What did you do to your Mirage today?

[Fummins]

7.2L.
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Engine displacement correction police here. You mean 7.3 not 7.2.

[7milesout]

Oh, V-10. That works. I've never Forded it, but if I did, I run from the 6.0hNo. The V-10 may drink a lot of gas, but it is a respectable power unit. I'd rather have the 6.8L any day vs the 6.0hNo. I like old trucks. Now back to the main topic. I like 3-Tappers too.

[7milesout]

Engine displacement correction police here. You mean 7.3 not 7.2.

Yes, you're right. That 7.2 didn't sound Ed Zachery right in my head. But it didn't register exactly why. Thanks. The 7.3L was great. Even IDI.

[craigq]

Tried to resolve the rattle. The two rear hangers seem fine, not a lot of play, the hanger hole seems "normal" and not elongated. Tapped the main muffler with a rubber mallet and heard some rattling. Could be that ? The heat shield at the exhaust manifold and upper catalytic converter was loose at the upper three bolts, fixed that. I dunno.

[craigq]

Well it wasn't the heat shield, the rattle is still present. Heat shield on that 2nd cat seems intact still, no movement.

I found a post from Fummins from 2017 about a muffler rattle https://mirageforum.com/forum/showth...ll=1#post63734 https://mirageforum.com/forum/showth...ll=1#post63717

I suppose I could attempt to replace it...

[defensivetackle88]

Here you guys. My G4 being reviewed by ZP is now live.

https://youtu.be/BfC3hY4cjC0

[killerrudy]

I replaced a front wheel bearing. Was a simple job minus the abs sensor. I tried for 3 hours to gently coax it out of its hole(PB blaster and light twisting). Then I got mad and now need a new one. I can't imagine why they are so expensive.. PN# 4670B087. Most are $30 and here mitsu says $130 wth? Hopefully I don't have to do the other side anytime soon. Car only has 80k miles on it

[7milesout]

killerrudy - Interesting / informative post. I would imagine the glorious salt thrown around up yonder contributed to corroding that sensor into place. I don't blame you for getting mad about it. I got a chuckle reading about you getting mad at it! I get mad after 5 minutes fiddling with something on a car. I don't know why I love cars so much, they're very frustrating. Very much like women problems ... cept cars put out as much as I want and when I want.

[defensivetackle88]

Totally not relevant but Ford Festiva get another review by ZP. Link below, and I wonder if that was Mark's past car?

https://youtu.be/q2qmXgozQW0

[Mark]

Totally not relevant but Ford Festiva get another review by ZP. Link below, and I wonder if that was Mark's past car?

https://youtu.be/q2qmXgozQW0

Nope, not mine. That one is the fancy LX, & I could only afford the poverty level L in pop yellow color. The L had a much less finished look on the inside. For example, the inside of the doors weren't even covered completely. The L didn't come with a factory radio or A/C. At that point in my life, I hadn't owned a vehicle with A/C.

At the time of purchase, my wife was pregnant, resigned from her teaching job which cut our income in half, and I needed an affordable, dependable car. Not unlike my Mirage, the $5,300 price tag for a new Festiva was the driving force in the purchase. No matter how long I drove it, I knew it couldn't depreciate more than $5,300.

Also the 1988-89 had carburetors, and 1990-93 had fuel injection. We had terrible carburetor issues with my wife's old Plymouth Horizon, and the fuel injection of the new 1990 Festiva was appealing.

A whitetail buck on the roof of a Ford Festiva will cave in the roof slightly. I learned that driving across Wisconsin in early November. Thankfully, it just popped back out when I shoved it back up after the deer was removed. I don't think a Mirage roof would hold much either?