Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 09:00:10 -0600 From: Michael <mitchvisnopsame-link.com> Subject: Re: '912 900 S Wit' No Transmission
Ken Washington wrote: > > Whether you go with the rebuilt or salvage tranny, it is still cheaper than > trying to find another car, especially if that is the only major thing wrong > with your 900. I had an 83 900T and 87 900S. I would still be driving them, > if they had not been totalled. I have an 87 9000S with 200,650 miles. I paid > $3400 for the car in Dec. 97. If the engine or tranny went, I would replace > with a used. I know the rest of the car is sound, and what I have put into > it. I would not want to start from scratch again with someonelse's > headaches. If you replace your tranny, just make sure you use regular oil > and drain/replace it every 20K to 25K. I did that with my 83 900T and had > over 251,000 trouble free miles before an accident sent it to the salvage > yard. > > Ken Washington > 87 9000S > 87 900S > 83 900T > > Michael wrote: > > > One year ago I bought a '91, 900s for $5,000 88K - Good so far... > > > > Six months ago I spent $1,000 on the clutch/slaves > > > > Saturday, the pinion gear went out and (sez the dealer) wasted the > > tranny. > > > > The dealer will charge $3,000 (installed) for a 'SAAB' rebuilt tranny. > > > > Well, the car is only worth that, wholesale -- The dealer doesn't even > > want it to fix and resell. > > > > I found a couple of salvage trannies $900-$1,300 hundred with another > > $1,000 for an install---total $2,000. > > > > Sooooo, I'm looking at a car that won't go and is worth nuttin' or > > putting $2-3,000 in it? > > > > Anybody got a plan? > > > > Michael Glaser > > > > Address e-mail to both : > > mitchvisnopsame-link.com > > mitchvisnopsamnet Thanks, Ken. Problem is, this is beginning to look like a cycle!-- I bought the car with (only) 86,000 miles in Sept. '99. The owner put in a rebuilt tranny at around 50K -- I thought I was already safe! -- He said the previous owner didn't know how to drive a stick. (But, *I* know how to drive a stick!) Then, last April I sunk $1,000 in a total clutch/master/slave intsall. ("A spring on a shaft broke and lodged somewhere and threw a bearing somewhere?) It was one, frozen, mess. It only went less than a thousand miles (after that) before the tranny went out last week. I suppose the tranny was 'stressed' by the clutch problem? Thus, this is the third tranny and two clutches in under 90,000 miles!?!?! (I believe a new clutch went in the rebuild at 50K as well....) Since the used tranny only has 60K and is 1/3 the cost of a rebuild ($1,200 versus $3,400) , I have to take a chance. Jeeze, the last guy sunk four grand in a rebuild and it still only went 25,000 miles! Seems like the big 'IF' is: IF the other parts are ok -- 'eh? Clearly, the drive train is 'ususally' the most expensive and at least that will be in fairly decent shape. Also, if ya have an older SAAB it is almost necessary to have access to a good, non-dealer mechanic. Not that the dealer wants to soak me -- but I really need an alternative to 'new parts' if I only put on a few thousand miles a year. Michael Glaser Address e-mail to both : mitchvisnopsame-link.com mitchvisnopsamnet
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