Date: 18 Aug 2003 15:10:52 -0700 From: mikedeskevichnopsamo.com (Mike Deskevich) Subject: Re: 1989 900S advice
"saab search" <saabnopsaming.com> wrote in message news:<3AyZa.15523$ih.6583nopsamread02>... > I am thinking about picking up a 89 900s w/ 146k on it. Any advice or known > problems? > > thanks. i have an '89 900S (16v non-turbo) with 185,000 on it and it runs better than my subaru with 42,000. according to my local saab garage there are three major repairs that old saabs will need: 1 - clutch - well all cars need them i guess, but i'm still on the original and it's in better shape than my subaru's clutch, just amazing 2 - harmonic balancer - apparently as these things age they can slip off the shaft and cut the oil pump, this is a bad thing. mine was starting to wear so i had it replaced around 160,000 and everything's been fine since. 3 - power steering rack - mine started to make some noise around 170,000, all the saab garage had to do was change the fluid and all was well. they say around 200,000 or so i'm going to need to replace the rack, which will be costly. but i can't complain, i've only had one some what major repair (harmonic balancer) all this time and the car just won't die. hope this helps. mike
