Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 21:58:22 -0500 From: turbospgnopsamsouth.net Subject: Re: Looking for a Shop Manual 85 900 Turbo
go to the dealer, the bently is about $45-55 depending on where you get it.If you have a Credit card, go to the http://borders.com or http://amazon.com or http://barnesandnoble.com they go sometimes for $35 those places as for parts, just post here, alot of people (like me) have tons of spare parts in their garages, and are dying to make room/trades! Mark 91 SPG Jeremy Fennema wrote: > I was wondering if someone could point me to a couple of resources. First, I > need to find a good shop manual for my 85. I have the Hayes manual, but have > been a little disappointed with some of the pictures and I thought I read in > the postings about a Bentley (? doesn't sound right but I may be close) manual > which may be a bit better. Any idea where I could get my hands on this. > > Second, I need a good source for new parts and Saab specific tools. Most of > the parts I need I pull from a u-pull-it-yourself place near where I live in > Baltimore, but something like an APC valve I'm not going to want used from a > junk yard. > > Last, has anyone come across a product called Friction Free 3000. I have a > friend who wants me to try it out in my engine cause I had been complaining > about by my waning gas mileage. He says it's made by Billstein (not sure if I > got the spelling correct, they're in Europe and they make some Mercedes parts > as well?). Excerpt from the pamphlet he gave me: "Friction Free 3000 is > comprised of soft ductile metals, uniform and spherical in a shape ranging > from 5 to 15 microns in size. The specific type, size, shape, and suspension > agents are formulated to provide solid boundary lubrication performance even > under extreme conditions ... " I guess the idea is that the small ball > bearings fill in the pits and grooves in the block to make everything flush > again and then the extra act as a lubricant in conjunction with the oil. I > know the owners manual says not to use any oil additives, but I wondered > whether anyone had come across this stuff before and the kind of results they > had gotten if they had. > > Thanks as always for the info. I really enjoy this group, such good > information and it's nice to know that I'm not the only one with a sagging > header in the back of my car. > > Cheers, > > Jeremy Fennema > '85 900 Turbo 131K mi and counting
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