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33166
... The ignition key and lock on a Sonett are not the same as found on the 95/96. I've always thought the keys look more like a Peugeot key. Andy in PDX OR...
Andy Peterson
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Nov 1, 2008
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33167
... Rather liberally put. A bit of a risky statement in the presence of someone who grew up across the border from Köln but closer to Köln (60km) than the...
remji2@...
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Nov 1, 2008
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33168
... My '74 Sonett came pre-modified with the removable top cross brace. Even with that, when I removed the drivetrain, it had to come out at a pretty steep...
Trollhunter
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Nov 1, 2008
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33169
I would seriously consider verifying your ignition setting as I have always understood the index marks on the rotor and dist body to be there for installation...
Bill Trench
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Nov 1, 2008
2:06 pm
33170
They look the same but the Sonett has to be pushed in before the final turn. Insert key, turn to first stop to right, fuel pumps fir up Push key in to allow...
Lester
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Nov 1, 2008
2:37 pm
33171
On Sat, 11/1/08, Bill Trench <btren@...> wrote: "I would seriously consider verifying your ignition setting as I have always understood the index...
Dan Morley
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Nov 1, 2008
3:38 pm
33172
On Sat, 11/1/08, Lester <oldsaabguy@...> wrote: They look the same but the Sonett has to be pushed in before the final turn. Insert key, turn to first...
Dan Morley
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Nov 1, 2008
3:54 pm
33173
FWIW, I've had 2 '68s, and one had the push-in ignition. The 2 '69s I later owned did not have the push-in feature. Interestingly, the push- in ignition switch...
Pat Quinlan
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4:01 pm
33174
... It is the _lower_ bar that causes trouble... In my Sonett III have made that bar removable and had no problem to remove the engine only. The upper bar is...
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Nov 1, 2008
6:10 pm
33175
I removed & re-installed the engine/transmission in my 71 Sonett as one piece without removing the top or bottom support bars. It was a very tight fit with...
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Nov 1, 2008
11:27 pm
33176
... You're supposed to separate the lower ball joint from the lower control arm on one side so that you can slide the transmission to one side and separate the...
Andy Peterson
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Nov 2, 2008
12:05 am
33177
... my '73 Sonett and remove only the engine, leaving the transmission in ... 95/96, ... I'm ... the ... (One ... Actually, with the bonnet removed, it is very...
pathogenicfrog2
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Nov 2, 2008
12:53 am
33178
Does anyone know if Jack makes an exhaust for a C900? The '90 SPG is completely exhaust free at the moment, having cracked the downpipe in front of the cat...
Phil Lacefield Jr.
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Nov 2, 2008
12:54 am
33179
... Wouldn't hurt to give him a call. He probably has some good ideas. Andy in PDX OR...
Andy Peterson
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Nov 2, 2008
1:14 am
33180
... Moving the timing to ATDC at idle was one of the things done on "lean-burn" engines, which tend to run far hotter than pre-emission engines. Dan, have you...
Andy Peterson
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Nov 2, 2008
1:24 am
33181
On Sat, 11/1/08, Phil Lacefield Jr. <phil@...> wrote: Does anyone know if Jack makes an exhaust for a C900?   Phil, several years ago I installed a...
Dan Morley
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Nov 2, 2008
4:22 am
33182
If you want to hear an MSS Exhaust system which I purchased from Chip, I posted a video of my 71 Sonett III at http://saab1971sonett3project.spaces.live.com/ ...
pfezj
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Nov 2, 2008
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33183
Andy,I have no clue what made you assume I didn't? I simply said that the bearing cap came off and I lost some bearings. Paul Z, Indiana ... as ... was a ... ...
pfezj
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Nov 2, 2008
5:57 am
33184
... It's just that people _do_ remove the engine and transmission without pulling one side out of the cup, and that tends to encourage the rollers to come off....
Andy Peterson
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Nov 2, 2008
7:39 am
33185
... Or instead, nowadays a lot of us remove the bolts that hold the lower ball joints into the control arms, pivot the wheel uprights outward at the bottom,...
Trollhunter
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Nov 2, 2008
2:53 pm
33186
... Not true. Only certain industrial V4s came with all-steel gears and usually when there was a fourth PTO gear below the crank gear - yeah, they did that....
William 'Chip' Lamb
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Nov 3, 2008
3:44 am
33187
... They do, I have a ca 1996 system on my red SPG to this day. _________________________________ Cheers- William "Chip" Lamb West of Sweden SAAB Richmond, VA....
William 'Chip' Lamb
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Nov 3, 2008
3:44 am
33188
I have got hold of a V4 Eberspacher engine heater which includes detailed installation instructions photocopied from a Swedish V4 Saab manual. This heater...
Jonathan Hopper
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Nov 3, 2008
12:06 pm
33189
... Is that the electric engine block heater coil that you fit in a freeze plug (like this one for a 900;...
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Nov 3, 2008
1:31 pm
33190
Its the petrol fueled space heater... Potentially like a car-bomb! I'll try Eberspacher directly... 2008/11/3 <m.hilvers@...>...
Jonathan Hopper
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Nov 3, 2008
2:02 pm
33191
Like John Moss showed at the convention? The one that starts by putting unburned fuel air mixture into your garage until it finally lights up? Looks neat...
Lester
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Nov 3, 2008
3:48 pm
33192
... http://www.eberspacher.com/ But I cannot find any information about that type of heater though... -- MH RE: [vSAAB] Eberspacher heater ... ...
m.hilvers@...
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Nov 3, 2008
9:41 pm
33193
Now had a closer look... Its a BN2 S heater - the BN2 seems to have been a popular choice to fit to VW vans; perhaps the S denotes a version of this heater...
Jonathan Hopper
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Nov 4, 2008
2:32 pm
33194
We had one of these in my mom's VW camper van.... It always reeked of gasoline and never really did much for heating the cavernous interior. She was forever...
Barton C. Fiske
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Nov 4, 2008
5:31 pm
33195
All of our parents would be doing hard time under today's laws.  :) I distinctly remember kids' parents squishing 5 or more of us into the backseats of...
Eric P
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