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since i'm the only one responding... don't eat up every word i say. I'm not an expert like some of the other people on here are...
...i've been in the same position you have been before though, when my auto tranny from my 90 9k turbo was dying... i thought i would do anything to fix it. Now i wish i just got rid of it... because i did the extreme... literally spend like 3 years and more than half of my income on making it a crazy fast car with a new engine and 5-speed tranny... it's great, but for the money i spent i could have had a lot of nice newer cars... even a new saab!
I just told another saabnet member that instead of making a swap to a 5-speed, maybe look into replacing the auto trans for your year IF you can deal with the price...
...flush the fluid and cross your fingers, and just keep driving it until it dies... I think it is only a matter of time before it will break completely though.
when mine died, it was shifting between 2nd and 3rd i think, and it was a god awful clunk... a jolt so bad it broke a motor mount... and the engine just revved and the car went no where.. i don't even think reverse worked. Luckily i was on my street, of all places to be thank god!
The auto trans failed officially at uner 100,000 miles. I've seen this written before on here, and i'll say it again!
"may ZF burn in hell!"
Keep me posted... you may have MONTHS before it goes completely... start saving for repairs, or a new car completely! feel free to get 2nd 3rd and 4th opinions if you want though! keep in touch
-gavin
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