OHIOSTIVA FALL FLING THREAD: OCTOBER 13TH, 2007!

[muscle_Car1]

And you made fun of me for keeping a gas tank in the car.

[Pu241]

And you made fun of me for keeping a gas tank in the car.

No Muscle_Car1, that was me!
And exactly how was an empty gas tank going to help you? :lol:

[elcamino1]

^I guess next time i'll keep quiet,

[elcamino1]

I have about four or five bottles of that stuff called rescue in my shop,I guess I'll put one in the car for long trips.

[elcamino1]

Only the second time I've run out in life.
The first time was in a hot rod,when I would go out racing would only put 2 or 3 gallons in the car to keep the weight down.

[Pu241]

^I guess next time i'll keep quiet,

So he didn't mistake you for me!
An easy mistake to make because both of us are so handsome!

So you questioned the utility of an empty gas can too?

Just glad I didn't run out of gas too, Muscle_Car1 would never let me forget that!

[GenevaDirt]

^^at least he was able to make it to the park all in one shot......MR. GPS!.....lol

[Pu241]

^^at least he was able to make it to the park all in one shot......MR. GPS!.....lol

Hey, my on board navigational computer took a hit from a localized EMP pulse! I was lucky enough that my ECU was shielded!
Besides, I didn't hear you provide me with an audio beacon!

I didn't even know I was lost!
I just assumed I had gotten behind because of the traffic!

Thanks Carl, and everyone else who called!

[Damkid]

Damkid - Yanno... I had a funny feeling that was going to happen when you hit the Canada border. I don't know why I didn't say something about it before we left.

Anyways - glad to hear you made it home ok. Now it's just getting the Z back!

ya i didn't think anything of it, my parents knew that we wouldn't be able to cross as well and stupid me, didn't call them to tell them whats going on so they could have told me, oh well, live and learn

i'm workin on arranging a truck and trailer to pick it up and bring it home, hopefully this weekend

yeah, what happened to the Z???

i'm thinking what happened is the clutch material on the clutch plate basically peeled off because the within 10 mins the pedal went from couldn't go down far enough to disengage the clutch to, was up too high to fully engage the clutch, therefore caused it to severely slip

thats what i'm guessing happened but won't know til i get it all apart

Glad everyone got home !!


It is too bad ..BUT... the ones that did not drive their Festivas had the most trouble ??

Hopefully everyone will have their Festiva's up and running for the next one

yeah that'll teach me for not bringin a festy to a festiva meet :lol:

[FlowmasterFestiva]

was it as cold as last years? i think it was like 31 last year. i do remember it was snowing the morning of when i first go up. just a light snow more like a flurry.

[Safety Guy]

It was a bit warmer and the wind was not so strong, so it wasn't too bad. The sun was out too.

Karl

[m715]

I sure am glad it wasn't as cold this year! The curmudgeon I drive has an "asthma" problem under 40 deg that had us stopped twice before we caught up at Mc Donalds on 77. The second "rest stop" was attended by a courteous Ohio State Trooper who was concerned about his health. :roll:
I think that he wants us to be Snowbirds and move south for the winter myself. Keep in mind that this is also the same car that my wife loves to drive, but that she says they "come to an understanding" with each other each session. :twisted: I just consider it to be personallity. :lol:
Michael

[Pu241]

m715,
Post the vehicle profile (engine, tranny, year, AC, Power steering, etc.) and describe the issue under the repair forum and hopefully someone can help.

To save some posting "wiggle the VAF connector" to see if it has a good connection. :lol:

[m715]

If it was only that simple..... Its the 89 carb car, and it may actually be a temp sensor that causes the problem. When I got the car it would only do it under 40 deg and when a low pressure center was moving in with the temp dropping and baro pressure falling like a rock. As the past few years have gone by, it has become a little more dependent on just the temp being below 40.
Anyway,the car runs fine for about 1 hr then goes full rich like someone slapped the choke fully closed. It WILL totally foul the engine to a grinding halt if you don't land the car soon after it starts acting up. It goes so rich that you can litterally pull off a vacuum line to feed air through the base plate and it runs much more like it should, and although there is no shortage of vacuum line to supplement air with, that wasn't really ever an option(was it?)
Stop the car for a minimum of 5 mins, and PRESTO! one more hour of run time! Nothing a Weber, or Jeff D's old carb setup i've had upstairs at the shop for probably 2 yrs wouldn't fix, now wouldn't it?
Anywaay..... that's what I have those other cars around for isn't it? although it does get to be a pain sometimes. Suggestions? C4 has already been ruled out. :idea:
Thanks
Michael your "looses power after an hour" kinda guy

[Pu241]

C4 has already been ruled out.

C4 is for amateurs, it leaves pieces intact! :lol:

A nuke is the way to go!
Leaves only radioactive atoms as a residue! 8)

But a pro uses anti-matter!
Leaves absolutely no trace of the offending device.
But 1700 lbs of anti-matter is hard to come by!
Not to mention hard to handle. :shock: