Progress report on my festiva

[scout800]

I have worked most of the night on getting my festiva drivable the exhaust was mostly gone I put a new tail pipe and muffler on after about an hour of removing the 2 bolts from the converter. Still have an exhaust leak between conv and pipe fix it tomaorrow. I replaced valve cover gasket steam washed the engine which she didnt care for didnt want to run again but she finally started. I then gave her a complete tune up then it wouldnt start again I guess you can put the dist rotor on 3 ways and I put it on the wrong one all said and done he runs great. I found the front pads are shot along with a burnt up lt rear wheel bearing so tomorrow I am off to get some bearings and pads. I hope to go to the junk yards tomorrow and find some decent tires never seen a car with 4 tires with the cords hanging out of them. Guess thats what a goverment car gets for care the last owner was the title fraud inspector for the state of ohio so I clearly wont fudge on the purchase price.

[eurotiva]

Good luck and post some pics when you can.

[big_ty2003]

Trust me don't wast your time with the festiva brake pads or wheel bearing, do the aspire swap. Look the list over before you go to the junkyard.

http://www.clubprotege.com/wil/howto/aspirebrakes.htm

Next time you wash the engine bay put a plastic bag over the distributor and cover that with aluminum foil (you can mold it) this will solve your rough start problem.

[scout800]

Sadly I allready fixed it I didnt realize it was that simple and I knew where a dozen Aspires are oh well wear it out then change it then