Hey Guys

sorry i missed the oct meet, wich is pretty bad since its just a 5 minute walk from my house. Things have been pretty busy at work and we have been dealing with some health issues of our own (i'm sure Dave can relate)

Anyway, I thought id better crawl out from under my rock long enough to confirm that i am still "game" to host the tech session next month. I have a large driveway that could fit at least six or 8 fieros, or even more if you dont mind being blocked in, it would be real fun to line them all up there for some foto ops as well.

things I have-

benches

small vice

creeper

floor jack

4 jack stands, wooden blocks

a couple of multimeters for electrical troubleshooting

full tool box with full complement of metric wrenches and sockets, including odd ball stuff for tight spaces, torque wrenches etc

one thing i dont have is air, but i think i can scrounge up an electric impact, and will rig up one of my scuba bottles for blowing stuff

i have a great high end optical coolant strength checker,

full factory service manuals for 86 and 88, plus clymer and chilton

we can set my laptop up in the garage on wireless if any body wants to look up anything on the net.

if it starts in the morning i can fire up the barby for lunch.

my address is 20329 91 b ave in Walnut Grove (thats langley , North of hiway 1)

all i need is for you guys to let me know what time we should start.,

 and one more thing, im kind of gun shy about a lot of oil changes happening on my driveway, so my sugestion is- use the day to take the oportunity to do something more technical than oil changes-electrical, fuel system, tune up, (?)

 hopefully some of the more experienced guys will be there to offer advice, (thats not me by the way, i have some technical savy but im still a Fiero neophyte) with laptop and diagnostics? if you think your work will create drips of oil, grease, or coolant, it would be nice if you brought some scrap cardboard along to throw under your work.

Hopefully it doesnt rain too hard, but if it does, i have no problem doing a rain date.

Glenn (Fiero 052)

fiero052 wrote: things I have-

Sounds good, Glenn!

Do you (or anyone attending) happen to have a wheel bearing packing tool?

For anyone who doesn't know what this is, it's a relatively simple device hooked up to a grease gun that's used to repack wheel bearings. I like the fact that it pushes the raunchy old stuff out (although I suppose it's best to properly wash the old grease out).

A lot of us (myself included) are probably guilty of never (or very seldom) checking our front wheel bearings when we lubricate our Fieros. (The rear wheel bearings are sealed.) I’ve had my GT for a year and a half and have never looked at my front wheel bearings.

             Ok I did my best to rebuild this post.  Hope it works for you.

Thanks Dave. Kind of weird the way the original thread disappeared, but Glenn's first post was "broken" to begin with.

Everything looks fine now.

Hi all

just a reminder this is coming up in a couple of weeks.

if any one is coming it would be cool to get some dialogue going on- what you would like to achive with your wheels while you are here, when you might be around, and so on..

even if you dont get much done on your car, its an oportunity to hang out , drink coffee, eat doughnuts, (and/or burgers depending on the timing), and yak about fieros  .... not such a bad way to spend a saturday afternoon....

also, we need some of you experienced guys around, or it wont be much of a "tech" session....

happy haloween !!  

G

86 duke, 88 duke, wish they cady engines,... (but i love em anyway)

Hi all

Any one up for the tec session this weekend? Would be nice to hear back from ya all if you are coming and and a quick note as to what you are wanting to work on....

G

Yep...I plan to pop along. Not much to do!

List:

1. Swap bulbs for winter driving - what's the best bulb colour for rain under street lamps?

2.Grease suspension nipples on front and rear right - did left when tranny was out last week.

3. Use Pam cooking spray grease on door frame rubbers to help prevent freezing (Capt Fiero trick).

4. RainX windows and anti fog on inside of winshield.

5. Re-check all fluids and antifreeze strength.

Can't think of anything else except thinking should I change tires for snows - soon???

Ok Zen. will be ready for ya. i have plenty of jacks, jack stands to get your car up for access to grease nipples, electric impact to get your wheels on and off fast for easy access to nipples. i even have a grease gun with fresh tube of grease if you dont have your own, and a real cool optical hi end refractometer that will tell you your coolant strength to the nearest deg.  (you gotta bring your own Pam though, har har)

g 

Doc, glad to hear youre coming by. (whew)

Lisa and I will be there, probably a bit late, but we should be there.

Patrick wrote: fiero052 wrote: things I have- Sounds good, Glenn! Do you (or anyone attending) happen to have a wheel bearing packing tool?

tap... tap... Hello, is this thing on?

So, does anyone have a wheel bearing packing tool they can let us use on the tech day?

On a related subject, I used to buy the red synthetic EP grease, part# 28-0804-4 from Canadian Tire. It appears to now be discontinued. Is there another type/brand of synthetic grease in cartridges that anyone else can recommend that is readily available?

Hi Patrick we are on. for 10:00 am or any time after.

no need for the grease packing tool wing dingy thingy- one thing i do know is how to pack bearings, much simpler, faster, less messy, doing by hand- will show the technique, it's really quite simple. 

see ya on sat.

glenn

fiero052 wrote: no need for the grease packing tool wing dingy thingy- one thing i do know is how to pack bearings, much simpler, faster, less messy, doing by hand- will show the technique, it's really quite simple.

