Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 18:13:28 GMT From: "James Sweet" <jamessweetnospamail.com> Subject: Re: Transmission trouble
"K.M." <kai.manniknospamku.com> wrote in message news:41e146f6$0$28580$8e79b8c8nospam.yhteys.mtv3.fi... > > "Craig's C900 Site" <c900nospam.apana.org.au> kirjoitti > viestiss”:crqe6f$piv$2nospam.apana.org.au... > > > So the first reply went to Craig's C900 site... :-) > > Yes, the car has automatic transmission, forgot to put that in my original > message. So a bit more about the symptoms: the car is shifting but it's > moving very slowly at first, until the transmission (I think) warms up a > bit. The engine has to run fast to get the car going. We are now talking of > temperatures below 0ƒC (32F?). The car has done the same before but the > temperature then was about -15ƒC (5F?), but now it happens even in 0ƒC. > > The car is old and does not have any computers or like, so it's all > mechanic. > > When the car is running warm, it behaves normally. There is really not so > much power than you would expect from a engine of that size, but I've > thought that is't because it is an old car, driven more than 300000 km:s, so > the engine too might be a little worn out. > > The biggest trouble in this is that I haven't managed to get a > repairhandbook concerning automatic transmission, not Saab or any other > either. Automatic transmission is not so common here in Finland so there > aren't many in here who can repair them, and those who exist are very > expensive, that's why I really would like to do this myself. > Automatic C900's are rare anywhere in the world, they were just never very popular. That engine performs quite well with a manual but the slushbox just saps away enough of the power to make it feel weak.
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