It's time to give up on a project when the thought of spending another single dollar on it makes you physically nauseous.
It's time to give up on a project when the thought of spending another single dollar on it makes you physically nauseous.
I think that I've come to a decision. I'm going to take another shot at mending the fuel line with a different type of repair kit.
If that works out, I'll get a new battery and dump some more stop leak in the PS.
If it gets through the winter with out pissing me off I'll start working on the upgrades. If it crosses me again I'm going to unload it. I've shown this car far to much love and attention to keep putting up with the way it treats me.
I'm also going to keep my ear to the ground for a better one, but if it seems like thats not going to come together I might just purge all my SAAB c900 stuff with this miserable old heap and move on to something completely different.
I've been dreaming of a V12 jag for years, and I've discovered that Alfa Milanos can be found on a challenge budget price, and that engine noise makes drool.
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bmwbav wrote: Have you done proactive improvements to the car? With the title, I expected to read about someone who got over their head with a "project" It sounds like you bought a cheap Saab and just drove it, forgive me if that's not the case. I wouldn't expect to buy any older European car at a low price and not be constantly fixing stuff unless I really went over it or I bought it from an enthusiast. Take a weekend and go through the problems, I'm sure there is a Saab "checklist" of stuff to fix/replace/improve.
I get what your saying, and I've been through all that stuff, hardly any of this cars issues are the normal SAAB issues.
FWIW I've owned 10 european cars, six of them SAABs, and none have been as troublesome as this one.
Well, I'm just going to say that these types of fixes,
HappyAndy wrote: dump some more stop leak in the PS.
Are not conducive to,
HappyAndy wrote: gets through the winter with out pissing me off
In my experience.
In reply to ClemSparks: If it didn't stop leaking with stop leak that wouldn't upset me, I know thats just a bandaid. If I replaced or rebuilt it, and it quickly puked again, that would get me P.O'd.
A pair of these and a 20" piece of new nylon fuel hose made an acceptable fix on the return line. I'd still like to replace all the old plastic lines, but this repair looks quite respectable.
That and a good used battery obtained for the GRM preferred price of free had my nightmare running today for the first time in months. It started right up like there was never anything wrong.
I'm going to try and take her out on a test drive tomorrow, if the battery holds the charge. If it doesn't I promise I won't hold that against the car
Just want to chime in, I had a full size pickup that had a failed ps pump regulator. It would pop high pressure hoses off as fast as I could replace them, and faster then I could afford them. The pump was so rusty that I could not replace the regulator and the pump was too much. I drove without ps for a few years. To reiterate, full size v8, no ps. You can do it too!
When you have to ask.
I took Svart Nasta (black bastard) out for a 5 mile run after work this afternoon.
It started and ran well enough. After a few hard stops to grind the rust off the rotors, the brakes felt good.
On the way back home it had a faint electrical burning smell coming from the dash......
.......I'm fairly sure I know what caused it, and its something that I've been planning to replace, but it doesn't make me feel all warm and fuzzy....
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