Am I going to need to go to rehab?

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2ndwind
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Joined: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:17 pm
Your car is a: 1982 Spider
Location: Cincinnati OH

Am I going to need to go to rehab?

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I did it again! Bought another '82 today. AT. intended to buy it as a spare parts car but the chassis, shock towers, and trunk are perfect and it runs! $1000 delivered with title.
A bit dusty
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A little bit o rust. Right w.w. clear
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needs seat covers, eh?
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Any body ever seen one of these before? It takes about 50 turns to crank the window up or down. The passenger side even has a color matched button that fits the hole. Will a normal crank go in its place?

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Dash top is perfect, not a dash cover. Conv. top needs to be replaced. My wife appreciated that I warned her before she came home and saw it taking up HER spot in the garage.
Steve
1982 Red Spider 2000
1919 Old Town Sailing Canoe
mdrburchette
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Your car is a: 1972 Fiat 124 Sport
Location: Winston-Salem, NC

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Post by mdrburchette »

Good looking car for the money! Don't you just hate when they're too nice to part out? I don't usually have that problem.
Must have power windows to have the cranker too.
1972 124 Spider (Don)
1971 124 Spider (Juan)
1986 Bertone X19 (Blue)
1978 124 Spider Lemons racer
1974 X19 SCCA racer (Paul)
2012 500 Prima Edizione #19 (Mini Rossa)
Ever changing count of parts cars....It's a disease!
azygoustoyou

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Post by azygoustoyou »

Looks good. If you need the wheel well arches. I have a new set. Pm me.
Fiat88

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Post by Fiat88 »

Welcome to the AT Spider club! 8)
narfire
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Your car is a: 1980 124 spider
Location: Naramata B.C.

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Post by narfire »

Looks like a very decent purchase.
I was looking at a set of those wheels not long ago,but the owner wanted $1000.00.(did'nt bite)
Now to put a battery powered drill on the window crank and you have power windows :)
80 FI spider
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rlux4
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Your car is a: 1982 2000 Spider
Location: Granite Falls, Wa

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Post by rlux4 »

The emergency window crank came with the electric window option. I picked up a pair at a wrecking yard even though I don't have electric windows. I thought surely someone must need them. Sure enough, they were snapped up quickly.
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TulsaSpider
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Your car is a: 1978 Spyder 124 2L
Location: Tulsa, Ok

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Wow! Great find!
1978 Spyder 1800 make that 2L! Finally making real progress!
2ndwind
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Your car is a: 1982 Spider
Location: Cincinnati OH

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Post by 2ndwind »

Thanks everybody for your support. I was told it needed a fuel pump. Took the old one out, it looked new (filter too), hooked it up to a battery and ..., it pumped backward. With great wisdom, I switched + and - and it pumped forward. After determining the polarity of the wires under the car, reinstalled and voila! It starts right up then dies at idle unless you rev it long enough to get the temp up to about 140 degrees, then it will idle all day. Is this a temp sending unit issue?

All lights work even though the emergency flasher button will flash on right turns.
All gauges worked until I drove it with the lights on. Killed the gas gauge, but sometimes it flicks up.
Brakes are good.
Now that I know I have power windows, they don't work. I guess I'll pull the panels to see if it is the motors or a wiring issue.

The AT is very finicky, doesn't catch first gear until you rev the car, sometimes it wont upshift to 3rd, just revvs higher and higher, car moves A LITTLE faster. If I let off the gas, sometimes it shifts up, sometimes it doesn't.

Thanks for any insights.
Steve
1982 Red Spider 2000
1919 Old Town Sailing Canoe
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