What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[Tommychu]

Rear main seal drips a quart every 3k.. just going to leave it excellent rust prevention.

No, it really isn't. Mediocre at best, otherwise my car would be rust free thanks to it's B3 that according to the PO had been leaking a quart a week since around 1998. Also the places the oil ends up are nowhere near the places that usually rust so that's a moot point.

[rbrown]

trailing arm to body brackets... 3 bolts on the rear suspension bracket? or the single bolt on the lower control arm? I don't know slang for trailing arm.. isn't a trailing arm the little 4-6" rod connecting to a sway bar / independent suspension style setup?

An impact gun will do the best job or heating up the bolt. others will have better suggestions I'm sure.

Single bolt. I am going to try and heat it tomorrow. Been beating on it for 2 days.

[Christ]

trailing arm to body brackets... 3 bolts on the rear suspension bracket? or the single bolt on the lower control arm? I don't know slang for trailing arm.. isn't a trailing arm the little 4-6" rod connecting to a sway bar / independent suspension style setup?

An impact gun will do the best job or heating up the bolt. others will have better suggestions I'm sure.

A trailing arm is actually the rear swing assembly, except only one side of it.

Our cars don't have trailing arms on them. He's talking about the front LCA.

[rbrown]

A trailing arm is actually the rear swing assembly, except only one side of it.

Our cars don't have trailing arms on them. He's talking about the front LCA.

Nope. Not a front anything.

I have seen the rear swing assembly called the trailing arm more often than not. So I stuck with that since that is what most call it.
But the real correct name is Torsion Beam Axle.

[avitsefdrof]

couple of things

I put on the bodyside molding and the red stripe finally.

[walth]

Nope. Not a front anything.

I have seen the rear swing assembly called the trailing arm more often than not. So I stuck with that since that is what most call it.
But the real correct name is Torsion Beam Axle.

I was asking because I had no idea which bolt you're messing with. soo... which bolt is it? the bottom strut bolt or one of the 3 (14mm or 17mm?) bolts on the main bracket?

[DriverOne]

Lookin' good!

[neanderpaul]

I put on the bodyside molding and the red stripe finally.

Looking good!

[rbrown]

I put on the bodyside molding and the red stripe finally.

Wow that's like it's sitting at the showroom.

[rbrown]

I was asking because I had no idea which bolt you're messing with. soo... which bolt is it? the bottom strut bolt or one of the 3 (14mm or 17mm?) bolts on the main bracket?

No. It is the bracket, but the single bolt that runs through the bracket through the arm. Not the strut bolt.

[walth]

No. It is the bracket, but the single bolt that runs through the bracket through the arm. Not the strut bolt.

aaah, makes sense. I've never dealt with that bolt. I don't even know how it clears the body.. but it does, I've seen people remove it. I take out the three that connect the bracket to the body. It's probably not a bad idea anyway because sometimes they get super rusty! goop some anti-sieze up in there and good to go

[DriftMagister]

whered you buy your red stripe?

[Christ]

aaah, makes sense. I've never dealt with that bolt. I don't even know how it clears the body.. but it does, I've seen people remove it. I take out the three that connect the bracket to the body. It's probably not a bad idea anyway because sometimes they get super rusty! goop some anti-sieze up in there and good to go

I've never been able to clear on any of mine....

And I've had a few installed backwards (?) that the bolt had to come out past the tank on the driver's side...

I still pull that bolt out, clean it, and replace it. Just like every other one.

BTW, I think the name for that is "pivot bolt".

[IdealSociety]

Got some nice shiny braided hose and fittings for the feed and return lines on the T3.

Also, external wastegate came in the mail. Downpipe should be in tomorrow. Turns out that with the way my manifold lines up and i faced the cold side to the passenger end im 90% positive a drivers side downpipe meant for a T3 powered honduh will fit quite nicely 3" all the way through if it fits properly, if not i'll just mod it a bit to make it work like everything else on this car lol

we'll find out tomorrow when it shows up!

[gauge_half_inch]

Replace a worn balljoint and sway bar bushing, aligned , replaced oil swollen caliper boots, and machined the rotors. Ready to roll out for FM6 at 7am...