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Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 14:36:34 -0500
From: "kwbrewer" <kwbrewernopsams.com>
Subject: Re: Rear Seal and rip off


with the proper tools & knowledge a saab tech can replace the crankseal & oil pump o-ring in less than 3 hours......diy i can see taking alot longer but no where near 15 hours unless you r & r eng/trans assy...even then 15 hours is excessive kwbrewer Harrie van Dijk wrote in message <01be19e2$c23f8a80$LocalHostnopsam8140>... >I don't want to defend a Saab dealer anywhere but exchanging a rear end >seal takes a lot longer than you think. You can't reach the damn thing >espescially when there is power steering in the way. I wonder if the other >replicants to this posting have ever replaced a seal at the back of the >engine. I own several Saabs and have drivin them for well over 600.000 km. >Rear end seals are a returning problem every 150 k km or so. I can't figure >out how somebody would be able to do an exchange in 4 hours! > >I've rebuild transmission, engines from scratch and have a work shop >equiped with all the nescessary tools and it still takes me and my father >in law (4 Saabs and 1000.000 + km) 5 hours to simply exchange an engine >(It's handy to allways have two complete engines in stock) So if anyone can >please explain how you can move the engine and replace the seal in 4 hours >your more then welcome!! Maybe Justin vanabrahams would like to shed some >light on this. > >Harrie

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