What I Did To My Saab Today.

[sgould]

After sticking a bottle of Forte in the Carlsson, I took the rear LH door card off and cleaned all the contacts in an attempt to cure the intermittent door lock failure.  It seems to be better, but still not 100%.  Getting the front door locks out is easy, getting at the rear door locks id much more difficult.  You have to remove the window mechanism first...

[carrera]

Took the black 2006 Dame Edna for an MOT

The tester remarked that I did a lot of miles in her, as he checked the MOT history. Then he gave me a clean ticket 

[TomPaine]

Always a euphoric moment. Congrats. Mine (2004) is due next month.

[sgould]

Today I gave the 9-5 a good clean and polish.  First time for nearly a year!   Lots of greenery growing in the crevices.  Saturday is the Saab meet at the Ace Cafe, and Sunday is Swedish Day in Somerset.  It's a bit depressing how many small dents and stone chips there are after nearly 18 years and 185,000 miles...

[TomPaine]

Mine - MY04 9-5 Aero auto estate - passed its MOT, yay. And therefore had its annual service. It didn't need too much extra doing  (at least by recent standards): handbrake cables needed lubricating; new anti-roll bar drop link; brake fluid; new side repeater bulb. Lots of advisories as ever; I think it will need some attention and welding on the underside before next year since the rust on the dog-legs is starting to travel along the sills. But the green tick is a big relief.

[sgould]

Well done!

The Carlsson goes in for the MOT in 10 days.

[carrera]

Good news on the MOT, another year of life extension.

I suggest you get some Bilt Hamber Hydrate 80 & apply that to the rusty areas. Following Will's recommendation there was a phase where this was pretty much a pre-MOT exercise, but now the chassis side hardly ever needs work on my cars.