Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:43:10 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: Lifetime of Saab
in article MPG.1fd523a221295f56ce2nospam.individual.net, Elder at carl.robsonnospamcing-czechs.com wrote on 27/11/2006 16:33: > In article <45686faa$0$1506$db0fefd9nospam.zen.co.uk>, > thedervmannospaml.com says... >> "- Bob -" <uctraingnospamanet.com> wrote in message >> news:7skgm2d79d1hoj8tbumrelkes78or46m99nospamcom... >>> On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:41:51 -0000, "DervMan" <thedervmannospaml.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> A good choice. I've always liked certain Saab features, specifically the >>>> dashboard and interior comfort. >>> >>> yea, except the part where you have to spend 4 hours changing a light >>> bulb in the dash... I like them too. >> >> Welcome to modern cars heh. >> >> > Oh no, to change the dash lights in a Saab 900 (old fashioned one) you > need to be a gynacologist. > > The quickest method is to open the window, then remove the drivers > speaker cover, stand outside the car, reach in through the window, down > the speaker hole while looking in through the windscreen, and locate the > quarter turn bulb holder that has blown. Well, you can just remove the dash fascia and reach over the top of the main gauges, but yes, a lot of things are a lot easier with the speaker grilles removed. How long did I prod into the dark trying to fix my heater control arm back onto that little noggin buried deep inside the dash? Speaker grille out ... 5 seconds :o > Or the proper method which is to start by taking out the ash tray, then > the lower center console, then the knee bolster than runs the length of > the car, then it gets complicated. And they made them that way since > 1979. ... Or just remove the dash fascia :) > -- > Carl Robson > Audio stream: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com:8000/samtest > Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com > Now Playing at home:Ghost Dance-Can the Can Goatsdance, eh? Now there's a name from the past. 'River of No Return' ... What a song! I like the way they put oddball phrases on the spiral scratch run out, like the Sisters of Mercy did :) Paul 1989 900 Turbo S http://saab.go.dyndns.org/
