What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[runner406]

I got one small can of r12 in my shop lmao

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[runner406]

Sprayed the wheels with foamy tire spray then said grrr to hotoutside went in and fell asleep lol

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[bravekozak]

Finished plumbing all of my air condintioning lines around my power steering pump. Had to take out my new Sanden and install a factory Nippondenso. Just have to charge her up. Does anyone still charge R-12 in Buffalo or Detroit?
I also applied the old red hockey stripe decal kit. It looks amazing on a green Festiva (direct complementary color).

[Oren09]

Thanks.
This will be a good way to monitor just how much oil is being sucked in the intake, too.
I don't have to top off the crankcase very often, but I know some oil is being consumed or leaked.

[gauge_half_inch]

I'll run a catch can on the PCV line. If I'm still getting oil in the intake I'll try capping off the valve cover line.
Should I leave the PCV in place and connect the catch can to the valve, then to the intake, basically just placing the can in line? Fairly simple question but just want to be sure.

Yeah leave the valve there, I would leave the belt line connected to the intake pipe, it does help relive pressure.

[Christ]

Dropped the rear beam off the red '89 today, planning on Civic 2" lowering coils on the new shocks that came with it, as long as they're not too short. If they are, I'll use the stock Civic coils I have. (2G CRX coils).

While I have it apart, I might also check if Civic rear top hats will fit in the rear strut towers. Not that I want to add weight, but they should keep the struts from moving on the pivot top setup they have now.

[freshtiva]

I don't know what we'll do with working a/c!

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Enjoy !! A/C, stereo, and a five speed were all I looked for when I bought my first festiva. Only have one festiva w/o air now.

[link5186]

A/C day today. Swapped out the compressor on the aspire and pulled a good vacuum on it. Let it sit on the gauges for a bit to check for any big leaks. She's ready to recharge, now we wait for payday. Also did the same to the grand prix. I don't know what we'll do with working a/c!

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[htchbck]

Finally got back to work on the festiva project. Not mine lol and it's not actually even a festiva I was working on today, but I got the BP out of the EGT. It's the motor that is going in Keith's car. The trans is missing 3rd gear on it but we have a spare trans that came with the car to go back on the motor. It's a very strong runner with good compression, I got to drive the EGT around the neighborhood a bit before tearing into it. Starting tomorrow I'll be throwing in the unknown condition spare motor that came with the car along with the hydro g trans I picked up from Daniel_cogar. Hopefully the enigine will run and I can go ahead and get the escort out of the way and Keith's car pulled in to start the fun stuff . Pics will follow when it's not so dark outside

[Christ]

Time for a B6/B6D/B8/BP

The blue one is going to become the candidate for the VW swap if I can get it sorted.

[Oren09]

I ran one for years, the vc vent that goes to the intake pipe, leave it alone, that way the pcv is pulling metered air thru the vc instead of atmosphere. As long as you don't vent the catch can it should be legal. The only difference in the whole system would be the catch can and its just giving the oil vapors a space to condense and collect instead of going directly into the manifold.

I'll run a catch can on the PCV line. If I'm still getting oil in the intake I'll try capping off the valve cover line.
Should I leave the PCV in place and connect the catch can to the valve, then to the intake, basically just placing the can in line? Fairly simple question but just want to be sure.

[htchbck]

Time to hurry up and get the red 5 speed on the road. :/

Time for a B6/B6D/B8/BP

[Christ]

Cursed at it. Repeatedly.

Turns out that "light knock" that's been there since the engine was put in the car actually was a rod knocking. And it's obnoxiously obvious now.

Time to hurry up and get the red 5 speed on the road. :/

[Christ]

I've also seen folks cap them off altogether. One reason I like Indiana, no emissions tests .

That would still pass the federal emissions regulations because it doesn't bypass any of the emissions equipment. It just makes it so the entire bulk of fumes has to pass through the PCV valve instead of using the direct head vent.

I'm not a lawyer, though. I could be wrong about that.

[gauge_half_inch]

I ran one for years, the vc vent that goes to the intake pipe, leave it alone, that way the pcv is pulling metered air thru the vc instead of atmosphere. As long as you don't vent the catch can it should be legal. The only difference in the whole system would be the catch can and its just giving the oil vapors a space to condense and collect instead of going directly into the manifold.