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Time to convert Convertable Top to Mechanical? Advise..
Posted by JohnSE (more from JohnSE) on Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:03:16
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Well after 3 years of problem free motoring with my 95 900S convertable (now with 107K on the dial) the top has stopped half way up. I took the car to my local Indi mechanic hoping that it was just out of alignment, unfortunately his diagnosis was the control module, one of the motors, and various microswitches were bad. This was a bit amazing since the top has worked perfect up until friday when it stopped half way up. His minimum estimate for repair was $2,200.
He reccomended that I take the car to the local saab dealer where he used to be the head of service and have them diagnose the problem and than to work them over to see if they would chip in since there have been numerous recalls against that model year.
Even if they pay half it's still big numbers. I am considering to just use the top mechanically with the drive motors disengaged. I would have to figure out how to latch the rear part of the top into the toneau cover and I would have to figure out how to make a mechanical release for the same cover so the top could be stuffed into it.
Has anybody given this a shot? It seems to me to be worth it if a nice clean system could be worked out.
Any input out there?
Oh yea the best part is that I just made the last payment and said to myself , "wow what a great car this has been for the last 3 years" I should have known better.
JohnSE
95 900s CV 107K with stuck top
98 900 SET 70K
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