The combination switch from a Mercury Tracer or Mazda 323 from the same years as Festiva production are a direct replacement. Plus you gain intermitent...
I set my ignition timing to stock specs when I replaced the timing belt a couple of years ago on my 93 GL. It is a little sluggish from a dead stop, so I...
I'm not sure how the EFI festy will take the timing bump, however my 1988 carbed festy LOVED the extra advance in timing. I cant tel you how much I gave her, I...
It usually improves. I would run mine advanced all the time. On a warm engine and idling, turn the distributor to counterclockwise until it starts to miss...
Being too lazy to look in the book, where is the idle speed adjustment? I remember its in a weird place. By the way on my way to Adavnce Auto to pick up some...
It's under a black plastic plug facing up by the throttle cable attachment point. It is really an air bleeder screw. Paul On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 10:53 AM,...
... On the '88, I do it the old fashioned way -- advance it 'til it pings, retard it 'til it doesn't. ... I like Denso, but I've never used their platinums....
I have a 1988 Ford Festiva that makes a squeaking noise like it is a slipping belt. I took the only belt I have off the car and it still makes the same...
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... Check to see if your timing cover is deformed. Sometimes when this happens, it touches the pulley and makes noise. Happened to me. There's a TSB for it,...
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Are you sure it is a squeal or a high pitched rattle. I have had heat shields around the exhaust pipe crack and rattle. It usually happens between the...
It sounds just like a slipping belt would sound. The noise is steady just like a slipping belt often is. I did not take off the timing belt. The timing...
You might want to remove the oil fill cap and see if the noise gets louder. If so,I would make careful inspection of the cam and timing belt adjuster. ... ...
I took out the windshield wiper transmission and tack welded the bases of tne blade rotator shafts. These had come unbonded due to being activated while the...
Did you weld the shafts on the car with the battery connected? ... From: LARRY LOTT <lnjlott@...> Subject: [festiva] Chk Eng & Shift lights staying on ...
I bought a instrument cluster and i want to rool back the miles on it to match my car miles,?can it be done if so what is the best way ? Cliff, in northeast,...
... OK, before I tell you how, let me just reiterate what has been said here several times before -- what you are asking to do is illegal under federal laws in...
Have you checked all the Fuses? I do not recall if this is a FI car or not but I would look at the fuses under the hood and dash panel. The arcing you...
It really sounds like you've inadvertently shorted something if the welding was done outside of the car. I'd double check any wires you disconnected (and...
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