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  • Drove it.
    Noticed a little bit of smoke at start up.
    I guess that's where my oil is going....
    ~Austin
    Red 88 L (Ocho)

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    • Fabbing up a sub box, nearly blew the car up/burnt down carport.
      Note to self; spray on body deadener is HIGHLY flammable when wet...







      I thank God I had an extinguisher in the car!!

      Meanwhile the box is turning out well.
      60% of the time it works, every time!

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      • Installed some power mirrors on my Festiva! They're not swoopies, just factory Festy mirrors.
        -Zack
        Blue '93 GL Auto: White 13" 5 Point Wheels, Full LED Conversion, and an 8" Sub

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        • ^Glad to see you got them
          -Josh R

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          • Working on my lady's car's head today too! Thanks, Josh!
            -Zack
            Blue '93 GL Auto: White 13" 5 Point Wheels, Full LED Conversion, and an 8" Sub

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            • Replaced plugs, wires, distributor cap and rotor on the 1990 and 1992.

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              • Went to the JY and picked up an aspire spare. Made a new ventless grill, I still need to make brackets and cutouts for my hids.



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                • ^ I like it! Didn't do much more than drive mine to Terre Haute. Yesterday I changed the oil and put plugs on some of the extra vacuum ports.
                  91 L 5sp "The Silver Bullet" B6, Brake/Susp Swapped Build Thread
                  92 L 5sp "Red" RIP
                  95 Grand Prix SE DD
                  Wife's Stuff:
                  89 L 5sp "Carby Car"
                  97 Aspire auto "Pink Panther"
                  Build Thread

                  Spring 2013 IndyStiva:
                  http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...eet-April-20th

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                  • Got the wifey's new Festiva running good, threw on some tires, intermediate pipe, muffler, cap, rotor, wires, wiper blades and painted up all three wiper arms. Took it for a ride tonight and it is a shweet little car. Got it right just in time to take the kids back to school on Thursday.
                    91 Festiva GL "Scrat"
                    82 Honda Goldwing GL1100i
                    85 BMW 535is "Brunhild"

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                    • Originally posted by crazyrog17 View Post
                      Installed some power mirrors on my Festiva! They're not swoopies, just factory Festy mirrors.
                      ^^^Ditto^^^
                      Ford Fester

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                      • Originally posted by zoom zoom View Post
                        Yea well that's what I've been telling my old lady.. she doesn't want to set aside funds for me to get jackstands, I've been nagging her for the last 8 months about it. I've got 2 hydraulic jacks but one loses pressure like you say yours does, the other is just wore out completely, bother duralast jacks from azone, 3-5 years old, they probably just need lube but I don't trust them because they do lose pressure. As much as I'm under our vehicles I hope she got my point today about the jackstands. Thankfully, I had the tires blocked, and it kept it from straight rolling on top of me in a heartbeat. Maybe now she understands why I constantly yell at her boys when they get near me while I'm working on a suspended vehicle. I don't have any cinder blocks or stumps or anything in my tiny yard to use either, trust me I've been trying to get something for awhile now, granted it never was top priority.

                        She was actually in the garage port about 20 feet away and came screaming at me asking if I was ok when she heard it hit the ground.

                        Really, there's no one to blame but myself, I shouldn't mess with it unless it's "secure" but at the same time I have to do what I HAVE to do, and I don't have the $ to pay someone else to do it.
                        I would've responded; "So how about them jackstands?"
                        Buck.
                        -1993 Ford Festiva GL, ~200k, B6, Aspire rear, Rio front, 5-speed. '87 Prelude alloys. Happy to be back on the route!!!
                        -1999 Toyota Sienna XLE, 346,000
                        -1996 Chevrolet K1500 Z71, 350 V8, 198k, hauler

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                        • Pulled some Blaupunkt TS 4" dash speakers for my car, and some two point rear belts to make installing the car seat base easier. Also got a couple of parts for other members. Still no windshield yet though lol.
                          No festiva for me ATM...

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                          • Got my flat/dead tire pulled off rim & cleaned up all the fix a flat off it. Gonna sand & paint it tomorrow :thumbright:
                            Send An Invite If Ya Want




                            1991 Ford Festiva GL- Auto

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                            • I've cursed at mine. Wondering why its running poorly. Stumbles then takes off. Still using more fuel.

                              sent from my EVO in my Festiva
                              First time owner
                              89 L carb'd - white / still needs work
                              Bought for mpg and only paid $250

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                              • Replaced a bad plug on my disty in Lucky, it had some suspect looking wires going into it. I also checked the TPS and installed a new o2 sensor. Hopefully that will keep the CEL off today on my way back to Raliegh. I thought I had a faulty ECU, but I hooked another one up yesterday but it made no change. But I did get to road test one of my B376 spare's I had laying around.
                                Last edited by kartracer46; 08-21-2011, 04:10 PM.
                                91 Festiva GL "Scrat"
                                82 Honda Goldwing GL1100i
                                85 BMW 535is "Brunhild"

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