Another one bites the dust.
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richardf8Posted to Saabscene, X-Posted here.
Well, my 95 9000CS has passed on to the great parts bin in the sky (or Fridley, where most of our breakers are). I had just replaced its fuel pump (Thanks TB!) and was about to take delivery (it arrived today) of a new return connector for the pump (the return had broken, and I temporarily bodged it with JB Weld). The car would not live to have it fitted.
As I was driving home yesterday from work, contemplating its next oil change, I hit a dip in the road and the transaxle-side front wheel was from its axle untimely ripp'd. Amid screeching and smoking tire, I guided it to the shoulder (testimony to Saab's attention to active safety, that the car was eminently controllable with one of its wheels akimbo). I had thought it merely a blowout, but when I saw what had in fact happened, I knew that she had reached the end of her service life.
Exchanged it to the breakers for the cost of the tow. Performed the sad business of transerring those of my possessions I wished to keep to my wife's Kia. Gave the engine compartment a final puzzled stare. Contemplated taking the DI Cart as a keepsake, it being a bit emblematic of the car to me, and decided against; the jagged scar on my little finger, acquired when removing the antenna, is sufficient memento I suppose. And today, like an orphan with no knowledge of its mother's demise, that new fuel return awaited me on my porch.
I don't know that my next vehicle will be another Saab. While it was a pleasure to drive, I don't know that it was a pleasure to own, and it wasn't (except for the fuel pump) a pleasure to work on. I may revisit the ringed planet, having sojourned there once before in a Saturn SW1 with sufficient joy. But I won't be haunting these halls again for a bit.
There are some matters I would like to deal with in closing out my saloon's estate*. If you are USian and interested in any of the following items, which I purchased but never installed, please PM Me.
Front Brake Pads (Metallic Cheapies)
Lower engine mounts, front and rear
Torque Arm (Upper engine mount) Bushings
Torque Arm Bushing Extraction/Insertion hickey.
Fuel Pump Return connector with O-Rings
* This pun could not be made in my native Yankee.
Well, my 95 9000CS has passed on to the great parts bin in the sky (or Fridley, where most of our breakers are). I had just replaced its fuel pump (Thanks TB!) and was about to take delivery (it arrived today) of a new return connector for the pump (the return had broken, and I temporarily bodged it with JB Weld). The car would not live to have it fitted.
As I was driving home yesterday from work, contemplating its next oil change, I hit a dip in the road and the transaxle-side front wheel was from its axle untimely ripp'd. Amid screeching and smoking tire, I guided it to the shoulder (testimony to Saab's attention to active safety, that the car was eminently controllable with one of its wheels akimbo). I had thought it merely a blowout, but when I saw what had in fact happened, I knew that she had reached the end of her service life.
Exchanged it to the breakers for the cost of the tow. Performed the sad business of transerring those of my possessions I wished to keep to my wife's Kia. Gave the engine compartment a final puzzled stare. Contemplated taking the DI Cart as a keepsake, it being a bit emblematic of the car to me, and decided against; the jagged scar on my little finger, acquired when removing the antenna, is sufficient memento I suppose. And today, like an orphan with no knowledge of its mother's demise, that new fuel return awaited me on my porch.
I don't know that my next vehicle will be another Saab. While it was a pleasure to drive, I don't know that it was a pleasure to own, and it wasn't (except for the fuel pump) a pleasure to work on. I may revisit the ringed planet, having sojourned there once before in a Saturn SW1 with sufficient joy. But I won't be haunting these halls again for a bit.
There are some matters I would like to deal with in closing out my saloon's estate*. If you are USian and interested in any of the following items, which I purchased but never installed, please PM Me.
Front Brake Pads (Metallic Cheapies)
Lower engine mounts, front and rear
Torque Arm (Upper engine mount) Bushings
Torque Arm Bushing Extraction/Insertion hickey.
Fuel Pump Return connector with O-Rings
* This pun could not be made in my native Yankee.
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Date: 2008-09-19 01:28 am (UTC)This?
"I hit a dip in the road and the transaxle-side front wheel was from its axle untimely ripp'd"
is a thing of beauty and a joy forever, insofar as lines go.
I knew Rich back when he had a Saab
Date: 2008-09-23 03:00 am (UTC)