Well, this car has suffered. It hit a deer, has been neglected from a previous owner, and the camshaft gear has stripped. I'm going to turn this car back into something worth driving...
Started by tearing apart the engine to clean, replace seals and gaskets, and fix the cam gear.
------------------ Nelson Autos Click the Link to see my Fieros! Bottle-Fed Silver 1986 Custom GT Blue 1984 2m4
I suspected that the cam gear was bad, so I had to drop down the engine a ways to get at the camshaft. Also, this engine leaks oil like a siv! So I'm basically rebuilding the engine at the same time.
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The seats in the car were torn up and old looking, so I got a custom Iggee seat cover set and installed them at the same time that I massively cleaned the interior of the car. ***Disclaimer*** I did not paint any of the blue trim. You should have seen the interior BEFORE I replaced all of the bezels with stock replacements. YUCK! The interior is not done being worked over.
All of the parts that I pulled off of the engine made of metal will be cleaned and then painted. Here they are glass-beaded and cleaned up ready for paint:
But until the paint is finished up, I'll be cleaning out under the hood. I don't want to see any fires...
Hi Nelson , i looked into my garage and found a twin of ur blue toy
We built up an 1984 Fiero last summer , even the color matches Ours was a 500Euro , broken engine , crappy painted E-bay buy . I got a 40k miles iron Duke with perf. cam and ported intakes installed Transmission is the manual 4 performance (quite sure about that because the car is at 160km/h over 4500 rpm) iam a little proud of the polished rims (took me a lot hours but i had no Fingerprints after it)
Your Engine looks really terrible , good luck with it. btw. i thought of the 16V 2.3L engine from the Transport for my other Fiero (Black 87SE) maybe its an Option for you too
greetings from Hamburg Mario
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kwagner Member
Posts: 4258 From: Pittsburgh, PA Registered: Apr 2005
to pull the timing gear out I had to: remove valve cover remove or loosen the rockers remove the pushrods remove the lifter cover remove the lifters remove the crankshaft pulley remove the timing cover take wheels off and pull brake calipers off to the sides dropped rear of cradle down about 3 feet removed 2 10mm bolts behind the camshaft removed the oil pump drive next to/above the oil filter removed the distributor
Damn, looks like a lot of work to that engine. How confident are you that after the rebuild the motor isn't going to crap out after like 6k miles? Or is this a full rebuild and not just a cam gear?
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fierohoho Member
Posts: 3494 From: Corner of No and Where Registered: Apr 2001
My father is the automotive machining and engine rebuilding instructor at Northwest Technical College Bemidji. I have about any tool you could possibly imagine at my disposal if I ask nice enough. So, yea, I used a giant hydraulic press. Otherwise it'd cost probably around $25 - $30 at a shop.
I'm pulling off the head tonigth to replace the rings and then when it is all going back together, I'll be replacing the crank bearings.
I haven't decided yet if I'll be rebuilding the head. That's easy enough to rebuild if the need arises.
------------------ Nelson Autos Click the Link to see my Fieros! Bottle-Fed Silver 1986 Custom GT Blue 1984 2m4
We got a bunch of parts cleaned up and painted, so here's the finished work in that department:
And that young lady would be my wife. She's usually not that goofy looking, we were just having a good time having date night in the garage pulling the head on the fiero!! What a blast!
For some reason, 2 of the 4 brand new AC Delco spark plugs decided to break on their way out also. I replaced these a couple months ago when I thought the problem was the ignition system, now that I am pulling them out for the first time, they snapped in half. Can't tell if I wasn't gentle enough, or if they're just cheap.
Victory is ours! And next the head will be hot tanked, magnafluxed, decked, rebuilt, then we're going to do a re-ring kit and slap the whole thing back together! I'll keep you all updated.
Great (Re)Build there Chris! Looking forward to watching your progress - this isn't the same car that was rolling around on those giant chrome wheels, is it?
And I didn't realize that you guys got married already!? Congrats!
Heya Chris... I didn't know you were married! Nice find! Your wife has officially held at least one more ratchet than mine.
You prolly have already done this, but make sure to clean the debris out of the heater elements in the front hood. Being in a field... you may find a family of rats or other small furry woodland creatures have decided to take up residence in there!
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Gokart Mozart Member
Posts: 12143 From: Metro Detroit Registered: Mar 2003
Well, since the last post, I've done a teardown and rebuild of a 1.8L 16v DOHC in a 2000 Chevy Prism, an intake manifold gasket replacement on a 3100sfi in a '97 Chevy Lumina, a half shaft replacement in a '94 honda civic, and a bunch of other work to a '92 honda civic all in my spare time. Basically, been busy helping other people with their projects, so this one has taken a back seat. But I'm jumping back into it right now.
The original head had 7 major cracks on the combustion chamber side and after that we didn't even bother to magnaflux any of the other sides....
I got another cylinder head from AnimalGT for the price of shipping. THANKS SCOTT!! I magnafluxed that head and it had one crack in one of the valve seats, but a new set of hard seats will take care of that problem and it is totally rebuildable. So hopefully in the next week or two I'll have the head rebuild, then everything can go back together.
New Rings, Bearings, Gaskets, and a fresh rebuilt head with a performance valve job.
I got a new steering wheel and a new radio since the last time I updated also. I finished swapping out all of the old nasty interior pieces (except the carpet) and I'm working on prepping the engine for the rebuild now.
Here are the new pictures of the interior. It's almost finished but after looking at these pictures, I may pull the black carpet out of my silver fiero and stuff it inside this car. YUK
Once I get the engine rebuilt, I'm replacing the front bumper cover, hood, and drivers side front fender to repair some damage done by hitting a deer. At that time, I'm also going to do this:
This scoop will incorporate a custom air duct underneath and it will help feed my new intake setup for the duke.
and also, FYI: The reason for even putting this car together is 2 fold: 1. Have something to do while I'm parting out my silver Fiero 2. Get it ready to sell when it's back on the road and driving!
pulled out the factory torsion springs because this car is getting a gas strut kit put in. Also pulled out all of the insulation crap to make it look nicer.
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because the fiber gear is supposed to be more quiet than the steel gear set, and the old fiber gear lasted for 20 years, and I have no intention of keeping this car that long!! haha
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DotTC Member
Posts: 2345 From: Hamlet, North Carolina Registered: Nov 2003
cylinders 2 and 4 are not cooperating... for some reason I can't get the piston to go in either cylinder... I'm going to buy a different style ring compressor tomorrow and see if I can coax them in there... but I don't get it...
But I did get the camshaft in with the 2 new gears, and got the lifters, distributor, and oil drive gear installed. I guess the next thing is to get those pistons in there...
,Love the wheels it had on her ..Rob
I can,t wait to see more ..finaly a 4 cylinder lol ..good job Oslo 
I'm going to buy a different style ring compressor tomorrow and see if I can coax them in there... but I don't get it...
