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Car Forum / Saab Cars / September 2004

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Bad SAAB day

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JAnderson - 06 Aug 2004 21:07 GMT
Greetings one and all,

Well, this has been an unhappy day for me and the Green Machine.
My 92 900S (2.1L, non-turbo, 5-speed)decided to start having issues.

Issue#1:  Even after replacing and tensioning all of my v-belts, my car is
squealing like a stuck pig.  Everything that I can see in my research
indicates that the harmonic balancer pulley needs to be replaced. I have
never done one of these and it looks like a witch to get to.

Issue#2: My wife told me that we had a dead battery this morning.  Connected
a charger to the battery and noticed that the brake lights came on.  Pumped
the brakes once and the lights went off.  Guess it's time to replace a
brake switch.

Issue#3: My wife said that she tried to start the car, and pushed the gear
shift to get it out of reverse and it broke!  That's a new one on me.  I
have never had a car where the gearshift broke!  Fortunately,
English-Swedish is only 40 minutes away and I can pick up a used lever for
$25.

Man, this day sux!
MeatballTurbo - 12 Aug 2004 10:25 GMT
> Issue#3: My wife said that she tried to start the car, and pushed the gear
> shift to get it out of reverse and it broke!  That's a new one on me.  I
> have never had a car where the gearshift broke!  Fortunately,
> English-Swedish is only 40 minutes away and I can pick up a used lever for
> $25.

I have heard this happening a couple of times on manuals, rare, but does
happen.
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hippo - 07 Sep 2004 09:01 GMT
Could get lucky and find the brake switch is either maladjusted - too
sensitive or has worked loose. Probably not but can't hurt to check.
Regards
John Anderson - 08 Sep 2004 17:19 GMT
> Could get lucky and find the brake switch is either maladjusted - too
> sensitive or has worked loose. Probably not but can't hurt to check.
> Regards

I will check on that - it is just difficult getting up under the dash...
:o)

John
hippo - 07 Sep 2004 09:15 GMT
Could get lucky and find the brake switch is either maladjusted - too
sensitive or has worked loose. Probably not but can't hurt to check.
Regards
Hans L - 13 Aug 2004 01:18 GMT
> Issue#3: My wife said that she tried to start the car, and pushed the gear
> shift to get it out of reverse and it broke!  That's a new one on me.  I
> have never had a car where the gearshift broke!  Fortunately,
> English-Swedish is only 40 minutes away and I can pick up a used lever for
> $25.

This happened to me a few months ago with my '91 900S.  The "new" design
gear shifter (introduced in '90 or '91 or something) does seem inferior
in terms of design.  I broke mine off shifting (firmly, but by no means
aggressivly) into 3rd gear.  Luckily it started bending wildly before it
actually snapped (and I was able to drive it a short distance home).

I wasn't so lucky to find a cheap one.  I ended up paying the full
$2xxUSD for the shifter.  I wondered whether I could have substituted an
old style shifter (much cheaper) instead, but decided not to risk it.  I
tend to treat the gear shifter very delicately now. :)

Hans
hippo - 07 Sep 2004 09:22 GMT
Oops - sorry for the double posting. I'll sit in the corner for the rest of
the evening.
Nasty Bob - 07 Sep 2004 19:08 GMT
Oops - sorry for the double posting. I'll sit in the corner for the rest of
the evening.

Bad Hippo!
 
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