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Blew it up on the way back from Durham..........:cry_smile: Guess that B6 is gonna be sooner than later.
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Jack Byrd,
1991 Capri
1988 Festiva LX, 240K
1970 Chev C10
1977 Airstream Argosy MH -
Got my front end parts assembled ready for install on Tuesday evening...
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Moog ES3048RL balljoints (one is already on the car)
Moog RK9477 lower control arms
Moog K9737 sway bar to LCA bushings
Nolathane bushings for the sway bar to body mount (can't find part number just now)
Stock Festiva sway bar going back in.
Also got some more work done on the replacement fenders and hatch...
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Sent from somewhere west of here via Tapatalk!Ian
Calgary AB, Canada
93 L B6T: June 2016 FOTM
59 Austin Healey "Bugeye" Sprite
"It's infinitely better to fail with courage than to sit idle with fear...." Chip Gaines (pg 167 of Capital Gaines, Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff)
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Got the alt on the B6, as well as a freshly cleaned water return pipe. Also swapped the fuel injector harness. Just gotta get the ac compressor bracket bolted on and the suspension stuff back together and in she goes!Buck.
-1993 Ford Festiva GL, ~200k, B6, Aspire rear, Rio front, 5-speed. '87 Prelude alloys. Happy to be back on the route!!!
-1999 Toyota Sienna XLE, 346,000
-1996 Chevrolet K1500 Z71, 350 V8, 198k, hauler
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That's great! I can't wait to see what it looks like!In love with a MadScientist!:thumbright:
There's a fine line between breathtaking ingenuity and "That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen!"
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Stopped at the UPAP today to check out a 91 Festiva GL they just got in.
Well, the car looked like it was used on Utube. It was beat the hell. The only good body part on it was the hatchback. The inside was trashed. Very sad!
I did look underneath and there was hardly any rust. The car must have come from down south. The park brake cable was all intacked, worked, and looked brand new. So I pulled that. The drums were in great shape too so I took them along with the inside components.
To bad they beat that car up. The car was 95% rust free!1993 Ford Festiva L blue 170,000 miles
1990 Ford Festiva L Plus white 190,000 Auto, currently waiting to have another engine put in.
1995 Ford F150 XLT black 203,000 miles
2002 Honda CRV silver 180,000 miles
2003 Toyota Rav4 Sport black 94,000 miles
2008 Sym Rv250 dark grey 30,000 miles. My scooter.
1989 Ford Festiva LX black 233,000 miles. Sold to my better half's son.
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Today: received some long awaited brown welting seals from a seller in Thailand. (Welting seals are the long, flexible rubber, channel-shaped seals that fit around the door opening....the ends fit under the front/back of the door sills.)
Mechanically/structurally, they are EXACTLY what came from the factory over 20 years ago. All right!
One little problem. The pix of the item showed a LIGHT brown seal and the seller said he had dark brown and light brown seals. I specified light brown.
Guess which one he sent?
Joy. Now I get to open a complaint against a seller, half way around the world, to try and get it worked out. Shipping was $30. I'll be ticked if they try to claim that what's in the e-Bay picture is what they sent me.
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Today I put 15" wheels off of a 2001 Volvo S70 on my 92 festiva. I used 2" wheel spacers and 175/55R 15 tires. I think it looks incredible. I'm going to have to raise the struts and inch or so, to keep the tires from rubbing the fenders when I hit bumps. I will work on that this weekend, but for now I'm just going to drive and enjoy it.
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Got it JUST SHY of dropping in.... It appears some of my bolts have gone missing?!?!
I'm missing like 8 bolts. And I have no idea how it happened... I had all the bolts separated in little cups on the table.........
Anyhoo, getting really close.Buck.
-1993 Ford Festiva GL, ~200k, B6, Aspire rear, Rio front, 5-speed. '87 Prelude alloys. Happy to be back on the route!!!
-1999 Toyota Sienna XLE, 346,000
-1996 Chevrolet K1500 Z71, 350 V8, 198k, hauler
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Seems you have bolt gremlins.
I tend to have extra bolts. I just assume the bolts breed and reproduce when piled up.~Austin
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Sold one of mine...the 89L....down to one now.92 GL, 98k
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^ Judging by what I just read in your signature it seems as though you made the best choice on which to sell and which to keep. Ha.Comment
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Buck.
-1993 Ford Festiva GL, ~200k, B6, Aspire rear, Rio front, 5-speed. '87 Prelude alloys. Happy to be back on the route!!!
-1999 Toyota Sienna XLE, 346,000
-1996 Chevrolet K1500 Z71, 350 V8, 198k, hauler
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Worked on the rear brakes. Put in the self ajusters and parking brake line and hooked them all up. Now I have park brakes and the brake pedal does not go all they way to the floor now!! Feels like new brakes!!banana time1993 Ford Festiva L blue 170,000 miles
1990 Ford Festiva L Plus white 190,000 Auto, currently waiting to have another engine put in.
1995 Ford F150 XLT black 203,000 miles
2002 Honda CRV silver 180,000 miles
2003 Toyota Rav4 Sport black 94,000 miles
2008 Sym Rv250 dark grey 30,000 miles. My scooter.
1989 Ford Festiva LX black 233,000 miles. Sold to my better half's son.
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