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  • (Saturday).....bought a 93L 5-speed. Already having problems with it.

    Not. Cool.

    Thread is here: http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...841#post657841
    Last edited by Twistiva; 06-16-2014, 10:26 PM.
    88L - 'Twistiva' - 'The Fusion of Man and Machine'
    88LX - 'Laztiza' - Future Resurrection Project
    91L - 'Mistiva' - My Daughter's DD
    93L - 'Vextiva' - Airport Car

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    • Today was rewire for a triple A/C relay day. I discovered I am missing the green wire that goes into the same connector as the yellow/red behind the LF headlamp.

      Also, today was install the underlay day.
      I figured since I took the seats out, I might as well install new black carpet.
      I felt lucky, so I reinstalled the black leather seats again and laid my mats down.
      Black on black looks good.

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      • Originally posted by purg3d View Post
        I took the car around the block after replacing these components with Moog. Steering and tracking have improved greatly, but is still squirrley along strait aways. On ground with steering wheel centered, driver's side is slightly toe-in while the passenger is roughly zero. I'm gonna turn the tie rod out try again.

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        I dream of replacing the front springs/strut/hat with a newer set from 2 kia rios nearby. I'd like to do it before I got an alignment, but we'll see. Would a spring compressor be necessary if the suspension is unloaded for removal?


        Originally posted by Pu241 View Post
        Uh, see what WmWatt found out:

        Post your Festiva or Aspire repair and maintenance issues. - USE THIS FORUM FOR ANY TECHNICAL RELATED POST (IE. How do I change my oil?, How to remove axle from tranny?, etc)



        He is lucky not to have been hurt/killed!
        Thank you very much! I thought there was still force in those springs. Today it goes to a shop that does alignments on race cars. If everything goes well, I'll grab a spring compressor and head to my nearest 01-02 Kia Rio.

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        • Welp, two things I can report.

          First time I've achieved over 32MPG with the Weber. I've had a bad alt for a few months (I guess I didn't realize how bad.. it was throwing belts but working otherwise). Just filled up two days ago, 242 miles on 6.491 gallons of gas. 37.3MPG. Woot woot. Most of that tank was 65-80MPH as I didn't expect that big of a jump. Will try a 55MPH tank soon and see what happens.

          Second, I did a bad bad thing, but we got desperate. When we bought the '89 the A/C didn't work, didn't kick on. I was planning on having it fixed proper with R12 but never had the cash. I had a can of R134 (don't shoot me@!@) from when I planned to re-do the Auto's A/C, and I decided heck with it. Filled 'er up and it's holding two days so far. Icey cold, have to turn it down to setting 2 driving on the highway in sunny 90 temp weather.

          Now we'll see what MPG I get with windows up, 55MPH, A/C on. I'm hoping it's still decent.

          I hafta to get a throttle kicker for the Weber. Not liking setting the idle at 1300.
          Last edited by Spike; 06-18-2014, 11:04 PM.
          White '92 GL 5-speed BP, G series, Aspire/Rio swapped, "Nancy"
          White '89 LX 5-speed, Aspire swapped, Weber carb
          1988 LX 5-speed
          ​​​1993 L 5-speed B8, E series, Aspire/Rio swapped

          Gone:

          1986 Chevrolet Sprint 1990 L Plus Auto

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          • Interesting day with the Festiva. Drove my daughter to write a final exam and the car didn't feel right... it was a little 'soft' in corners especially turning right. Sure enough the driver's side rear tire was going flat. Pulled the car into the garage to fix the tire (it had a screw in it) and discovered that I'd run out of the sticky strips you use for plugging holes. I was already running a bit late for a meeting so I decided just to throw the spare on only to discover that it had little or no air in it. Luckily I was at home with the compressor so pumped that up, threw it on and headed to my meeting. Then discovered that one headlight was burned out. Switched that out tonight as I had a spare bulb in the garage.

