First let me start with some back story. I/we have been in the Fiero game for about 8 years. Yes a relatively short time compared to some. We have learned a TON about cars and engines and fieros. We currently own 3. Have owned 6 thus far. And I have a TONS of parts (FS BTW!). One we currently own is a 87 w/27K original miles that sat in a shops driveway for almost 18 years. We pulled the motor and went over her completely. She rides like a true dream! No squeaks, rattles or wanderings. Smooth like a new car should be. We are the first registered owners. Another we currently own is a 86. It has been through more hands then a door knob. However I have spent the last 7 years fixing her up a little at a time. Lowered it with coilovers, added 17's, sanding previous owners rattle can paint job off. EGR. Water pump. Alt,. And a TON of stuff I am not going to bother typing. We have DD'd the 86 for around 6 years. It is/was our first Fiero. However it's a true northern Fiero with all it's glorious rust. So I been buying parts here and there to try and restore the rusted parts that I can. I purchased a less rusty cradle in the hopes of replacing the one that is about to break any day now. And this is where our story takes a turn!!
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Well there is a local to me guy that is/was getting out of Fieros and I was buying a lot of parts of him. Every time I went to visit he would tell me about this 84 he has out back. And I would just tell him I'm not interested. Well early spring and I am at his house and he shows me the car and now its sitting in front of my house!!
84 with a 96 Monte Carlo 3.4L DOHC all swapped in.
But this is where it gets interesting. The guy I bought it from purchased it from a shop in NH. The guy that built the car either worked or owned the shop. The builder apparently got real sick and passed and the car supposedly sat for around 10 years at the shop. Well the guy I bought it off went to look at it and they had it on a lift. Someone reached up and jumped the starter and started the car for a few seconds. So the guy I got it off bought it and brought it home. It sat at his house for about 1 year. He tried everything he could to get it running. He couldn't figure out why 'no start' and I guess he gave up. Guess he put it on his trailer and parked it out back of his house where it sat some more.
So I get the car to my house and I start trouble shooting. I can see for a fact that the car did indeed run at some point due to the chaffing of plug wires on the pulley (which I need to replace). Everything is there. Fuel pump is priming, CEL is working. Just no crank or start. I spent a few hours over a couple of days looking over the builders wiring diagrams and pinouts and everything looks good. So I'm sitting in the car, wracking my brain, "what am I missing". When I look down at my feet and see it!!..
Clutch safety switch was unplugged!! facepalm...
Even the folks at the shop couldn't figure it out. PO couldn't figure it out. Guess I either got real lucky or perseverance paid off! Either way it now starts, runs, shifts, drives, stops just fine. I mean it needs some tweaking but its all there! Happy me!! Pissed off PO. Poor guy! Lol.
Oh and the PO kept telling me it's a 95 Grand Prix. He swears it. But EVERYTHING I am seeing is leading me to 96 Monty. Oh and it's mated to a 5spd Getrag.
I posted a few first run vids on Youtube and 'slowV8' or something like that keeps pointing me here to RFT. So here I am...
Now the questions will commence...
1. What is the i.d. of the coolant return hose coming off the motor? I need to cut an inline filler in and am having a bear of a time finding this info. I need one of these as seen on Summits website. IDK if my link will work...
http://www.summitracing.com/search?Sort ... e%20filler
And I am going to have a TON more ???'s. So please bear with me.
Again TYVM for having me! Happy wrenching!!
Andrew