crashed my festiva

[fudge]

I hope they are easily fixable as I would love to repair and use my own fender! haha but once I have the new parts on I would definitely give them to someone who needs them.

I see the headlight and corner light on the festiva store but I don't think it has the headlight trim. That's ok the headlight alone is awesome.

Hey thanks Skrapbob, I will definitely paint my fender and hood that color! Will be way better than maroon haha. I am painting the rear beam and fender well shield green.

Any tips for swapping the rear beam? I had pick a part remove the rear beam for me and they cut the brake lines. I'm not too worried about the swap, more concerned about getting the brake lines and hand brake hooked up correctly. Is there a write up or how-to anywhere for this? Couldn't find one.

[skeeters_keeper]

It's super easy. There was an aspire brake swap writeup or two at one point, not sure if they're still around.

I'm glad you weren't referring too the aspire at PnS down near Lynchburg, "someone" already took that rear beam

[firebush357]

I hope they are easily fixable as I would love to repair and use my own fender! haha but once I have the new parts on I would definitely give them to someone who needs them.

I see the headlight and corner light on the festiva store but I don't think it has the headlight trim. That's ok the headlight alone is awesome.

Hey thanks Skrapbob, I will definitely paint my fender and hood that color! Will be way better than maroon haha. I am painting the rear beam and fender well shield green.

Any tips for swapping the rear beam? I had pick a part remove the rear beam for me and they cut the brake lines. I'm not too worried about the swap, more concerned about getting the brake lines and hand brake hooked up correctly. Is there a write up or how-to anywhere for this? Couldn't find one.

I just pulled one from the Junk Yard Sunday and someone told me that I needed to keep the Brake Lines and the Parking Brake Cable. I have never swapped one though so I'm not sure if it is 100% needed. You might be able to get a new Parking brake cable from Rock Auto though.

[skeeters_keeper]

You can use the Festy cable. The 2 door aspire cables are a little nicer, b/c they have a plastic coating on the cable part so they don't rust as much.

It's nice to have the aspire lines, but you can use the festy lines. They don't line up with the mounting brackets, so you have to use zipties.

[fudge]

As long as my current brake lines and everything will work, I will make do with what I got! Getting it all painted today and installed tomorrow! Hopefully all goes well!

[fudge]

well just as I thought it seems getting the beam on/off has been smooth so far. I almost got the beam off my car when I started working on the brake lines. I got a couple undone but some of them just seem to spin on both sides or not move at all.
Any tips for removing brake lines?

[FestYboy]

If the nuts are seized to the line, some PB and heat is usually all it takes. I do recommend a snap-on flare wrench for any brake line work. Yeah they're pricey, but nothing beats them for fit and power handling. They are especially handy for older cars with rusty parts.

[firebush357]

Here are 2 different options for 10mm Snap-on Flare Nut Wrenches.
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#2


I have also heard that the Snap-on Flare Nut Wrenches are the way to go. I was told that they don't round of the nuts as easy as the cheaper wrenches.

[ryanprins13]

Correct. I have not used other name brand flare nut wrenches but the snap on ones fit perfect and none of the 5 or 6 different cheap sets ive tried a wrench out of worked well at all. Either they are the wrong size or the metal of the wrench itself is so weak it opens up.

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[fudge]

okay I am obviously a genius, how do you disconnect the ebrake cable lol

[fudge]

Okay I ask way too many questions I think, but today I was hoping to get the beam off at the least! All the nuts are loose and all of the brake lines are disconnected.
The only thing left is the ebrake cable, which I can't seem to figure out how to disconnect! I can't seem to crack it, how do I detach the ebrake from the rear festy beam? Tomorrow is my last free day for a while so I am hoping to get this done!!

[FestYboy]

Disconnect from handle, remove hold down bracket, pull through the body.

[shadetree]

Remove the two bolts that hold the rubber mounts in the center of the axle . Then remove the metal clips that hold the insert supports . Then remove the two 1/4 pins from the adjusters on the backing plates . Then slide the cable through the holders and .
If your removing the cable from the car then follow Festy boy but you will need to remove the rear seat and pull carpet forward . There is a retainer that needs removed , in the center hump .

[fudge]

Thanks festyboy and shadetree, I got some work done on it today. I don't think I want to take it completely off the car if I don't have to, I just want to disconnect it from the beam so I can reattach it to the new beam.

I think I did everything you told me to shadetree, but I am having trouble with the last step of sliding the cable through the holders because there are things stopping it from sliding through certain parts.

Here is where I disconnected the cable from the adjuster on the backing plate and the clips.


This is the middle part with the rubber mounts disconnected from the beam.


Is the whole cable one part? Should I just disconnect the whole thing? This is way more complicated than I expected it to be haha. I wanted to just cut it and get the new beam on! But that's not smart.

[shadetree]

It all comes out in one piece . Twist the rubber slinky part out of the holder and it will all slide thru the hole where the black piece is with the metal clip holding it . Thread it back through that hole .