The resurection of my 89L!

[91_festy_Gl]

Im just riding with what I got for now. Im going to shake the tank up real good and then drain it. After a few fuel filters it should be clean. I know I should probably take more care when it comes to the fuel system but if it comes down to it I will drop the tank. I just got done installing all the duct work and the dash. heater blower all works. Right now Im gonna go back out and chip away all the carpet glue and get the floor board ready for some herculiner. Im gonna bed liner the whole floorboard and run without carpet for now.

[91_festy_Gl]

Does anyone know if the speedo cable come through the triangular metal part where the steerring column bolt to or does it come around the side? i ran it through the triangle thing but dont have enough slack to hook it to the cluster. I dont remember how I took it out either.

[91_festy_Gl]

Here are some pictures:












Going back out to work on it some more. She looks alittle rough still but hell...

[91_festy_Gl]

Got pretty much the whole dash put together besides the glove box. Going to have the girlfriend chip away all the old carpet glue tomorrow so I can bed line it. My festiva doesnt look to good but its going to kill ENEMYS festiva!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shadetree]

. My festiva doesnt look to good but its going to kill ENEMYS festiva!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man !!! I cant wait to see this ???
All those pictures and not one beer can .lol
Hey on the real side ,,the car has come a long way . I know how much work it is ,good job so far . Tell your bro to stop leaning on the rad support and help out !!!! Lmao

[91_festy_Gl]

Quick update, The dash is fully assembled now. Got everything but the stereo installed.

[91_festy_Gl]

. My festiva doesnt look to good but its going to kill ENEMYS festiva!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man !!! I cant wait to see this ???
All those pictures and not one beer can .lol
Hey on the real side ,,the car has come a long way . I know how much work it is ,good job so far . Tell your bro to stop leaning on the rad support and help out !!!! Lmao

LOL thanks man. Daniel has helped me out quite a bit. There was alot of stuff i couldnt get my hands down to and he was able to assist. There have been many times I wanted to drink beer while building this car but me plus beer plus working on cars doesnt go to well. I plan to kill ENEMYS bp festiva with a B8 swap. Ill be running a fully gutted interior minus the dash.

in due time...

Oh ya I forgot to add. I fired the engine up again and it sat and idled untill I heard a whoosh from the rear of the car. Engine died so I went to the back to see what the noise was and my fuel line blew out. LMFAO!

[shadetree]

I figured he was helping ya lol . Just giving him a hard go at it ! Thought that was him in the pic putting air tube on .. gas line. Yikes. I hate fire ....

[91_festy_Gl]

Ya she was sitting there puring and then the engine died. I figured the fuel filter got clogged up or something but fuel was just spraying out under the car so im just going to fix the leak for now and then later im going to go back through and replace the fuel lines with some steel braided lines. You dont have a spare good windshield do ya shadetree?

[shadetree]

Not sure I can ck. What else might you need to finish it up .....

[91_festy_Gl]

Radiator.

[shadetree]

I'll look and see !!

[91_festy_Gl]

Glad to report after swapping every wire harness this car has, all my lights and everything work, all but the horn thats because both horns i had were old and broken. Here is some more pictures of the dash installed and my lights working:








I also got all the rear interior installed too. Another day of progress. Wont be to much longer and it will be ready for the road.

[Safety Guy]

This is great! "Zombiestiva!" What a great name. Back from the DEAD!

I also think you're out-mutting my Mutt!

My only advice is to take care of that gas tank infection and check and preferably, REPLACE, all your hard brake and fuel lines. These cars are getting really old and steel lines just weren't meant to last forever, even on Zombies! (You've had one line blow out, so you can probably expect more.)

Now realize that brake lines can corrode from the inside out, due to water collecting in old unchanged brake fluid. I'd replace them even if they look okay from outside. Maybe I'm wrong. Ask Festyboy...

I didn't take any chances so I replaced ALL my hard lines and brake hoses.

Karl

[91_festy_Gl]

Ya im in the middle of that process right now. Just sent all my brake parts with my brother to have them exchanged. Yesterday I got the LCA's replaced and the tie rod ends also. The inners seem stiff so I assume they are good. Bearings looked ok but I didnt replace them. Have to get the car rolling to see if they are worn out or not. Probably go out later and take care of a rust spot I found.