Snowdog's Riv

Snowdog wrote:

valve covers(mat black/silver)

I wish a had access to your resources Timo, the car look better than from the factory, especially the motor. Speaking of the motor, I noticed that the valve covers are not the originals, are they made of metal instead of the OEM plastic? If so where did you get them if I may ask. Please keep the pics coming, can't wait to see the car complete!

BMD wrote:

I noticed that the valve covers are not the originals, are they made of metal instead of the OEM plastic?

The original OEM valve covers are cast aluminum. Not plastic.

Oh OK, but I assume that the aftermarket replacements are made of thicker material?

they are the stock ones just painted..

just some minutes ago finaly ower 3 months? in garage waiting..took the riv out:D....OMG...have to start to get used again whit the gas pedal lol!....it feels like it accelarates hell sharp now!...everytime step even a bit...feel the tires spinning lol
and damn how the paint plays at night under street lights...
its rainign atm and its dark...did not had camera whit me. but hell how i truyed..just wanted to accellarate all the time..new exhaust makes a muscular sound:D


well i make pictures maybe un samday or sunday..when i but hopefully the parking sensores in tho.

Rickw wrote:

BMD wrote:

I noticed that the valve covers are not the originals, are they made of metal instead of the OEM plastic?

The original OEM valve covers are cast aluminum. Not plastic.

On the L67? I'm pretty sure they're plastic...

Get a video of the new sound!!!

hehe...i dont know how to change setings on the digi camera..it makes atm only 15sec clips...even tho it has like 4gb space.
but il truy.

yeh i know that teh windsheald is glued whti the urethan. im atm driving whitout it...but it wont be so good on winter when water goes there and on nights it freezes into ice.
just was wondering how it looks like.

Yeah, that back side of the C is what made me think it could only be done when the glass was out...

By the way guys, for what it's worth I just saw a TSB for ALL 1990-99 GM cars: They have changed the specification on the windshield adhesive to high-viscosity urethane, from standard-viscosity... It should make the glass easier to position without depth-blocks, and result in less or no 'squeezout' mess.

i had one on my car...but i im sure it wasent the installed from in factory...it was somekind wide stripe on it...and it wesent on good. from some places it was loos and it was glued against the roof.
it was just so ugly that i ripped it off when i painted the car.
now i have nothing. like i sayd the wondsheald seems to be changed like 3 years ago.. have not looked the lines close enaf if there is room everywhere around it for the new molding.

Well, Let me know if you need to order from Monsterparts.
Maybe next month after payday.? Or whenever you want to.

So Timo,
How is the project going?
You should be close to done, if not done already. Except for the windshield molding.
How about some pic's, were you able to get any this past weekend.???

not soo good.
the sealing between downpipe and rear header is leaking. need to find a new one from here. was thinking of replacing it whit stainless steel pressed net sealing. it should hold better then the factory one.
been truying to find out where the air/vacum leaking sound comes but still no luck.
tomorrow or day after that i will truy to get new vacum tubes.
also..from tomorrow i cant actualy leagly drive whit my car. need to get winter tyres. got still the 18''s on.
one weard thing was that the fuel level shower has cone weard...it started to show full tank even tho it should be atm 15%full.
will tank the car full and see what happens. maybe new fuel will help the car run better again (atm 3 months old fuel in tank).

Snowdog wrote:

one weard thing was that the fuel level shower has cone weard...it started to show full tank even tho it should be atm 15%full.
will tank the car full and see what happens.

That's a very common problem with these fuel gauges, Timo. For what they cost, they are built cheap, sloppy, or both... They use a "printed circuit" board in place of a real rheostat-coil, and the shaft that the float-arm pivots on can be sloppy.

You'll probably find that the gauge only starts reading high when you've gotten below a 1/2 or even a 1/4 tank. If that's the case, and because even over here it's hard to find a decent price on a replacement sending unit (and not have to buy a whole fuel-pump/sender combination assembly), you'll probably want to try and fix it the way I did:

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I couldn't believe that the hulking bronze bushing they used wasn't holding things together tightly, but that was my problem. After removing the sending unit from the fuel pump assembly, I couldn't even use a vise & a hammer to squish it down and remove the play between the brushes and the resistor-board.

I finally realized that I could unsnap the resistor-board from the rest of the sender unit, and that would give me just enough clearance to bend the brushes toward the board location, so they would have tension against it again when I put the board back in.

