What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[Twistiva]

I changed my insurance, the company had a hard time believing I wanted full coverage!! ($45/mo $100 deductible!)

They had to take pictures to submit to corporate so they had a file... HA!

I won't get anything less than full coverage! There are so many college kids out here (many who are just now driving) that I would be afraid to go without it. That and windshield replacement is nice.

How in the heck are you guys getting your insurance companies to accept THEM paying for anything more than liability?

Over 8 yrs ago I talked with my insurance company and they did a Kelley Blue Book check on my bare-bones, 88L with probably 160,000 miles on it then and they said the KBB value of it was a whopping $260. Because of that they recommended I get rid of all excess coverage beyond what the state law required (in other words, eliminate collision, comprehensive, etc) because they said they wouldn't pay anything over the $260 so why carry the coverage? I thought they made a good point (since they said they would NOT pay anything over the $260) so I dropped the excess coverage. However....

Now that I'm in the process of fixing it up (including a $1400 paint job later this week) I've wondered about insurance. 'Self-insuring' it, ie, it gets damaged and I pay for all of it, would absolutely suck. :nightmare:

BTW, my insurance company is USAA.

Thoughts?

[Huli]

This state does not allow windshield coverage!! I was shocked! Turns out the state mandated a ton of laws that restrict how you can spend your money on your insurance. I was angry that I can NOT get $0 deductible. Why not!? its my money, why should the state tell me I cannot insure my vehicle against broken windows with no deductible? I hate insurance. :angryfire:

[DriverOne]

Re: What have you done to your Festiva today!?

I changed my insurance, the company had a hard time believing I wanted full coverage!!

I won't get anything less than full coverage! There are so many college kids out here (many who are just now driving) that I would be afraid to go without it. That and windshield replacement is nice.

[Huli]

I changed my insurance, the company had a hard time believing I wanted full coverage!! ($45/mo $100 deductible!)

They had to take pictures to submit to corporate so they had a file... HA!

And I adjusted the air bypass valve, turns out the previous owner had adjusted the throttle body to not allow it to function.

[kellen302]

That was the GTX I thought, and it was actually a destroked B6D, the B6 block has siamesed bores as far as I know so it's a tiny bit different from a poked n' stroked B3

[Twistiva]

- Received a brand new (NOS) front windshield wiper arm in the mail that I bought on e-Bay.

- Bought a manual driver's side mirror (just the glass) on e-Bay.

- Checked on ordering a new cigarette lighter from the local Ford Dealer for Twistiva (don't smoke but my old one is trashed and fixing up my Festy)

- Went to a Ford dealer here in town to compare 2 blue colors....the original 1988 Ford Festiva blue (can't rememer what they called it) and a 2013 blue used on F-150 trucks....called 'Blue Flame Metallic'.

[Festiva_Fred]

I believe so, yes. B6 I heard is just a bored-out B3, externally is is pretty much identical to the B3.

That really makes me wonder, why on earth wasn't it an engine option when these were new? Hell even the performance models in japan didn't have a bigger engine. The Festiva GTA I believe it was called?

The GTA had a 1.3 DOHC in it actually..

[TorqueEffect]

Is the B6 the one that just straight up bolts-in?

I believe so, yes. B6 I heard is just a bored-out B3, externally is is pretty much identical to the B3.

That really makes me wonder, why on earth wasn't it an engine option when these were new? Hell even the performance models in japan didn't have a bigger engine. The Festiva GTA I believe it was called?

[200KGPGTP]

Is the B6 the one that just straight up bolts-in?

[Icedawg]

Installed a 4 stage shift light and tach from autometer. I am hoping I will see the colours flash in peripheral vision, and shift while drifting sideways toward a snow bank, instead of distracting myself by actually looking at the tach. I also moved the oil and water gauges from down below the roll bar to up on the dash where I can see them while still looking out the windscreen at the marshal stations.
click http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugede...gid=3630&sid=4

[Prafeston]

Bummer! Hope you can figure something out!

[DriverOne]

Re: What have you done to your Festiva today!?

Put insurance on it and drove it to wal-mart. It runs and drives, but coolant disappears at an astonishing rate, and it varies where it comes from. Anyone got an engine nearby? :lol:

Car-part.com! Time for a B6. 86-89 323 or Tracer.

[Burger]

Had a 200k party!!!

Congrats .

[200KGPGTP]

Put insurance on it and drove it to wal-mart. It runs and drives, but coolant disappears at an astonishing rate, and it varies where it comes from. Anyone gots an engine nearby? :lol:

[Twistiva]

Is there a gasket for the transmission to engine? I don't remember seeing one when I removed it...I did buy new axle seals.

Rafe - OK, my mistake. I thought there was one. I learn somethin' new every day here.

Might consider clutch assembly, pilot bearing (not VOR or ADF related), and rear main seal also. No gasket between engine and transaxle...just the backplate.

1990new - Ha! Ha! I actually got that joke! :highly_amused:

Thanks for the list of other parts to get and/or check!