Hiya,
Curious to know if there is a silicone replacement available for the c900 top radiator hose for 8V engines in cars which don't have A/C fitted (or have had A/C removed thereby enabling removal of the A/C high-temp cutout switch and associated tee-piece holder)?
I don't know what the Saab part number is the for the genuine rubber hose.
Ta if you can help.
Guru Scott and Hinz (Guru Scott and Hinz ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
Dunno about silicone or 8v, but the top hose on an aircon car is just the same as the top hose on a non-aircon car... but with a chunk cut out the middle for the T-piece...
Yeah I found that both PFS and Elkparts do actually stock the hose I need for the 81 turbo c900, but PFS's ex-VAT price is significantly less. Plus PFS has more c900 parts that Elkparts, so they're more frequently visited.
Craig.
Now I have the hose issue resolved, I'm starting on the T16 intercooler installation. Dunno what the Guru Scott guy is doing to need the replacement top rad hose - I guess removing A/C from the older c900's is a fairly common thing now since it's becoming significantly harder to justify keeping A/C systems on older 'project' cars working. Here is Oz at least we don't need A/C much of the time but I know a Volvo guy who's in to 240's, etc. who can't handle not having A/C working! 8-)
So go figure.
Saab Nine-Tee-Nine (Saab Nine-Tee-Nine ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
If anybody IS ripping the aircon out of a c900, I need the metal T-piece from the top hose. Mine'd rusted through, and I want to get the aircon up and kicking.
You're welcome to have mine - my top hose blew and I replaced it with a one-piece hose and then stripped the rest of the AC out. It's a 'vert FFS - it has aircon ... it's called the roof :)
Nah - the AC was crap, didn't work and was too much to deal with. Removed!
The t-piece is a little rusty but it's in one piece. e-mail me if you're interested snipped-for-privacy@blueyonder.co.uk - I'll get some photographs for you tomorrow.
PJGH (PJGH ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
Ta. Sold. My email works.
I need the one from my 81 turbo to go in my 89 16v car as it's rusted and the thermoswitch gasket is badly decayed too so it seeps coolant. I think the actually 110 C normally-closed thermoswitch is available from saabsite.com (PFS doesn't stock it) but it's end-of-year time and most places won't be doing any shipping until mid to late Jan. now. 8-)
I have raised the issue of getting these t-piece thermoswitch holders custom-made in a few forums and I think there is interest, but I don't have any access to a machine shop or supplies of materials. Ideally, they should be made from stainless steel so they don't rust. I don't think new steel ones are available any more (and I have no idea where Saab would have got them from originally). There are the really bad plastic ones from the 1985 cars used with the Clarion A/C systems but they're worse than the steel ones and tend to suffer rather serious failures from the plastic getting brittle and falling apart with age.
Craig.
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