It cost zero dollars and worked perfectly for over 4 years. It just started to get a little loose again below a 1/4-tank after 4 & a half years...

For some other info on pump & sender replacement, check this thread:
https://rivperformance.editboard.com/interior-f20/fuel-tank-sending-unit-replacement-t4779.htm

thanks.

i know...it allready was weard when i got the car. showed full tank for long time...like 200miles of driving..and then started to drop on half...and from half cone down very fast.

shame i did not know of it before. that the fault is in the connection.

i had it all apart when i replaced the fuel pump last month.

Is it law that you have to use snow tires in the winter?

yep....so it is in Finland and in Estonia. Guess it's also in sweeden and norway tho..

Every year from 1st detcember every car and van needs to have winter tyres(lamells(M/S tyres whit what you can drive through year but are softer) or spike tyres.

Some European contreys have spike tyres banned.
If you get into a accident whitout winter tyres on winter time you get a ticket for it and incurence wont bay your car's damage.

If you have an accident while driving without proper winter tires your insurance company won't pay for any damages.???
That's one way to make you have winter / snow tires.!!!!

Rickw wrote:

If you have an accident while driving without proper winter tires your insurance company won't pay for any damages.???
That's one way to make you have winter / snow tires.!!!!

Nice! It makes a lot of sense for bad winter areas. I wish they would do the same for seat belts around here - if you weren't wearing a seat belt during the accident, the rest of us insurance company shouldn't have to pay your medical bills, if you survived.

deekster_caddy wrote:

Is it law that you have to use snow tires in the winter?

It's the law in Quebec too. From Dec 15th to March 15.

Rickw wrote:

So Timo,
How is the project going?
You should be close to done, if not done already. Except for the windshield molding.
How about some pic's, were you able to get any this past weekend.???

Today reinstalled the exhaust tip's, installed the rear parking sensores and they work great!...
also changed all vacum lines whit thick ruber ones.

But had to take the 18''s off for winter. new winter tyres take time to arrive but needed the car to drive home. so i buted the stock rims on(they look soo ugly...need to repaint them...maybe black whit polished lip)
if tyres arrive will but the chroom STS rims back on.

anyways made some pictures whit phone..not so good as whit camera...but anyways atleast something.

The car looks great. Excellent paint job, etc.
You are going to paint the black sensors in your bumper, aren't you.?

Snowdog wrote:

not soo good.
the sealing between downpipe and rear header is leaking. need to find a new one from here. was thinking of replacing it whit stainless steel pressed net sealing. it should hold better then the factory one.
been truying to find out where the air/vacum leaking sound comes but still no luck.
tomorrow or day after that i will truy to get new vacum tubes.
also..from tomorrow i cant actualy leagly drive whit my car. need to get winter tyres. got still the 18''s on.
one weard thing was that the fuel level shower has cone weard...it started to show full tank even tho it should be atm 15%full.
will tank the car full and see what happens. maybe new fuel will help the car run better again (atm 3 months old fuel in tank).

How did you make out fixing the above problems.
Are you done, or do you still have things to do.?

Jealous...also, that dually Ram behind the car in the first pic looks serious!

ahhh hehe the ram is unos. this thing is relly mean hehe. if i remember right they dynoed whit 3 bar boost like 500hp of it.


the problems what you ementioned Rick...
well changed vacum lines. all the ones what where 6mm need to buy now 5mm tubes tho.
also went to a car part shop and leted them order me a custom exhaust gasket.
its 60mm from inside and 75 from outside if anyone needs to know.(lol they where supriced and asked wtf car i have that the exhaust gasket is so big hehe)
it should arrive on next week.
will see if it changes anything. the gasket leaks only on boost.

Edited:
About the sensors. I will have to give to a paintshop the color code so they can make me a can of spray paint. then will paint the sensors and some other places like under the trunk araund the waterstripe...and some more places.
Will maybe later make a video to show how it works if anyone iis interested. also have not made a video yet of the exhaust sound. still think i need to change the rear muflers for bigger ones so it could be a bit qvaieter. cos its actualy still a bit too anoying...the exhaust tips look a bit odd tho...cos every other part of the car is curved, will properly cut them so they match the bumper line.

found 1 more picture.

hey snowdog can you take a pic of the exhaust setup from underneath the car? i would like to see all that you guys did...