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  1. I was thinking that myself but I don’t know if/when the vectra’s suspension was changed like the 9-5 was in 2002 and also the 9-5 is a bit heavier than a vectra so I don’t know how that would effect the damping effort from the strut. Has anyone else heard of someone trying this? I was trying to give it a google earlier today and found people talking about fitting cheap vectra coil over kits to their 9-5s and others saying the spring/damping rates wouldn’t work. I know I could buy a new strut, bump stop, top mount, spring, etc and build a complete new strut, but this costs far more than the £17+vat for a strut from upullit and sadly there’s other things I need to spend my money on right now.
  2. Bugger I checked upullit this morning. The 2005 Saab they had has been cubed, they now only have the smacked Aero left. I can’t even find any second hand struts on eBay apart for the odd random strut from Lithuania or Germany. I never knew 9-5s were getting so rare. I might try SCB, but last time I called them when I needed a second hand intercooler it was cheaper to buy a new one off eBay. It’s getting to the point where I’m going to have to swap the struts round.
  3. Thanks for the heads up, that would leave only a pre-facelift one to grab the struts off. But as mentioned above I don’t think these fit a facelift 9-5. Anyone else able to offer an opinion on this?
  4. Yeah I did think that but with the miles on them and how cheap they are at upullit I thought I’d just stick some new(er) ones on it.
  5. After hitting god knows how many potholes on the roads round where I live I noticed the Saab was making a knocking noise from the front. I initially thought it was a lower ball joint however when I removed the wheel I found this. The anti-roll bar link mount has sheared off. I’ve removed the whole link to allow me to keep the car on the road. The local upullit sells complete struts for £17+vat, as mine look like the originals so likely have 170,000+ miles on them I’m just going to replace both struts. They only have two Saabs 9-5s in the yard. One a pre-facelift and one an aero. I quite fancy grabbing the ones off the aero but what do you think the chances of them being ok are given the state off the donor vehicle: Would the pre-facelift ones fit? I’m sure I remember reading they made changes to the suspension. When they carried out the facelift.
  6. Don’t blame the hoses, blame the owners is what I say.
  7. If it makes you feel any better the sills in my 307 where made of fibre glass and blue towel. This handily stopped water draining so the inner sills rotted out as well. I was able to patch them back up and it provided faithful service for the next four years. Take your time and cut right back to good metal. Then just think of it as a big jigsaw puzzle where you have to make the pieces as you go along.
  8. I’d like to nominate the Fiat Stilo. I didn’t know these existed until I bought one with HGF, which turned out to be the water pump after I’d change the gasket. I didn’t look at the water pump initially as the previous owner told me it had already been changed. Fiat built them to rival the Golf so the interior was nicely put together and it was nice and quiet on the road. We had the 1.2 petrol with the six speed gearbox, this felt a lot faster than it had any right to be and the sixth gear gave great mpg on the motorway. It had soft long travel suspension that wouldn’t set any lap records and the reviewers complained about body roll but in the real world it was lovely and comfy. I later bought a Punto and I remember being disappointed by the NVH and the feel of the cabin compared to the Stilo.
  9. I twin tanked a clio when new veg oil at Costco was a lot cheaper than diesel. Used to get funny looks at the grange when I was filling the dino diesel tank I fitted in the boot. The smell used to make passengers hungry. Does anyone here make biodiesel that you can use in a modern common rail diesel? I always thought about given that a try and but there’s a few chemicals involved.
  10. Weird cantilever wiper arm arrangements to save money when converting from LHD to RHD. You could almost forgive it on a 206 but not the ultimate driving machine 5 series. I owned a 206 and the wipers annoyed me greatly, they always left a line of water on the driver’s side. I remember they even made watchdog as they were so crap. Also the laziness of just sticking a big bar across the firewall to work the brakes when converting to RHD. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-13566999.amp
  11. 100% agreement with this, the storage in my 9-5 is shocking. You get one glove box and that’s your lot. The door pockets are pointlessly tiny. The ones in the rear are even worse. I don’t know why they bothered even adding them as you’d be literally struggling to fit a pack of fags in them. My 307 had a handy cubby hole above your right knee which was perfect for works passes, etc. It also had long deep door pockets and a drawers under each front seat. Why was it felt necessary to not let your passenger have a drinks holder?
  12. Robbing bastards. My house insurance has also jumped from £120 to £200+. Shopping around has made no real difference to either price.
  13. I’ve been having repeated problems with this starting. A few times it’s gotten bum clenching close that I thought I was going to run out of battery. I found the part number for the starter and did an order by cheapest on ebay, I got one delivered for £13.50. I thought it would be worth stripping the second hand starter down and given it a clean and lubricate inside. Things went ok to start with and I got the solenoid off easily enough, I found the diaphragm had perished but it otherwise looked ok. I marked the case so I could put it together in the same orientation. Then things when down hill sharpish, both the long bolts that hold the motor together sheered as I tried to remove them. Even though I was taking it easy trying to work them back and forward and I was only using a 1/4” socket set. I think what I should have done was heated up the aluminium chunk the bolts screw into. The only real positive thing about this is I was planning on doing this strip down on my actual starter motor. I’m very glad I didn’t as it would have left me stranded. I’ve ordered another second hand one off eBay and that will be getting fitted as it comes!
  14. I suspect it's similar to my 307 which had esp but no button on the dash, see this guide for Peugeots, I'm assuming your car will be similar: https://www.peugeotforums.com/threads/how-to-add-esp-button-to-your-307-esp-cars-only.31865/ I bought a button off ebay, removed the blank from the dash and plugged into the wiring harness that was sitting all ready to go. I bought it as the esp can be a bit over sensitive when trying to set off in the snow. I also had problems with the ABS on my Peugeot as the wiring had gone rotten inside, the copper had turned all black. I had to cut it all back and solder in a new section:
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