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  • #1

    Here we go again...

    I hate working on cars! I must be jinxed.

    Today (vacation day) I decided that I would finally replace the valve seals on my poor Festy, to see if it would stop smoking. PO let it sit a long time, so I figure the seals got dry and shrunk. (I hope that is why it smokes!)
    So I am working along, everything is going fine(red flag!) i'm almost done, start to put rockers back on, and my dog comes running by chasing a rabbit.
    (see where this is going?) Sure enough, he hits my parts box. 95 lbs of rabbit terror! (and parts terror) Parts go in every direction. Rocker arms knocked on the ground, bolts and washers everywhere!
    I spend the next hour searching for lost bolts/washers. Find all but ONE....
    ....one little washer that happens to go under the ROCKER ARM BOLT!!!!!
    #$^&^%@!$!!!!!!!
    So now i'm screwed until I can locate one. Sounds easy, but I work 10 hr days and cant get to a junkyard until friday and thats the day i'm supposed to leave for deer season.

    I hate working on cars!!!!!!

    (I would prolly like it better if this kinda stuff didnt happen to me all the time.)
    Last edited by drddan; 11-09-2010, 10:22 PM.
    Dan




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  • #2
    Yeah I can imagine burying the dog wasn't fun either.
    Current cars:

    1993 Ford Festiva 5-Speed - Festiclese III - Cousin of the Banhammer - "The Jalopnik Car"
    1984 Toyota Cressida - 2JZGE Swap, Turbocharged.
    2013 Mazda Mazda2 - Exhaust and Wheels (the daily)
    2002 Toyota Tundra - V6/Auto/2WD - The Tow Vehicle.

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    • #3
      take a pic where it goes i can prolly send you one !
      93 L B6T DD http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=37751
      RIP_90 LuX http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=32249
      RIP 88 LX / B8-MEhttp://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=26398

      RJ

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      • #4
        Changing the coolant in my car one day and my mom's dog came over while I wasn't looking and chewed the drain plug to bits....dang dogs!
        "Lane, I've been going to this high school for seven and a half years. I'm no dummy."

        Gone but never forgotten, "Hulkstiva"...http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...ht=progression

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        • #5
          Originally posted by skimsucka View Post
          take a pic where it goes i can prolly send you one !
          Oh, i'll get one, its just a PITA. It is the bolt /washer that holds down the rocker arms. 5 per side. Total of 10. Dont work well with nine!
          Thanks for the offer. Trying to get one QUICK. Like tomorrow. My son may get one for me as he was thinking of going to pick parts for his S-10 at a yard that has some Festy's too.

          Originally posted by lanemeyer14 View Post
          Changing the coolant in my car one day and my mom's dog came over while I wasn't looking and chewed the drain plug to bits....dang dogs!
          What? A dog that chews things? No way!

          When my dog was a pup, he almost ate my house!

          Originally posted by chrisofna View Post
          Yeah I can imagine burying the dog wasn't fun either.
          LMAO ^^^ I have come close more than a few times!
          Last edited by drddan; 11-09-2010, 10:37 PM.
          Dan




          Red 1988 Festiva L - CUJO

          Black 1992 Festiva GL Sport - BLACK MAGIC

          I'm just...a little slow... sometimes:withstupid:

          R.I.P.
          Blue 1972 Chevelle SS-468 C.I.D. B'nM TH400-4:56 posi-Black racing stripes-Black vinyl top-Black int.
          Black on black 1976 Camaro LT-350 4 bolt main .060 over
          Silver 1988 Festiva L

          My Music!
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          • #6
            a .30-06 will solve that problem for sure....


            i like cats, they don't chase rabbits, they just kill them...
            Trees aren't kind to me...

            currently: 2 88Ls (Scrappy and Jersey), 88LX, 90L(Pepe), 91L, 91GL (Skippy) 93 GL Sport (the Mighty Favakk), 94 (Bruce) & 95 Aspire SEs, 97 Aspire (The Joker),
            94 Justy 4WD, 87 Fiero GT, plus 2 parts cars. That's my fleet.

