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The best and most comprehensive service manuals are the official SAAB manuals, available from you local SAAB dealer's parts department, but they are VERY expensive, costing hundreds of dollars. You can buy just sections of the manuals, however, such as "Electrical System", for reduced prices.
A quick survey shows that the excellent Robert Bentley service manuals on the classic 900 (1 volume for 8-valve models, 1981-88, and another volume for 16-valve models, 1985-1993 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0837603137/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0837603137&linkCode=as2&tag=thesaabnetwork)are still available from major on-line book sellers such as Amazon, Barnes & Nobel, etc.
Unfortunately, Bentley has never published a service manual for the SAAB 9000. The only 9000 manual that I know about is the one from Haynes (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1859607640/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1859607640&linkCode=as2&tag=thesaabnetwork), but it is no longer listed on the major on-line book sellers' inventories. I did find it on a British on-line site (Motor Books), so it is still being published, but does not seem to be generally available in the U.S.
There is a manual available from Chilton for the classic 900 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801975727/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0801975727&linkCode=as2&tag=thesaabnetwork, but I have found the Chilton manuals to be incomplete and of generally poor quality.
If someone owns a new generation 900, a 9-3, or a 9-5, it appears that they are out of luck when it comes to service manuals other than the official ones from SAAB - I couldn't find a single manual on-line for these models.
Maybe someone else on this BB knows of other sources/publishers of SAAB manuals?
[Webmaster Note: NG900 Manual - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1859605125/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1859605125&linkCode=as2&tag=thesaabnetwork - 9-3 Manual - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1844256146/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1844256146&linkCode=as2&tag=thesaabnetwork - 9-5 Manual - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/184425156X/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=184425156X&linkCode=as2&tag=thesaabnetwork
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