88 Coupe 4.9 Swap Thread (Page 43/69)
josef644 MAY 24, 09:28 PM
I got this leather shift knob in the mail today. mmeyer86gt/gtp here on PFF makes these, and does a great job on them.


I connected up the heater hose and the fuel lines to the engine today. I fastened down the spare tire tub, and painted the jack holder and the spare tire retaining rod. Light day, heat and humidity were horrid by 10:00am. Gonna put the radiator fan back in its mount tomorrow after I give it a good cleaning.

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katatak MAY 24, 10:56 PM
Hey Joe!

Nice shifter knob - the stitching looks great. Thanks for the WCF shift bracket info - I was feeling a little defeated and I di not like the way I had to "rig" mine to work. I feel a change in the works.

I feel your pain with the humidity. At 6:30 AM I was in El Paso - 78* 0% humidity. An hour later I was in San Antonio 100% humidity - it was raining. A few hours later, I was in Houston and when I got out of the rent a car, I almost died - and the humidity was only 78%. It's tough on an old fat man to go from 0% to well any humidity. I do not see how folks can live in the humidity. I guess you "climatize" to wear you live.

Pat
josef644 MAY 25, 12:06 AM
The knob is fine, its just to light in color to use in my Coupe. I put it in the car, and it sticks out like sore thumb. mmeyer86gt/gtp here on PFF makes these. He did a great job.

I need to add that the color wasn't his fault, he made what I requested,

This morning I added the overflow tank and the fan. I think all is finished now under neath the front hood.

I removed the exhaust and removed about 3" of the 2.5 straight from each end. I am gonna put it back on one more time so I can mark the 90* turns to head out the rear of the car for welding. I am gonna go to Autozone tomorrow to look for a pair of 2 1/2" chrome tips to weld on the elbows before I drop it one last time for welding.


Just cam in from the shop. I replaced the thermostat with a new 195* one. I drilled two 1/8" holes in it for air escape while filling. New o ring used also. I am not gonna use a Fiero thermostat housing. I plan on using an in line filler topped off with a 20 lb cap. I got me a piece of metal pipe 5" long to join the new hose to the 88's driver side hoses and pipes. I'll post a picture tomorrow if I have it all dialed in.

Gotta be at the dentist for an extraction at 1pm, not gonna get much done tomorrorw.

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josef644 MAY 26, 07:41 PM
I got new radiator caps , one 16 lb for the radiator, and a 20 lb for the in line filler neck this morning before my trip to the dentist. I also picked up two chrome exhaust tips for the car, but I am not to sure I like them after putting one on a tailpipe. Just didn't suite me.

More tomorrow.

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katatak MAY 30, 10:53 PM
Joe???? You must be taking it easy this Holiday weekend? I thought for sure I would here it fire up!
josef644 MAY 31, 09:08 AM

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Originally posted by katatak:

Joe???? You must be taking it easy this Holiday weekend? I thought for sure I would here it fire up!



Haven't done much this weekend. We were out of town until yesterday around 4:30pm. Slept in this morning. I plan on running the positive battery cable after while.
josef644 JUN 01, 04:48 PM
I finished the transmission cooling lines, added the positive battery cable to the car and finished the exhaust this morning before it got hot in the shop. Axles and parking brake cables tomorrow. I have the new adjustable bolts to put in the lower strut holes. Might take the front wheels off of the 10" blocks. The fronts have been up there since late July or early August last year.

Parking brake cable connector has eluded me, ordered a new one from The Fiero Store. I ordered a pair rebuild kits for the front calipers also.

I found these on E Bay, and ordered up a pair. They are double walled inlet 2.25, outlet 4X3 8.5" long resonated. $42.00 a pair delivered. Photo lifted from E BAy seller:

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josef644 JUN 02, 02:07 PM
I got outside about 8:30 am and installed both axle shafts. I installed the bolts that hold the struts to the hub assemblies. I had new adjustable ones for the lower holes. Connected the brake hoses to the metal hard lines.

Did this this morning. I still need to cut out the top of the radio opening so the CD's will come in and out:


Went back outside and trimmed out the top of the radio opening for the CD slot and eject button. Looks pretty good. There is a part of the cabin wiring harness behind this radio about 1" around. I am gonna unwrap it so it will flatten out a bit. The wiring connector for the radio hits this part of the wiring and keeps the radio from going in the last 3'16 inch . There is just not any more room behind the radio. I have a good 1/4 " between the HVAC panel and the faceplate. This does sound real good though.
josef644 JUN 03, 03:09 PM
Rear heater hose on my 88 Coupe runs at the rear passenger side of the engine bay. I now have an exhaust manifold there to offer mucho heat. I was unhappy with the situation. I found a 90* 5/8 inch elbow in the help section. I used a piece of 5/8 hose to add the elbow to the chassis part of the aluminum line. The up part of the elbow got the old end of the 5/8 hose from the engine. I am 5 inches away from any exhaust heat now. I can add a second elbow if I find the new piece of hose to hot. This will get me far away from any engine heat.

I bought two foot of both size vacuum hoses and connected all of my vacuum lines with new hose. I even replaced the old ones connecting the charcoal canister to the metal hard lines.

I plan on working out the vacuum line for the power brakes tomorrow, and finish up the coolant filler and coolant hose deployment. I located my Indy vacuum line I robbed off of the Indy I gave Steve a while back.

I connected the power block by the battery to the positive battery lead to listen to the radio while I was in the shop. I had the key switch to the 'RUN' position. My radiator fan came on. I have been thinking about this all afternoon. Why is this darned fan running? It just came to me. My AC switch was pushed in on 'normal" AC. I hit the 'OFF' button, re connected the power lead. No more fan running. You just don't know how happy this made me.

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josef644 JUN 04, 02:39 PM
Not much done today. I have a grand daughter graduating from high school tomorrow, and was asked by my bitter half to not go and get my hands stained dark working on that piece of junk in the garage again. I will not be able to get back on the Coupe until Sunday some time. I have mows to do Monday if it isn't raining again.

Finished up the power brake booster vacuum lines.

Torqued all the cradle bolts to spec.