Ford Festiva

Try here>>> https://www.fleet.ford.com/maintenance/owners_manuals/default.asp As nice as that link is, Ford doesn,t supply manuals for anything prior to 1996 which leaves the Festiva out. What is the connection between a Ford and a Sony Manual ??

I have a 1992 Fored Festiva. My fuse box is on the lower left-hand side of the plastice casing. It's left of the steering wheeel and is easily accessible. You should see many fuses and a brief description of each one. E.g - "Lamps" and the amps may be 15 or 20. The fuse box opens readily, no special tools needed.

Possibly, an air intake issue... Check your air system, mainly the hose/pipe coming from your airflow meter for cracks etc, when moving from park to drive, the jolt can be enough to largen a crack and cause air to be sucked through and bypass the flow meter, stalling the engine... this may be worsened if you have a faulty engine mount...

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On my 1991 fuel injected Festiva the fuel pump inertia switch is located inside the panel at the rear driver's side. Lift the rear hatch and look to the left where the seat belt attaches and the speaker is located. There is supposed to be a small panel (2 or 3 inches square). My panel is missing and there is just an opening. You can see the top of the inertia switch with a red button. If you need to replace it or get to the entire switch you must remove that entire panel. It only takes about 10 minutes to remove that panel.

Open the rear hatch there are 2 screws on the inside edge of the tail light remove them then remove the light housing. Unscrew the plug at the back and replace the bulb.

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James

Once you take the caliper off , you will need a C-clamp to compress the piston back into the caliper .

Make sure you leave the old pad on top of the piston to help it go straight back into the housing , be careful and do not let the piston go in crooked , it will get stuck .

You may also need to get a small kit , that has the little springs that hold the retaining pins in , if you break one .

Installing wheel bearing in a Ford Festiva is simple but will take some time. All you have to do is take the hub off, take out the tie rod and then take out the wheel bearing from the hub.

Manual Transaxel capacity: 2.5 Litres (2.6 US Quarts) Automatic Transaxel capacity: 5.7 Litres (6.0 US Quarts)

should be around 30psi look for a sticker on your door jamb and do fill the the max pressure printed on the tires sidewall, that could lead to a very uncomfortable ride and dangerous driving conditions.

There is a black rubber hose about 1 1/2" in diameter attached to the top part of the radiator. On the other end of that hose is an aluminum "gooseneck" fitting that bolts on to the Head with two bolts. The Thermostat is inside that "gooseneck". Be careful, it's fragile. You should use a new gasket when replacing the "gooseneck" back on the Head.

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Obtain the correct trans filter from your dealer; bring in your VIN code from you dash. Obtain a large drain pan. Raise car safely on a level surface. Begin removing trans bolts slowly and as pan lowers it will drain( most pans do not have a drain plug; if yours does--great). Clean the pan install filter ( easy)& install gasket but use NO gasket sealer( can get into valve body) tighen bolts add trans fluid, start car, top off the fluid but don't over fill.Done> I hope this helps you. Mark

If a car sputters when it accelerates there may be a problem with the ignition. Another option is that the timing belt is malfunctioning.

Yes. As I recall, the 88 is carb, the 89 is either carb or F.I., and 90+ are all F.I.

where is the engine number on a 1999 ford festiva

1990 ford festiva dashboard light goes out when brake is applied and the instrutment guages some time don,t work what causes that

37ft/lb then 48 ft/lb then 61ft/lb make sure u go inside out

Not sure what a hard code 8 means for a Festiva, but you can probably find a Haynes or Chilton Manual at your local library and get some understanding of the problem - whether you try to fix it yourself or have a mechanic fix the problem. I had a similar problem with a 1987 Cavalier and it turned out to be a bad catalytic converter. - Good luck. have you tried changing the spark plugs?

No it is not reverse thread. The passenger side rear spindle is the reverse thread on 88-93 festivas.

jack up car and remove wheel.... disconnect brake caliper. can clamp the line with vice grips or similar if not too fussed or not sure how to get brakes back on. remove centre nut on shaft which may need bit of encouragement with a long bar and prob 29mm socket. then pull disc off and u will be looking at the bearing..

i could be wrong its been bout 6 months since i done all 4 on my car.

hope this helps.. dont be scared its actually easy.. just remember what goes where and do everything back up tight.

In the engine compartment, there is a joint in the cable that requires a 12mm and 19mm open ended spanner to undo. Then pull out the whole cable, grease, wipe off excess, then gently push the cable back. Do up the screw and gently tighten with the 12mm and 19mm spanners.

for a wb 95 festiva 5 speed manual it is 2.5 litres. Dextron 3 or VMX80. (I was told dextron 3 even tho its a manual)

i asked a work colleague (mechanic for 30 years) about this (i have a 1996 WB Festiva) and he said Dexron 3 is used as the gears in the gearbox are fairly small/fine so it needs a nice thin lubricant, whereas if VMX80 gear oil is used, on cold statup, it may be too thick and make gear selection very difficult until the oil heats up and thins a bit. He also said that you can combine the two with no ill effect, e.g 70% Dexron 3 and 30% VMX80 to provide excellent cold start driveablilty with some added protection of the VMX for thwhen the oils heat up.

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The speedo hole is where you do it. Read the manual! Remove the 10mm bolt holding the speedo sending unit in the trans and there is a nice big hole for you to fill the trans.

It is the sway bar bushings.

engine must be removed from the car. that requires removal of all electrical connectors, both half-shafts(from axles), 2 fuel lines, vaccum line from brake booster and from top of throttle body, main air tube from air box(where air filter is changed), air box must be removed as well as radiator, and battery holder, and exaust manifold from the exaust pipe.

4 bolts hold engine to the car, and for manual transmission, shifter and stabilizer bar.

once engine is removed from car, 4 main bolts, 2 minor bolts, and 4 tiny bolts hold transmission to block. 4 tiny bolts hold on the dust shield( thin plate attached to block), 2 minor bolts, 1 on each side attached to brackets on the block, then 4 large bolt, 2 near the head come out toward the transmission as well as 1 lower rear bolt. final large bolt comes out toward the exaust manifold and is on the lower front. removal of the starter is required to remove the upper rear main bolt and it has 2 bolts(to transmission) and 2 nuts (for the bottom bracket of the starter. without more info, this is the best i can offer, ...{ASMDEMON}