What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[bravekozak]

Packing the wheel bearings properly with high quality grease is vital to longevity.
I recommend a milled EP2 grease like Esso Unirex EP-2. (use EP-1 grease in Alaska and Ladex sub zero in Nunavut)
Make sure the bearings are packed from the large end, if you are doing it by hand.
In other words, push the grease into the clean roller bearings from the back of the wider end, until it oozes through the narrow end of the race, without any air pockets. I once lab tested almost every grease available on the market. One of the most brutal tests was the ASTM D3527 wheel bearing test. You could tell from the slump and how much oil separated out into the cap, just how good the formulation of the grease really was. Esso mills all of their soap bases smooth before they add the oil to soften it, and then the Extreme Pressure (EP) additives.

Personally, I would never trust anyone but myself to pack my own bearings properly.
I don't just use the palm of ny hand, but a small spatula to force the grease into the race. I slowly rotate the bearing in my fingers while pushing in the grease with the spatula.
Did your mechanic use a mechanical bearing packer? Or did he do it by hand?
If you repack your wheel bearings, make sure you soak your bearings in solvent to get out every last bit of the old grease. Did you see the ugly gray grease in the Youtube video? It is a non-milled Molybdenum disulphide grease. Moly for short.
Don't use it.

[200KGPGTP]

Replaced rear wheel bearings. Left rear this time. When I bought it a few months ago, I had my mechanic pack both rears. The right side went out a couple of weeks later. Now the lefts. Is this common? I keep hearing that things that work on other cars don't work these cars, is this one of them? BTW, my Festy has 235K on it.

Seems hit and miss. Had to replace both of mine a few times until I had a set that lasted.

[Huli]

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

Replaced front crank seal. One oil leak down!!! Took 3 hours including cleanup, not too painful.

[greywolf200]

Replaced rear wheel bearings. Left rear this time. When I bought it a few months ago, I had my mechanic pack both rears. The right side went out a couple of weeks later. Now the lefts. Is this common? I keep hearing that things that work on other cars don't work these cars, is this one of them? BTW, my Festy has 235K on it.

[kellen302]

Changed the oil, 5200 miles since the last... oops. Castrol GTX, I love these 3.5 quart oil changes.

[Prafeston]

Can't wait to see your car all done up with it's FMS skins!

[navdoc101]

Removed the rear bumper & sanded it prepatory to painting it body color ( Cayman Green Met.).

[Oren09]

Got the Aqua running again.

Went to get it inspected and failed NOx. Double the limit on high speed run. Plenty low enough on low speed run.
I've put some cleaner in the tank and adjusting timing some more. I'll run it for a bit and retest. I hope I can get away without replacing the cat.

[kirkham]

Today i'm replacing exhaust pipe from cat to muffler then replacing valve cover gasket and air filter. Hopefully this will be it for a while.

[Chobobulous]

I love that spoiler.

I got the oil changed and ran a little seafoam through it.

[RhodeStiva]

What have you done to your Festiva today!?

Nice work on the console I just installed this but needs a little touch up to be perfect.

[meg4x]

Not today, but a couple days ago I installed the back half of my Protege console (finally). I also installed seat belt buckles from an Aspire to make installing the rear console half easier. I might take the console back out when it's warmer to paint it flat black.

[Pu241]

Hey, it's great we can discuss anything on FF.com, but if we want a "weather in your part of the world" thread someone please open one.

[Twistiva]

Agreed!

I've lived in TX, AZ, MS, back to AZ, GA, South Korea and now OK over the last 21 1/2 yrs.

Haven't seen snow like that since I left northern UT to go into the Air Force.

I miss it! I actually like shoveling snow off the driveway....

[neanderpaul]

Nice!