320touring's Shitey Saab 9-5 Fuckitybye 16/1/21

[jaypee]

Aye, it's starting to look pretty decent! 

[320touring]

Filled the tank on this today:

488.7 miles, 67.13L. that's a bit tight as it's a 70L tank

33.1 mpg.

Not too bad.

 

It was also deployed to haul some decking - I cut down the 4.8m lengths to 3m and 1.8m - the 3m fitted straight in with the back seat folded and the front passenger rolled down.

Impressive for an estate car.

[beko1987]

Bet you could halve that mpg figure if you had some fun... 

[320touring]

11 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Bet you could halve that mpg figure if you had some fun... 

Having had a shot of @davehedgehog31's 2.3T full Bhuna, I'm about 100bhp short of having some fun..

[320touring]

New ARB bush arrived:

I specifically asked the seller to check it would fit my car, provided the reg etc.

Does it fit? Does it fuck.

Email sent to them.

 

Good news is the bracket fits fine.

[320touring]

Happy days re the ARB bushes..

 

Got this in response to my "they don't fit this car" message.

That's a bit of a pisser as I had to open one up to trial fit..

 

Went back with this

Let's see what occurs. I did provide the reg number so they could check it fitted.

Not great

[Jim Bell]

Sounds like that paradox where you're not meant to sign for a delivery before opening it to check it's not damaged, but the courier won't let you open it till you sign for it.  

[320touring]

Far be it from me to do things by half... 

This came up, and after a chat with @blackboilersuit a plan was hatched re getting a spares car.

Mine needs 2 tyres so it makes perfect* sense..

[beko1987]

It's a good way to do it, my 2nd laguna was far more sorted than the first as I swapped all the good bits over before fragging the blue one! 

[320touring]

That's the plan.

I think I and @blackboilersuit need to make some lists..

[blackboilersuit]

Absolutely. There's so much that could be improved on my car (mainly undoing previous owners repairs/improvements) that just wouldn't happen without a spares car. Ebay is ok for occasional bit's n bobs but doesn't make sense if you need lot's of wee things. Some SAAB bit's are becoming a bit rare and pricy too.

[Wgl2019]

5 minutes ago, blackboilersuit said:

Absolutely. There's so much that could be improved on my car (mainly undoing previous owners repairs/improvements) that just wouldn't happen without a spares car. Ebay is ok for occasional bit's n bobs but doesn't make sense if you need lot's of wee things. Some SAAB bit's are becoming a bit rare and pricy too.

Uksaab forum is pretty good for spares, couple of members usually breaking cars for parts. I recently got new subframes for mine which was fortuitous as car failed it's mot due to unacceptable speed holes.

[beko1987]

I thought the same as I was taking blanking plates, odd bits of interior trim, the dash vents sunvisors interior bulbs with housings etc. All would have been £14.99+£8 shipping it soon adds up. 

[320touring]

Today saw the commencement of swappery..

First up, the important stuff. The arm rest.

First step is remove the back cover on the centre console

It just gets howled upward to free it off and expose the metal bar that helps retain the armrest mechanism

A couple of torx and some wiggling sees that freed off

With that done, you just need to pop the clips that retain the mechanism (seen here at either side)

And then that's it free

Installation is the reversal of removal

 

Next up was the left rear light.

Firstly, open the boot and loosen off the retaining clips on the cover panel for the light bolts:

Then undo the two torx bolts

Pull the light straight back towards the back of the car and undo the wiring clip

Slot the new one home and so up the various fasteners

 

At this point I nabbed the seal strips for the "walking floor" runners in the boot

Ideal for stopping crap getting lodged in there

 

Then onto the anti roll bar bush and bracket. It took over a month to get the right bush - the one needed by my car being the one for the 20mm front ARB.

That should hopefully sort the clonk.

 

With it in the air, I had a quick perusal of the underside - none too shabby bar a blow from the exhaust.

i also swapped the front wheels over.

[Wgl2019]

Have you taken the rear arch liners off and checked for rust? If not it's worth doing. 

Generally a wire brush and vactan session sorts things nice and easy, if left the rear suspension mounting points get fooked and it becomes more of a mission.

[320touring]

1 hour ago, Wgl2019 said:

Have you taken the rear arch liners off and checked for rust? If not it's worth doing. 

Generally a wire brush and vactan session sorts things nice and easy, if left the rear suspension mounting points get fooked and it becomes more of a mission.

Thanks for the tip - will have a look at some point

[Wgl2019]

Also..... The liners are held on with plastic nuts that go onto some weedy metal fixings. These invariably snap off if you just undo them with a socket.

If you use a Stanley knife the plastic bits can be split and removed. Replacements can be found here  https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291532248803

[320touring]

@blackboilersuit also had a raid at the spares Saab yesterday.

I started it up from cold and took it to the unit for him to pick over..

As you can see it's Proper healthy..

As such we don't feel the least bit sad about pulling bits off it, as its clearly moribund, though it doesn't smoke much once warm

The DIC (really! - Direct Ignition Cassette) was removed and a sparkplug pulled to see if it was causing any issues..

As can be seen, it's running ok - not rich or owt.

The panel around the oil filler cap was donated to @davehedgehog31 to replace his as this one had intact clips.

 

@blackboilersuit removed the airbox

The new jack gives good height!

To the victor the spoils

We also discovered this was not this Car's first rodeo 

 

Whilst he removed that, I pulled out the rear wiper motor 

 

[SRi05]

I picked this up during the week, 9-3 1.9 Diesel. Been remapped, goes like a stabbed rat. Really do like a Saab 

[320touring]

Took this to start moving some church pews we purchased..

Couldn't fit more than one  base plank in, and the backs wouldn't go, but the legs and ends did..

 

[hairnet]

reverend 320 naw?

first service is whin?

 

[320touring]

6 minutes ago, hairnet said:

reverend 320 naw?

first service is whin?

 

The Church of Boost

[hairnet]

[blackboilersuit]

22 hours ago, 320touring said:

The Church of Boost

Amen to that brother...

[320touring]

Today I did the first thing I have done on a car since about August. I fitted 2 new wipers to the Saab.

I'm calling it a win.
I also cleared out the third skoosher so I am able to clean the window with impunity. I used the patented @Jim Bellpin method and have stored said pin in the a pillar trim for later use.

Fuel light came on. 26.6mpg.brutal

I wouldn't mind the dire fuel economy, except the low pressure turbo is supposed to be the economy one.

The ML did 25 mpg round the houses with an extra 700cc, an autobox, permanent 4x4 and an additional 500kg.

 

Exciting* update ends😜

[chaseracer]

Thank you for sharing, Reverend... 😃

[hairnet]

5 hours ago, 320touring said:

 

The ML did 25 mpg round the houses with an extra 700cc, an autobox, permanent 4x4 and an additional 500kg.

 

😜

so you were oanly in it that day

*runs

[hairnet]

44 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Thank you for sharing, Reverend... 😃

others nick lead - thon neil nicks the insides of chorches

[big_al_granvia]

26mpg?? Thrash a twin turbo scoob and you can get it into single figures. Thats less than a modern scania fully loaded to 40 tonnes

[320touring]

14 minutes ago, big_al_granvia said:

26mpg?? Thrash a twin turbo scoob and you can get it into single figures. Thats less than a modern scania fully loaded to 40 tonnes

At least the Scoob is fast..