What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[TorqueEffect]

Bought a new battery, some new wipers, Autolite copper plugs, floor mats, and replaced the fuseable links with proper fuses.

Walmart fails at cataloging their batteries, they list the MAXX battery for the Festiva as 35N, so pick it up and purchase it, walk out to put it in my car, and as I am putting the battery in, I realize it is too damn tall for the fasteners. So I went back in it and with my old battery for comparison, and none of the MAXX batteries are the right size, so I just grabbed a slightly shorter one and made it fit.
Would have just returned it and went somewhere else, but apparently they don't accept returns on batteries, only exchanges, even if I bought the damn thing less than 10min before bringing it back.

Also found out when I was using those Bosch plugs, my MPG went down to 28MPG, that is atrocious for a 5 speed Festy. Hopefully these new copper Autolites fix that.

[Spike]

Pics of GHI's trans carnage:
Sent from the bathroom via crapatalk.

That last picture just looked awful!

[Christ]

Bought a new battery, some new wipers, Autolite copper plugs, floor mats, and replaced the fuseable links with proper fuses.

Walmart fails at cataloging their batteries, they list the MAXX battery for the Festiva as 35N, so pick it up and purchase it, walk out to put it in my car, and as I am putting the battery in, I realize it is too damn tall for the fasteners. So I went back in it and with my old battery for comparison, and none of the MAXX batteries are the right size, so I just grabbed a slightly shorter one and made it fit.
Would have just returned it and went somewhere else, but apparently they don't accept returns on batteries, only exchanges, even if I bought the damn thing less than 10min before bringing it back.

Also found out when I was using those Bosch plugs, my MPG went down to 28MPG, that is atrocious for a 5 speed Festy. Hopefully these new copper Autolites fix that.

That's a bull policy that they don't enforce if you complain to a mgr about it. Especially if you tell them that they're cataloging the batteries incorrectly and you bought the battery as a result of their mistake.

By law, however, they CANNOT give you back the core battery after you've turned it in (at least in PA/NY), so you'd be out a battery that way.

[Christ]

Redneck tree removal service... that's a 24' fly ladder there, the saws are in the back, including a 12' collapsible pole saw.

Ended up not cutting the tree down, pruned it out instead, plus removing limbs from a tree out back and brush cleanup.

6 hours of "work" over 2 days, total expenses were about $100 (including paying help).

Job paid $400 plus a $100 completion bonus.

Average pay per hour - $50 (without the bonus).

I love my life.

[TorqueEffect]

That's a bull policy that they don't enforce if you complain to a mgr about it. Especially if you tell them that they're cataloging the batteries incorrectly and you bought the battery as a result of their mistake.

By law, however, they CANNOT give you back the core battery after you've turned it in (at least in PA/NY), so you'd be out a battery that way.

I didn't feel like fighting with em today. This battery fits, so its not a big deal.

I kept the old battery though since core was only $9, could prove useful.

[TheresGabe]

I THINK I got my surging/stuttering problem fixed (little oil in the distributor cap, and on the rotor!) Then I tinted the tail lights!

[Damkid]

Just yeah...... (need arena access for link to work)

http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45407

For those without arena access, i got my car running mint with the turbo setup

[Prafeston]

Can I have arena access? How do you get it?

[Damkid]

^^Just PM an administrator (orange username) for arena access

[TorqueEffect]

Ordered a power lock kit off ebay, real pain having to use a key to lock and unlock the hatch all the time.

Having them on the main doors is just a added bonus.

Can't wait to install it.

[Prafeston]

Ordered a power lock kit off ebay, real pain having to use a key to lock and unlock the hatch all the time.

Having them on the main doors is just a added bonus.

Can't wait to install it.

I'd like to know how easy this install is when you are done. I have a new hatch with no key and even my old hatch my key didn't work on it so I couldn't lock it...and if I did I had to unlock it by crawling in the back and pushing the lever over.

[RhodeStiva]

I'd like to know how easy this install is when you are done. I have a new hatch with no key and even my old hatch my key didn't work on it so I couldn't lock it...and if I did I had to unlock it by crawling in the back and pushing the lever over.

same here. You should do a write up(TorqueEffect) and a lot of pictures is a plus.

[TheresGabe]

lock kits are EASY on a Festiva/Aspire. I've done it a couple of times. The ones I did at least are basically just a solenoid that goes up and down. they have an arm with a clamp on it, that clamps on to the bar that goes up to your lock. REALLY simple to do. Hmmm... now I'm thinking the current Festy needs them!

[Larry Hampton]

You could also get a door lock motor out of the JY. That way if the motor goes bad, you can go back and get another one cheap.

[Advancedynamix]

Slept over 8 hours like a baby in the back of my Festiva. My Styrofoam subfloor is very comfy. I haven't gotten that much sleep in over a month, not bad for a rest area somewhere in Western Arkansas.
Could have used that automatic hatch popper, locking myself in the back is a real problem with the solid back race seats and a harness bar. Lol.