            My taillight gaskets are really bad, particularly the passenger side. Cut a replacement out of an old mouse pad and went to remove the taillight. The bottom two nuts were rusted solid on their respective studs and both sheared off. I have the euro taillights and wanted to keep them so I learned how to repair it. Sorry I didn't take any photos though. I had an old taillight laying around and cut the studs out of it. Went to drill the remains of the studs out of the taillight I'm using. If the drill bit catches the stud will spin out. That happened on one of them but the other one I had to carefully pry out. I then heated the replacement stud with a propane torch until it was hot enough to melt the plastic of the housing and pressed it into the hole left after removing the damaged stud. Made sure it was basically straight and let it cool for about 30 minutes. Reinstalled the taillight, after cleaning and polishing it, with no issues at all. Time will tell if the stud repair will hold.

            An interesting day indeed.
            Ian
            Calgary AB, Canada
            93 L B6T: June 2016 FOTM
            59 Austin Healey "Bugeye" Sprite

            "It's infinitely better to fail with courage than to sit idle with fear...." Chip Gaines (pg 167 of Capital Gaines, Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff)

            Link to the "Road Trip Starting Points" page of my Econobox Café blog

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            • Originally posted by fastivaca View Post
              Interesting day with the Festiva. Drove my daughter to write a final exam and the car didn't feel right... it was a little 'soft' in corners especially turning right. Sure enough the driver's side rear tire was going flat. Pulled the car into the garage to fix the tire (it had a screw in it) and discovered that I'd run out of the sticky strips you use for plugging holes. I was already running a bit late for a meeting so I decided just to throw the spare on only to discover that it had little or no air in it. Luckily I was at home with the compressor so pumped that up, threw it on and headed to my meeting. Then discovered that one headlight was burned out. Switched that out tonight as I had a spare bulb in the garage.

              My taillight gaskets are really bad, particularly the passenger side. Cut a replacement out of an old mouse pad and went to remove the taillight. The bottom two nuts were rusted solid on their respective studs and both sheared off. I have the euro taillights and wanted to keep them so I learned how to repair it. Sorry I didn't take any photos though. I had an old taillight laying around and cut the studs out of it. Went to drill the remains of the studs out of the taillight I'm using. If the drill bit catches the stud will spin out. That happened on one of them but the other one I had to carefully pry out. I then heated the replacement stud with a propane torch until it was hot enough to melt the plastic of the housing and pressed it into the hole left after removing the damaged stud. Made sure it was basically straight and let it cool for about 30 minutes. Reinstalled the taillight, after cleaning and polishing it, with no issues at all. Time will tell if the stud repair will hold.

              An interesting day indeed.
              I have repaired many the exact same way ahah funny that we both came to a solution using extra old parts. Better luck to you and the festy!
              93 L B6T DD http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=37751
              RIP_90 LuX http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=32249
              RIP 88 LX / B8-MEhttp://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=26398

              RJ

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              • i need to seal my taillights I can keep goldfish alive for 2 weeks with mine
                1993 Festiva L "Wendy" BP n' stuff
                2013 Mazdaspeed 3 "The Kraken" -Stock.

                Dave Forget

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                • ^^lmao

                  1988 323 Station Wagon - KLG4 swapped
                  1988 323 GT - B6T Powered
                  2008 Ford Escape - Rollover Survivor

                  1990 Festiva - First Ever Completed KLZE swap (SOLD)

                  If no one from the future stops you from doing it, how bad of a decision can it really be?

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                  • I was at Able's on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation today. Lots of hungry female mosquitos. Anyway, someone removed the driver's window winder, headliner, rear hatch and hood off of her. I got the door latches and sawed off the right side of the dash between the radio and the glovebox. They never asked why I sawed it or cut off a bunch of connectors. I wouldn't have told him anyway. I got everything except one of the important things I came for, the red/blue wire that goes between the passenger door switch and the wiring harness at the bottom of the driver's door. I could not get the seat out. The mosquitos weren't helping, either.
                    Anyway, I got the steering wheel hold down nut. I think that's an important thing to have. Since I used a puller to remove the steering wheel, the white cam had both vanes present. Mine now.
                    There is a nice white Aspire in the yard. It hasn't been picked over yet.
                    I took a bunch of photos at a classic car meet in the park in Lewiston after.

