way easier to fill the engine with oil.
mcfrandon FEB 09, 02:34 AM






shes back in. now the fun stuff. I probably should of done the valve cover thing... oh well.. i had already bent the dip stick tube. shouldnt the surge tank do a good job of bleeding the coolant system?

going to need to figure out the coolant routing soon as well as the vacuum
mcfrandon FEB 09, 02:39 AM
edit for double post

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Will FEB 09, 10:08 PM

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Originally posted by IXSLR8:

1) You might want to put in a new thermostat and drill a tiny hole in the flange to allow coolant to fill to the other side of the thermostat. Its easier to bleed the air out of the system that way.




Drilling the hole is not necessary if you plumb the heater core correctly. I converted from '87 to '86 heater line in my car so I could do this.
Since you're swapping an '84, you already have the right heater pipes.

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mcfrandon FEB 11, 08:30 PM
okay all I have left is the wiring and coolant lines. How are you guys running the temperature gauge? Do you use the fiero sensor and wiring and just install it into the water crossover?
mcfrandon FEB 11, 09:29 PM
Just would like to run a few things by u guys if you have a chance to reply thank you.

there is a little cannister valve on what looks to be like vacuum hose coming out from below where the shift linkage cables come out, that looks like its for the brake booster right so just connect to engine vacuum aka that large metal hose coming out by the fuel lines? correct?

I can't seem to find a good wiring diagram for the 84 engine harness. Can i connect the N* coil pack tach signal to the fiero tach input, if so any info on what that wire looks like would be great.

Any Info on the coolant routing would be helpful. I have the left side coolant tube going to the thermostat. right side to the larger connection right above that. I need to find out which coolant ports on the water crossover and water pump housing go to the surge tank and heater core inlets. Im not sure which ones are feed and return.

Im going to look at my dads seville and my buddies fiero in the meantime and see what i can come up with thanks guys