OSX! OhioStiva Ten Planning Thread

[freshtiva]

Pics ?

[Ogrestiva]

Kemp, alicia and I all made it home safely...problems had arisen, but i'll let kemp tell you about that one

[muscle_Car1]

To add to the bad luck on the way home I have a new one. Blowing the spark plug outta the hole & stripping it in the process. It was alicia's turn to drive. I zonked out about south bend Indiana. She woke me up saying sorry I broke your car.... I was still groggy so I said if it will make it 2 miles to the rest area got there as it has better light than a cell phone. Popped the hood & see a spark plug dangling there on the wire.

Oh good an easy fix for once. Got the plug socket tightened it up, closed the hood, started it up, POP.

So I drove it home as a 3cyl festy for about 75+ very noisy miles.
Looks like I need to do a head swap later today so I can make it to my first day of work Wednesday.

[25Horseplay]

Kemp they make a tool to fix that right on the car. It's an easy fix, I have done it before. Napa sells the tap (no drilling required) and the inserts, it's about $30 for all of it.

[SimonTuffGuy]

Kemp - Yeah, you need a hela-coil... Did one on Pimptiva #2 after one of the holes got stripped when I installed new plugs and wires. As Brian said, they sell a complete kit to do it, with spares, at normal auto stores.

[walth]

skeeter and I got back around 3:30am but it was a success. Driving over the mountains was actually not as bad as I thought it'd be with 500+ extra pounds in the car. Usually using 3rd or 4th gear going up and coasting down I still got 38 mpg from about 10 minutes before the park to harrisonburg, VA. OOH!! gas there was 2.29!!

[92festie]

Kemp - Yeah, you need a hela-coil... Did one on Pimptiva #2 after one of the holes got stripped when I installed new plugs and wires. As Brian said, they sell a complete kit to do it, with spares, at normal auto stores.

ive used that stuff on one of my neons and it worked great!!

[aglatfe1]

Aaron and I made it back alright...no problems with my festy! Tomorrow we're going to put in the delay wiper stalk that I won!! yayy

[bhazard]

Still in Columbus. My car got 36.9 MPG from Toledo to summit to moraine and then back about halfway to wakeman. Water pump is leaking but not too bad.

[muscle_Car1]

Kemp they make a tool to fix that right on the car. It's an easy fix, I have done it before. Napa sells the tap (no drilling required) and the inserts, it's about $30 for all of it.

Bought & installed; no just waiting for the lock-tite to cure. hopefully thats it, If not I gotta go get a head

[FB71]

mine was an easy fix; t-stat stuck closed (wouldn't even crack open in boiling water), and the little bypass hose under #4 sparkplug had a pinhole in it, preventing the system from pressurizing. Replaced those and the 22 year-old radiator cap, and she's just fine now.

Kemp, you should be fine. Those kits work pretty well.

[batstiva]

Woot! Made it home. Had a great time. Somehow didn't get to meet everyone who was there. Dumped a bottle of "seal repair" into the car last night. (I know, I know, but I just needed the car to make it home) Very minimal oil loss on the trip home. Topped off at the junkyard. At which no one was maimed or killed. Got home about 1/2 quart low. Much better than the rest of the weekend. Now the 89 just has to make it to pick up the bolts for the 90, and then the 89 gets a new(er) engine and 5 speed tranny. So no more bringing up the rear so everyone else can see out of their windshields.

P.S. FB71, I have something that belongs to you. If you need it back quickly, PM me a mailing addy, and I'll drop it in. Otherwise, I'll hang onto it until next time.

[walth]

scott, if it jumps around like a suffocating fish and buzzes like a bee you might want to get that in the mail to him asap. lol

[FB71]

P.S. FB71, I have something that belongs to you. If you need it back quickly, PM me a mailing addy, and I'll drop it in. Otherwise, I'll hang onto it until next time.

yeah, I realized last night about halfway home. I'll get it from you at Madness 4.

[Pu241]

OK, awaiting word of Festyboy's return and of Festiva_Tunners safe arrival.
You all need to tell the story of your adventure in getting to OSX!

Alicia and Kemp, I'm glad it was something that you could still get home with this time.
You should have stayed over, but glad you made it home safe.

Matt, one of your cars did make it.
With a little help from skeeter Keeper, who before I could find a stud kit I said he could have, had already swapped out the left caliper.
And I still haven't found that set of studs.

Think the trip to the JY was a success, so may add it to the festivities next Ohiostiva.
And just for the record Batstiva made it in and out without incident!