SID repair.. oh yes

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Colum Mylod - 07 May 2008 22:44 GMT

I bit the bullet and extracted the decaying SID and used a biro to
press the contacts of the ribbon to the PCB. A little better but not
much.

On eBay there are some offers to fix these pesky SIDs. I'm near
London. Has anyone done the deed and posted off their SID and got it
back restored to full life?

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still just me - 07 May 2008 23:28 GMT

>I bit the bullet and extracted the decaying SID and used a biro to
>press the contacts of the ribbon to the PCB. A little better but not
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>London. Has anyone done the deed and posted off their SID and got it
>back restored to full life?

I've seen very good reports of this repair process in the USA. I don't
know of any UK vendors.

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Colin Stamp - 08 May 2008 18:29 GMT

I bought a "re-conditioned" one from here back in 2004

http://www.euro-saab-parts-direct.com

They charged 150 quid plus VAT, but added on 38 quid plus VAT deposit,
to be re-funded when I sent the old one back.

It's still working fine, four years later.

Don't forget to factor in the cost of getting the new one programmed
for the car at a Saab dealer or specialist.

Cheers,

Colin.

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Colum Mylod - 09 May 2008 11:24 GMT

>I bought a "re-conditioned" one from here back in 2004
>
>http://www.euro-saab-parts-direct.com
>
>They charged 150 quid plus VAT, but added on 38 quid plus VAT deposit,
>to be re-funded when I sent the old one back.

Is this part number 12806125? (Search got me
http://euro-saab-parts-direct.com/espd/partDetail.php?id=1012806125&QueryString=
Display&page=
which might be short-lived). GBP134, wow!

>It's still working fine, four years later.
>
>Don't forget to factor in the cost of getting the new one programmed
>for the car at a Saab dealer or specialist.

How much does this programming cost?

The Essex eBay guy lists his repair at GBP50 which obviously is more
of a bargain but I'm the wary type.

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Colin Stamp - 09 May 2008 17:11 GMT

>>I bought a "re-conditioned" one from here back in 2004
>>
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>http://euro-saab-parts-direct.com/espd/partDetail.php?id=1012806125&QueryString=
Display&page=
>which might be short-lived). GBP134, wow!

Mine was a 9-3 one. I've just dug out the invoice and the number was
5263223, which now shows "superseded" with a price of 305 quid! The
website is a bit crap really. I think the only way to find out if
they're still competitive is to phone them up.

>>It's still working fine, four years later.
>>
>>Don't forget to factor in the cost of getting the new one programmed
>>for the car at a Saab dealer or specialist.
>How much does this programming cost?

I think I was charged for half an hour's labour at a specialist. Main
dealers seem to have one hour as the minimum charge, but if you're
good at blagging and they're in a good mood, they might do it for
nothing.

>The Essex eBay guy lists his repair at GBP50 which obviously is more
>of a bargain but I'm the wary type.

I suppose the danger is that they just follow one of those procedures
involving insulating tape/foam etc. If they really do change the cable
(which is the *only* thing that would have fixed mine, and I guess
most others) then it's a bargain. I'd ask them if they change the
cable, and give it a go if they say they do.
An extra bonus, if you can be sure of getting your own one back, is
that you won't need to get it programmed.

Cheers,

Colin.

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