[Saab_c900] discovering more about the 1983 8V turbo...

Today I did a heap of miscellaneous fixing, investigating, etc. of issues with the 1983 8V turbo car that I've bought. Some of it is pretty trivial and the sort of stuff that you'd do anyway when buying an older second-hand car in running, but not ideal, condition. Some is not trivial.

I posted the full list of today's 'discoveries' in the web forums at:

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so if you're interested, have a look and offer some advice if you would like to. The message is quite big so I won't post it here. 8-)

Regards,

Craig.

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Noticed you had some power steering problems. I have 85 900S that started using a lot of power steering fluid and didn't have much thrust. A rebuilt rack is about two hundred dollars so I decided to try using straight 30 weight oil in the pump. This was three years ago. The power steering works better than it ever did an the leak rate is down to about a pint per six months. I have even tried 20W-50 which also works well. Hydraulic fluid is also more expensive than motor oil and is deliquisent.

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I haven't priced rebuilt steering racks here in Australia. I know of a very good specialist steering/suspension workshop called Roadholder Suspension that's not too far from here (they did a driveshaft change on my white 900S in February and I've bought some steering rack boots from them more recently) and Pedders

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list Saab C900's in their online catalog of steering rack and suspension parts.

I prefer to use proper steering fluid as much as possible but if I find the rack is too leaky then I could try thicker motor oil. I've got some rack seals but don't know if it really is possible to change them with the rack still in the car. It's claimed to be possible though.

Craig.

PS. Results of today's work on the car (mainly fuel system work) are posted in the web-forums.

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Pedders sell crap. Try Swedish Auto Spares 07 3265177

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Ask for Barry, he is very decent and helpful.

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Thanks for the tip - I'll give them a call next week.

Craig.

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