Fiero is Broken! - Let's Fix It
Added 2024-08-28 18:13:53 +0000 UTCThe Fiero has been riding the struggle bus for the past few months when it comes to actually starting. That changes today :)
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Once in a while I rewatch the whole Fiero series. I just finished it and wanted to say I'll be waiting for the Datsun series next.
Radu Mihaescu
2024-09-17 19:11:33 +0000 UTCI think you’re an inspiration to all aspiring handy people. Young and old. Thank you.
David Roberts
2024-09-15 20:38:05 +0000 UTCIntroduced in June 1989
David Block
2024-08-31 13:10:51 +0000 UTCThe crowd cheers every time there's a shot of the Casio F-91W
Joe Neumann
2024-08-31 09:47:13 +0000 UTCI love these updates. Thanks for taking the time to make this. By the by, I’m from Houston too. Haven’t lived there in over thirty years. But you never forget the heat & humidity.
Reagn
2024-08-31 03:17:15 +0000 UTCI missed the Fiero. Welcome back!
Papa Bogey
2024-08-31 02:17:26 +0000 UTCbussin
Calum Shaw
2024-08-29 20:39:37 +0000 UTCNext time you gotta do finagly wire snaking: Lanolin. It's stinky stuff, but it greases wires up great for snaking through close quarters. Even works for getting wires through those terribly sticky rubber boots for car door wiring. I'd also recommend investing in a spring of some sort. Next time.
Great Joe
2024-08-29 18:27:22 +0000 UTCGood to see the Fiero again, Ronald. Hope you get the air con fixed soon.
Charles Paxford
2024-08-29 14:58:33 +0000 UTCStill (patiently) waiting for the YouTube link to return so I can watch this on a proper TV.
Anthony Bowe
2024-08-28 21:40:29 +0000 UTCTotally forgot that the heat shielding was your work from the restoration. Absolutely my mistake -- I assumed it was factory. It does seem like heat shielding there is a wise investment in effort so I agree with your initial inclination to protect it. I'd also be a little nervous about the crimp connection on the smaller wire and water working its way into that joint. Especially given how much water works its way into the battery area as shown earlier in the video. Or was that a water-tight heat shrink connector? BTW, I absolutely love your work on all your projects. My comments here are provided out of appreciation and total respect for what you are doing -- and for the collective love of that little Fiero.
Greg Beachy
2024-08-28 21:04:55 +0000 UTCI installed the copious amount of heat shielding back when I had the engine out of the car 😅 I definitely think it was overkill, plus the new routing has it a little farther from the exhaust. Getting more split loom installed probably would’ve been a good idea though
Ronald Finger
2024-08-28 20:43:07 +0000 UTCI saw that. I was just hoping I was mistaken and the red wire I saw was coming from the fuse box. I'd be putting red tape or cover on the positive and black tape on the negative.
Gary kromer jr
2024-08-28 20:29:28 +0000 UTCJust going to ignore the copious amounts of heat shielding on the old cable (especially near the exhaust) and long plastic sleeve (to protect against abrasion and shorting out) and leave the new cable bare? I didn't think so.
Greg Beachy
2024-08-28 20:22:50 +0000 UTCFantastic to see the Fiero again. Love that car. I do really hate electrical problems tough. I have a Vespa that had me stranded now two times. Once I also had a bad battery cable. Second time the voltage regulator shattered itself. Burned out all light bulbs and destroyed the battery. Fun times 🙂. Great to see it fixed, I can relate to the feeling that it’s nice to have a machine just start and work. Even if it’s the most basic thing it should do.
Gerben Danen
2024-08-28 19:48:46 +0000 UTCAnyone else look at the time stamp when he goes to start it "hopefully it just starts right up" and thinking...hmm, could go either way. In hindsight, I don't think he would have resolved anything within two minutes, but you know he did that on purpose to create suspense...although he probably didn't know but was thinking, "Is this a 7 minute video? or a 15 minute video? "
LokiBeat
2024-08-28 19:45:04 +0000 UTCMe too! It's actually worse than that though. The negative wire, for whatever reason, is the one that's red. 🫠
Ronald Finger
2024-08-28 19:36:53 +0000 UTCLove the video. Glad to see the fiero. My ocd is upset the new wire isn't red though.
Gary kromer jr
2024-08-28 19:32:55 +0000 UTCLooking forward to more garage videos too. I like your renovation projects.
dennis quiad
2024-08-28 19:14:21 +0000 UTCI was wondering the same! Last I knew the system was vacuumed and fully recharged. Ice cold.
Arthur's Tiny House Build
2024-08-28 19:04:00 +0000 UTCthat Fiero literally saved my life. I'm not kidding. The video series came out in a rather dark time in my days. I was absolutely transfixed. So much so that I immediately started looking for my own. I eventually found an '86 GT (that, regretably, will probably be a parts car) and a couple years later an '86 SE V6, which I've actually been driving. I was able to focus a lot of my negative days into working on one or both of the cars. I wasn't thinking about the bad, I was just focused on getting these working. If it hadn't been for this series, honestly....I don't know how things would have ended up.
Arthur's Tiny House Build
2024-08-28 19:03:03 +0000 UTCThe system has a super slow leak, and I'm 90% sure it's due to the original rubber hoses. I replaced every single o-ring and seal for all of the fittings, but there's a really good chance the crimp connections just aren't holding any longer. Nothing that some new lines shouldn't fix, but they'll have to all be custom made 😭
Ronald Finger
2024-08-28 19:01:05 +0000 UTCGood Job with the upkeep of your Fiero project. Amen to the comment regarding the heat in Texas. I am in central Texas and our humidity isn’t anything compared to Houston area. We were in Pearland this weekend and i don’t envy your humidity and heat. As to cars without AC, My first car was a 1976 AMC pacer. No AC and all effing windows (not tinted) let’s talk about hot in the summer. Pet your little calico for me.
Amy Cantrell
2024-08-28 18:55:06 +0000 UTCWhat caused the AC to fail?
Chance Willeford
2024-08-28 18:50:28 +0000 UTCAlways a good feeling when you successfully fix a problem... Keep that Fiero running!!!
Kevin
2024-08-28 18:48:20 +0000 UTCSneaky camera work to make sure the progress on the garage isn't seen 😂 Glad that the old girl is still rolling along and will confess that your GPZ series has made me start my second bike restoration
Wavey
2024-08-28 18:27:46 +0000 UTCI'm so emotionally invested in that Fiero :)
Stephen Leary
2024-08-28 18:16:41 +0000 UTC
