What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[Oren09]

Oh awesome.
I knew you could get the little plastic ones from Mazda. And now NAPA.
I wasn't sure if anyone still made the ones for the support rod.


I made plans to clean and paint the steelies.
They're currently a gunmetal metallic. I like that colour, especially with the beauty ring, so I'll go with that.
The hub bore is a near perfect fit, but the stock hub caps won't lock onto the Celica wheels

[1990new]

Some Helpful links.

http://mazda.dealerdirectparts.com/Mazda-Part-Number-B092-46-041-p/b09246041-.htm

http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4820&d=1301958813

http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4819&d=1301958813

http://www.jimellismazdaparts.com/productSearch.aspx?ukey_make=995&ukey_category=20291&modelYear=1987&ukey_model=14344

[muleskinner]

Spent all day today, from 10am till 7pm, doing body work on my Festiva.
Ground all the rust off around the car, riveted sheet metal around the right rear wheel well, then bondoded the hell out of the car. sanded most of it and will finish up sanding tomorrow. I will prime it after that.

[Prafeston]

Yep, that bushing can be purchased at a Mazda dealership. The part number is floating around her somewhere.

[navdoc101]

I bought a set of wheels. I can't find any aftermarket rims I like. At least not for the price.

So I got a set of 14" steelies for $50.
They're from a 70 something Celica. 14"x5.5".

They have old dry rotted tires on them so they need to be replaced. But I test fit them just for the hell of it.
The tires are 185/75R14.
I had a trucktiva for a few minutes, haha. I backed out of the driveway and immediately scraped the front fenders on a tiny bump.




I also changed the oil and investigated my shifter problems.
The shifter has been ratting/clanking and is looser. The bushings at the shifter itself are still good. The ones at the transmission end are shot.


I removed the linkage a long time ago and took out the rivet. I replaced all the bushings at that time. There's now a lot of slop in that joint.
Also, the brace rod thing... The bushing inside that is nearly gone. That's where my ratting sound is coming from. Where can I buy this bushing?

MAZDA!

[TorqueEffect]

Cleaned and vacuumed the inside.

Also, a few days ago had my valve stem seals, and valve cover gasket replaced. Now no more oil leaks, or burning oil. Now I need more JBweld to fix that darn coolant leak, then my engine will be good until the next oil change in another 2k miles.

[Oren09]

I bought a set of wheels. I can't find any aftermarket rims I like. At least not for the price.

So I got a set of 14" steelies for $50.
They're from a 70 something Celica. 14"x5.5".

They have old dry rotted tires on them so they need to be replaced. But I test fit them just for the hell of it.
The tires are 185/75R14.
I had a trucktiva for a few minutes, haha. I backed out of the driveway and immediately scraped the front fenders on a tiny bump.




I also changed the oil and investigated my shifter problems.
The shifter has been ratting/clanking and is looser. The bushings at the shifter itself are still good. The ones at the transmission end are shot.


I removed the linkage a long time ago and took out the rivet. I replaced all the bushings at that time. There's now a lot of slop in that joint.
Also, the brace rod thing... The bushing inside that is nearly gone. That's where my ratting sound is coming from. Where can I buy this bushing?

[Maikel]

Cleaned the carb today, first from outside, looks much nicer! Changed few vacuum hoses, and then used carb cleaner spray for inside cleaning. And then adjusted CO-consentration.

Now it idles nice, we'll see if makes a difference to consumption..

[Prafeston]

Nice! Looks much better!

[RhodeStiva]

Painted manifold

And upgraded to escort gt tie rod ends

[200KGPGTP]

Sweet!

Well, almost. Should've got a Festy cat instead of a 323 cat. So very close though. Jeez this exhaust is a pain in my rump! I also don't like too much how close the downpipe is to the inner axle boot.... :/

[mikeyjd]

Mobile 1 full synthetic 0w20 in the engine and tranny! thanks movin the throttle response increase is more than I was hoping for

[Prafeston]

Right on! Glad they fit easier for you! Good luck with the 6.25s in the rear!

[2xclutchin]

Where you able to put your grills back on? I found a good way to get that little bit of extra room to make mine fit if you are interested check post #46 HERE

Yessir grills went on easy. They are a fairly low profile speaker. Just figured the picture would be of more use with the grills off. :-p But, I digress I did look at that post before when I began looking at speakers.

[Prafeston]

Where you able to put your grills back on? I found a good way to get that little bit of extra room to make mine fit if you are interested check post #46 HERE