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20812
My sonett seems to stall when I brake hard. I can be going, say 40 MPH, push in the clutch, brake hard and the car will stall probably somewhere between...
David Porter
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Jan 1, 2006
10:30 pm
20813
ok i'll take a wack at it but i'm not well versed with saab 4 stroke specifics. what you are describing sounds like a classic low float setting problem i've...
charles christ
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Jan 2, 2006
12:12 am
20814
... Float level too low. Assuming this is a FoMoCo carb, it could be anything. I have seen throttle shafts move back and forth enough to make an increased ...
William 'Chip' Lamb
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Jan 2, 2006
2:26 am
20815
... Vacuum booster sucking air? Andy in pdx or...
Andrew Peterson
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Jan 2, 2006
5:25 am
20816
Sonetts don't have power brakes. -Jon....
Jonathan Dennis
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Jan 2, 2006
3:18 pm
20817
All, Hope everyone had a fun New Years. The center button for grounding the horn cirquit was missing when I got this car. A new one was sourced, and I am...
Thomas Spoto
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Jan 2, 2006
11:33 pm
20818
... Yup -- amazing, but true. You've got to admit that it's a low-cost, low-complexity, low-failure-risk solution....
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j1wi11iams
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Jan 2, 2006
11:41 pm
20819
After having adjusted the rear brakes to my satisfaction, I had a phantom partial lockup of the rear brakes while running a short errand the other day. Got...
William 'Chip' Lamb
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Jan 3, 2006
12:46 am
20820
... Yes. It has a couple _very_ loose windings around the column. If you wrap it too tight, the wire will tighten too mch when turning one direction. Andy in...
Andrew Peterson
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Jan 3, 2006
2:41 am
20821
The 2009 Saab 9-4 may be built in Mexico. It's just another GM badge. ...
Andrew Peterson
lyrlsbro
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Jan 3, 2006
2:53 am
20822
... So GM will build some plastic crap in Mexico. This has exactly what to do with vintage SAABs? _________________________________ Cheers- William "Chip" Lamb...
William 'Chip' Lamb
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Jan 3, 2006
3:19 am
20823
... I just wish somebody would build me some brake hoses. (Inside joke.) ... What it has to do with vintage SAABs is that it's something else we'll have to be...
troll96hunter@...
j1wi11iams
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Jan 3, 2006
3:34 am
20824
... UPS wasn't working today. ... Just laugh and point at yuppies and perhaps the non linear progression will make some sense. ... I was explaining that just...
William 'Chip' Lamb
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Jan 3, 2006
3:55 am
20825
Tom, how is the rest of the car coming along? Thomas Spoto <trspoto@...> wrote: All, Hope everyone had a fun New Years. The center button for grounding...
Dan Morley
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Jan 3, 2006
5:13 am
20826
... Yup, we had the D-Jet, the K-Jet and the LH-Jet, then GM came along and took away all the jets, but they still want to claim the heritage....
Andrew Peterson
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Jan 3, 2006
5:20 am
20827
Dan, The Sonett is coming along fine. Since I don't have a working welder I had the floor in the "trunk area replaced by a local Volkswagen moder. Heads had to...
Thomas Spoto
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Jan 3, 2006
5:52 pm
20828
... Wouldn't have surprised me. I put the 71 Sonett mags on the 78 today when I put it all back together. Love the ride from the 175/65/15 Continentals. ...
William 'Chip' Lamb
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Jan 3, 2006
11:04 pm
20829
Thanks to those of you who confirmed my suspicions. Regards Tom __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. Just...
Thomas Spoto
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Jan 4, 2006
2:54 am
20830
I picked up the radiator today and fit an electric fan to it prior to mounting it back on the car. I picked up the fan from a wrecking yard about a year ago...
Thomas Spoto
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Jan 4, 2006
3:20 am
20831
... This probably isn't the slickest way to do it, but I plumbed mine into the bypass hose, the one that runs from the T down the front of the engine to the...
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j1wi11iams
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Jan 4, 2006
3:50 am
20832
Tom, Martin Hilvers' site has a good blow-by-blow of the installation: http://members.home.nl/saab96/elfan/96elfan.htm And he's the one the helped me get mine...
Bill Tubbs
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Jan 4, 2006
3:58 am
20833
... Tom, We build custom Sonett radiators with 900T 16v fans mounted directly to the upper and lower crossmembers (a 99/early 900 fan will work but is HUGE by ...
William 'Chip' Lamb
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Jan 4, 2006
4:27 am
20834
... Just out of curiosity, what do you do for a 95/96, as opposed to a Sonett?...
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j1wi11iams
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Jan 4, 2006
4:32 am
20835
... Same thing, slightly different core for flow efficiency maintaining the correct cooling system capacity. _________________________________ Cheers- William...
William 'Chip' Lamb
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Jan 4, 2006
4:48 am
20836
Use a fitting from a 16 valve C900 mounted in the radiator hose, but replace the thermo switch with a cooler one. I am at work now, but can send pictures in...
Dan Morley
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Jan 4, 2006
5:09 am
20837
... On the 99/900 installation, the thermostatic switch is in the line after the radiator, which on the V-4 would mean the lower radiator hose to the water...
Andrew Peterson
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Jan 4, 2006
8:07 am
20838
... That's not a very practical location, since the fan should _never_ run before the thermostat opens and the car reaches full operating temperature. It also...
Andrew Peterson
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Jan 4, 2006
8:46 am
20839
Rather than go to all that trouble about sourcing all sorts of things from different suppliers why not just get a ready supplied kit i.e. ...
Tony Brooks
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Jan 4, 2006
9:38 am
20840
... A 99 or 900 (non turbo) fan will fit right on the front of the Sonett radiator, see http://members.home.nl/saab96/sonett/97frontfan.jpg You have to reverse...
Martin Hilvers
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Jan 4, 2006
11:33 am
20841
Through clicking various links from this list to electric cooling fan installations this morning, I've seen pics of two or three V4s. I noticed something...
Stefan Vapaa
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Jan 4, 2006
1:42 pm
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