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                    Last edited by bravekozak; 06-19-2014, 10:23 PM.

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                    • Originally posted by bravekozak View Post
                      Today was rewire for a triple A/C relay day. I discovered I am missing the green wire that goes into the same connector as the yellow/red behind the LF headlamp.

                      Also, today was install the underlay day.
                      I figured since I took the seats out, I might as well install new black carpet.
                      I felt lucky, so I reinstalled the black leather seats again and laid my mats down.
                      Black on black looks good.
                      Wow! Those cargo side panels look "mint"! Drool....
                      88L - 'Twistiva' - 'The Fusion of Man and Machine'
                      88LX - 'Laztiza' - Future Resurrection Project
                      91L - 'Mistiva' - My Daughter's DD
                      93L - 'Vextiva' - Airport Car

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                      • Originally posted by bravekozak View Post
                        I was at Able's on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation today. Lots of hungry female mosquitos. Anyway, someone removed the driver's window winder, headliner, rear hatch and hood off of her. I got the door latches and sawed off the right side of the dash between the radio and the glovebox. They never asked why I sawed it or cut off a bunch of connectors. I wouldn't have told him anyway. I got everything except one of the important things I came for, the red/blue wire that goes between the passenger door switch and the wiring harness at the bottom of the driver's door. I could not get the seat out. The mosquitos weren't helping, either.
                        Anyway, I got the steering wheel hold down nut. I think that's an important thing to have. Since I used a puller to remove the steering wheel, the white cam had both vanes present. Mine now.
                        There is a nice white Aspire in the yard. It hasn't been picked over yet.
                        I took a bunch of photos at a classic car meet in the park in Lewiston after.

                        Pic 1
                        Pic 2
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                        Brave -

                        WOW! Those are some mighty clean cars! Maybe we in the Festiva community will eventually get to that stature!

                        Where in the world would you get parts for the truck/wagon in #6?
                        88L - 'Twistiva' - 'The Fusion of Man and Machine'
                        88LX - 'Laztiza' - Future Resurrection Project
                        91L - 'Mistiva' - My Daughter's DD
                        93L - 'Vextiva' - Airport Car

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                        • In my personal opinion, rhe nicest car there was an old charger that was mint! I regret not taking any pictures of it. It had the tiny turn signals in the crevice of the hood + iflip up light grille appeared to have been hardly driven. Sorry guys.
                          Last edited by bravekozak; 06-20-2014, 06:23 AM.

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                          • Originally posted by bravekozak View Post
                            I took a bunch of photos at a classic car meet in the park in Lewiston after.

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                            Your taste in cars seems to be just as eclectic as mine, thanks for sharing.
                            Jack Byrd,
                            1991 Capri
                            1988 Festiva LX, 240K
                            1970 Chev C10
                            1977 Airstream Argosy MH

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                            • Originally posted by Twistiva View Post
                              Where in the world would you get parts for the truck/wagon in #6?
                              There is a whole universe of Corvair owners(I've had 4) out there, just like Festivas. I know a guy with two pickups and about half a dozen vans. I've also recently picked up a Capri. Should have it running shortly.
                              Jack Byrd,
                              1991 Capri
                              1988 Festiva LX, 240K
                              1970 Chev C10
                              1977 Airstream Argosy MH

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                              • Took the side trim off my festiva yesterday. The double back tape took paint with it so I'm gonna end up rattle canning the lower part black tonight. Thinkin next weekend ill do the rest of it dark blue.
                                '91 Festiva
                                '69 F350 flatbed farm truck
                                '10 Equinox
                                '95 Suburban
                                '05 Vegas
                                '02 Vstar 650 bobber project

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