What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[Meepersly]

The mighty raw 1.8l Mazda roar

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[TorqueEffect]

BP is up and running!

Still needs a bit of work to button it all up, but it runs and drives. But very loud since it is minus an exhaust.

[TorqueEffect]

Well I found out today that the 1996 BP downpipe will not bolt up to the 1992 BP Manifold. =/

^ if you have a parts Festiva , the firewall solo has the same plug for the BP iac . I think it's the vent solo .

Fit perfectly. Thanks!

[Meepersly]

Well the IAC connector that both rockauto and autozone lists for a 1992 Escort GT will not fit the IAC on the 1992 Escort BP.

I then lookup 1996 Escort GT, and find what looks like the correct connector.

*sigh*

For my b8me swap the guy with the loader broke the plug for the IAC so I took a hacksaw and a file and made one out of a plug that was similar. Looked like a little plastic brick when I got it to fit. Hasn't fallen out yet

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[TorqueEffect]

^ if you have a parts Festiva , the firewall solo has the same plug for the BP iac . I think it's the vent solo .

Hmmm, interesting. Tomorrow when I get off work, i'll go down to my buddies shop where we are doing the swap. (Out in the boonies)

Since I deleted the purge valve and charcoal canister, the plug got tucked into the fender. So i'll take a look. I did have a spare festiva harness, but all the plugs that looked like they possibly could fit, didn't.

I'll report back whether it is the same plug or not.

[shadetree]

^ if you have a parts Festiva , the firewall solo has the same plug for the BP iac . I think it's the vent solo .

[TorqueEffect]

Well the IAC connector that both rockauto and autozone lists for a 1992 Escort GT will not fit the IAC on the 1992 Escort BP.

I then lookup 1996 Escort GT, and find what looks like the correct connector.

*sigh*

[firebush357]

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Switched out a broken Headlight and painted the assemblies as well as switching out the yellow marker light with an amber one.
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Painted the Grill and Bumper. (Looking at these close up I should have spent more time prepping each, specially the bumper.)
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Also Painted the Wiper Arms and started putting a Mirror on the passenger side. Is there a special inside plate for the non powered mirrors on the passenger side because the mirror I have doesn't have one so I'm just modifying the old one to make it work.

[Meepersly]

Me and a friend spent all day yesterday doing my BP swap.

Ran into a snag, because we thought we had all the plugs, but we were missing the IAC plug off the BP harness. >_<

So apart from some wiring, the BP is almost ready to be fired up.

Nice take a video

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[TorqueEffect]

Me and a friend spent all day yesterday doing my BP swap.

Ran into a snag, because we thought we had all the plugs, but we were missing the IAC plug off the BP harness. >_<

So apart from some wiring, the BP is almost ready to be fired up.

[TorqueEffect]

Going to be receiving my BP and getting started on swapping it in.

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[greywolf200]

First time playing with Bondo... Lets just say it is going to take some practice and the correct tools

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You're right, you have to channel your inner sculptor. I taught in college and some picked it up quickly and others took longer. Be sure and work it soon after application or you'll regret it.

[firebush357]

First time playing with Bondo... Lets just say it is going to take some practice and the correct tools

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[TorqueEffect]

yeah, I wasn't able to sand it by hand, I needed power tools to do so, which is why it took so long for me to get around to it. lol :p

[william]

^paint grinder I never sand fiberglass filler it sands like concrete lol it has to be topped with regular filler any was so just shape it and fill over it.