What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[Advancedynamix]

Tore down another B6D head tonight. Nothing exciting there, but... When I was compressing one of the valves and the retainers released one of them when flying out and bounced off the wall and then the floor and I heard it land in the plastic case that my spring compressor lives in when I'm not using it. Well, I had been putting the retainers in one of the little cubby places in the case, but I thought, "what are the odds?". Knowing that I have about a thousand other retainers if I needed one I just continued my disassembly. When I was done I put the retainers in a plastic tub for storage, and I counted them. 32! I couldn't believe it! That little retainer went bouncing off the wall, off the floor and into the little cubby with the other retainers! Just one of those lucky shots I guess (of coarse we all know that if I didn't have any spares that sucker would have been lost forever, lol)

[Darlo]

Hey Ian, how is my old one doing? How many K's on it now? Any mods?

[fastivaca]

Oil change and a full tank of gas. May have time in the next few days to get the Tein coil-overs installed on the front.

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[Advancedynamix]

No, you both are mistaken. That's a Larry. Larry was to be tweaks donor, but with 70k original miles, 1 owner (before me) and everything works properly, I can't cut Larry. So Larry lives on, knowing full well what will become of him if he ever makes me mad. Lol.

[DriverOne]

I spy with my little eye..... A Capri lol

That's not a Capri! That's the ultra-rare Mercury Donorcar. They only made a few of them, and I happen to own one... And you say you know cars! :evil4:

[Damkid]

I spy with my little eye..... A Capri lol

[Advancedynamix]

I removed the engine from Virginia after work today. Took about 4 hours by myself, working in the gravel (103 degrees), with no air tools or engine hoist and it got dark halfway through, lol. I also separated the outer CV joints from the axle shafts to put them in the hubs so the car can be moved around without the hubs falling apart.


Before

After

Tired B3 sitting in the gravel. She'll stay automatic, but what will she get for an engine? Hmmmm

[2xclutchin]

^^^FTW!

[Charlie1717]

This is for M3NTAL :p

[Spike]

My neighbor helped me put on the nearly-rust-free hatch from the parts car. Buffed up all shiny. Of course now I have to put the rear defrost back in at some point..

Now my car is almost rust-free. One rot out point under the driver's door (the jacking point), but other than that, just a lotta dents.

Guess I'll hafta get to the interior now.

Also, according to the parts car hatch, I now have a Festiva L from Salem, Indiana. :cheers:

[link5186]

In my driveway!

Oh, job . Starting at Jack's pizza in greenfield. Shift starts in less than an hour. Best part is I'll still be off for Indystiva and Madness!

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[Pu241]

Stared at it longingly... Starting a new job today, so I'll be renewing plates on it soon.

Where at?

[link5186]

Stared at it longingly... Starting a new job today, so I'll be renewing plates on it soon.

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[Advancedynamix]

^ it does separate, you'll notice mostly on decel, it'll have a bouncy feel when you let off the accelerator. When it's really bad you'll hear a pounding or knocking. If your making a lot more torque than stock it'll cause torque steer and wheel hop.

[jemartin144]

Replaced the front trans/engine mount. OMG, its like a while new car. I new the mount was bad, but i didnt realize HOW bad.

Can the rear mount go bad also? I was looking at it and it just looks like a slab of rubber, so it seems like it couldn't really fail?