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Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:41:56 -0400
From: Malt_Hound <Malt_Houndnospamm*yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Clutch finally went...


Gemini Jackson wrote: > On Wed, 25 May 2005 08:09:18 -0400, Malt_Hound > <Malt_Houndnospamm*yahoo.com> wrote: > > >>Gemini Jackson wrote: >> >>>On Tue, 24 May 2005 00:13:46 +0100, "Charles C." On Tue, 24 May 2005 >>>00:13:46 +0100, in alt.autos.saab you wrote: >> >>>>with engine running >>>>Handbrake (emergency or parking brake) on >>>>Put the car in top gear (5th) >>>> >>>>Release clutch pedal slowly. If engine runs you need a new clutch. If >>>>engine stalls then the problem is elsewhere (eg. hydraulics). >>> >>> >>>The engine does not 'rev', and does go dead once clutch is released. >>>Is this an absolute indicator of a hydraulic problem and not the >>>clutch? >> >>Yes. >> >>Are you certain that you even have a hydraulic clutch? As I mentioned >>in another reply, the '97s had cable actuated clutches. Hydraulic >>clutch was a '98 addition. >> >>-Fred W > > > I'm far from an expert on it, but I was told it was hydraulic by a > repair shop. What is the Model year? You can tell by the 8th to last digit in the VIN. A '97 model year will have a VIN# ending "Vxxxxxx". '98's will have "Wxxxxxxx". I verified on the Electronic Parts Catalog that '98 was the first year for hydraulic clutch actuators and that is only for LHD cars. RHD 900's had a cable even in '98. -Fred W

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