OIL AND Throttle cable
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Topic: OIL AND Throttle cable
Posted By: ryanwmitchell
Subject: OIL AND Throttle cable
Date Posted: 26 February 2013 at 7:27pm
Hey quick couple questions first off how much oil should be put into a 86
fiero gt, and also how hard does anyone think it would be to install throttle
cable myself or should i just take it to a mechanic shop??
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Ryan, 86 Fiero GT fastback V6 orange and black
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Posted By: Dawg
Date Posted: 26 February 2013 at 10:03pm
Throttle cable is not "hard" but more of a pain in the ass. Will take a
mechanics just as long as you probably. A long time.
Dawg
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You dream it up....I'll make it
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Posted By: ryanwmitchell
Date Posted: 26 February 2013 at 10:46pm
sweeet good to know its doable lol wasnt sure but i think ill go for it instead
of paying for it to be done
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Ryan, 86 Fiero GT fastback V6 orange and black
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Posted By: Dawg
Date Posted: 27 February 2013 at 6:52pm
Good plan.
Dawg
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You dream it up....I'll make it
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Posted By: ryanwmitchell
Date Posted: 04 March 2013 at 7:07pm
Hey do you know how much oil to put in my 86 fiero gt 2.8 ive been getting
answers from 4 quarts up to 5 and a bit??
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Ryan, 86 Fiero GT fastback V6 orange and black
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Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 05 March 2013 at 9:21am
From a complete Oil and Filter change the spec is 4.5 quarts. Which is about 4 liters. However I usually put In 5 liters as I run mine a little over full. Reason I run a bit over full is I do a lot of High Rpm driving and under hard cornering with high rpms its possible to uncover the oil pump pickup. If you have a stock Oil Pump 1/2 liter over full is more than enough, however if you have a Federal Mogul High Volume pump, I recommend a full liter above full if you drive spiritedly.
So Stock 4.5 qts
Drive it hard 5qs
Modified with HV Oil Pump 5.25qts (5 liters)
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Capt Fiero
88 Fiero GT 5spd V6
Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd.
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Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 05 March 2013 at 9:23am
P.S. The Throttle cable job will require you to take apart most if not all of the center console including the stereo and all bits attached and around it. Its a Pain in the butt time consuming job, but just requires lots of time and a 6mm socket and a 10mm socket. It will go MUCH faster if you have a cordless drill to spin the sockets.
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Capt Fiero
88 Fiero GT 5spd V6
Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd.
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Posted By: ryanwmitchell
Date Posted: 05 March 2013 at 10:25am
hey thanks for the info and i did the throttle cable this past sunday i did not
find it to bad took apart the center frame and had the old one out and new
one in all with in 3 hours only hard part i found was getting my hands back
to reach clip under stereo controls and putting the skeleton back together
because whoever had my fiero before cracked the plastic skeleton in many
places!! but she is running great and i noticed the last cable was stretched
out to
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Ryan, 86 Fiero GT fastback V6 orange and black
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Posted By: Rob N.
Date Posted: 05 March 2013 at 3:10pm
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I had the same problem with my old 87 coupe's cracked the plastic skeleton , I used a lot pf fiberglass reenforcing, but it worked...
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