Crackers Posted July 9 Author Share Posted July 9 Some old Ex-Berlin buses doing tours in Nuremberg. They are both SD202s, one a 1987 and one a 1988. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted July 15 Author Share Posted July 15 Three shites in a row! Well used Coxster One for the mismatched panel thread. 106! Matty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted July 20 Author Share Posted July 20 Things have been a little quiet at Chateau Crackers lately since selling the P6, however dad's been feeding back some news on the blue Landy. A few weeks ago he was asked to ferry a friend's son to his school prom, so before I left for Germany we did a little bit of tinkering to make sure everything's OK after a few months laid up due to the now-resolved running issue. All seemed OK, except for a boss on the steering column has broken, which means the choke cable won't return - fix TBD. Day after the event, I got this message: Oh dear... that sounds like a tasty short somewhere in the dash. Oops. Solihull Spaghetti, reveal yourself! Yes, a perfect* match** to the wiring diagram. Good. Time to call a Sparkie Good thing it's easy to remove the doors for better access. Didn't take the electrician long to find the culprit: Yep, that's toast. Looks like the choke cable has chafed through the insulation on the main group of wires coming up to the binnacle. Unsure whether this is related to the issue with the choke cable pictured below: The cable core shouldn't be visible there. The part immediately behind the handle, with the small brass clip attached, is a part of the casting on the right - it's snapped off at some stage and now won't let the cable go back as it should unless you pull it back at the carb. We reckon a bit of high-strength JB weld will probably do the job, as it looks like a swine to replace the whole upper casting on the column. The electrician has got everything back up and running again, the only casualty being the dash illumination switch which fell apart, but isn't needed anyway. The lighting was spliced into the side light circuit, so it just lights up as it usually would. It's not like you need the option of switching the instrument lights on with the headlights off, as they're so dim they don't make a difference in daylight anyway. If I can convince him to fit an electric rad fan, a switch for that will probably go in that slot instead. New oil pressure switch and washer pump fitted, so the washers now work for the first time in his ownership. Also, the sparkie bypassed the central red light on the dash that was discussed in this/another thread when he bought the car, the light was redundant as a trailer-supply indicator because we don't tow. I believe he's got the electrician coming back soon to look at a general tidy up of the wiring and check over the rest of the loom to just make sure everything's pukka. In Saab news, I was hoping that the non-functional AC would be fixed by the time I came home. Dad's local garage managed to investigate the major leak for free, but didn't have any slots to repair it until I get home so I'll look at changing this valve/associated o-rings myself. Hopefully that's the only leak in the system, then I can get it tested, vacuumed and regassed/oiled. Fingers crossed! That pretty much brings things up to speed. I've got a few shite-spots to post and some Modernz which probably won't get much attention on here. Back home at the end of next week! High Jetter, mat_the_cat, Dyslexic Viking and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 Home from Das Deutschland. Nice to be back in the Saab, but a stark reminder of how bad Britain's roads and drivers are! Anyway... A bit more BS* below. *BavariaShite/BerlinShite Dyslexic Viking, LightBulbFun and brownnova 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 A bloody Lada Samara! Incredible. ^with rare anti-gravity option. LightBulbFun, 500tops and Dyslexic Viking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 And finally, two oddities. The name of the first one is on the tip of my tongue but I can't remember: And then... This... Thing? I honestly can't tell whether it started live as an early 2000s Merc, or a Jag S-type. I can only assume the owner is blind. Dyslexic Viking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 6 minutes ago, Crackers said: And then... This... Thing? I honestly can't tell whether it started live as an early 2000s Merc, or a Jag S-type. I can only assume the owner is blind. A Kia Opirus, except for this silly two tone paint they came out of the factory like that... LightBulbFun and Dyslexic Viking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 7 minutes ago, Crackers said: And finally, two oddities. The name of the first one is on the tip of my tongue but I can't remember: kinda reminds me of a Bitter SC but the face just looks a bit wrong like someones punched it in the face and broken its nose LOL Crackers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 1 hour ago, D.E said: A Kia Opirus, except for this silly two tone paint they came out of the factory like that... Christ. I honestly though it was a bodykitted something-else. A crime against design, if ever there was one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 1 hour ago, LightBulbFun said: kinda reminds me of a Bitter SC That was my first thought, but it's just not quite right... The boxy arches and sidelight positions just don't quite match. Even Google Lens reckons it's an SC. My photo isn't quite clear enough to see the front badge unfortunately. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted August 10 Author Share Posted August 10 Oh dear, I've just seen a Berlingo van for sale going very cheap down the road. It didn't look too bad... at 30mph, in my headlights, in darkness. Might have a quick gander tomorrow, even though I have neither the need or space for a van. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 1 hour ago, Crackers said: Oh dear, I've just seen a Berlingo van for sale going very cheap down the road. It didn't look too bad... at 30mph, in my headlights, in darkness. Might have a quick gander tomorrow, even though I have neither the need or space for a van. They're really smoll. Also easy to sell give away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted August 13 Author Share Posted August 13 Took the 9-5 (which recently became a Saab 9) to the FOD this weekend, well received all round with a few people left quite impressed at its turn of speed. Shame the "proper" 95 doesn't have it's face on, but it was nice to get the two side by side this evening for a photo op. Wgl2019, Mrs6C, Split_Pin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted September 3 Author Share Posted September 3 Badge engineering. My front and rear Saab emblems were totally gubbed, so I slapped a new pair on (gen-you-wine OEM Saab, no less) which has really smartened things up. In the less successful corner, the "5" of "95" fell off a couple of weeks ago, and I also noticed the R in Aero was wonky, so I thought I'd just go the whole hog and debadge it. Which went well. The paint behind the badges is clearly slightly less faded than the rest of the bootlid, and a couple of letters took a tiny bit of paint with them - so you can make out the outline of all the lettering unfortunately. Hopefully after a couple of washes it'll all blend in a bit better. Looks alright from a few feet back and it's definitely smoothed out the back end, so I'm happy enough but not thrilled. AnnoyingPentium, Mrs6C, Dyslexic Viking and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted Sunday at 08:00 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 08:00 PM Another job done: Cataract Surgery The headlights had developed some pretty bad yellowing since I bought it, so based on a recommendation from a thread on here I attacked them with a Holts restoration kit. The results speak for themselves, it looks years younger. Before: During: After: Still haven't fixed the air con, handbrake and Coolant leak, and it's just started a slight clonk from a bushing in the front somewhere. Leaving that one until the MOT and they'll hopefully locate it. A few jobs on the list then, but all easily achievable in the fullness of time. Still love it. ❤️ Wgl2019, LightBulbFun, Six-cylinder and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted Sunday at 09:37 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 09:37 PM The ungrateful prick heard me saying nice things about it. I've clearly thrown out the shite-equilibrium by improving one aspect of the car, so it just blew the passenger door speaker to balance things back out again. Can't wait to do battle with 18 year old trim clips... 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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