toastedpickles Saab 9-5 2.3t SE build

toastedpickles

toyotaavensis wrote: »

Both cars are looking very well and changing the clutch once it is done you wont have to worry about it for a long time to come. Didnt know the aero had a different clutch with the extra power it makes sense it would have a different clutch.

Poly bushes will be nice. She will be better than the day she came out of the factory when your finished.

Yeah down to my last few hundred now, gona get a price off my mechanic to do the clutch tomorrow and see from there, I'm expecting about 800 all in

toyotaavensis

http://www.partsforsaabs.com/product_info.php?cPath=86_87_93&products_id=4497
ouch thet aren't cheap

toastedpickles

toyotaavensis wrote: »

http://www.partsforsaabs.com/product_info.php?cPath=86_87_93&products_id=4497
ouch thet aren't cheap

Nope

This is the regular one, cheap enough

http://www.neobrothers.co.uk/clutch-genuine-saab-p-1563.html?osCsid=00d5291944ac1950bde3552e8d9996a9

And the aero

http://www.neobrothers.co.uk/clutch-genuine-saab-aero-p-1565.html?osCsid=00d5291944ac1950bde3552e8d9996a9

toyotaavensis

Do you have to pay english VAT or can that be avoided?

Thats a balls to be honest. Is there an aftermarket option by someone like bosch/Luk/Sachs?

toastedpickles

toyotaavensis wrote: »

Do you have to pay english VAT or can that be avoided?

Thats a balls to be honest. Is there an aftermarket option by someone like bosch/Luk/Sachs?

Yeah you have to pay I've looked at the aftermarket yokes, they're even dearer

toyotaavensis

Sorry lad, thats a right balls.

toastedpickles

toyotaavensis wrote: »

Sorry lad, thats a right balls.

Ah no worries sure Yeah it is, i took it out there and it's not slipping now, done a few tests, slow take off, quick take off, got it to biting point with the handbrake on, solid as anything, we'l see tomorrow i guess

quadrifoglio verde

Seeing what you've done so far with the 95 and 900, changing the clutch yourself should be a walk in the park

toastedpickles

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Seeing what you've done so far with the 95 and 900, changing the clutch yourself should be a walk in the park

Just ordered it there, getting a hand with it from my mechanic, he's looking for 350 on the condition that i do the work with him, this way i can stick in the polybush kit i got and do the gearbox oil seal

All the birds, one stone

toastedpickles

As of next week I'll be doing this, I don't think I'll be taking many pictures, but this is the general procedure

fun times ahead

http://home.jtan.com/~joe/saab/clutch.htm

toastedpickles

This is what happens when i go online shopping at night, got two decals of the griffin logo, thought it would be cool to have them on the front seats, I think its a nice little feature, and if i get sick of them they can be removed
The driver side came out well, the passengers not so well, but none the less






And the passengers



So what do we think??

toyotaavensis

Looks nice

toastedpickles

The last piece of the puzzle arrived today
Genuine sachs clutch for 150 shipped

And a family photo of whats to be going in



Let the fun begin!

toastedpickles

Changed my rapidly deteriorating vacuum lines for some new blue silicone ones









And the state of one of the old vacuum lines

commited

Your slipping then not slipping clutch reminds me of the feeling you can get when oil has got onto the clutch.

toastedpickles

Ah bums anyways

toastedpickles

Done the coolant by pass valve today, known to give out at around the 100K mark I was playing roulette it seems with my car at 118K so i replaced it just to be safe

Things you'l need
A waterpump pliers
A new bypass valve
Cable tie cutters
Cable ties
New vacuum lines (optional)
Patience

To begin take this cover off



Which exposes this big ol loom piece, pull the red tab towards you like so




Then lift up the weather strip to show this bracket, while you're there undo the 10mm nuts holding the bracket to the firewall



Then move it out of the way somewhere, I originally had it like this but i moved it even further down by the intake pipe with a bungee cord



Then start removing the hose clips, these are tedius at best so you need a waterpump pliers for it, watch out for coolant spilling everywhere, one this is done cut the cable tie on it and take out the old one



Here's the new one and my feline assistant



Then fitting is the reverse of removal, there is a bracket on the back of it which you slide up into it like so then stick a new cable tie on it to secure it to the firewall



Bolt back up the metal panel, stick in the loom and the cover and jobs a good un!

unkel

toastedpickles wrote: »

Done the coolant by pass valve today, known to give out at around the 100K mark

Ah that little focker

The only 2 things that went wrong with my 9-5 (owned it from when it was 10 to when it was 12 years old) were the original alarm battery went (didn't bother replacing it - who'd steal a €1k car? ) and the coolant bypass valve. My mechanic (reputable indy garage) charged me €60 for it all-in labour and part. He burnt his hand though

I could be wrong but I seem to remember that those feckers tend to go after about 10 years time (regardless of mileage) and that they are replaced in Saab dealers after 7 years if you have your car serviced with them. So fair play to you, it was bound to pop any time!

