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This was about 7-8 years ago already on a 2004. I thought that the Advance battery was about $650.00 or so at the time. The first one he got was defective so he had to do it again. I think he was down to about 1 two hour swap time. I watched him and it really was pretty straight forward. It's located under the rear storage so all the interior rear trim has to come out.

A little progress on the power steering pump and reservoir. It was just happenstance that in my searching, I found the pump and reservoir combination I wanted on the Autozone site. It appeared it was something that could not be ordered, reason unknown, but at least it showed that it had existed. I checked with the local store and in fact it cannot be ordered under the part number that comes up when the Riviera S/C is entered. The one thing it did give me is the "Endurance" moniker, apparently the Autozone house brand. A Google search on that comes up with BBB Industries, much like Cardone apparently. In any case, I called BBB Industries and got their tech line. A nice guy named James, who apparently had been around the block more than once, understood exactly what the problem was without a lot of explanation. He stated the reason for so much of the confusion comes from one company being bought by another then another and along the way each one consolidates and streamlines their offerings. While this is going on, part numbers get lost and big mistakes spread throughout the parts industry. That gets baked into the systems and inexperienced parts people only are presented with items that appear as correct for the vehicle used as the search criteria. He stated they do lots of things for many outlets, and gave me several part numbers, one was for Autozone, and when they entered the number, sure as can be, the correct item appeared. Now this is a pump and reservoir assembly and I opted not to pursue the tank alone after speaking with the rebuilder person. The new one will be here tomorrow. He did mention he saw a tank only available from Cardone but it was $70 which he stated was outrageous, since the assembly with pump is +$12. The topping on the cake is, when this part is entered under the Riviera S/C search, a big red flag comes up that says it is not compatible. For the very small number that may be interested these are the part numbers: Autozone: 6358 NAPA: 38-1340 Delco: 36P1528 As you can probably tell from the above, these are all the same part. All show as available.

Bet racers develop some quick change batteries.

Take the fuel pressure regulator apart and cut the tube inside off flush and install a adjustable fuel pressure regulator.

Here is the whole pump for 35.00, in Il. 1993 Power Steering Pump/Motor Buick Park Avenue A 32862 $35 I-55 Auto Salvage Inc. USA-IL(Channahon) Request_Quote 1-877-467-2941 / 1-815-467-2938 Request_Insurance_Quote

This is a rear view and the regulator lays on its side, small blue tube connected to it. The regulator itself is a little cartridge retained with a snap ring. The cylindrical housing is welded into the fuel rail. There are two views of the TPI manifold on my half turbo install. The fuel pressure regulator is the same type but it sits vertically visible in the upper right of photo. Also visible is a pipe plug in the top of the horizontal thermostat elbow and the other photo shows a bleeder in the back side of a similar elbow. It seems this style elbow, which just uses a conventional flat paper gasket, has a bleeder port somewhere as standard?

I like the unique perspective!

No photos have been posted for a while so here goes. About every year my wife and I drive on a long gravel road that winds it's way for a mile or two through pasture fields and it dead ends at a little church where some of her relatives are buried. Hardly ever see a car on that road so we can just creep along and enjoy the beautiful scenery. We go so slow you could almost walk along beside the car. We took these photos at the end of last summer. We usually park behind the church near the graveyard and just stand there and take in the view. One of the most peaceful places I know of.