88 Coupe 4.9 Swap Thread (Page 15/69)
josef644 NOV 03, 05:27 PM
I was checking wires for being connected properly today, ecm, pin number so an so, etc. Following the paths. I have found around 3 mistakes that I have made splicing wires. I taggged these and will address these one at a time after work tomorrow. After seeing some of the harness builds some of you guys have done , mine makes me sick at my stomach. But mine isn't wrapped in the black covering yet, so maybe there is some light at the end of this tunnel after all.
Look at this one here. Hell fire GM didn't do them this nice. Olejoedad's 4.9 install:

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josef644 NOV 05, 05:44 PM
Correctred the wire I had connected incorrecty. The other two were alright afterall, I had run out of the needed color of wire and forgot to add this into my notes. Tomorrow I will solder in the Baker Electronix VATS bypass, the +12V for the power steering and the Speedo filter. I still will need to connect the purple starter lead to the starter.

I am going to remove the oil filter adapter and do the drill out of the oil passage for the oil cooler bypass.

Then it MIller time

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josef644 NOV 10, 04:27 PM
Got home from Corpus Christi afew hours ago and this came on the FedEx truck:


Is the dent in the neck supposed to be there?

Worked in the garage an hour or so checking things out. I still need to verify all the grounds before I put a battery in it. I'll be trying the key on it one day this week for sure. I have to work the next two days so no time for playing with the Fiero.
Carrluvr NOV 10, 07:31 PM

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Originally posted by josef644:

Got home from Corpus Christi afew hours ago and this came on the FedEx truck:


Is the dent in the neck supposed to be there?

Worked in the garage an hour or so checking things out. I still need to verify all the grounds before I put a battery in it. I'll be trying the key on it one day this week for sure. I have to work the next two days so no time for playing with the Fiero.




Yes it was in my new one as well. Why I don't know. Have fun with that. I hope I never have to do that again.
Carrluvr NOV 10, 07:35 PM

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Originally posted by josef644:

Correctred the wire I had connected incorrecty. The other two were alright afterall, I had run out of the needed color of wire and forgot to add this into my notes. Tomorrow I will solder in the Baker Electronix VATS bypass, the +12V for the power steering and the Speedo filter. I still will need to connect the purple starter lead to the starter.

I am going to remove the oil filter adapter and do the drill out of the oil passage for the oil cooler bypass.

Then it MIller time

Have you done the Tach mod yet? I haven't done that yet. Its kind of interesting running 70 mph and my tach says 3300 rpm. I have that project saved for the winter lay over.
josef644 NOV 10, 09:31 PM
I have done my spare tach, but haven't put it in the car yet. I can switch it out anytime. Wasn't to bad at all.

I have finished the wiring harness as of today. I still want to check over all the ground leads before I try to fire it off. I will put the cross over pipe back on the engine, and insert a one foot piece of exhayst pipe on the rear manifold so it doesn't roast my trunk.

I plan on doing the oil filter bypass tomorrow after work.
Joe

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josef644 NOV 10, 09:35 PM

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Originally posted by Carrluvr:
Have you done the Tach mod yet? I haven't done that yet. Its kind of interesting running 70 mph and my tach says 3300 rpm.



In 1965 I had a 59 Corvette w/ 283 with 3 X 2's. The generator had a cable port on the rear for the tach drive. I reached underneath the dash and switched the tach and speedo cables around. I could do 120 MPH sitting in the driveway. Now that was funnny.
Joe
Dizzixx NOV 10, 10:28 PM
Hey man I just read your whole thread and wanted to compliment you on the pain you go through to sort things out properly instead of just jury rigging. I have been put to shame by your level of commitment. Many Kudos and keep up the good work.

So when do you think you will get to hear it for the first time? Running it without exhaust is truly a sweat cacophony of noise that only autophiles can appreciate, it gets your blood pumping for sure, next thing you know you run around the house with goggles and gloves on, soot on your face; ready for the next 1930s
fierocarparts NOV 11, 10:02 AM
Nice tool find!
Yea I was disappointed that I couldn't get the sending unit to actually read EMPTY when it is in fact empty. I tried it out of the tank and on the bottom rest of the sending unit, the gauge still showed a little over an 1/8th of a tank. I considered filing on the plastic stop. That is one thing that has ALWAYS bothered me about the Fiero.
Let me know if you are getting close, might drive down just to hear it and bring you some more parts.

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When life gives you lemons, thank them for the Fiero.

josef644 NOV 11, 10:36 AM

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Originally posted by fierocarparts:

Nice tool find!
Yea I was disappointed that I couldn't get the sending unit to actually read EMPTY when it is in fact empty. I tried it out of the tank and on the bottom rest of the sending unit, the gauge still showed a little over an 1/8th of a tank. I considered filing on the plastic stop. That is one thing that has ALWAYS bothered me about the Fiero.
Let me know if you are getting close, might drive down just to hear it and bring you some more parts.




Pretty quick now I will try to start it for the first time. Then I'll be dropping it out for some things I didn't do before I raised it up in the engine bay. I have bad back pains today and didn't get to work today. I don't think I will be able to work on the car because of my back.