Snowdog's Riv

Snowdog,

I haven't been on here in a while, but when I was here last, you were pulling the dash apart and cleaning the insides and the electronics. You have come so far in only a few months! Even your english is better! I'm excited for you and inspired by you. Please keep up the great work on this beautiful car. I personally love all the cool stuff you're putting in the interior!

hehe thank you!
i could have not done that all whitout the help from this great site!
All the information, anserws for my questions and members who even helped me whit geting parts. Thats what helps me make it beatyful again

dude i love ur signature pic

xxsupergman25xx wrote:

dude i love ur signature pic

Thanks!
heres the one for those who asked
My sister cleaned/sharpened it a bit in photoshop.

that shits gettin saved to my computer.

xxsupergman25xx wrote:

dude i love ur signature pic

LOOKS HOT!!!

What a great photo! your car looks incredible especially with those rims. Congrats!

ewolfe0050 wrote:

What a great photo! your car looks incredible especially with those rims. Congrats!

Those wheels are some of the coolest I've seen.............

Today finaly cone to unos naber and leted him fill my climate controll.
Thank god the system was not leaking.
leted him vacum the system for 15minutes.
after it was tottaly empty and the pressure was steady in the system filled it up whit 920g of freoon and some g's of compressor oil and color so i can find easyer leaks in future.

The ac was not working when i buyed the car and now...YAY! it's like wintertime again ....no need to drive anymore windows down and sunroof open.
again one broken thing fixed...but still many to do..


bad qvality fone pictures..

Spoiler:

In this latest picture of your car it looks like you painted the lower side trim the color of your car. Did you or is it just the photo?

actualy i have not paited anything else on the car lately...the last thing i did was 6days ago...painted the valve cover silver...had nothing better to do when my car was just waiting for coil.

It looks like the lower panel is the same color as the sides and top of your car. No?

Rickw wrote:

It looks like the lower panel is the same color as the sides and top of your car. No?

the last owner had it allready painted car color.
one day i sanded off the rear lips paint and found out that it had been same color as the car tho but guess the last owner did not like it and painted again same color as the stock lip looked like.

on pictures it may look perfect but in reality ther are alot of scratches everywhere and paint pealing off from some places:(

when i have all the other things done like change front left, rear left wheel bearing, fix the steering(guess bushings are soft or something had allready replaces inner and outer tierods and front rootors bads) still vibrates a bit when brake or turn.

then need to take off the antenna. it broke in winter:(
replaces a interjor antenna and when im going to paint the car will seal remove the antenna hole.

some days ago replaced the battery what the last owner told was 'new'....hell it was! got now one 80A battery.
today buted even one extra cround wire and thicker wires for amp/sub.

guess i have to start thinking about rebuilding transmission.
it has started to strake sometimes....will not shift down on fast accelarating and on hills starts to vibrate and so on...

engine leaks a bit cooltant and oil from some places.
looks like im going to take the engine off one day and replace all engines seals and gaskets. can then clean it and paint the whole engine. good time to build custom stainless headers tho. and good time to port polish heads and sc


Found one guy from estonia who will make me all cars bushings of polyuretan.
even engine mounts

well so many plans whit it. Got the time atm but a bit short on monney.
buyed some parts again this month from usa and rick is helping me whit shiping.

good luck with your plans. anything worth doing is worth doing right i guess. It still looks damn good from here!

YAY! some parts arrived today from USA for my riv

will go now to unos place and but them on
*10,8 Taylor ''409'' Spiro Pro Race sparkplug wires and seperators(dang! they are fatter then i expected! lol)
*NGK Iridium IX sparkplugs
*180F termastat
*left rear wheel bearing/abs sencore....will see now if i get my abs finaly to work..it hasent worked since i buyed the car..

Good luck!

Okay all done now...started on 5:30pm and finished 7:30pm

1st changed the rear wheel bearing...was very easy..

Spoiler:

After change started car and OMG ABS traction controll lights went off!
thees lights had been on since i buyed the car 10months ago...

