What did you do to your Festiva this week?

[MPG]

Installed new front control arms, steering rack boots, outer tie-rod ends, sway bar bushings, and replaced rear wheel bearing on driver's side.

While doing the rear wheel bearing I found that whoever did it before not only didn't stake the nut properly but also didn't install the inner race correctly. The race just fell out when I pulled the drum off.

She may be ready for inspection now.

[elcamino1]

^ How did the new race go in?

[SimonTuffGuy]

Let's see... The racing seats are in, harness bar is in (and covered), harnesses are in, camera mount on the bar is in...

Ordered a set of HID lights from the same guy that Doug did. Can't wait for them to get here.

[SIBladerunner]

Fixed my rich running condition problem by running a new MAF wire, cleaned the spark plugs off and changed the oil. Next week is hopefully a stereo

[packrat427]

packrat427, what did you use to clean the inside of the head light with?

I filled it with hot water and Dawn dish washing liquid , sloshed it around , then filled it up and kept rinsing it out until all the suds was gone .

Then I took a hair dryer and blew air in it until it was almost gone .

Then I stuck a paper towel in the hole and took one of the wifes round wooden handle spoons and stirred it around to help wipe the inside off .
It did help , I had a bulb go up in smoke several years ago and it really made a haze on the inside .

[Icedawg]

swapped it

Last Sunday on a warm, sunny day, I pushed the engine free #59 Icetiva out of the ramshackle garage, and winched it up onto the car hauler. Then the engine free #51 RX7 summer road racer took its place in the garage, only after the hand winch pulled out of the stud wall and had to be remounted. This Sunday I took a pic of Icetiva basking in our glorious weather.

[gottafesty]

Bought my third festiva. Smashed front end but supposedly the engine still works. The trans has a hole and has leaked out all the fluid near as I can tell. (5-speed manual).

But for $50 I couldn't resist. Not sure what is in it's future.

[Sp33dY]

Entered it into a DB Drag Competition and won . lol .. 1st place Street A with only 134.6db :lol:

[MPG]

^ How did the new race go in?

No problems. It was flush with the step in the drum and I gave it a few taps from the inside (like you do to remove it) and it didn't budge.

[KingFish]

Radio installed, new inner and outer rear wheel bearings, fixed self adjuster/park brake strut, custom shift boot, still no f/lights, think it is the switch...

[fastivaca]

Spent way too long trying to get the passenger side axle out of the transmission.....:angry7:

[sasquatch]

front aspire swap with egt brakes... next week, the rear

[m715]

You mean other than giving them big smooches on their roofs everytime the price of gas goes up? Well..... I gutted and changed out the interior from tan to gray in Shtinky, after I had parted the 88 and turned its shell over to the parts master. ( no, honey, you talked me into the color change, but the dash doesn't come out till it needs a heater core) changed the oil, reinstalled the Alloys, put 2 new calipers on, patched up the parking brake cable, and am running the Red Car through its paces to get things going for the summer rigors. Did I forget something? Oh, that's the next 7 days.......

Michael

[elcamino1]

Well this week I will swap out the front sway bar and rear axle to Aspire parts and install new struts to get better handling,to much body roll.

[gotrootdude]

New front wheel bearings. New dome light. Custom dash cover.

Next up. New stereo waiting for wiring harness and coating interior with pleather.