88 Coupe gets a 3.4 (Page 18/57)
fierocarparts OCT 07, 02:58 PM
Good luck Joe! I know how long you've been wanting to drive a Fiero again. I think Cathy would've been happier with the little Yellow Formula.
josef644 OCT 07, 05:05 PM

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Originally posted by fierocarparts:

Good luck Joe! I know how long you've been wanting to drive a Fiero again. I think Cathy would've been happier with the little Yellow Formula.



Yer breaking my heart here Steve. I am still wanting a High Yellow Fiero. San Antonio guy's fault, after I spent two days around his Mint shape yellow T top.
-Joe
josef644 OCT 08, 12:13 PM
I was able to fill the coolant system, and add 4 quarts of transmission fluid. This got it up to full. I set the timing and took it for a one mile ride. The roads in here where I live are to bumpy to get it up to speed to see if the TCC will engage. I have felt all three shifts, as it is supposed to do. I have something going on with the temperature gauge. No movement I will run a few tests on it to see what is up there. My idle is right at 1700 RPM, Vacuum leak somewhere I am sure.

I am gonna replace the tail lights so I can get it out on the street off of the property here and check for TCC engagement about dusk. I need to renew my vehicle inspection and registration one day next week. I didn't want to pay for a new registration until I could drive it

3.4 is pretty peppy with the 3.33 final drive. I had a nice grin on my face aftert I got it off the stop sign pretty hard.
josef644 OCT 08, 05:44 PM
Spent the past 2 hours reading how to locate vacuum leaks and trouble shoot a IACs. I will test these later this evening before I take the car out past dusk to check out the TCC.

I did notice that when I retared the timing the idle dropped down 500 RPM. I was retarding it with the aid of a timing light. I was around 4 degrees to high. I had purchasaed a used Rodney Dickman V6 belt idler kit in the mall. It cam in todays mail. I will install it one day this week.

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josef644 OCT 08, 07:37 PM
I was able to check my IAC throttle body hole. Covered it made no difference in engine RPM. It would start and run with the 'A' and 'B' pins on the ALDL shunted across. Big air leak somewhere,
josef644 OCT 08, 08:57 PM
Just got back from a dusk lite drive about of 6 miles. I placed the transmission in 1st and ran it up to about 4700 RPM, then let off of the throttle until it was back to idle speed. Doing this is supposed to expand the rings up against the cylinder walls so they will seat properly. 20 times as Hastings instructions .

Next I got up on a good smooth road and got it up to around 47 MPH. Once there it locked the converter. It seems that all is well in the transmission department. I need to add 1 pint of transmission fluid.

I switched the two green wires in their sockets on the temperature gauge sending unit connector. My Temp gauge now comes up 1/8". No lighting up of the 'TEMP' bulb. Engine coolant was pretty well at 203* by my scanner while driving.

I have the right turn signal working, no left. I have the 'AJAR' light working, but no other dash light are coming on.

All speedo pod illumination bulbs are working correctly. Pretty red tint in the speedo pod. The auxiliary gauge pod is all good to go.

The 3.4 is real peppy and sounds good on the good smooth road I was on. The exhaust note is not to loud as to be annoying. I am pretty happy as a whole, but want to get it all squared away so I can get my safety inspection one day next week.

Editted to add no smoking or fuel smell outside the car with the engine running, or at start up.

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blakeinspace OCT 08, 10:45 PM
WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO! (again)
josef644 OCT 09, 11:29 AM
Having a bad back sorta day. I will not be out there bending over the car trying to locate the vacuum leak today.
josef644 OCT 10, 02:29 PM
I went out to the car to get some work done this morning at 9am. After removing the distributor cap and rotor I could see that the idle air tube was not seated into the back face of the throttle body. The larger of the two black tubes is supposed to be in the 1/2" hole. I removed the throttle body and added a new 'O' ring into the groove:


After reconnecting it all up, my idle has dropped down to about 1300 RPM in Park. When I put my thumb on the air idle port of the throttle body the engine is just barely running now. SO I still have a small leak I will do some more testing later tonight.

Went back out and removed the throttle body, cap and rotor. I put the piece of soda can underneath the EGR pipe where it connects to the upper intake. All is well in the idle department now. I was able to set the timing at idle instead of at 1700 RPM. I will remove the pipe one day this week and try to find where the leak is. Might just be the gasket, as I had modded a gasket to bolt it all up. It was all we could find at the parts house back then. I have tried Ebay for a Camaro/Firebird one with no luck. I don't really want to pay $100.00 for a new EGR pipe with The Fiero Store.

I dropped my 10mm wrench while working. I looked under the car to find it and saw I have a small oil stain right underneath the area of the oil filter/ oil pressure pipe. I will be under the one day real soon as I want to add the Rodney Dickman alternator belt idler kit

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josef644 OCT 11, 04:47 PM
I removed the EGR pipe today and removed the little silver insulation thing. This was open more, but I had closed it a bit with pliers. A bit out of focus, but good enough to see the break.