Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 17:02:27 +0300 From: "Seppo Metsälä" <semenopsambaud.fi> Subject: Re: Alternator removal on 88 900s
erogers wrote in message <7jj7tm$jdp$1nopsammn.news.rcn.net>... >Hello , I need to replace the alternator on my 1988 Saab 900s . It look like >an easy job until I tried to remove the bottom bolt. There is not enough >room between the firewall and the alternator to remove the bolt. Does any >one know how this is done ? >Ed. > At least in Saab 99 you could loosen an engine mount and use jack under the gearbox to raisen the engine so that you can take the bolt away. In 900 if i remember right you could take the alternator out with its bracket (i'm not sure of this). Anyway there is more room in 900 than in 99 so it should be manageable. Seppo