| | Bought another Riv |  |
|
+4ghpcnm jbird Birdawgxx AldoP 8 posters |
| Author | Message |
|---|
AldoP
Special
Name : Alan Porter
Age : 72
Location : Meadville, PA
Joined : 2014-06-18
Post Count : 3
Merit : 0
| | Subject: Bought another Riv Sun Jun 22, 2014 6:42 am | |
| Hey... Bought a nice pearl white '96 this past week in Cleveland, my third (selling my POS '00 740il to anyone interested in self abuse). My first Riv was a silver '97 and she treated me to 275K miles before one of our whitetails self destructed on her front end. Still drive-able but sold her anyway and picked up a blue '98. She gave me 430K before giving up the ghost a year and a half ago. By my math that gives me 705K behind the wheel of these darlings. Anyone out there beat that? The new girl is tight, no leaks and I'm happy to have her in the stable. The only real problem is the power seat- the PO (or someone) has cut the power wires to the motors. I'll be looking to the local 'yard to remedy that in the next week or two. Nice site! Will be adding comments to some posts to share some of my experience with what I consider the best GM car made... | |
|
| | |
Birdawgxx
Amateur
Name : Tenn Jeff
Location : Eastern Tenn.
Joined : 2013-03-05
Post Count : 33
Merit : 3
| | Subject: Re: Bought another Riv Sun Jun 22, 2014 7:04 am | |
| Alan, congrats on finding another one of these great cars. I hope you can get another 430,000 out of this Pearl white you just picked up! | |
|
| | |
jbird
Fanatic
Name : Jeff
Location : Cleveland area
Joined : 2013-11-11
Post Count : 368
Merit : 7
| | Subject: Re: Bought another Riv Sun Jun 22, 2014 9:13 am | |
| That could be a record in ANY 2 vehicles anywhere!
(maybe not aircraft...)
Congrats on the new ride!
Jbird | |
|
| | |
ghpcnm
Aficionado
Name : Dave
Age : 72
Location : FLORIDA / The Stand Your Ground State
Joined : 2011-02-21
Post Count : 2044
Merit : 23
| | Subject: Re: Bought another Riv Sun Jun 22, 2014 1:21 pm | |
| CONGRATS !!! Welcome to the forum  | |
|
| | |
stan
Expert
Joined : 2007-07-01
Post Count : 2558
Merit : 12
| | Subject: Re: Bought another Riv Sun Jun 22, 2014 2:45 pm | |
| | |
|
| | |
Abaddon
Expert
Name : Scott
Location : Macomb, Michigan
Joined : 2010-02-24
Post Count : 4316
Merit : 185
| | Subject: Re: Bought another Riv Sun Jun 22, 2014 8:42 pm | |
| Another Riv lover.... Welcome to the site mang | |
|
| | |
al_roethlisberger
Junkie
Name : Al Roethlisberger
Age : 56
Location : Sanford, NC
Joined : 2013-03-12
Post Count : 960
Merit : 24
| | Subject: Re: Bought another Riv Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:38 am | |
|
Wow, that's dedication.... on your part, and the Riviera's part!
Welcome!
| |
|
| | |
AldoP
Special
Name : Alan Porter
Age : 72
Location : Meadville, PA
Joined : 2014-06-18
Post Count : 3
Merit : 0
| | Subject: Re: Bought another Riv Sat Jun 28, 2014 9:27 am | |
| Well, the first week and a half have gone OK. Repaired most of the issues; cleaned MAF, EGR, changed oil, plugs (18 years old & rusted in- yikes!!), air filter... This weekend is fuel filter, look at pulling injectors, changing SC oil and see if I can get the DR seat to function. Someone has cut wires under there to the forward/aft & up/down motors. Without the F/A function its gonna be a problem to pull the seat but we'll see... On the good side she's leak free; brakes straight & true with no wobble, shutter or vibration and is still very quiet (good window seals)... | |
|
| | |
albertj
Master
Name :
Location : Finger Lakes of New York State
Joined : 2007-05-31
Post Count : 8687
Merit : 181
| | Subject: Re: Bought another Riv Sat Jun 28, 2014 10:43 am | |
| - AldoP wrote:
- Well, the first week and a half have gone OK. Repaired most of the issues; cleaned MAF, EGR, changed oil, plugs (18 years old & rusted in- yikes!!), air filter... This weekend is fuel filter, look at pulling injectors, changing SC oil and see if I can get the DR seat to function. Someone has cut wires under there to the forward/aft & up/down motors. Without the F/A function its gonna be a problem to pull the seat but we'll see... On the good side she's leak free; brakes straight & true with no wobble, shutter or vibration and is still very quiet (good window seals)...
if you are electrically handy you can use test leads w/alligator clips or test probes to put 12v on the f/a motors to move the seat. Disconnect the car batt before you go probing. Albertj | |
|
| | |
AldoP
Special
Name : Alan Porter
Age : 72
Location : Meadville, PA
Joined : 2014-06-18
Post Count : 3
Merit : 0
| | Subject: Re: Bought another Riv Sat Jun 28, 2014 11:44 am | |
| Three motors unplugged & wires cut. Have harness from non memory 96 & connections appear to fit. Yes, testing as I go & splicing wires to connectors. So far- GR & BL run front up/dn motor... Thinking about getting my 6 yr old granddaughter to plug the connections- not sure I can get my arms in there! | |
|
| | |
Sponsored content
| | Subject: Re: Bought another Riv | |
| |
|
| | |
| | Bought another Riv | |
|
