What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[Prafeston]

I hate my life!





After failing again today to remove crank sprocket I just decided I'd get something accomplished and install my new KYBs and FMS springs...then that happened. Now I feel like burning the dang thing to the ground!

Bout to give up and have it towed to a shop and just say, "Make it work!"

[Prafeston]

I filled it with 9.942 gallons. There was gas in the filler neck.

Wow...9.9 gallons is impressive!!

[Oren09]

Last night I put the most gas ever in my Festiva.
It was hesitating on acceleration a mile from the gas station. Made it to the pump before the engine died.
I filled it with 9.942 gallons. There was gas in the filler neck.

[200KGPGTP]

Did you purchase those Festiva parts from that guy in KS? I've seen it on CL and he was selling the lot for cheap!

Yep! Talked him down to $60 for the whole shebang too!

[rmoltis]

Looked at my car today :-P

[Prafeston]

Also today, I scored a white font tach cluster!

Did you purchase those Festiva parts from that guy in KS? I've seen it on CL and he was selling the lot for cheap!

[TorqueEffect]

Filled the tank for the first time in months.

Noticed the gas gauge didn't read above 1/3rd of a tank, turned out the float was just catching on the in tank filter, moving the filter away from the float immediately fixed it.

[200KGPGTP]

Also today, I scored a white font tach cluster!

[200KGPGTP]

In the past I have blipped the starter with a sturdy ratchet on the bolt. Of course only after checking the direction of the ratchet and other things like 3412 times. worked great.

[Oren09]

Use an impact wrench on the crank bolt or if you don't have one, remove the starter and have an assistant hold the flywheel with a prybar or the like.

[Prafeston]

Well I'm talk my dang time getting the Festy back on the road. I wish I had more tools and better know how when it comes to doing my own work. Trying to do the Crank Seal and it's proving to be a pain in the butt. Couldn't get the engine dropped far enough to get the crank pulley and AC pulley off. And when I finally did I can't get the crank bolt off cause it's just turning the crank. I did test out the look of those OZ Racing wheels I bought awhile back. The tires on them are shot and way too big, but I like the look.

Working on the car. When I lowered the engine the coolant line in the back would start leaking. Raise it up and it would stop.. I have a coolant leak somewhere and I'm starting to think that might be the suspect!


Suspect line.


OZ Racing wheel.


Also the middle motor mount bolt came out when I was trying to remove the nut. Whoops!

[1990new]

Named the new 89 automatic Trixie.
Did some work on Trixie today:
Installed a new midpipe and muffler....very quite now.
Shampooed the drivers seat...looks good as new now...Will do the right seat and back seat tomorrow.
Left front wheel bearings have seen better days..will fix that tomorrow too.

[bravekozak]

Genuine Kia Pride shifter bushings (KKY0146062).
Only the part number is on the bag.
Material specs would only be on the manufacturer's blueprint.
The material looks to be much more translucent than the genuine Ford ones.
I suspect that Ford may have had a different material spec for theirs.
I also have a complete set of genuine Ford shifter bushings (E7GZ-7A133-A) for sale.
The Ford bushing bag says "Made in Japan".

[neanderpaul]

What material are the shifter bushings made from?

[bravekozak]

Shifter bushings - seventy-five cents each + shipping (around $2)

I have some upper shifter ball seals and lower shifter boots left too.
Check under your car to see if yours is torn and letting in water and dirt.