What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[getnpsi]

Today i screwed the oil cap back in that was sitting on valve cover for last 200 miles. Bad news oil is everywhere. Good nees is expensive oil so maybe the hot addpack loosened up the old oil and dirt everywhere. Ill ddawnpowerdissolve it this week for sure.

[greywolf200]

Bought these! Haven't sold stockers! Hiding oz's at moms until i do!

Super nice!!!!!!!!!

[TorqueEffect]

Well the wheel arch rust is fixed, just need to work on filling and sanding until I get it nice and smooth with the body.

Then after that, I will have to cut open the rocker panel, and assess the damage to unibody, then clean it up and get someone to weld some steel rods in there to fix it.

[scitzz]

Still doing the rust repair on the passenger side wheel arch.
Since the the front of the arch was completely rusted away, I grabbed a metal cable and using as a bit of structure, and reference for the shape of the wheel arch.

Now I see why rusty cars are given up on and scrapped, lol. But being my first car, this car has way too much sentimental value, and it is all worth it to get it fixed up.

GO!

[TorqueEffect]

Still doing the rust repair on the passenger side wheel arch.
Since the the front of the arch was completely rusted away, I grabbed a metal cable and using as a bit of structure, and reference for the shape of the wheel arch.

Now I see why rusty cars are given up on and scrapped, lol. But being my first car, this car has way too much sentimental value, and it is all worth it to get it fixed up.

[getnpsi]

I think pinto hubcaps on a festiva is a super tasteful mod btw

[1chrisapple]

got some protégé power mirrors and put on aqua car also found a intermittent wiper switch off mazda 626 score

[scitzz]

Gave her a wipe or two with a sponge, got some of the excess grease off...

[crazyrog17]

Had a free hour yesterday to replace my ignition components. $20 for plugs and a rotor, the wires and distributor cap were free under lifetime warranty (insert happy dance - having my receipts organized pays off).

I thought I bought Autolite iridium or platinum plugs, not copper.. Didn't notice until I was putting the old plugs into the new boxes that the boxes said copper. Oh well.

[rmoltis]

Went out today and bought a new egr valve.
AutoZone had the cheapest price for a brand new one with gasket.

Didn't need one but figured preventative maintenance/peace of mind
To keep everything in tip top shape was worth it to me.

used crc intake cleaner to clean the egr passageways, throttle body, and the intake manifold behind it.

Also cleaned and re oiled my drop in k&n filter while I was at it.

[TorqueEffect]

Fixed the wiring for the headunit.

Tried to figure out why two speakers were out, but come to find out that my rear speakers were swapped around, and the balance on the stereo got turned to one side somehow.

Also still doing body work.

[sactnato]

1978 Pinto was my first car. My dad bought from a government auction. Tan on tan, black steel wheels with chrome caps in the center. Served me we'll until I got into muscle cars.

[bravekozak]

Pintos are the reason all unibody cars have the gas tank away from the rear of the car. I like the way they spoof it in movies.

[TorqueEffect]

Nice!

I love the Pinto. I hate how they get such a bad rap because of the rear end collision fire issues. My father was a Police officer back when these were common, he saw just as many if not more car fires with other models, than Pintos. It is just some Douchewad made a big public case about it. Now whenever you say Pinto to someone, they immediately think deathtrap.

My father actually owned one back in the day, and he loved it. Hell he even said he saw one that was rear ended by a semi, no fireball.

[neanderpaul]

Me too. BAD.