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Car Forum / Saab Cars / June 2005'96 900 turbo 60,000 mile tune up
i'm trying to find a good place to take my saab 900 se turbo convertible for the 60k mile tune-up. could anyone give me any tips on an honest mechanic? also, what should be done to the car in this tune-up? thank you very much. > i'm trying to find a good place to take my saab 900 se turbo convertible > for the 60k mile tune-up. could anyone give me any tips on an honest > mechanic? also, what should be done to the car in this tune-up? thank > you very much. I'd bring it Zimbabwe. I hear they are all honest there. Where the heck are you? At least a continent would be a good start... -Fred W In article <04b24aa1ce224f264d3dd254e4b60d60 @localhost.talkaboutautos.com>, jtbecke@nospam.yahoo.com says... > i'm trying to find a good place to take my saab 900 se turbo convertible > for the 60k mile tune-up. could anyone give me any tips on an honest > mechanic? also, what should be done to the car in this tune-up? thank > you very much. I can recommend Saab Higher Oak, or Malbrad.  Signature"Sorry Sir, the meatballs are Orf" The poster formerly known as Skodapilot. http://www.bouncing-czechs.com i guess that would have helped. im in los angeles, california. like i said, i'm also interested in what is included in the 60000mile tun-up, and maybe what i can expect to pay. thanks again. In article <45f4c43b78b8fb7d2cf3d99a7ae8f206 @localhost.talkaboutautos.com>, jtbecke@nospam.yahoo.com says... > i guess that would have helped. im in los angeles, california. like i > said, i'm also interested in what is included in the 60000mile tun-up, and > maybe what i can expect to pay. thanks again. Sorry couldn't resist it. We get a lot of Americans come on here, and not post where they are (even in america), asking for decent garages. We are a pretty mixed bunch here, with US, UK, Mainland Europe and Austalian regulars. Signature"Sorry Sir, the meatballs are Orf" The poster formerly known as Skodapilot. http://www.bouncing-czechs.com > In article <45f4c43b78b8fb7d2cf3d99a7ae8f206 > @localhost.talkaboutautos.com>, jtbecke@nospam.yahoo.com says... [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > We are a pretty mixed bunch here, with US, UK, Mainland Europe and > Austalian regulars. The aus.cars group gets lots of Americans thinking they are posting to austin texas cars. No country does parochial quite so well as the US. > i guess that would have helped. im in los angeles, california. like i > said, i'm also interested in what is included in the 60000mile tun-up, and > maybe what i can expect to pay. thanks again. Do you mean a service ? Maybe I missed something exotic here but the engine management 'tunes-up' your engine continually ! Graham > > i guess that would have helped. im in los angeles, california. like i > > said, i'm also interested in what is included in the 60000mile tun-up, and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Graham Playing word games? > > > i guess that would have helped. im in los angeles, california. like i > > > said, i'm also interested in what is included in the 60000mile tun-up, and [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Playing word games? Not at all. A 'tune-up' in the UK would mean taking your car to a tuning specialist for a performance upgrade. Things like re-chipping, adjusting turbo boost etc. Regular periodic maintenance is called servicing. Graham > A 'tune-up' in the UK would mean taking your car to a tuning specialist > for a performance upgrade. Things like re-chipping, adjusting turbo boost etc. > Regular periodic maintenance is called servicing. In the US, "tune-up" more or less used to mean "adjust the fuel and ignition systems", back in the carb & points & distributor days. Now that most people don't have cars with such equipment, the term isn't used much. A performance upgrade, though, would be something like "speed shop" work or something. > > A 'tune-up' in the UK would mean taking your car to a tuning specialist > > for a performance upgrade. Things like re-chipping, adjusting turbo boost etc. > > Regular periodic maintenance is called servicing. > > In the US, "tune-up" more or less used to mean "adjust the fuel and > ignition systems", back in the carb & points & distributor days. I kind of wondered about that. Those were the days - days it's nice to forget ! I recall stripping and rebuilding the classic Lucas 25D4 distributor to replace worn plates that were causing timing jitter. Jeez, you had to replace the points, gap them - set the timing and replace plugs since engines didn't burn so clean then. Not to mention adjusting carb(s) to get the mixture right. Oh and cam follower gaps. And a fauly condenser could screw the whole lot up. Actually makes ECUs look quite friendly ! > Now > that most people don't have cars with such equipment, the term isn't > used much. A performance upgrade, though, would be something like > "speed shop" work or something. As ever, UK and US terminology intruigingly differ. We'd call it a tuning shop. Well, probably not 'shop' actually but I'm sure you get my point. There is one very near me actually with dynos and all that stuff. Graham >> In the US, "tune-up" more or less used to mean "adjust the fuel and >> ignition systems", back in the carb & points & distributor days. > > I kind of wondered about that. Those were the days - days it's nice to forget ! Oh, I dunno, I rather enjoy wrenching on my older Saabs. > I recall > stripping and rebuilding the classic Lucas 25D4 distributor to replace worn plates that were > causing timing jitter. I suppose it being Lucas, rather than Bosch, would change the enjoyment factor quite a bit. > Jeez, you had to replace the points, gap them - set the timing and replace plugs since engines > didn't burn so clean then. Not to mention adjusting carb(s) to get the mixture right. Yup. What better way to spend a sunny saturday afternoon? > Oh and cam > follower gaps. And a fauly condenser could screw the whole lot up. Actually makes ECUs look quite > friendly ! I like machines that I can see working, myself. Dwell relates directly to points gap, can be visualized, and is obvious when something is mechanically wrong - because you can see it. Not saying it's a better technology than the ECUs, but it's certainly more approachable. > >> In the US, "tune-up" more or less used to mean "adjust the fuel and > >> ignition systems", back in the carb & points & distributor days. > > > > I kind of wondered about that. Those were the days - days it's nice to forget ! > > Oh, I dunno, I rather enjoy wrenching on my older Saabs. You like the 'wrench knuckles' too ??? ;-) > > I recall stripping and rebuilding the classic Lucas 25D4 distributor to replace > worn plates that > were causing timing jitter. > > I suppose it being Lucas, rather than Bosch, would change the enjoyment > factor quite a bit. Actually it wasn't too tricky. Lovely vernier timing adjustement. ( Rover called it the 'octane selector' on the 2000TC ) Haven't seen a Bosch close-up to compare sadly. > > Jeez, you had to replace the points, gap them - set the timing and replace plugs > since engines > didn't burn so clean then. Not to mention adjusting carb(s) to get > the mixture right. > > Yup. What better way to spend a sunny saturday afternoon? Thankfully those were my student days. I was quite unusual in even being a student with a car back then ! Today they all have one and unlikely to be as much as 10 yrs old. Self-maintenance was the only option. I reckon I've done pretty much everything on a car bar welding and a gearbox strip / rebuild. > > Oh and cam follower gaps. And a fauly condenser could screw the whole lot > up. Actually makes ECUs > look quite friendly ! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > mechanically wrong - because you can see it. Not saying it's a better > technology than the ECUs, but it's certainly more approachable. I still have a sneaking regard for this. It's so much more *tangible*. I wouldn't like to rely on it for my everyday travel though ! Graham |
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