Hello, A neighbor in Alsip, IL is looking for a donor car to work on an electric conversion. Anybody near by know of good decent donor. He is looking for ...
I need advice. My 92 EFI Festiva was operating perfectly - as normal. All
of a sudden it died. Put it on trailer took it home. Pulled wire into
distributor....
Had similar problem with my truck few months ago and followed same pathway as you until I finally turnover engine to see if rotor is actually spinning around....
... I thought I had the factory ICM test procedure here, but I can't seem to find it now. I'll keep looking. Symptoms of a failed ICM are exactly as you...
A dead distributor can cause a no start also. ... From: dextercattleco2 <dextercattleco2@...> Subject: [festiva] missing tooth makes the Dist out of...
What year car? Are you close to Raleigh, NC ? Dean Raleigh, NC Festiva Madness Meet is Oct 3rd this year. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Need more advice. Car still dead. New ICM installed. No help. Timing belt
is OK. Still cranks fine. But no start. Try fuel pump and/or relay next?
How about...
Moisture is also a problem for Festivas. If engine has been washed recently, or unusual amounts of rain that some how became trapped in distributor area ergo...
I have a 93 L ?fester & want to install the tach - speedo cluster will it just plug right up ? ?Cliff , [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
1990 up clusters are an exact replacement with no modifications at all. Others have used early model clusters, and visa versa, but the wiring is slightly...
Do I recall something about the speedo cable needing to be routed to the other side of the support when switching from single- to dual instrument cluster? ...
Yes The cable is rerouted in the steering column support from the center to the right side. I always found that disconnecting the cable at the transaxle, and...
I should also add.... 1) later non tilt column cars are more challenging to remove the clusters due to the extra reinforcement added under the column 2) when...
I can bring you one when i am in Charlotte again no cost. . I will probably be in Charlotte Sat or Sun\day. Don ... From: fatherbyrd <fatherbyrd@...>...
Fatherbyrd, Looks like you are set for the parts needed. Hope you and the others will come to Festiva Madness again in Raleigh Oct 3rd. Looks like we will hit...
Well, I got the 90 tiva running again after sitting dead for 8 months or so. Still smokes like crazy first 15 minutes, but stops after I drive a few miles. I...
The wife and I travel around the state in our Festivas any given weekend. Would like to meet up with anyone that has a Festiva. We traveled interstate 40 last...
Can someone tell me where I can get a tester to figure out why my engine light comes on? Hopefully, it will tell me why my car didn't want to start today. I...
Sounds like the '90 has ring problems. If it's high mileage and you don't have the time, tools, and shop to do the work yourself, you're probably better off...
Hi Burgess, On my current running and using 93 --187,000-- I did notice that the top of timing cover had a good size gap and the gasket rubber ring was...
OIl exposure causes the o ring in the timing cover to swell and grow in length. Mine had the same problem until the oil issue was taken care of with a rebuilt...
Ahh, head gasket in addition to valve cover gasket. Ok then, thats everything *except*, the main seals and remanufactured or overhaul. Maybe I could get by...
... JMHO, but I would buy a 15 y.o. Honda with a VTEC, overhauled or not. The tuNEr boyz like 'em too much to preserve 'em. Also, JMHO, but I wouldn't buy any...
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