Glenn, is that the technique where the blob of grease is held in the palm of one hand and the edge of the bearing is repeatedly slammed against this blob of grease while the bearing casing is being slowly rotated? If so, I learned that technique back in '73. And that's also why I wanted to use a grease packing tool instead!

each to his own... har har. your grease packing tool is welcome at my house !!!  pack away my friend, pack away....

G

Heads up:

Princess Auto has the bearing packer on sale for $3 or $4.  Catch is it doesn't start til Nov. 17, but they usually enter the sale price and stock the shelves early. 

Austin wrote: Princess Auto has the bearing packer on sale for $3 or $4.

Such a deal. Thanks Austin.

Capt Fiero wrote: I use Castrol Synthetic grease.

Is this what you use?

I was wondering where to buy it, and then I remembered that Walmart sells Castrol products. Looked it up and it's $5.48 there. Not bad.

I bought four extra front wheel bearing seals ('84-'87) in case anyone else would like to repack their front wheel bearings on Saturday. Ten bucks for a pair. Much better than Lordco's price.

Dr.Fiero wrote: Or maybe Patrick will pay ME $30 NOT to show you how, so you can buy his seals.....

Patrick doesn't mind if no one wants to buy "his" seals.

I bought them for myself as I have multiple Fieros that need their front wheel bearings repacked. I just thought I'd mention earlier that I'll have some extra seals with me tomorrow which might save someone a trip to their own auto parts supply store.

It's now almost 11:30 am on Saturday and it's pouring rain here in Vancouver. I can't imagine it's much nicer in Langley.

Ummm.... I don't think it would be much fun to work all day in the cold and rain and then go to a club meeting tonight for dinner.

Comments, feedback?

hey buddy it is beutifull here so far we have about 4 cars here, getting lots done. if you want to come and do your wheel bearings, we can nose the front half of your car in my shop and giver sh_t..... your choice

fiero052 wrote: hey buddy it is beutifull here...

You're not kidding me, are you?

Okay, I'll pack up and come out. I still need to stop by Walmart and Princess Auto for supplies though.

i might be by the time you get here, but it is perfect so far....

It turned out that checking and repacking my front wheel bearings was the perfect task to have chosen.

We discovered when we took off my front rotors that both bearing seals were not even attached to the rotors any longer.  This meant that the bearings were no longer being protected from dirt and water. Fortunately, all the bearings still looked okay, so they were cleaned up and repacked with Castrol Syntec grease. (Is that stuff ever thick!)

We also discovered that none of the brake caliper "sliders" were sliding any longer. They are now.

Thanks to John Craker for giving us all pointers on how to do the job properly.

Special thanks to Glenn for hosting the tech session at his place today, and added thanks to Glenn for being so helpful in getting my car back together to make it to the club meeting on time!

I enjoyed my self too, it was a fun day. perhaps we should consider doing this in Oct next year, so we dont have to play cat and mouse with the weather so much......

Glenn 

fiero052 wrote: perhaps we should consider doing this in Oct next year, so we dont have to play cat and mouse with the weather so much......

That's what I was thinking as well. Let's not wait until winter next year before we get together to "winterize" our cars!

Yep...me 2.

You lil' bugger!

cute frog.  here is an areial shot taken just before the froggy arrived.

that is... once i figure out how to downsize it..

thanks again all for coming had a great time and learned a bit too...

fiero052 wrote: cute frog.  here is an areial shot taken just before the froggy arrived.

Damn, how many times do I have to tell you guys it's a toad!  

fiero052 wrote: here is an areial shot... that is... once i figure out how to downsize it..

Are you still trying to figure that out?  

I use http://www.irfanview.com/ - IrfanView for all my image resizing needs. Works great, price is right as well.

trying again... thats zenz legs under the car and no, hes not dead.. just replacing his horn.

sorry Patrick, the picture taker was gone before you got there...

g

fiero052 wrote: thats zenz legs under the car and no, hes not dead.. just replacing his horn. sorry Patrick, the picture taker was gone before you got there...

That's okay Glenn, getting a shot of Nigel's legs takes top priority at club affairs!

In the thread about the All Pontiac Show last summer, Patrick wrote: This is Nigel telling Clynt and John how some naughty boys were making fun of his legs.

Oh, and we can't forget this unfortunate incident!

In the thread about Romeo's clutch swap, Patrick wrote: Tragedy struck late in the evening as Dave and Tristan, both ripped on unknown substances, ran over Nigel with Nigel's own car while he was laying there playing with his tie rod.

...

     I think Nigel just likes taking breaks, he's always on his back at some point in a tech, with his legs either up in the air or stretched out in front of him.    Hmmm, I wonder if all those under car projects are really a excuse....   Hmmm.......    Ya know we love ya. Nig.

cooool !!!

  Dave, i will leave it to you to break the news to Zen that we are having so much fun at his expense  lol :)

g  

OK.OK.OK....just read this one.

I have an awesome pair of legs and a head thats round and uniform in shape, my arse is taught and my biceps like steel. Just can't see it properly under that coat of Ummmmmmmmmm