Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 02:06:13 -0300 From: J Dexter <webmannnopsamdress.org> Subject: was: carb or injection - is: weirdest things said about your SAAB
Salutations: I love when this happens in a newsgroup.. OK - here's mine.. It was a dark, stormy and moonless September night on the old TransCanada highway between Belle St. Anne and Grand Falls when my 1984 900 with the donor a-series motor and I pulled into the Blue Moon Gas Bar/Diner.. They man behind the pump asks to check the oil (you know, way back when someone also asked if you wanted you window washed as part of the regularly priced fill-up?) .. I digress.. After the obligatory walk around to proudly show everybody how the forward leaning hood worked - he pops up and says: "M'Dieu - is that some sort of helicopter engine in there man?".. I smile, listen carefully to see if there is again something wrong with the muffler and figure he's pulling my leg when his partner pops up and says "..naw Maurice - it's the exactly same one on Paul's Cessna".. One of the cool things about owning a SAAB when they were forwarding comparatively exotic technology for the day in North America was that you got to tell folks at gas stations about them every so often.. Hey - some swish pair of after market hydraulic motor mounts arrived at my door today from my Continental brothers for $70.00(USD) each.. Did the local Dealer for the lower rear engine engine mount for $85.00(CND) and picked up a rebuilt water pump from Cardone for another $89.00(CND). The UPS people again beat $50(CND) out of me for customs shakedowns and walking it across a warehouse at Pearson Airport. 'Free-Trade' my flat arse.. My Livery man tells me it's might run four hours to swap out the mounts and replace the pump. Beware fellow 9000 owners - letting those lower hydraulic motor mounts go waiting for the Christmas bonus is a very tricky business.. On the whole, I think I'm getting out of this relatively cheaply though.. I bought for $1,800(CND) and made 40,000km with it so far.. your pal J Dexter webmaster - http://www.dexterdyne.org/ All tunes, no ads, no news, no weather, no phone in, All the Time.. Tom Stockton wrote: > > Hello > > I've just purchased a 1997 900 s Talledega, I am loving it. Let me make > it clear that I am not a mechanic at all. I was showing some of my work > colleagues under the bonnet and they pointed out the fact that as the car > appeared to have a distributor then it cannot therefore be fuel injected > !?!? Come on guys, whats the score here? Are the guys at work deranged > (dont need that confirmed really ;) ) or does my car have a carb ? > > Thanks in Advance for the info. > > Tom
