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23989
Hey all, Last spring I redid the 3 fiberboard panels in the trunk area of my Sonett. The original glue had let go and the boards were falling apart. I went...
ericinvermont
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Oct 1, 2006
12:21 pm
23990
Has anyone had experience in removing the studs from the V-4 heads that hold on the exhaust header? The reason I ask is that they do get in the way...
ericinvermont
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Oct 1, 2006
12:29 pm
23991
Wait!! I know the answer! It just dawned on me- you probably can't get a bolt in the bottom hole once you move the exhaust header into place. Especially if...
ericinvermont
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Oct 1, 2006
1:27 pm
23992
... Actually, I've seen several cars with the MSS exhaust on which the bottom studs were replaced with a allen head screw. the origianl V-4s came with with...
Andrew Peterson
lyrlsbro
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Oct 1, 2006
4:10 pm
23993
Any one out there have any leads on a 1967 (or other interchangeable years) Sonett V4 chassis? I recently found #310 for sale, but the chassis is almost...
laj_leeds
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Oct 1, 2006
10:52 pm
23994
Eric, Taking out the studs is usually pretty easy. I just run 2 nuts down the stud, tighten them together and then unscrew it using the inside nut. Sometimes...
oddsaabs
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Oct 2, 2006
1:30 am
23995
Saw my first Lotus Elise in Santa Fe the other day. Weird. galanti...
paul galanti
agedsaaber
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Oct 2, 2006
3:07 am
23996
One thing you might consider, is after heating the stud melting wax into the threads. It wicks in and helps lubricate the threads. An old trick a Chief...
Tom
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Oct 2, 2006
4:10 am
23997
... _If_ you should have the misfortune of breaking a stud, we used to remove them from MG cast iron manifolds by using a very small tip on an oxy-acetelyne...
Andrew Peterson
lyrlsbro
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Oct 2, 2006
5:06 am
23998
It should be one of 325 cars with the wooden dash. Quite rare, no idea as to value in that condition. laj_leeds <laj_leeds@...> wrote: Any one...
Dan Morley
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Oct 2, 2006
5:43 am
23999
Or the Flying Wings. B-49 Flying Wing The YB-49 evolved from the unconventional XB-35 "flying wing; its development being prompted by a 1944 study of the...
paul galanti
agedsaaber
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Oct 2, 2006
2:37 pm
24000
I understand that the switch from driving on the left in Sweden to driving on the right was done over a weekend. Trucks switched on Friday, buses on Saturday...
paul galanti
agedsaaber
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Oct 2, 2006
2:37 pm
24001
It seems to me that on Saturday the trucks and buses would be having head on collisions. Would not all traffic have to switch at the same time? paul galanti...
Dan Morley
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Oct 2, 2006
3:44 pm
24002
Sequential? Now THAT must have been fun to watch! ... From: vSAAB@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vSAAB@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of paul galanti Sent: Monday,...
Bill Tubbs
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Oct 2, 2006
3:55 pm
24003
Come on guys... this old joke has been going around for decades........... Tom...
Tom Nelson
elkmtnman
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Oct 2, 2006
4:21 pm
24004
Nah, unless it was a feeble joke, there weren't any trucks or buses on the road that weekend. galanti...
paul galanti
agedsaaber
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Oct 2, 2006
4:48 pm
24005
A friend of mine has a 89 C900 with the 16v turbo. He's done some performance mods, and has since chucked 3rd gear in 2 transmissions. He's procrastinating...
Martin Wedel
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Oct 2, 2006
5:44 pm
24006
... He needs to learn how to shift a non-Japanese transmission. Speed-shifting is not recommended in any SAAB transmission. Pause between gears next time. ...
William 'Chip' Lamb
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Oct 2, 2006
6:19 pm
24007
... http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/bomber/b-35.htm ... http://www.globalaircraft.org/planes/yb-49_flying_wing.pl ... Here's a link to a B-36 site with...
Andrew Peterson
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Oct 3, 2006
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24008
... I've had four 99s. One belonged to a kid who had trashed the transmission before i got it, but I managed to nurse it along for three years. One didn't have...
Andrew Peterson
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Oct 3, 2006
12:56 am
24009
... It would be interesting to know what the status of George Celedinas' '67 Sonett V4 is. I don't think he's driving any more and his son wasn't too ...
William 'Chip' Lamb
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Oct 3, 2006
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24010
... As far as I remember, everyone switched side at the same time. But I was only 10, so wikipedia has to come to my help here. It says that it happened the...
Karolina Lindqvist
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Oct 3, 2006
6:29 am
24011
... Thank you for that hint, I think. If I understand right what you are speaking about. One of the studs, that holds the exhaust pipe, in my SAAB96, has ...
Karolina Lindqvist
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Oct 3, 2006
6:41 am
24012
It was a tired old joke, but nice to hear from someone with some memory of the switch. I can't imagine something like that ever happening in the US even when...
galanti
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Oct 3, 2006
2:42 pm
24013
Hey Jonathan, Thanks for your advice. I would like to know the size (length) and thread pitch for the bolts. Eric in Vermont ... I have a bag of ... pitch....
ericinvermont
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Oct 3, 2006
10:44 pm
24014
Tom, I like that idea of using wax. Seems like I've heard it before. I've had people tell me to apply penetrating oil, then heat the part and the penetrating...
ericinvermont
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Oct 3, 2006
10:51 pm
24015
Well, I've had a tough few weeks vehicle-wise. First, I was doing some brush-hogging up back with my 1949 Ford 8N, and drove a stick right through the...
ericinvermont
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Oct 3, 2006
11:31 pm
24016
Interesting! His is #309, one number from the one that I found. Chip, do you know if there were any chassis changes from 1967 to 1968 that would prevent them...
laj_leeds
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Oct 3, 2006
11:59 pm
24017
... As the family story goes, my Swedish farfar Karl Ludwig Gustafsson was killed at the age of 84 on his bicycle by a German salesman who got confused having ...
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ThorCarlson
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Oct 4, 2006
12:11 am
24018
Eric, The bag says M10x50 SHCS. They are black 6mm allen wrench size 5cm long from the bottom of the head to the end of the threads. There are grading marks...
oddsaabs
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Oct 4, 2006
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