Shep Shepherd Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Result! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedracer Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Thank fuck, these tenterhooks are awfy uncomfy ! Sent from my X17 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbenn Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Pretty bloody good show by the old bus there! 200k up AND done over 20k in the last year. You've got to fix it after that performance! SiC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Excellent news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Well done Sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 You fixed it and written a full suite of android diagnostic apps yet? SiC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 She flew thru the emissions the tester said! Looking at the number though, doesn't look that spectacularly clean. Hopefully these may help. £8.50 with postage for 4, I didn't even know they were genuine parts when I ordered - bargain! I realised later the eBay seller is a Saab dealer. Hopefully it'll help make her run a bit smoother too. Going to have ago cleaning the throttle body as the idle can, on occasions be unstable. Unstable idles do nothing to help my nerves when stuck in traffic... Kiltox, oldcars, Sigmund Fraud and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 Also, did you actually tell them what issues it had, and that their decision would decide its future or just hand them the keys and wander off? Did you have to excuse the state of the tyres or not bother?Nah, I know the guys well, so I end up giving it's life story before hand. I'm sure they don't really care! I think they find it quite funny that I drive around in mostly old crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 Worn plugs are worn. I measure it as a 1.4mm gap. It should be 0.9mm to 1.1mm. scdan4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 I am well interested to see this gearbox get fixed. Good luck!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 I'm a bit nervous about making it worse. From the rebuild videos, they show you taking the valves apart. The problem with that is you have to remove the Allen key bolt that is calibrated by the factory for the correct pressure for a particular valve block. If it's not back in the correct position, you have not enough pressure so no drive, or too much and then damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 Pretty bloody good show by the old bus there! 200k up AND done over 20k in the last year. You've got to fix it after that performance!To be honest, it's had an easy life as the majority of its miles have been from cruising on the motorway. City life is going to be much tougher on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 I'm a bit nervous about making it worse. From the rebuild videos, they show you taking the valves apart. The problem with that is you have to remove the Allen key bolt that is calibrated by the factory for the correct pressure for a particular valve block. If it's not back in the correct position, you have not enough pressure so no drive, or too much and then damage.Can you mark the head and block, then count the turns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They_all_do_that_sir Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Should be OK as long as you are meticulous about disassembly and take pictures! Sent from my VF695 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbart Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 bravo, thats great news. now get the gearbox out and stripped...... wcpgw you can't give up on the old girl now, she's clearly putting up a fight, and is obviously not ready for the autoshite dignitas scheme, just yet Laseraligningfoofooflanges 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichL Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 YES. Old Swedish quality shows up yet again with NGK plugs as OE equipment. £bargain as well. Laseraligningfoofooflanges 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lord Sward Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Nice tightening instructions too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 Wow. She seems to like the present I gave her for passing her MOT! Starts so much easier and is so much smoother with these new plugs. I also replaced all the perished vacuum lines - except the turbo, they'd been done last year and it tells. Gave a quick clean around the throttle body close position too. All these things seems to have made a massive difference to the idling and running. Idling you used to often get hunting and also driving along this hunting turned into lurches. There is still a rattle from the knackered engine torque rod mount, which is also not helping with shifting smoothness. Apart from the knackard gearbox valves, the only things left are fixing the interior fan and putting new batteries in the keyfob to get the remote locking working again. I've got a good mate around at the weekend, so wont get spare time to start on the valve block unfortunately. I need a good whole day to do it. Despite what people have suggested on here, I'm definitely no pro shitter! [Over] ambitious maybe, slow definitely... I also am very weary of going under cars, which doesn't help my enthusiasm with mechanical repairs. Unlike most, I much prefer electrical & electronic repairs! I was hoping when I bought this car, it would be more of a electronics project than mechanical. This valve body repair is pretty much at the limit on how far I want to go with mechanical repairs. I'm also trying my best to source a decent price second hand replacement valves body. Will make the job a hell a lot quicker and less risky if I can. Laseraligningfoofooflanges, Parky, blackbart and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 Mornings fight with a Saab 9-3 in my local U-pull-it won me this prize for £40... No idea if it is any good, but the fluid that came out looked pretty good nick and the miles was low on it. The earth strap at the bottom was broken on it and tyres were skinny with one ripped sidewall. I wonder if the earth strap made it FTP and the owner just chucked it?? Still for £40, it's a pretty darn good price. The B on the valve body means it's the revised version (which should be on mine). CGSB, DodgeRover, beko1987 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 At least you can have a practice before trying it on yours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 I think the idea is to swap it rather than strip it. SiC and beko1987 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 20/10 and you haven't even sorted it yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Am I right in assuming it's a fairly straightforward job to swap it over? If so this is going rather well! tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 I did break the green connector, then realised I didnt need to be careful abd could just cut the loom off instead. So will need a zip tie to make sure it stays on and figure out how to get the other connectors detached. The 3 big linear solenoids (they control the pressures in the box) have those stupid connectors, while the smaller solenoid (do the actual shifting) have a much better clip fitting. It's the linear solenoids that usually cause the problem. The 9-5 looks a lot easier to change the valve body over as there is much more room under there. On 9-3 that this was from had a whole load more pipes in the way and is a smaller car. The intention is to swap it straight over and see if that fixes it. If it doesn't then it allows me to clean up and fiddle the original one to try and get that working. However I suspect, given it looked like the fluid in the car it was from, had been changed at some point in its life, this one should work fine. scdan4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 If that fixes it I'm sure* you'll want to strip the other one down to find out what the fault was anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbart Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 good man, it's going well now . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 The professional cynic in me wonders if the fresh looking fluid has anything to do with the orange gasket sealer on that sump. It's like it's been off recently for repair and then the car got scrapped... Good luck though, hopefully it's good! CGSB, Honey Badger and drum 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 I hope the replacement valve body will put things right. It would be a shame to see another 9-5 consigned to the dustbin of history. Barry Cade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 The professional cynic in me wonders if the fresh looking fluid has anything to do with the orange gasket sealer on that sump. It's like it's been off recently for repair and then the car got scrapped... Good luck though, hopefully it's good!All the torx bolts all looked untouched, unchewed and unmarked though. Saab workshop manual does advise that there is no gasket, only RTV. Took a good whack with my mallet to free it. I think I've left one of my decent small, flat headed screwdrivers behind. Well annoyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 I've found an aero on eBay that finishes tonight... Really tempted to bid on it, but I know I haven't finished this "project".Argh. What should I do?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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