What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[sam.1956]

Great Googelee-Moogelee! At the gas station yesterday, my key broke off in the ignition switch! :eeeeeek: And of course, it's the only key I have! :eeeeeek: :eeeeeek:

I extracted it, and man I was prayin' that there was enough left so that the Wal-Mart guy could make a working copy. He took one look at the broken key & started muttering, "oh no, oh no!" in his heavy Indian accent.

Well, praise the Lord & pass the key blanks... he managed to make a working key from the stub that was left!

"I happy to have workee key!"

[scitzz]

FestYboy rolled in about 4 PM, and he got Boopstiva to start!

Too bad it won't be ready in time for the meet, but she will be rolling in a couple weeks!

Rode to Laurel's, and got some bad news, engine is probably just plain dead

[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...

[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!

[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".

[DriftMagister]

whered you buy your red stripe?

[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

[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.

[rbrown]

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

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

[neanderpaul]

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

Looking good!

[DriverOne]

Lookin' good!

[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?

[avitsefdrof]

couple of things

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

[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.

[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.