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  • Filled up again, 39 for the third tank in a row.
    Buck.
    -1993 Ford Festiva GL, ~200k, B6, Aspire rear, Rio front, 5-speed. '87 Prelude alloys. Happy to be back on the route!!!
    -1999 Toyota Sienna XLE, 346,000
    -1996 Chevrolet K1500 Z71, 350 V8, 198k, hauler

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    • Pulled driver's side front axle. Prepping for bearings.

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      • Found one issue with my, lately, been running badly, car. Yay!
        Seems I have multiple issues, but I have found, and fixed one of them at least. It was a defective, new, disty cap.
        The contact for the coil wire, inside the cap, where it touches the rotor, about fell out, when I pulled the cap to take a peek. It was crooked, and kinda leaning on it's side. No wonder it was sputtering.
        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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        • Got my passenger seat fixed, had a kink in the cable and needed to be lubed. also thinking about pulling my back seat out (need more room, having issues hauling my bike in the car.

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          • Got crazy today, hit up the JY and scored an Aspire compressor with lines and tensioner for $33. The low side line is off of a '94 Protege, I'm not down with the Aspire line that runs all the way to the DS, then back across the firewall. I guess someone was smoking a little crack when they designed that. Got everything put onto Green Car but I still need to slot the bolt holes for the Protege line where it bolts to the compressor. The orifice fits perfectly but the bolt hole is about a 1/16" off.

            I also yanked the engine out of FestEvil and started swapping everything over onto the block and head that I just finished rebuilding. Still need an intake gasket, and my flywheel and clutch from zoomzoom should be here on Thursday! Can't wait to have him back together with a 5 speed finally! Was another productive day in festivaland again
            No festiva for me ATM...

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            • Finally got to drive it around for a bit. Having some issues with it idling really high...but other than that it's driving like a dream. Getting about 31.5 mpg, though...ouch.

              Carby Car -- '89 Festiva, Escort carb/Rocketman adapter. FM8 Best Beater and Bad Luck award, FM9 Fan Favorite, July 2016 FOTM, and overall a crusty grumpy old man (Bucket List thread in Photo Gallery)
              Pearl -- '91 B6 Festiva
              '97 Aspire--yeah i'm about that Aspire life, no it's not a brake swap (yet)

              festyboy is THE PRETTIEST

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              • I took the rear brakes apart (both sides) and that is when I found out that I need new drums, and then I spent an hour or so trying to get the parts that didn't move anymore to move.

                This is the second brake job this past two weeks (I have two festivas, a 91 and a 93).

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                • Pulled the engine

                  Pulled out the engine/tranny a day ago, having blown the head gasket by overheating without any rad fluid (hole in the rad). Now I have to figure out why the frame seems to be twisted. ... Well I know why, since I barrel rolled it twice, but I mean where the twist is, and then sort out if it can be pulled out. A bit of a sad race weekend on March 3 and 4.
                  Last edited by Icedawg; 03-20-2012, 08:36 PM.
                  Thricetiva replaced Icetiva as the new ride
                  Icetiva-3-race-car-build
                  http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2533299

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                  • Oil change for the 90, put the 93 in the paint and body shop.
                    Jerry
                    Team Lightning



                    Owner of Team Lightning
                    90 L "Peewee" B6D. Bought new May 16,1990
                    92 L Thunder BP G5M-R Turbo B6T electronics. Jan 2016 FOTM winner SOLD
                    93 L Lightning. BP



                    Not a user of drugs or alcohol, Just addicted to Festiva's

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                    • Picked this up a couple of weeks ago.



                      It went in this past weekend.



                      I'm still sorting it out, but it runs REAL good!
                      Last edited by JPT; 03-20-2012, 10:05 PM.
                      Festiva: Because even my dog can build a Honda.
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                      '90 L. B8ME/Kia Rio 5 speed. Rio/Aspire suspension swap. :-D
                      '81 Mustang. Inline 6, Automatic.
                      '95 Eagle Summit Wagon. 4G64 Powered.

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                      • ^^What is it, a B6 SOHC?
                        Thricetiva replaced Icetiva as the new ride
                        Icetiva-3-race-car-build
                        http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2533299

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                        • Originally posted by Icedawg View Post
                          ^^What is it, a B6 SOHC?
                          B8ME. Out of a '90 Protege. Only 93K miles. Whoever owned it took really good care of it. The car it came from was in nice shape. If it wasn't T-boned in a wreck, the owner probably would still be driving it
                          Festiva: Because even my dog can build a Honda.
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                          '90 L. B8ME/Kia Rio 5 speed. Rio/Aspire suspension swap. :-D
                          '81 Mustang. Inline 6, Automatic.
                          '95 Eagle Summit Wagon. 4G64 Powered.

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                          • I'm thinking of getting a Whelen Responder......
                            Buck.
                            -1993 Ford Festiva GL, ~200k, B6, Aspire rear, Rio front, 5-speed. '87 Prelude alloys. Happy to be back on the route!!!
                            -1999 Toyota Sienna XLE, 346,000
                            -1996 Chevrolet K1500 Z71, 350 V8, 198k, hauler

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                            • Best MPG yet!

                              Just filled up after my trip to 2012 FL. meet. Drove across FL. from west coast to east coast & back , & around town on a single tank. 36.9 MPG
                              If it don't fit, use a bigger hammer!


                              '93 Green L - ' Tiva

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                              • ^Auto?
                                youtube.com/neanderpaul 88 festiva LX w/BP G25 MR 5 speed waiting for wiring- 93 Festiva GL auto w/ air, waiting for B6t/G4A-HL - 98 Nissan Quest - 02 Mazda protege 5 wife's DD

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