What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[kumalaba]

^ wow looks killer!

[frankenfester]

Installing two matching corbeau Blue 3pt harnesses today. Taking the red out So I can match you the ones in there. Will have my red (unfrayed, unwrecked, only installed once, like new condition) harness for sale soon.And Yes, the way I've had them set up is proper by Corbeau install standards.

-James

[TorqueEffect]

Got my new 88'-89' style grille by fedex today. Only $22 off ebay, and has all the clips that are hard to find.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251071624721?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

I like the 80s style more than the 90s.

[navdoc101]

Filled up yesterday. $3.339 per gal., Best mileage yet 40.7 mpg!! Still 29.3 average mpg., had some crappy mileage when I first got the car.

[bravekozak]

I have had my car on 2 jack stands for 3 weeks! It's kind of scary..especially when I had both front wheels off and one of the two rear wheels was even off the ground!

That's funny. I left my car up in the air too. The two front wheels are off the ground resting on 4 big blocks of Douglas fir. I am trying to fit the hubcentric rings into the wheels. Even though 57.1 mm is the smallest ring for the Storm centerbore, it still does not fit. I have to get my porting and polishing kit to widen the bore evenly, ever so little.

[Oren09]

Traced the source of the oil leak on my new engine to the fuel pump plate on the head. I put some RTV on and we'll see if the leaking stops tomorrow.

I pulled all the A/C components off my parts car. I broke the switch trying to get it out so I'll hit up a few junkyards to find one.
The system is dealer installed. Removing was super easy and I guess that installation will be fairly simple as well.

[frankenfester]

Well hopefully tomorrow I'll have all my struts and springs installed and I can finally get it on all fours again before I have to get the front back up on stands to do the oil pan gasket a second time!!

If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer.

-James

[Prafeston]

Well hopefully tomorrow I'll have all my struts and springs installed and I can finally get it on all fours again before I have to get the front back up on stands to do the oil pan gasket a second time!!

[Spike]

*hands you a beer*

We's redneckin', ain't nuttin' wrong wit dat.

[Prafeston]

I have had my car on 2 jack stands for 3 weeks! It's kind of scary..especially when I had both front wheels off and one of the two rear wheels was even off the ground!

[Spike]

But.. they are so worth it. Leaving a car on them for a week is also awesome.

In my case, I put the racecar on them, blocked the rear wheels, and left it for the weekend. I felt like it was on one of those car lot display units haha.

[Prafeston]

Sounds like a plan. I got a set of 4TON truck ramps a month ago at Goodwill.. for $4. Best $4 I've ever spent, except going up on them scares the bajeebies out of me LOL. I'll see what I can do this next weekend.

-Joe

Wow! What a steal, I'd love to snag a set, but I can't talk myself into purchasing them at AutoZone for like 50 bucks!

[Spike]

Huge pair of channel locks with some good teeth, or a big visegrip. Don't do it jacked up. Try And get the car on ramps or something really sturdy So you can get underneath of it And crank.
Oh, BTW that harbor freight kit won't fit anyways. I tried it, then resorted to the redneck method. Reinstall should be easy. Just a 24mm spanner.

-James

Sounds like a plan. I got a set of 4TON truck ramps a month ago at Goodwill.. for $4. Best $4 I've ever spent, except going up on them scares the bajeebies out of me LOL. I'll see what I can do this next weekend.

-Joe

[Prafeston]

Thanks! They are FMS lowering springs that I bought very used and had dennis(gauge) powdercoat them.

[frankenfester]

I've been without my DD for almost a month and it's been nothing but setbacks since the beginning. Was just going do an oil change and found I was leaking oil all over the bottom of my car. So I decided to do my oil pan gasket and crank seal. While it was down I was going to do my struts and springs. Broke the rear strut bolt on the drivers side trying to unscrew it. Couldn't keep the flywheel from turning when I was trying to get the crank bolt off. I stripped the nuts on the front struts. Now I realized my oil pan gasket I just installed ripped I guess while installing. I broke the blade on my sawzall when I was trying to cut through the rear bolt I snapped and when reinstalling the the engine accessories I found out trying to get that dang timing belt tensioner spring on was probably one of the hardest things I've ever done!!! Finally had a good day yesterday though. Drivers side rear strut finally removed and front strut and spring installed. Tomorrow I'm hoping to finish all the struts and springs and then it's back to that darn oil pan.

How my car has looked for the last three weeks.


Broken blade! The hardest part about all this is I haven't had a vehicle to make runs to Lowe's or the parts store!


Finally got the strut out after cutting through the bolt. I had to cut a piece of the rear beam off the very back so I could get in there at the nut. How structure is that little piece in the rear?


I felt so good about finally having something go right I chucked my old strut into my front yard!


Front strut and spring installed.


Oh and while I had the front struts out I wire wheeled the top and bottom of the mounting points as well as the strut brace plates and painted them all with rustoleum.

Told ya the sawzall was the way.

-James