What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[kumalaba]

Thanks.... I'll be stopping in your town tomorrow for a family reunion at the Edneyville Community Center.

i wish i wasnt working tomorrow ill pm my # in case im out that way & if not ill see you @ madness. danny

[1990new]

I had to drill out the shifter stabilizer bushing. The pipe was welded to the rubber with rust. I tried hammering but it didn't budge. This will not ever happen again. Permanent corrective action: Machine a 304 stainless pipe and install in a new Four Green bush.

I'd say that is definitely a permanent fix.

[1990new]

^ have a safe trip!

Thanks.... I'll be stopping in your town tomorrow for a family reunion at the Edneyville Community Center.

[bravekozak]

I had to drill out the shifter stabilizer bushing. The pipe was welded to the rubber with rust. I tried hammering but it didn't budge. This will not ever happen again. Permanent corrective action: Machine a 304 stainless pipe and install in a new Four Green bush.

[kumalaba]

^ have a safe trip!

[1990new]

Changed oil/filter and plugs in Bessie, my 1990 Surf Blue. Had tires balanced and rotated last week.
Leaving on a trip to Louisville, KY in it tomorrow morning, back next Thursday.

[muleskinner]

I put on my Fordfestiva.com stickers today!!

[greywolf200]

Put on my deep dish hello kitty steering wheel from ebay, and threw on some old neoprene covers from another car

Kool wheel.....except maybe for the pink kitty....hmmmmmm

[greywolf200]

Painted my valve cover today with VHT Wrinkle paint.

Dang, I was hoping to be the first to do that...:gritteeth:

[getnpsi]

Mine came with that too, and a different rs sticker. The longer hardware was shiny so i kept with the recessed black allen fasteners

You guys are too much. I bought a green civic short shifter, its more like green giant canned peas cllor. Fail. Its just a brighf sunny day thru a high miles sandpitted windshield, but a photograph can never be duplicated ever that's how the subpar still claim their black and white photos of drug addicts digging in trash is art whoa stop go work on your car its not hot out....ok.

[1chrisapple]

Pulled all suspension off aspire swapped it to my 91 gl.and put the old festy suspension back onto the aspire so i can use the toww dolly to scrap the aspire tomorrow.did all that in 6 hrs then left straight for work until 6 am.itll be a long night lol

[TorqueEffect]

A bad Festiva day today. I went to the farm, opened the door and said what's that awful smell? I knew right away. Emptied it out. Three dead mice. Going to wash everything and disinfect. I threw them out before real rotting took place.
Went to change my fuel pump gasket. Lifted the cover. Unbelievable! The only thing they didn't try to eat were my stainless fuel pump screws.
Tried to remove the screw to replace the fuel pickup sock with a Denso.
It wouldn't budge. Drill available, but no bit and many miles from the nearest hardware store.
Moved rear plastic panels back into position. Plastic locator pin broke off.
Took some measurements for mattdickmeyer and then went home.
Eastern Beaver package waiting in the mail for me when I got home.
Three different sized barrels. Will make sure I have some sticky traps the next time I visit.

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Yeah, I couldn't get the screw to budge either.

I just twisted the pump far enought to reveal the retainer ring so I could pop it off.
It was a pain but I managed to change it out.

Still couldn't believe the fuel filter in mine was still the 22 year old one from the factory. I am also willing to be the strainer hadn't been changed either. God I love how the Japanese even built their econoboxes to last.

[bravekozak]

A bad Festiva day today. I went to the farm, opened the door and said what's that awful smell? I knew right away. Emptied it out. Three dead mice. Going to wash everything and disinfect. I threw them out before real rotting took place.
Went to change my fuel pump gasket. Lifted the cover. Unbelievable! The only thing they didn't try to eat were my stainless fuel pump screws.
Tried to remove the screw to replace the fuel pickup sock with a Denso.
It wouldn't budge. Drill available, but no bit and many miles from the nearest hardware store.
Moved rear plastic panels back into position. Plastic locator pin broke off.
Took some measurements for mattdickmeyer and then went home.
Eastern Beaver package waiting in the mail for me when I got home.
Three different sized barrels. Will make sure I have some sticky traps the next time I visit.

[Pu241]

Hell with the steering wheel, I want to know were you got the luminous shifter knob!
That thing bright!

"One shifter knob to rule them all", or something to that effect!

[TorqueEffect]

Put on my deep dish hello kitty steering wheel from ebay, and threw on some old neoprene covers from another car

Minus the Hello Kitty, that is the exact steering wheel I have. Except mine came with a center piece that goes over the screw holes.