What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[FestYboy]

pulled my cluster for the 2nd time in 3 days to try to resolve a shakey speedo needle... now it's nice and steady, but reads 10+mph too high at highway speeds (3000 rpm used to read 73.5 mph on the nose, now it's over 85 at the same RPM in 5th...)

short of replacing the speedo assembly, i'm not sure what to do... everything else on the unit is perfect.

[navdoc101]

I used Dawn Poer dissolver on the exterior of my motor, worked great. Thanks for the info.

[walth]

oh yeah, love me some Dawn Power Dissolver. Got that from Zanzer's b6 rebuild thread.

[neanderpaul]

Rip...

[Icedawg]

The Last of Icetiva

I took Icetiva for a barrel roll the last day of the season, and crushed the front nose and twisted the frame quite badly. I thought it could be pulled straight, but the frame shop said it was the end, too much soft, ripped and twisted metal. And the cage and fishplating on old damage, was going to work against pulling it straight. So now the cage is coming out, then it can be put into a new shell. Today, I cut the tabs between cage and car, and cut the roof off. :cry_smile: There will be a new one some day.

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I've been known to travel to other counties and raid their walmarts..

I almost got my tranny back together, gotta torque the primary aNd secondary shaft locknuts and put 5th gear cover on good. I used "the right stuff" that damkid was telling me about. Also fitted a 2002 KIA Rio clutch cable to the bracket. I had to cut a little piece of rubber off but it fits perfect. I don't know if ill be qble to use the stock bracket or not after the top mount goes on, but we'll see what happens.

[Zanzer]

The second pic is about 3/4 of a bottle of the dawn power dissolver sprayed everywhere. I will hose it off tomorrow and see how it did!

That stuff is gonna blow your mind :mrgreen:

Don't worry about letting it sit overnight. If it dries up just soak it with water and let it sit for a few minutes, it will soften back up and wash off. I've let it sit overnight on excessively dirty combustion chambers, exhaust runners, and 5 spd transmissions with great results.

5 bottles? 13 bottles? Pshaw! When I go to Walmart I take my arm and scoop the entire shelf into the cart! I'm sure whoever is stocking is thinking I'm making meth with the stuff or something :mrgreen:

Whenever friends come over to the shop they always ask "what's with all the blue bottles???"

[91mcnasty]

Good cause I just got 5.bottles!!! Also threw on my coilovers sleeves and.they feel great! Received my megasquirt unit for a b6t woot woot, now how to adapt it to a BP......

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Hey Paul just put a thin layer of power dissolver on and wait 30-45 minutes and spray it off. It doesn't do any good after an hour or so, it just gunks up and is harder to get off. You want a thin layer because you'll end up doing a few coats to get it spotless, but that stuff will make it shine like new!


I've been thru 13 bottles of dawn power dissolver cleaning my block and head and all the tiny parts that go with. Amazing results with everything IMO.

[neanderpaul]

Thanks Chris! My goal is perfection! I really am hoping for 35mpg driven easy, 0-60 in 6.5 driven hard, and 100,000 trouble free miles. I'll be happy with that.

[Damkid]

The B6T is looking good Paul!!

[rollertoaster]

Not today, but this week:
I repaired my skip plate and made up some beefier rear mounts, also added two additional front brackets.
I scored an aluminum rear bumper beam from a 2012 x3 that I modified to replace my factory steel front beam.
Also put my summer wheels/tires back on.



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[neanderpaul]

Got to cleaning on the b6t head today. Thanks to Zanzer for the heads up on dawn power dissolver and to iceracerdude for turning Zanzer on to it.
The first pic is just cleaning one section with super clean. I should not have used it on aluminum. But it did not appear to have stained it. The second pic is about 3/4 of a bottle of the dawn power dissolver sprayed everywhere. I will hose it off tomorrow and see how it did!

[htchbck]

Dang thats a sexy looking crank keyway! Wish my Miata looked like that!

Got started on my trailer yesterday! Its is a beast, can easily haul 1500# of gravel or whatever behind the van. But that wood box is pretty hefty. It only bolts on with four big bolts though, so I think I'm taking it off and building a mesh floor flatbed, but I will be building it so that the box can be reattached with hitch pins if I need to haul anything serious with it. That way it will be super light behind the festiva hauling parts or the mower, but I still have the functionality of a heavy box when I need it, just have to use the van to do it!

Also filled up FestEvil last night, 39.1mpg, keeps getting better! And that was pizza driving too I have a feeling we may hit 45 on the highway on the longer leg of our vacation

[200KGPGTP]

Put away the white one and got out the blue one. Both got a bath. Its a rite of spring.

God I miss that Escort!