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
Found one issue with my, lately, been running badly, car. Yay!
Seems I have multiple issues, but I have found, and fixed one of them at least. It was a defective, new, disty cap.
The contact for the coil wire, inside the cap, where it touches the rotor, about fell out, when I pulled the cap to take a peek. It was crooked, and kinda leaning on it's side. No wonder it was sputtering.
Dan
Red 1988 Festiva L - CUJO
Black 1992 Festiva GL Sport - BLACK MAGIC
I'm just...a little slow... sometimes:withstupid:
R.I.P.
Blue 1972 Chevelle SS-468 C.I.D. B'nM TH400-4:56 posi-Black racing stripes-Black vinyl top-Black int.
Black on black 1976 Camaro LT-350 4 bolt main .060 over
Silver 1988 Festiva L
Got my passenger seat fixed, had a kink in the cable and needed to be lubed. also thinking about pulling my back seat out (need more room, having issues hauling my bike in the car.
Got crazy today, hit up the JY and scored an Aspire compressor with lines and tensioner for $33. The low side line is off of a '94 Protege, I'm not down with the Aspire line that runs all the way to the DS, then back across the firewall. I guess someone was smoking a little crack when they designed that. Got everything put onto Green Car but I still need to slot the bolt holes for the Protege line where it bolts to the compressor. The orifice fits perfectly but the bolt hole is about a 1/16" off.
I also yanked the engine out of FestEvil and started swapping everything over onto the block and head that I just finished rebuilding. Still need an intake gasket, and my flywheel and clutch from zoomzoom should be here on Thursday! Can't wait to have him back together with a 5 speed finally! Was another productive day in festivaland again
Finally got to drive it around for a bit. Having some issues with it idling really high...but other than that it's driving like a dream. Getting about 31.5 mpg, though...ouch.
Carby Car -- '89 Festiva, Escort carb/Rocketman adapter. FM8 Best Beater and Bad Luck award, FM9 Fan Favorite, July 2016 FOTM, and overall a crusty grumpy old man (Bucket List thread in Photo Gallery)
Pearl -- '91 B6 Festiva
'97 Aspire--yeah i'm about that Aspire life, no it's not a brake swap (yet)
I took the rear brakes apart (both sides) and that is when I found out that I need new drums, and then I spent an hour or so trying to get the parts that didn't move anymore to move.
This is the second brake job this past two weeks (I have two festivas, a 91 and a 93).
Pulled out the engine/tranny a day ago, having blown the head gasket by overheating without any rad fluid (hole in the rad). Now I have to figure out why the frame seems to be twisted. ... Well I know why, since I barrel rolled it twice, but I mean where the twist is, and then sort out if it can be pulled out. A bit of a sad race weekend on March 3 and 4.
Oil change for the 90, put the 93 in the paint and body shop.
Jerry
Team Lightning
Owner of Team Lightning
90 L "Peewee" B6D. Bought new May 16,1990
92 L Thunder BP G5M-R Turbo B6T electronics. Jan 2016 FOTM winner SOLD
93 L Lightning. BP
Not a user of drugs or alcohol, Just addicted to Festiva's
Festiva: Because even my dog can build a Honda.
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'90 L. B8ME/Kia Rio 5 speed. Rio/Aspire suspension swap. :-D
'81 Mustang. Inline 6, Automatic.
'95 Eagle Summit Wagon. 4G64 Powered.
B8ME. Out of a '90 Protege. Only 93K miles. Whoever owned it took really good care of it. The car it came from was in nice shape. If it wasn't T-boned in a wreck, the owner probably would still be driving it
Festiva: Because even my dog can build a Honda.
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'90 L. B8ME/Kia Rio 5 speed. Rio/Aspire suspension swap. :-D
'81 Mustang. Inline 6, Automatic.
'95 Eagle Summit Wagon. 4G64 Powered.
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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