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Date: 26 Nov 2003 18:37:49 GMT
From: Adrian <spamtrapnopsampman.freeisp.co.uk>
Subject: I want to beat a Saab engineer to death with a blunt spanner...


Open the bonnet ('88 c900i) and everything looks *dead* easy. Pah. I've just spent the day basically doing a full service. 1.5 out of 5 for "fun". Poor design :- - That Sodding Air Filter. What the hell were they thinking? *THIS* is why I want to beat a Saab engineer to death with a blunt spanner. Grrr. - That Sodding Alternator Bracket. F'ing thing was broken, so had to be swapped. Jaysus. Still, at least the allen bolts came undone, unlike the bracket donor. The belts aren't fun, either, but I do like that adjuster. Poor previous maintenance :- - Fuel filter unions. Seized solid. Did come in the end, though. - Power steering belt. It didn't help that the belt GS&F supplied was a bit too short, but it might have worked if the soddin' pivot bolt wasn't seized. - Oil filter. It was a Fram one on there, roughly the size of a bucket. If the alternator hadn't been out anyway, I think it'd still be in there... Nice place for coolant hoses, too. - Drain plugs weren't actually welded in, but if felt like it. At least they hadn't been rounded. Things that went well :- - Radiator. Of course, if the 4-year old one on there had been any bloody good, it wouldn't have needed doing again so soon. All the fins were corroded to dust. - Dizzie cap and rotor. Could it get any easier? - Reverse selector mod. Oooh! That's made all the difference. Or should this be in "poor design" that I had to do it at all? - Bleeding the cooling system. I hope it was as easy as it seemed.... I don't know if the fan works, it just won't get that warm! - Plugs - look easy, ran out of time. What's the odds they're seized? -- Adrian dakar - at - chapmanconsult - dot - co - dot - uk Team Desert Vikings, Plymouth-Dakar 2004 www.coldsoba.com/desertvikings www.plymouth-dakar.co.uk

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