Date: 26 Oct 2000 19:13:09 GMT From: saab85900nopsamcom (Saab85900) Subject: Re: Automatic Transmissions on Classic SAAB's
>What is the general viewpoint of the automatic >transmission on a 1985 SAAB 900 Turbo. I am looking at one, and can't >remember if you all said it was bad or OK. I think you'll find te general viewpoint to be that they are bad. My 85 900T automatic has 190K on it. Had it serviced (for the first time) about 4 months ago--it needed a new cable, and the belts were adjusted a tiny bit. Have been running synthetic ATF in it since about 15,000 miles (when my neighbor still owned it. I probably wouldn't have had an automatic, but my wife won't drive manual. Dick in Falls Church