What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[1990new]

I occasionally lock my keys in the car....have done so most of my life. I've had Triple A since 1985 and have had to call
them a few times, but I have had another solution for a long time now.
Where I used to work they took the hard drives out of the old computers and destroyed them when they upgraded to new computers.
Before they were sent for destruction, I would take the super strong magnets out of the hard drives.

For every car I put a spare key in a small zip lock bag and put it between two of the magnets then stick it to a secret hiding place under the body.
The magnets are really strong and take some prying to get loose so they will not fall off. Been saved several times using this method.

[Prafeston]

I'm not real concerned. The only thing of value in my car really is the stereo...and I can remove the head so that's another deterrent.

[Oren09]

Luckily its a Festiva so most people won't look twice.
And just having the doors locked is a good deterrent for lazy thieves and opportunists.

If you were really concerned, you could probably weld a blocker plate in the door to prevent slim jims and such from reaching the lock or rods.

[Tommychu]

Makes me think twice about putting anything of value in it now.

Just wait til the pins seize up in your lock tumbler. My driver's door opens with every key I own. Used a dime once...

[Festevil3]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ-KRo6lrE4

No engine picker, I like your style

[Prafeston]

Well today I locked my keys in my car and couldn't find my spare. I watched THIS and grabbed a coat hanger and drive my mom's car to my Festy. Took me less than 30 seconds to get in. Makes me think twice about putting anything of value in it now.

Here was my hand made tool!

[200KGPGTP]

67 lbs! lol! Congrats on the progress. Keep it up!

Thanks!!! This is actually my first engine and/or trans removal out of any car. So much easier than I anticipated.

I'm taking my time and doing it slow so I can clean everything up and get a number of parts powdercoated.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ-KRo6lrE4

That is AWESOME!

[Oren09]

I saw that on Facebook. Commented on it, even.
I flipped a shell a couple of weeks ago. Really quite easy.

[neanderpaul]

Only 67? I must be a bit stronger than I thought.
My dad and I did team lift a complete engine without problem, though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ-KRo6lrE4

[Prafeston]

My dad and I did team lift a complete engine without problem, though.

Me and Festiva_Fred had to pull an engine and transmission out the top of a Festy a couple months ago. One of the crossmember bolts wouldn't come out so we couldn't just pull the tranny out the bottom...which was all we needed. We did remove the head and stuff to make it a bit lighter. Me and Fred aren't big dudes though. It was rough! Not to mention we were in a field and it had snowed the night before and was in the 30s when we were doing this!

[Oren09]

Only 67? I must be a bit stronger than I thought.
My dad and I did team lift a complete engine without problem, though.

[neanderpaul]

Amazing that I can carry a TRANSMISSION with ONE HAND. Just doesn't seem like that should be possible, lol

Progress!

67 lbs! lol! Congrats on the progress. Keep it up!

[200KGPGTP]

Just 'window-shopped' a RockAuto order... $570 :lol:


Not bad at all for the amount of stuff on there though!

Won't be able to pull that plug until payday in a week though. Still have plenty of stuff to accomplish.

[200KGPGTP]

Made a fair amount of progress today. Got the transmission removed from the old B3, B3 cast into the trunk of a car I plan on scrapping within the next couple of months, cleaned the sandwich plate and a fair amount of the trans. SOOOO DISGUSTING. Jeez. Just FILTHY. Went through 2 cans of brake parts cleaner. Sooooo much better, but not done with the transmission quite yet. More cleaning to be done.

Amazing that I can carry a TRANSMISSION with ONE HAND. Just doesn't seem like that should be possible, lol

Progress!

I'm so excited for all of this. Today was near 80* and VERY humid, I think I'll have the festy operational by the time it gets REALLY hot, first car with working A/C I've had in quite some time.

eeEEEeeeeEEEEeeE!!!

Mom even said she wanted to ride in it when I was done

[greywolf200]

Bought a new (to me) 5 speed so I can hopefully get my Festiva back on the road.