Ottawa Fiero Club Forum

as some might know already me and my dad are taking apart my 84 fiero for parts and we hade a TERRIBLE weekend.  having to remove the tranny(for a friend) and the front suspension(for my car)


Saturday:  we get to the fiero at around 4 pm and start removing the engine and tranny from a tree.  first off the strape was put in the tree with the winch , then the mounts were disconnected (all the wires and tubings were disconnect on first attemp of removing engine)  ::) .


then we find out the rear mont (hook look-alike) was hoooking down on the trunk area (we didnt find out), the engine was tuching the window and stuff so we kept on pulling, then after 4-5 hours disconnected axels and tranny.  the find out the engine desn't fit in the trunk  >:( . so we move the car  and get it in the pass side seat.

Sunday: we go back to move the car to greely where a guy is supposed to pick it up with a huge trunk with a hydrulic arm on top, BUT THE WHEEL FALLS OFF!!!!!  so we drag it back in the parking and deside to give it to a tow truck driver. i dont know how much tow trucks would want a car with 1 wheel ??? . but one says ok, but put the other on.  then we go to ''PRINCESS AUTO'' (my fav store) and get two BIG bolts and washers, and bolt the rear wheels on (even tho it's a bit side ways it turns  :-\ )  so get at it to remove the front end, no luck.  two bolts from the A-arms were stuck in the rubber bushings  :( so we torch them, no luck. we grind them, no luck (the 4" grinder doesn't fit everywhere  ::) ) so we try to take the rack and pinion off, NO LUCK!!!! for some reasone, me (about 300lbs) jumping on it wont even budge (the bolts were loose and off ;) ) and so we decide to give up and call the tow truck driver.

once he got there, he walks around and says"Oh no, i wont tow it with the wheel like that!".  OMG!!! so he says tomorrow he can hav a flat bed come to pic it up.  and  plus he didnt even know what kind of car it was  ???.   

so in the end he'll pick it up tomorrow and we agreed (me and my dad) to get it out today.

this IS MY TERRIBLE DAY!!!!!

i have pics but i dont know how to upload from my computer, not from the internet ??? any help guys?

Replied over in General...  (http://www.fierodrivers.com/forum/index.php?topic=1971.0)

thx don, here they r

this is unlucky sunday, the damage of the fiero running into us  ::) and when moving the car out of the yard, THE WHEEL FALLS OFF!

bolted on the wheel, wobels ???

and finaly got rid of it   :'(

That's because you aren't supposed to tow a fiero without the axles in.  The axle nut keeps the rear wheels from popping off.


Aaron

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MR.Tourismo what part of town are you located?

Ottawa east.... st-laurent and montreal road