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Approved by the "Renagade" of Midwest Festiva Inc.,Illinois Chapter.Last edited by Pu241; 11-25-2008, 04:35 PM.Renegade-Midwest Festiva Inc.Illinois Chapter
93 Festiva L Aspire 5sp Lots of upgrades & mods
99 Dodge Caravan SE
95 Taurus SHO auto 265hp
94 F150 351W auto (for sale)
78 Chevy elcamino 500hp 383 stroker
78 Chrysler Cordoba 360 (for sale)
03 Harley Davidson Electra Glide
95 Honda 1500 Goldwing SE
95 F150 4X4 6 inch lift,38" mudders
95 Iszuzu Trooper LS -
Any tips for an automatic?
I thought Id read here one time of someone putting a breaker bar on it and just bumping the starter.Search Master - Honorary Member of Midwest Festiva Inc., Gulf Coast Chapter
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When I ttok mine off...MTX...I had left the sheave on...placed a strap wrench around the sheave and used a block of wood to prop the handle of the strap wrench. Put a breaker bar to the nut and it broke free with some effort.Joe Lutz
The SKATE ..... 1992L 5spd
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Monsoon, i take it you don't have air tools available?, or a compressor? that's about the only way to break autos free. i wouldn't recomend the starter idea due to the unknown strength of the starter and ring gear teeth. breaking either of those would suck the big one.
another option is slide a pry bar down the left side of the belt and carefuly wedge the tip in between the belt and oil pump housing. as you turn the crank CCW to remove the bolt, the pry bar should wedge itself in deeper and hopefuly deep enough to stop the crank from turning and allow you to turn the bolt loose with a breaker bar. though i'm not too sure this would work either.
in either case, i'm a bigger fan of the air tools idea.Trees aren't kind to me...
currently: 2 88Ls (Scrappy and Jersey), 88LX, 90L(Pepe), 91L, 91GL (Skippy) 93 GL Sport (the Mighty Favakk), 94 (Bruce) & 95 Aspire SEs, 97 Aspire (The Joker),
94 Justy 4WD, 87 Fiero GT, plus 2 parts cars. That's my fleet.
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Every time I've done it I've had to take out the starter and stick a prybar in the flywheel. When I got my pulley out of the JY I loosened the flywheel cover and stuck a piece of metal in there and jammed it up. You probably don't want to bend your flywheel cover though. My impact wouldn't do it but a big one with lots of air probably would. Pain to take starter out of automatics.Comment
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Last edited by freshtiva; 11-25-2008, 10:50 PM.sigpic
The Don - Midwest Festiva Inc., Missouri Chapter
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Go rent yourself a electric Impact.Renegade-Midwest Festiva Inc.Illinois Chapter
93 Festiva L Aspire 5sp Lots of upgrades & mods
99 Dodge Caravan SE
95 Taurus SHO auto 265hp
94 F150 351W auto (for sale)
78 Chevy elcamino 500hp 383 stroker
78 Chrysler Cordoba 360 (for sale)
03 Harley Davidson Electra Glide
95 Honda 1500 Goldwing SE
95 F150 4X4 6 inch lift,38" mudders
95 Iszuzu Trooper LSComment
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Do you need or should you have a puller handy just in case? Just thought i would ask because we just picked up a 93 and the guy we got it from never had a belt put on it. And its got 145,000 miles on it. I'm not putting a mile on it until it's changed! ThanksLast edited by drof 89; 11-26-2008, 10:47 AM.Is that someone there ??? 1981 VW diesel pickup---1988.5 Suzuki Samurai tin top---1993 Festiva---1974 Bricklin SV-1 ( very thirsty basket case)---2003 Tracker(bells and whistles)
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No Problem Fresh!Originally posted by freshtiva View PostThanks for the credit.
Signed:
"Don"
What do you recommend Roger does in this case? The kickin' over the motor with the starter, having a socket on the bolt, idea seems like the only thing that might work.ENFORCER - Midwest Festiva Inc., Iowa
#1 '90 Sport to modified Lx - RollazX
#2 .....Cheesehead
#3 '91 White - Donor Car
#4 .....Montana Project
SOLD----Levistiva for $1500
Bought her back for $450
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I don't think a puller is necessary in this case. Once the bolt is loose, the pulley pretty much just falls off the key.Originally posted by drof 89 View PostENFORCER - Midwest Festiva Inc., Iowa
#1 '90 Sport to modified Lx - RollazX
#2 .....Cheesehead
#3 '91 White - Donor Car
#4 .....Montana Project
SOLD----Levistiva for $1500
Bought her back for $450
Now that's darn near priceless!!Comment
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OK thanks. One more quick question. When you replace a belt in cold weather and you put the tension on it will it need retensioned later? Like when the weather hits 80 in the shade?Is that someone there ??? 1981 VW diesel pickup---1988.5 Suzuki Samurai tin top---1993 Festiva---1974 Bricklin SV-1 ( very thirsty basket case)---2003 Tracker(bells and whistles)
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Last edited by freshtiva; 11-26-2008, 06:35 PM.sigpic
The Don - Midwest Festiva Inc., Missouri Chapter
Link to my festiva pictures below
https://fordfestiva.com/forums/album.php?albumid=10
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Will do! Thanks for all the help guys! I really appreciate it.Search Master - Honorary Member of Midwest Festiva Inc., Gulf Coast Chapter
Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.
- Unknown
I don't like superstitious people. They're bad luck. - Serge A. Storms
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
- Quentin Crisp
God, please save me from your followers!
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Yep, I went through exactly this with my 93. I jack the front of the car up, took the passenger tire and splash sheild off, put a floor jack with a block of wood under the oil pan, removed the motor mount bolts (3) and drop the engine down to the point I could get my impact wrench on it and let it ripped. Came right off. I didn't need a puller to remove the pulley holder piece from the crank - It came right off. All in all, it didn't take much longer than the earlier years. My biggest fight was loosening the Alternator - previous tightener was Superman. The adjustment bolt broke off and I lost an hour doing the drill and tap exercise - It is always the simple stuff that bites you- LOL!Comment
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Could an access hole be cut through the inner fender well so you wouldn't have to lower the engine to do this? It would only have to be big enough to allow a 1/2 in. drive extension to pass through, right? Then you could use a body plug to close the hole up. Just a thought.Is that someone there ??? 1981 VW diesel pickup---1988.5 Suzuki Samurai tin top---1993 Festiva---1974 Bricklin SV-1 ( very thirsty basket case)---2003 Tracker(bells and whistles)
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