Edit: forgot that the third thing that went wrong with my 9-5 was the drivers side window mechanism, the green plastic roller wheels broke. Thanks Opel for your inferior part Fixed that myself for a tenner or something, parts from eBay...

and the fourth thing was the plastic cover of the dipstick that died of brittle old age. Got a wholed dipstick assembly from a breaker for a fiver

toastedpickles

unkel wrote: »

Ah that little focker

The only 2 things that went wrong with my 9-5 (owned it from when it was 10 to when it was 12 years old) were the original alarm battery went (didn't bother replacing it - who'd steal a €1k car? ) and the coolant bypass valve. My mechanic (reputable garage) charged me €60 for it all-in labour and part. He burnt his hand though

I could be wrong but I seem to remember that those feckers tend to go after about 10 years time (regardless of mileage) and that they are replaced in Saab dealers after 7 years if you have your car serviced with them. So fair play to you, it was bound to pop any time!

Yeah it was a right pain to get the clips off! other than that piece of cake, took my time and that was grand, the old valve was intact but as you said, could've went at any time

toastedpickles

So i thought it would be interesting to do a little summary of the work done on the car to date

Sump drop
Pcv#6
Cps sensor
Ball joints
Throttle body
Drop links
New tyres
Fully serviced 10k ago
Coolant bypass valve
Led interior
Camshaft plug blanked
New thermostat
Coilpack (used)
Flat wiper blades
Installed small fire extinguisher
Cabin temp sensor
New window rollers
Oil pressure switch changed
High flow turbo delivery pipe + associated pipework
New vacuum lines

Things yet to go in

New clutch
Radiator
Polybush subframe kit
Rear crankshaft oil seal

renofan

I've seen you a few times driving through Newbridge in the 95. Car is a credit to you, looks really well.

toastedpickles

renofan wrote: »

I've seen you a few times driving through Newbridge in the 95. Car is a credit to you, looks really well.

Have you? Well thank you very much If you're local I may show you it sometime if you want

renofan

toastedpickles wrote: »

Have you? Well thank you very much If you're local I may show you it sometime if you want

Didn't have the courage to shout "Hey Toastedpickles, I know you off the 'net" across the street as you were driving by!! People think I'm mad enough without that! Ya may call out to you some Sat as I'd like to see the other yoke too

Chris_Heilong

renofan wrote: »

Didn't have the courage to shout "Hey Toastedpickles, I know you off the 'net" across the street as you were driving by!! People think I'm mad enough without that! Ya may call out to you some Sat as I'd like to see the other yoke too

I would have...

toastedpickles

renofan wrote: »

Didn't have the courage to shout "Hey Toastedpickles, I know you off the 'net" across the street as you were driving by!! People think I'm mad enough without that! Ya may call out to you some Sat as I'd like to see the other yoke too

Sure fire away! drop me a pm sure and I'm sure Ill be around!

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

I would have...

HEYOR!! ARE YOOOOO FROM DE INTERNEH??

toastedpickles

So as we can all see, nothing much has been done on the car, because there's nothing really to do! Needs new pads and rear discs soon, but other than that, it's as right as it can be

Still puts a stupid grin on my face 8 months later

toastedpickles

So at last an update most of it is in the chat thread but sure, might as well stick it in here too

Went to the shops last night, two perfectly good headlights, came out of the shops and one decided to not work, so i tried banging the headlight which usually does the job but not this time, so i carried on without it and got a spare, still no joy

Took it into work today and found it was blowing fuses whenever we turned on the light so we presumed it was going to ground somewhere along the loom, so off with the front of the car, lights, bumper, grille, and traced the loom back to the fusebox over on the right of the engine, no joy, so done a few tests on it, eventually turned out to be the bulb itself was shorting and causing the problems, new correct bulb in, reassembled the front, while cursing the car to the ground :pac: and its all good again

toastedpickles

Wee bit of an update is in order i think!

Getting new rear brakes soon, had the throttle body changed (again) with a proper one and all seems to be well again, what was thought to be a split inter cooler was all caused by a rightly fecked throttle body, going to source a boost leak on friday also so that should be fun!

toastedpickles

Small ol job today, replaced this little fella on the intake manifold




Brake booster vacuum line was a bit loose, and one night it came out altogether, with me nearly hitting the arse of a bus

So after a bit of a wait it came from sweeden today, and after a few calls it turned out all i really needed was the red cap

So that's where it is! out with the line, out with the cap and same in reverse



I've a little something planned for the next while so hopefully it'l come to fruition

wotzgoingon

Would you not just have replaced the new part? Rather than taking off the red piece? Just so it would be new and all.