Next was the T-stat
just 2 polts off...10mm
the old one was very dirty...guess that the russians fingers had even been there..cos the t-stat litle hole was stuck..


cleaned the connections..whit sandpaper till they where smooth...i did not have the other gasket..so i used that special engine gasket silicone or how ever its called..



and ohh when i tested for leaks..i accidently found leaking vacum lines..the line what comes from SC to transmission had cracks in it..replaced one part..and instected then the whole line...found out it had been cracked in all connections and leaked....now i know why the car sputtered on accelaration...on uphill driving and so on..later on way home truyed and the transmission sifted sharper then ever before..

Spoiler:

after that was turn for sparkplugs wires
its a very annoying job as anyone knows...it relly sucks to change the plugs in cylinder 2 4 and 6 but anyways did it...and later buted those nice fat sexy new sparkplug wires on lol... and cone for a test drive...drived the car 3 times till speed limiter lol...and WOW...all the tings i did today relly made a big diference...runs smoother...accelarates sharper/...shifts better(fixed vacum lines)...just feeled very diferent...did not expect that much but im happy for now hehe


soon going to change front left bearing..and uno relly relly wants to paint my car ower..but well will see when i will do that

Wow, that didn't take long! Congrats on shutting the lights off!

Timo,
You didn't need the flat gasket or silicone sealer on the thermostat housing.
All you need is the round o-ring like gasket. That's all it takes to seal it up if you have everything scraped clean.
Just so you know for next time. I would have sent it to you if you needed it.
Engine looks good. Glad to hear you fixed the transmission troubles with some vacuum line. The new plugs and wires must have made a difference as well. Nice job.

Started whit the exterjor makeower.
this month the whole car will be ower painted pearl green.
whe have been thinking whit uno to make it maybe 2 tone...hood roof and trunk maybe a bit darker pearl green and the rest lighter...
but will think about it,

will shave the stock antenna hole.
maybe cut the rear bumper a bit for new exhaust.
tint windows.
install new fuel pump
change all engine sealings gaskets/ polish and MAYBE port the SC.
rebuild the AC compressor.
sandblast brake callibers, install new rear rootors/bads.
install new left front wheel bearing.
and some other things what i do not remembeer atm lol


Well anyways there is lots to do...
today polished the cornor lights/ one headlight and one front blinker/sidemarker.

enaf of talk here r some pictures..





left one polished...


left headlight polished...






oh and last week changed vacum lines..



tommorrow truy to get the rear bumper off, side rear windows and start sanding.

ALL THE TIME GETING BETTER

update...
today been sanding like crazy...took alot of parts off.






sanded smooth and polished all lights tho..and now they look like brand new.

On removing broke some diferent plastic clips have no idea yet where to get some new ones. dos gm sell any plastic clips for the riv?

Yes, some / most clips are available through GM and the aftermarket here.
The clips that hold the front fender trim are hard to get from what I've been told, other than that I think everything else is available.
Post pic's of what you need and how many and I'll get them for you if I can and will ship with other parts you need. Also, do have a need for a new power steering pulley puller and installer tool kit. I have an extra new one in plastic case I will give you and ship with everything else if you want it. Also I can get you some regular black vacuum line / hoses in different sizes if you want to change out the yellow stuff. I'll get several feet of each size and include it in the boxes i send you, let me know.
OK,
Rick

I like the yellow vacuum lines.

Rickw wrote:

Yes, some / most clips are available through GM and the aftermarket here.
The clips that hold the front fender trim are hard to get from what I've been told, other than that I think everything else is available.
Post pic's of what you need and how many and I'll get them for you if I can and will ship with other parts you need. Also, do have a need for a new power steering pulley puller and installer tool kit. I have an extra new one in plastic case I will give you and ship with everything else if you want it. Also I can get you some regular black vacuum line / hoses in different sizes if you want to change out the yellow stuff. I'll get several feet of each size and include it in the boxes i send you, let me know.
OK,
Rick

god!
i will think about it.
will make tomorrow pictures of the clips what i would need.

On last picture:
need 12 of the clips on rightside
16 clips in midle
and 10-20 on the right.