What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[kellen302]

Swapped the spare on so I have 4 silver wheel, took off the plastic wheel covers, Is there any harm done when running the front wheels with no sort of cover over the hub? Also thinking of painting my steelies white. They have a little surface rust on them. Do I have to sand everything before I hit em with the spray or just clean and spray?

[DriverOne]

Swapped the spare on so I have 4 silver wheel, took off the plastic wheel covers, Is there any harm done when running the front wheels with no sort of cover over the hub? Also thinking of painting my steelies white. They have a little surface rust on them. Do I have to sand everything before I hit em with the spray or just clean and spray?

Sanding will help. I recommend a soft wire wheel instead. It's a bit faster.

[kellen302]

Good to know, thanks

[DriverOne]

Good to know, thanks

No problem. :thumbright:

[freshtiva]

Lower strut bolts, when your day just is'nt sucking enough.

[shadetree]

^^nuf said !!!

[Christ]

Got the top end tightened up, VC somewhat cleaned and back on. Carb is still running funny, though, even after all the spray. Don't really want to disassemble it, so I'll just deal with it until I get around everything to swap to IC's.

Also changed oil and filter tonight while adjusting the lifters.

Next things to do are check/clean cap and rotor, then replace plugs and wires because I have no clue how old they are.

Anyone have a clue about deleting all the vacuum crap under the hood on a carby?

[bravekozak]

Here is what my red stripe decal looks like on my green Festiva. I am getting ready to drill a 3/4" hole on the right side of my hatch tonight. I will be feeding in the red and green wires for the rear hatch actuator. There is no room on the left side.

[Oren09]

Installed an oil catch can.



It's an eBay kit I got for about $17. Seems to be made alright and was very easy to install.

[htchbck]

Lower strut bolts, when your day just is'nt sucking enough.

I know the feeling, but hey, at least you were in your garage and not fighting them at the the junkyard. Plus, I have a feeling those lower strut bolts are having a suckier day than you are

[FeistyFesti]

I feel your pain, especially since when I did it, all I had was a Dremel tool, those tiny fiber wheels don't last too long. Now that I have a 4.5 inch cut off wheel, it'd prolly be a lot easier.

Still pretty sick since Sunday, so I just removed and reinstalled head fuse, and violently shook all headlight relays and connectors so now headlights work again. When i feel better, I'll find the culprit, probably just clean and dielectric grease all connections.

[Ford Fester]

Raced b8 festiva vs b8 festiva. Mine had 15" rims aspire springs and full interior. My buds b8 has cold air intake, 13" rims and very little interior. His compression is 185 across the board and mine is 150-160. I get him out of the hole and thru 3 gears but then he pulls the rest of the way.

[ericsmith32]

Drove it for the first time in about 2 months. Still runs great and AC blew cold. The only problem about 60mph not only did the steering wheel shake the whole car shook side to side.. so much for the aspire swap making it better. Can't figure it out for anything and both cars where fine before the swap.. bah!!

[Movin]

Align and balence...sitting destroys tires..

[ericsmith32]

Dang all it needed was a little more meat. Got out the 1/2 drive ratchet this time and cinched all the bolts one more time. Pretty sure it was the passenger side tie rod. Drives like well.. a Festiva now! Time for the rear swap.