Failure to launch

So this past weekend was full of failure.......but also promise and a blessing in disguise.

Started with changing the oil, putting coolant in, replacing the battery......oil went fine, battery same, coolant was a different story, unfortunately I had cracked an alum housing when I did the tapping for the turbo coolant connections.......fortunately I have a spare and I can do it off the car for this one, also this won't stop the car from being started.

Then I filled with gas, no problems there, tried to prime the fuel, this is where it all went downhill.....no go, blowing fuses, tried to jump it a few times to free it up.......notta, she wasn't having any of it. After a hour of trying I gave up, then I tried to crank the engine.......still no go, solenoid wasn't activating, starter was turning very slow, time to pull the starter and bench test.

Stopped for Saturday, wake up Sunday to the smell of gas throughout the house, rush out to find the gas tank leaking, didn't leak at all the day before, there was a small, very small pinhole in the side right under the rubber gasket between the strap and the tank, took about 12 hours to eat through the paint and rubber before leaking on the ground........rush to drop the tank, drain the remaining gas out.

This is where the blessing is, already had to drop the tank for the pump (replacement on order, week out), now I have to patch the tank. Did the bench test on the starter, wasn't working, decided to take it apart to find out why, basically full of crud from years of sitting, cleaned it out, loosened up the bushings, re-lubricated it and works good. Bolted the starter back in, dropped a little oil into the cylinders with teh plug removed, cranked her over and built 40psi of oil pressure.

Also since I had to jack the car high up for the tank now I can run the brake, clutch lines, start doing a rough in alignment of the suspension, figure out my Ackerman steering angle problem, muffler hangers and a few other things under the car that needed done, since these aren't done it's not like I can run the engine for long or take it for a drive so startup when the pump and tank are repaired will be a jackstand start.

Not much in the way of pictures from this weekend, unless you want to see a Fiero on jackstands (better than seeing a Fiero beside a firetruck, haha) but I did get a little something done on the 3D printer for her.