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Classic Saab 9-5 (MY 1998-2010) / Re: 9-5 alarm unit repair

« on: 11 January 2015, 09:07:24 PM »

I've just done the night panel button test to switch to "doors only" and I still get the message. This means the tilt sensor and glass sensors are not the culprits? and the siren unit is looking guilty?

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Classic Saab 9-5 (MY 1998-2010) / Re: 9-5 alarm unit repair

« on: 11 January 2015, 03:34:05 PM »

I get: -
THEFT PROTECTION FAILURE
CONTACT SERVICE
There are rare times it doesn't appear.
I've perhaps jumped to the conclusion I need to do the batteries and/or capacitors, but I'm aware other sensors can die too. Can anyone tell by this message what has failed?

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Classic Saab 9-5 (MY 1998-2010) / 9-5 alarm unit repair

« on: 07 January 2015, 06:52:59 PM »

Can anyone confirm if I take the siren unit off, to replace the batteries etc, is the car still driveable?

Also, can you get the CR2 batteries with the correct solder tabs anywhere else than the folk on ebay charging £20?
I dare say you could wire tab-less ones up somehow - has anyone done that? They only £1.50 each elsewhere.

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Classic Saab 9-5 (MY 1998-2010) / Steel wheels

« on: 16 November 2014, 08:42:23 PM »

I've had enough of worrying about keeping my alloys nice! Does anyone supply a 17" steel wheel to fit the 9-5?
How about getting them electroplated/anodised in a colour of your choice?

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Classic Saab 9-5 (MY 1998-2010) / Re: 9-5 rear ball joints

« on: 23 August 2014, 11:21:45 AM »

Many thanks - and a proper drawing too!

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Classic Saab 9-5 (MY 1998-2010) / Re: 9-5 rear ball joints

« on: 19 August 2014, 10:02:26 PM »

Its the 2 outer ones - on the hub/trailing arm - the rose joints, not the rubber bushes (subframe end).

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Classic Saab 9-5 (MY 1998-2010) / 9-5 rear ball joints

« on: 17 August 2014, 06:11:18 PM »

Can anyone tell me the outer diameter of the ball/spherical joints that press into the trailing arm? I might be changing them and want to make up a set of puller tools.
Cheers - Dave 

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Classic Saab 9-5 (MY 1998-2010) / 9-5 brake pipe fittings

« on: 10 June 2014, 07:44:42 PM »

Another question on brake pipes on 9-5.
I'm planning to renew the lines to the rear end (and the flexibles). Does anyone know the thread on the fittings - e.g. M10 x 1mm etc?
Plan is to chop and flare the steel lines at the front of the floor - join with a straight female connector - run new pipes back to the small flexible and then renew the small pipes on the trailing arms to the large flexis. It's the threads on the flexis I'm after I guess.

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Classic Saab 9-5 (MY 1998-2010) / 9-5 brake pipe replacement

« on: 30 April 2014, 07:23:52 PM »

Does anyone know if you can replace the brake pipe runs under the floor (front to rear) without removing the fuel tank?
Is there a connector at the front bulkhead area or do the pipes run right up to the ABS unit?
At the rear I'm hoping they run alongside the front of the fuel tank and end in a connector near the front of the trailing arm.
Any info would be good. I've got to renew them somehow, by this summer.
Many thanks

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Classic Saab 9-5 (MY 1998-2010) / 9-5 exhaust heat shield

« on: 06 December 2013, 01:36:33 PM »

Death rattle turns out to be a loose heat shield for the long central exhaust silencer. A quick look suggests the horrid little welded screws have not yet snapped off the floor, but not sure if the shields has rusted out around the nuts, or the nuts have gone AWOL.
Has anyone had this before - any advice?

Cheers
Dave

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Classic Saab 9-5 (MY 1998-2010) / Re: Handbrake again

« on: 27 November 2013, 11:13:48 PM »

In my prep for MoTs, without a brake testing machine to hand, I used to jack up both back wheels on my 9000 and do the handbrake cable adjustment by trial and error - lightly applying the handbrake then feeling how much effort it took to make the wheels rotate. This was purely to set the R/L balance.
A bit OTT you might think, but the 9000 didn't have a balance bar, so the R/L balance had to be set manually.
Thankfully 9-5s have balance bar, but the jacking technique might come in useful to find out where the problem lies.

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Classic Saab 9-5 (MY 1998-2010) / Roof bars with eye bolts

« on: 05 November 2013, 05:03:14 PM »

For those who like details..............pic of my roof bars to which I've just added eye bolts. Makes for much easier lashing of loads.
It's a much more involved job than on the 9000 bars, where you can get to the nut without dismantling.

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Classic Saab 9-5 (MY 1998-2010) / Re: Xenon headlamp levelling - help

« on: 26 October 2013, 10:33:58 AM »

Replaced connector and the sensor - and got the luxury of re-calibrating the headlamp alignment (although how far they would have been out with a new sensor remains unknown to me). I've got the old parts for a post-mortem when I get around to it.
All this had cost me a painful £250.

Has anyone got a Tech2? I've go the chance of one cheap-ish - would you recommend getting one for the ordinary man in the street. It will probably save me about £100 next time I need anything like this doing.

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Classic Saab 9-5 (MY 1998-2010) / Re: No Headlamp washer's

« on: 15 October 2013, 07:21:39 PM »

Just done mine 2005 Aero. The screen pump is on the back of the bottle but the headlamp pump (same Part No) is on the LHS. I dropped the bottle to get at it (easy, 3 screws/nuts) but others have skinned their knuckles squeezing past the bumper. My advice would be to drop the bottle.
Assuming the pump has gone, it's about £34 new.

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Classic Saab 9-5 (MY 1998-2010) / Re: Xenon headlamp levelling - help

« on: 14 October 2013, 11:28:46 PM »

Turns out the rear sensor is the culprit. Will also replace cable which, for the rear, is part of the main body harness (£2k-ish) - so the trick is to use a front cable cut and soldered into the body harness (with the 2 signal wires reversed!). £100 for the parts alone.