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            • #7
              Cats FTW and alot cleaner.
              89L build thread http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=36422

              1996 subaru impreza AWD 5 speed, EJ18

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              • #8
                We met your pup this past weekend at the meet and was well behaved, she was just having some fun exercising the heck out of Bugs Bunny, the way the dog sees it ,it was you and the box that was in the way, LOL.
                An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by sc72 View Post
                  We met your pup this past weekend at the meet and was well behaved, she was just having some fun exercising the heck out of Bugs Bunny, the way the dog sees it ,it was you and the box that was in the way, LOL.
                  Maybe I should apoligize to the dog.
                  Dan




                  Red 1988 Festiva L - CUJO

                  Black 1992 Festiva GL Sport - BLACK MAGIC

                  I'm just...a little slow... sometimes:withstupid:

                  R.I.P.
                  Blue 1972 Chevelle SS-468 C.I.D. B'nM TH400-4:56 posi-Black racing stripes-Black vinyl top-Black int.
                  Black on black 1976 Camaro LT-350 4 bolt main .060 over
                  Silver 1988 Festiva L

                  My Music!
                  http://www.reverbnation.com/main/sea...t_songs/266647

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by 91_festy_Gl View Post
                    Cats FTW and alot cleaner.
                    +1. Besides, they rule the Universe and we exist just to take care of them.
                    90 Festy (Larry)--B6M (Matt D. modified B6 head), header, 5-speed, Capri XR2 front brakes, many other little mods
                    09 Kia Rondo--a Festy on steroids!

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                    • #11
                      Yeah cats are allright, but they dont stop peeps from entering your house while you are gone. My dog seems nice, but you dont wanna be there when i'm not. He aint near as friendly! :p
                      Dan




                      Red 1988 Festiva L - CUJO

                      Black 1992 Festiva GL Sport - BLACK MAGIC

                      I'm just...a little slow... sometimes:withstupid:

                      R.I.P.
                      Blue 1972 Chevelle SS-468 C.I.D. B'nM TH400-4:56 posi-Black racing stripes-Black vinyl top-Black int.
                      Black on black 1976 Camaro LT-350 4 bolt main .060 over
                      Silver 1988 Festiva L

                      My Music!
                      http://www.reverbnation.com/main/sea...t_songs/266647

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                      • #12
                        We used to have a symeese (sp?) and manx mixed cat and when someone would knock on the door it would growl and be ready to attack. Only cat I ever seen do that. When we would try to pet it, it would bite, scratch, and hiss trying to attack. I be3lieve if we were in a bad situation it would have tried to protect.
                        89L build thread http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=36422

                        1996 subaru impreza AWD 5 speed, EJ18

                        Post your festiva pics and vids here: www.movingviolationz.com
                        My site: 20tessa.sytes.net

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                        • #13
                          that's because the manx breed is rather agressive, as it's durived from larger wild cats. that, or it just didn't like people, but was willing to tollerate their presence due to free room and board.
                          Trees aren't kind to me...

                          currently: 2 88Ls (Scrappy and Jersey), 88LX, 90L(Pepe), 91L, 91GL (Skippy) 93 GL Sport (the Mighty Favakk), 94 (Bruce) & 95 Aspire SEs, 97 Aspire (The Joker),
                          94 Justy 4WD, 87 Fiero GT, plus 2 parts cars. That's my fleet.

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                          • #14
                            lol that cat could box better then tyson when you made it mad. I miss that cat.
                            89L build thread http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=36422

                            1996 subaru impreza AWD 5 speed, EJ18

                            Post your festiva pics and vids here: www.movingviolationz.com
                            My site: 20tessa.sytes.net

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                            • #15
                              Hmm sounds about what I go through with a 2 year old. Now where did I put that bolt?
                              91 rusty Festiva 260k

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