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  • Got my rear wiper fluid working properly.... the hose had come off up top and somehow got routed over the pass rear wheel and so any fluid in the tank siphoned itself down through there and right onto the ground. WHAT A PITA to re-route that hose! My lord! Took me all day and I STILL didn't get it fully through the rear upper beam! It's just under the headliner. Works!

    Also took it on it's maiden B6 voyage! Runs great! Can't wait to get exhaust. And it has working A/C..... So amazing.

    Speedo and temp aren't working on the cluster.... Suck. However, I know it's cooling as it should, because the fan kicked on and it was displacing ample heat as it should.

    Does anyone know which sensor feeds the cluster? Bullit or spade? Strange, because I took both sensors off of the B3, and they worked...
    Last edited by 200KGPGTP; 05-18-2013, 05:18 PM.
    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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    • Routing that rear wiper hose is a pita. Congrats on the swap.... pics !?
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      • took off air cleaner in preparation to pull off the carb. :/

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        • I am amazed at how rigid a three point air cleaner holdown setup can be. I mixed and matched 6mm spin nuts from a couple of different junkyard cars. The tall GM 8mm valve cover hold down prevents your fingers from hitting the snorkel on the air cleaner. Any steel tab can be welded onto the bottom of the air cleaner snorkel. tx, you will notice, I cut off the reed valve assembly and the tubes from underneath my air cleaner. It sure makes it look a lot neater. Good luck.
          Last edited by bravekozak; 05-18-2013, 06:12 PM.

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          • fixed timing and ground issue now my car is running great. and fixed an exhaust leak.
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            '93 Festiva GL A/T

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            • Originally posted by bravekozak View Post
              I am amazed at how rigid a three point air cleaner holdown setup can be. I mixed and matched 6mm spin nuts from a couple of different junkyard cars. The tall GM 8mm valve cover hold down prevents your fingers from hitting the snorkel on the air cleaner. Any steel tab can be welded onto the bottom of the air cleaner snorkel. tx, you will notice, I cut off the reed valve assembly and the tubes from underneath my air cleaner. It sure makes it look a lot neater.
              oh it doesn't take me but about 4 minutes to take the whole thing apart down to the carb. just the carb im not looking forward too lol.

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              • Originally posted by 200KGPGTP View Post
                WHAT A PITA to re-route that hose! My lord! Took me all day and I STILL didn't get it fully through the rear upper beam! It's just under the headliner. Works!
                Took me quite a bit to get it up to the nozzle when I did mine. What I did was use a coat hanger and taped the end of the hose to it. Routed it up the rear pillar and when I got it up there I taped it to the roof. Then I took out my wing window on the passenger side and through that window I retaped the hose to the hanger and routed it across the top of the hood. Took some trial and error, but I finally got it to the nozzle!
                -Rafe-

                Things I have for sale.
                Random Festiva Parts
                Festiva Non-Swoopy Power Drivers Mirror

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                • Finally installed the sunroof. Took forever!!! Started at 3pm. Finished at 10pm...only had maybe an hour or so break in there for dinner. Oh and I managed to get it in just the right spot so that I could keep my Escort Dome Light.

                  Last edited by Prafeston; 05-19-2013, 12:16 AM.
                  -Rafe-

                  Things I have for sale.
                  Random Festiva Parts
                  Festiva Non-Swoopy Power Drivers Mirror

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                  • Lookin' good!:thumbs_up: I plan to put mine in in a few weeks. Plannnnn to. :p
                    White '92 GL 5-speed BP, G series, Aspire/Rio swapped, "Nancy"
                    White '89 LX 5-speed, Aspire swapped, Weber carb
                    1988 LX 5-speed
                    ​​​1993 L 5-speed B8, E series, Aspire/Rio swapped

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                    1986 Chevrolet Sprint 1990 L Plus Auto

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                    • Went junkyarding looking for aspire swap parts. Drove 110 miles one way because they said they had 2 complete aspires..... Wrong. They had 3 aspires with nothing on the front, and only one bent rear axle. I got pretty mad, but than my 3 year old son pointed out that there was a car just like daddys, lol. They actually had an 88 and a 90 festiva. 75 bucks later I have a full manual belt set up. Trim panels and all. I would have taken the headliner, but We showed up half an hour before the yard was going to close. Sorta made my trip worth while.
                      1990 Festiva L "puddles". 187,000 mi. All stock, B8 coming this fall to a festiva near you

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                      • Originally posted by Prafeston View Post
                        Took me quite a bit to get it up to the nozzle when I did mine. What I did was use a coat hanger and taped the end of the hose to it. Routed it up the rear pillar and when I got it up there I taped it to the roof. Then I took out my wing window on the passenger side and through that window I retaped the hose to the hanger and routed it across the top of the hood. Took some trial and error, but I finally got it to the nozzle!
                        I used a hangar too. The first attempt, the hose and hangar went on both sides of something in the C-pillar, Oh lord. Took forever to get it back out because I was stuck. Retaped and TWISTED the hose around the hangar the second time. I may have to finish the top some day when I have lots of patience....... haha

                        Originally posted by Prafeston View Post
                        Finally installed the sunroof. Took forever!!! Started at 3pm. Finished at 10pm...only had maybe an hour or so break in there for dinner. Oh and I managed to get it in just the right spot so that I could keep my Escort Dome Light.
                        Do mine next!??!
                        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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                        • Also, I brought it to work yesterday. Front end feels super nice and tight, despite being horrendously out of alignment. After an alignment it should be GREAT! A/c was nice too :p
                          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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                          • Originally posted by Prafeston View Post
                            Finally installed the sunroof. Took forever!!! Started at 3pm. Finished at 10pm...only had maybe an hour or so break in there for dinner. Oh and I managed to get it in just the right spot so that I could keep my Escort Dome Light.
                            All well and good, and glad you have the wheels on now, but when are you going fix that oil leak?
                            I'm afraid one day I'll open FF.com and see a message "it died"!
                            Last edited by Pu241; 05-19-2013, 12:16 PM.
                            '93 Blue 5spd 230K(down for clutch and overall maintanence)
                            '93 White B6 swap thanks to Skeeters Keeper
                            '92 Aqua parts Car
                            '93 Turquoise 5spd 137K
                            '90 White LX Thanks to FB71

                            "Your God of repentance will not save you.
                            Your holy ghost will not save you.
                            Your God plutonium will not save you.
                            In fact...
                            ...You will not be saved!"

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                            • Realized why my temp gauge isn't working by searching the forums a bit... Apparently it needs to be grounded. And I used thread seal tape on it. :lol:

                              Easy fix!
                              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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                              • Originally posted by Pu241 View Post
                                All well and good, and glad you have the wheels on now, but when are you going fix that oil leak?
                                I'm afraid one day I'll open FF.com and see a message "it died"!
                                Still hoping it's just the oil pan gasket. Due for a change her in the next couple weeks probably and will replace the gasket then. If it turns out to be something with the headgasket or the likes I'll just keep putting oil in it til it dies...then I'll probably throw in a B6T
                                -Rafe-

                                Things I have for sale.
                                Random Festiva Parts
                                Festiva Non-Swoopy Power Drivers Mirror

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