What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[jbuck1975]

Uhhh maybe it's time for me some new ones too!!

89 Festiva. carby. needs repairs!!

[Darlo]

It would be even more dumb considering 12" tires are like $30 new, and $15 at the wrecker!

Even if they are 13", you can find them for $45 each!

Lets hope he is not running those ones anymore, and they were just up for comparison!

[htchbck]

Please tell me you are not driving the car with those bald tires on it at all now, let alone in the back! That violates every safety standard there is regarding tires and tire placement! We have had enough wrecked/totalled festivas lately, I'd hate to have to add another to the list.

[Charlie1717]

On the bright side it looks to be a pretty even wear :p

[Darlo]

What tread on the front tire? LOL

[neanderpaul]

Those tires are done. Rotate the back to the front and the front to the dump.

[jamesmc]

Tire rotation came a little ahead of schedule. Makes it easy when half the car can be jacked up at a time. The amount of tread on the front tires compared to the rear is quite worrying. I spin them too much apparently.

[200KGPGTP]

Not so sure my engine is going to last much longer. It isn't running right, yet has full power. It doesn't like being beat on like it used to... sounds like it's going to blow up. There's a bad tick as well as a high pitched whining that is dependent on engine LOAD, its very strange.

[eurotiva]

Just waiting on the escort master cylinder to come in. Other than that she runs and moves on her own I still have some mounting brackets to make in the bay but no biggie should be done tomorrow sometime. These pics are before I have buffed the car so it looks good now, it's going to look amazing when it's done. But I don't plan on doing that until sometime after the Florida meet. But who knows maybe I will get it done. My buffing wheel let go after 4 yrs so I have to pick up another.... Lame!

Also it needs a bath I haven't washed it since its been home. It's never ending....

Looks good mikey

[Chobobulous]

Installed FMS Springs, handling is 1000 times better, got an alignment too I am loving the lifetime alignments lol

Found out i have a bad rear wheel bearing, gonna start saving to fix this....

[navdoc101]

Installed the threaded rod. PIA! My son helped, thats why it was a PIA!!!!

[Nerd Racing]

worked on making the floor pan for sharkbait!

[Flyin4stroke]

Just waiting on the escort master cylinder to come in. Other than that she runs and moves on her own I still have some mounting brackets to make in the bay but no biggie should be done tomorrow sometime. These pics are before I have buffed the car so it looks good now, it's going to look amazing when it's done. But I don't plan on doing that until sometime after the Florida meet. But who knows maybe I will get it done. My buffing wheel let go after 4 yrs so I have to pick up another.... Lame!

Also it needs a bath I haven't washed it since its been home. It's never ending....

[Oren09]

Sorry. I didn't pay attention to the year. It was cold and the yard was about to close.
It was square bodied. I don't really mess with MPVs since they have very few parts in common.

[htchbck]

Today I picked up a wiper arm at the yard. The car I pulled my parts from had all of the glass busted and the wiper arm was mangled. I searched around and tried arms from a KIA Spectra- perfect fit on the stud but arm was too long, a Dodge Caliber- waaay to short, and finally a Mazda MPV minivan. The MPV arm fits perfectly with a 17" wiper blade. There was a Ford Windstar next to the MPV and the wipers looked exactly the same. So.. if anyone needs a Festiva rear wiper, try one from an MPV or Windstar.

You sir are my new hero! I'd been checking all kinds of hatchbacks for a month now and still hadn't found what I was looking for for the wiper motor that I bought without an arm on it. I'll get an mpg one new time I'm at the yard! do you remember what year or body style mpv? Was it the kind that has our int wiper stalk and mirror switch?