Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 09:45:57 -0800 From: "Douglas Swank" <dswanknopsamlwebSPAM.com> Subject: Re: 9000 clutch hydraulic failure
Indeed it can happen. I had the same symptoms you describe on my '86 9KT and the problem, as Ken mentions, turned out to be the hyraulic line. It cost me about $200, but I also got a new clutch pedal out of the deal. -Doug Ken Washington wrote: >Paul, > >At 45K miles I don't think it is the clutch. It sounds like the >hydraulic line to the clutch slave cylinder from the master cylinder >went kaput. I had this happen on my 83 900T in 1994. The clutch pedal >just died. The same thing can happen to the 9000 5spds. A white 9000T >was towed into the independent saabtech I use in Odenton. Their >hydraulic clutch line had gone out. It has to be replaced and bled >properly. Good luck.