Drew Dowdell

I"m sorry guys, this really isn't what I want. I feel like I've been neglecting things around here... much less at my own house. I'm never home more than 4 days at a time lately and typically only weekends. I'm home all next week and then back on the road the morning after my birthday.

I used Moog ball joints on my Toronado. Reading reviews about them ahead of time, it was quite clear that there is "OEM Replacement" and then there is Moog. For the sway bar linkage, I would probably have done them both at the same time.

just had to do 2 of those on the CR-V 2 weeks ago.

I like your mother... she likes torque. Better off getting a turbo-4 in that case. I don't think you'll see any more power train changes for the rest of this generation. I think '14 is the last model year.

I'm told that the interior will be among GM's finest.

I did hear back from them, but the person who contacted me only deals with US stuff and not Canadian.

Roger, could I trouble you to upload these to the photo galleries? You can bulk upload 10 at a time I believe. I made you an album

Fact is for anyone in their 20's to 40's, this is our current day Depression. Sorry but we did not crawl out of this in 2009 like the gov said, Since 2007 America and now the world is in a Major Depression due to INSTANT GRATIFICATION DEBT. Until debt gets under control, we will be in static to meager growth. depends on who's debt you are referring.

No pics?

I wonder if this new 1.6T coming from Opel might do the trick... but there is only so much that can help with all of the weight still hanging around.

I think over 90% of the Rivieras sold were sold with the V8. Reading again, I missed that the Riv also had a Buick 4.1 V6 starting in 1980... but with 125hp, I can't imagine anyone buying them. Looks like Cadillac (Seville and Eldorado) also got the 4.1 V6 as an option in '81-82. The Caddy C bodies also had it as an option from '80-82. The question is which 4.1 There is an Olds and a Buick of the same displacement apparently.

I think over 90% of the Rivieras sold were sold with the V8. Reading again, I missed that the Riv also had a Buick 4.1 V6 starting in 1980... but with 125hp, I can't imagine anyone buying them.

Interesting..if I'm not mistaken, the E/Ks of that generation each had their own divisional engines, maybe only had the diesels in common (or was the diesel only at Cadillac?) That statement differs vastly depending on the year. At Cadillac, the engine options are the same regardless of it being a Seville or Eldorado. In 1979 - all three had an Olds 350 gasser with the diesel as an option for all years. Buick had a 3.8 Turbo V6 option. In 1980 - Buick and Olds kept the 350, Cadillac went with the 368 except in CA where it kept the 350. in 1981 - Buick and Olds went to the 307, Cadillac went to the 8-6-4. Olds gains the 4.1 V6 to negative fanfare. in 1982 - Buick and Olds unchanged, Cadillac goes to the 4100 V8. All three gain 4-speed automatic with overdrive. in 1983 - no changes to note in 1984 - last year for the unloved Olds 4.1 V6. In 1985 - Last year for this body - 307 gains some upgrades with very modest bumps in power. Last year for 350 diesel... because GM finally got it right by this point.

True, but each iteration is out there in numbers - so parts are easy for each one. That, and the commonality is huge through most of those years. Same goes (to a lesser extent, of course) for the Olds 307. I wonder what necessitated the starter motor change for the E-body - kind of surprising that GM couldn't engineer a way around that given the longitudinal mounting of the engine. T'was the starter. I found an AC Delco reman without the need for a core so I can keep the old one and have it rebuilt if I choose. Went on fairly easily except for the patches of pouring rain moving through the area while I was trying to do the work. Starts much faster too. Found the reason that GM couldn't engineer the same starter on the E-bodies. According to my 1981 Oldsmobile shop manual, the RWD Y-Vin cars (Olds 307) all have the starter on the right side if you're facing the engine. On the E-bodies, they couldn't put the starter there because..well.. that's where the transmission is. Some of you fellow historians might recall that on the GM E-bodies, though the engine is longitudinal, it is offset slightly to the left (again if you're facing the front of the car). The transmission actually sits below and to the right of the engine. The starter on the E-bodies is on the left side. In my case at least, I think I prefer the mounting done on the E-body. The RWD Y-Vin cars look like a more difficult job from an access standpoint. Camino... the number of times the phrase "All - Except Toronado" appears under a schematic in the 1981 Oldsmobile shop manual is staggering. They would have been better off printing a 1981 E/K body manual for the 3 divisions that used this chassis.

*excessive hill jumping

I'd get a set of these for the Toronado, but I assume they only work on 4wd vehicles.

uhm.... how?

yes

I really like that Red Tahoe. I would have snagged that for a daily driver myself had you not bought it

Please don't quote the spammers. You are just increasing the number of links they get from C&G when you do that which is what they want. Just report them and I'll take care of it. Also... I don't know what their facination is with this thread..they spam here more than most

Try this pancake mix. I wasn't looking for Gluten free and grabbed it by accident once when picking up other bread mixes. Sub some buttermilk in for the regular milk.... just like grandma used to make.

Johnson Controls has been on a bit of an aquisition bing the past 7 years, I wonder what their debt load is like. Might just be kicking the can here..

where the hell do you guys find this $h!?

okay guys... let's not get all SMK with the numbers here...