What did you do to/with your SAAB today?

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Re: What did you do to/with your SAAB today?

Postby Crazyswede » Tue Jun 09, 2015 3:19 pm

Sandblasted all the major rust spots on the sprinter over the weekend, primed, and painted with rattle can paint to help prevent further damage until I can have a proper repair done. Even with slightly mismatched paint spots it looks a lot better than rust runs and bubbles. Next fun project is fixing a broken exhaust manifold stud which will probably require me to pull the engine out to fix.
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Re: What did you do to/with your SAAB today?

Postby beckmannag » Wed Jun 10, 2015 9:59 pm

...Worked on the woodpile, (with the help of some classic Swedish machinery).
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Re: What did you do to/with your SAAB today?

Postby Geoff » Thu Jun 11, 2015 1:17 pm

V4 power, nice! Looks like 99 or 900 axles too. I see a 99 expansion tank and 900 cooling fan.

Is that your V4 powered woodsplitter on Craigslist?

My saw is a Stihl 031AV. It's a bit older than those Husqvarnas, probably around the age of some of that SAAB equipment you've got there.
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Re: What did you do to/with your SAAB today?

Postby Jordan » Thu Jun 11, 2015 3:05 pm

Ah the V4 in its natural state.

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Re: What did you do to/with your SAAB today?

Postby beckmannag » Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:08 pm

Geoff,
The Craigslist unit isn't mine. Will say that I had an odd moment reading that ad, seeing as how I was using my own monstrosity a few hours previous.
Good eye on the parts. I've got some Volvo 240 in there as well.
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The saws in the boot are a convenient homage to the two-stroke Saab. Not sure if I have more saws or Saabs, but somewhere in the collection I also have an 031av.

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Re: What did you do to/with your SAAB today?

Postby Crazyswede » Mon Jun 15, 2015 9:07 am

pulled the OMP racing seat out of the drivers side and put a Corbeau road seat in its place. The seat had come out of one of Jon's cars and wasnt being used and I was getting tired of the race seat for a road car...both climbing in and out of it and the position wasnt so comfortable for longer drives...though the support and road feel was great. The corbeau is a lot more comfortable and overall works pretty well. However, like most seats, the seat back is designed for a shorter torso so there is a shape at the top that digs into your back....not super uncomfortable but enough that I'll see if I can fix.
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Re: What did you do to/with your SAAB today?

Postby 99Super » Mon Jun 15, 2015 9:56 am

Drove Frank to the Auto-X at the Ontario, OR airport yesterday. It's about 60mi west of Boise.
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Re: What did you do to/with your SAAB today?

Postby Geoff » Wed Jun 17, 2015 12:12 pm

Crazyswede wrote: However, like most seats, the seat back is designed for a shorter torso so there is a shape at the top that digs into your back....not super uncomfortable but enough that I'll see if I can fix.

I think that seat was designed for someone under five feet tall.
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Re: What did you do to/with your SAAB today?

Postby Crazyswede » Thu Jun 18, 2015 8:07 am

Geoff wrote:
Crazyswede wrote: However, like most seats, the seat back is designed for a shorter torso so there is a shape at the top that digs into your back....not super uncomfortable but enough that I'll see if I can fix.

I think that seat was designed for someone under five feet tall.



yeah its a little perplexing
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Re: What did you do to/with your SAAB today?

Postby 99Super » Thu Jun 18, 2015 8:24 pm

I received 2 airdams I ordered from SAS. Looks like they made a better mold. Much nicer that past units.

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Re: What did you do to/with your SAAB today?

Postby squaab99t » Fri Jun 19, 2015 8:17 am

99Super wrote:I received 2 airdams I ordered from SAS. Looks like they made a better mold. Much nicer that past units.

Glad these are still produced. I still have an original on the 99t that I made from an EMS. But after you put the air duct holes in the thing gets pretty fragile.

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Re: What did you do to/with your SAAB today?

Postby squaab99t » Fri Jun 19, 2015 8:25 am

I was commissioned by a local Saab shop to fab some diff covers.
Verifying my cad layout. Check clearance between the hump cutout and the ring gear.
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Re: What did you do to/with your SAAB today?

Postby Geoff » Fri Jun 19, 2015 11:37 am

I have a similar picture somewhere of a paper template laid out on the gearbox from when I was helping with Rev2 of the 9Sport diff cover. :thumbsup:
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Re: What did you do to/with your SAAB today?

Postby Jon1 » Fri Jun 19, 2015 12:50 pm

squaab99t wrote:I was commissioned by a local Saab shop to fab some diff covers.
Verifying my cad layout. Check clearance between the hump cutout and the ring gear.
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Scanwest? There has been lots of inquiries for diff covers on facebook. I have a diff cover that I started a couple of years ago that I was going to use a section from a 2-1/2" 90 degree elbow for the protrusion. What do you use?
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Re: What did you do to/with your SAAB today?

Postby 99Super » Fri Jun 19, 2015 4:14 pm

squaab99t wrote:
99Super wrote:I received 2 airdams I ordered from SAS. Looks like they made a better mold. Much nicer that past units.

Glad these are still produced. I still have an original on the 99t that I made from an EMS. But after you put the air duct holes in the thing gets pretty fragile.


The original 99T airdam was just the EMS unit w/ holes cut and screens/duct added. I would have preferred the smooth EMS style for the new project.
While the new SAS airdams have a much better finish overall, the opening locations are now 1" deep closed recesses that need the backs cut out for airflow. Or filled for the smooth look.

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