Trying To Start & Drive My Saab 900 After 10 Years Of Sitting! | Saab 900 Classic Revival | Part 3
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Have owned five of older Saabs, i highly suggest you change or atleast replace seals on clutch master and slave cylinders while the clutch is working. Those tend to fail especially if car has been sitting around for a while. Slave cylinder is pia to remove if clutch isn't working because you cannot push pressure plate with cylinder anymore.
If that happens, insert nuts behind the pressure plate where the bolts go. That way you can compress the plate, and put the locking wire in between
The clutch is easy to remove when you know how.
24:24 a tip from me - instead of playing with a syringe you can use a pump which you can find in a soap dispenser. I have been using such pumps for years now (with an extra long tube - taken from a 1Liter soap dispenser) and would never get back to using a syringe LOL
As a Swede and Saab owner I find this project very amusing. I have now a Saab 9-5 V6 and have previously owned a 9-3 a 99 and a twostroke 93 Monte Carlo with 3 carbs 😁😁
As a Polish, I have one saab900 16V combicoupe and 9-5 3.0 V6 Like You too 😁👋👍
How many saabs are still left in SW?
Nice. Just got a 88 900 2 door running myself. Was only sitting 2 years so a good fuel tank clean and a new pump got it running, and a front wheel bearing sorted the driving part of it. Very interesting cars.
Nice to know mechanical swearing in Belgium is the same as the UK (although I live in Germany now and found that its the same here too!) The Universal Language of working on old cars :D
You’re my favourite car restoration CZcamsr Memphis. Your modesty and dry sense of humour make me look forward to new content. Being considerate of your neighbours over noise shows you’ve got character. Looking forward to future content. Hopefully without any firefighting tips and techniques!
My secret junkyard protip to removing oil filters is next time just hammer a screw driver through the side of it. Its being thrown away anyways lol.
I have a 1988 2dr 900 T16S sedan that hasn't started in 20 years so this couldn't have come at a better time. Currently daily driving a 1993 9000 Griffin 2.3T and have a stage three viggen convertible that comes out of the garage for the summer months. You can never have enough Saabs but be warned they are more addictive than crack :)
we're all going to miss them 😢 save a saab
It's very satisfying to see an old classic running again, especially because we know the SAAB is a well engineered vehicle. I like how you have polished the paint even though the body is rusted through in places. When the rust is fixed it will look spectacular. Nice work.
Click, click pause, like, comment, press play. Thank you! :)
As a carpenter I use oil to remove silicone from around baths etc. Oil breaks down silicone for a 100% certainty so make sure if you use it as a sealer it is the RIGHT type.
happy to see the BMW and Audi in the background.
You have improved, as a Mechanic! Well done!
For the oil filter, you can jam a screwdriver through it to have more leverage
Done this a few times too, but it bit me hard once and I ended up with chisels and hammers on a td5 discovery lol!
Thats usually my method of choice. But considering how burried in the engine bay that oil filter is, I think Memphis' approach was the smart choice.
I had to do this on the first car I bought. The old lady I bought it from had been having her shop do oil, lube, and filter every six months since the cars was new. In the 13 years she owned it, the car had only accumulated 33,000 miles. Trouble is her mechanic had never changed the filter. It nearly took dynamite to get the thing off that little 230 cid inline 6. Too bad she had not taken it back to the Pontiac/Buick dealer that sold the Acadian when new in 69.
@@michaeltutty1540 haha, literally oil change, filter change could cost more.
Old School!
Is so nice and so rough at the same time. Is like a want to see it on the streets and with a proper restoration and at the same time looks like a perfect donor for other Saabs
Great video. I like your emphasis on safety and consideration for your neighbours. I'm in eastern Canada - the first time I ever saw a Saab was when relatives from New England (USA) visited us. Looking forward to future updates!
Starting the engine is actually a huge progress! And the very good news, it looks to be super healthy.
Fantastic!! I’m an old time Saab fan! This series is taking me back to all the fun I had working on them!! The “real” Saab 900s are still my favorite cars of all time!! All the best to you and the project!
Thanks for this video. I have just visited an comparable Saab 900, which doesnt start as well. We had the assumption that the fuel pump might also have to be replaced, installed in the tank.
awesome maintenance work to get the SAAB driving in its own power.
engine sounds healthy.
thumbs up
how filthy and after being parked in a Barn , or Green house
Hooray, it's ALIVE again and sounds pretty good too, which is matched up by the healthy compression readings. That toasted wiring loom in the fuel tank needs some careful investigation though. I've always liked the older SAABs, they have a certain charm about them. Whenever I've encountered a stuck oil filter, I've inserted a long screwdriver through the housing, offset from the centre close to the edge of the filter, one hole to penetrate at the front and one hole straight out the back which gives ample leverage to turn the filter with the screwdriver lodged in there. It's a bit of butchering and can be messy if the oil leaks out, but as a last resort it usually works. Great work Memphis, really enjoyed your commentary.
I had an identical 900 a few years back, same colour too. Zero rust, in excellent condition but it jumped out of 2nd and 3rd sometimes.. I drove it 1500kms in one day...comfortably and repeated that performance a few days later. I had a 5door turbo years earlier...it was roomy, I could sleep in that.
Loved the video, do you watch Flexiny on YT? The fuel can in the engine bay looked so similar to his method.
Progressing nicely. Your methodical approach is good to see.
The sound is just awesome, I drive a 9000 and still the 900 make me drool, want to own one if I have a chance. The 9000 is cheaper where I live, 900 is getting much more pricey.
Gotta love that exhaust solution, man you're talent!
This is officially one of my dream cars!
Great work. As someone who appreciated your work on the Volvo, this shows your abilities are getting better all the time. Can’t wait to see you get the original fuel system figured out, as well as the brakes and rust issues.
Agreed
I like the way you loosen up in front of the camera ... definately increases the entertainment value ...
Keep up the good work on the old Swedes! :) /Fredrik from Sweden.
I was a bit surprised you did not check the fuel injection system prior to starting the engine. Fuel is a nasty stuff, as it polymerizes after sitting idle for some time. Then it becomes a sticky mess. You should rinse and clean the fuel system, which eventually you did. Great job. Nice to see young guys having fun this way, instead of playing video games all the time.
big credit for getting the car to move on it's own power. The rust is a major concern. Coming from Sweden i am surprised how rusty it is. Good luck with rest of the repair. It's gonna cost to fix that even with friends helping out. BTW.Your english is very good,it's a lot better than my Belgian.🤣🤣
Good work, another step towards rebuilding a classic Saab.
My car has a threaded oil filter mount but it sits horizontally. So the oil poured into it leaks down your arm as you quickly try to mate the threads.. so messy. I also bought a square drive adapter shell that clamps on top of the filter so it can be removed even with thousands of Nm’s securing it.
Very concerning about the fuel tank “thermal incident” smart call to get rid of it all and start again - and good luck getting spare parts!
always excited when i see your name as a push notification
Had 3 of these 900s throughout the 80s and 90s in succession. All went round the clock twice. A company A4 forced the sale of the last one. Wish I had kept it!
Great work Memphis! 👏 Looking forward to the next episode! Greetings from SAAB-land 🇸🇪
I've been trying to find a clean 900 or 900 turbo to add to my collection, absolutely one of my favorites
God I love old Saabs. You know when I was a kid I wasn't so keen on the look of them but the older I get the more they grow on me.
The Swedes sure knew how to build them. I really hope you can do something with this one. Looks like it needs a bit of welding and some rust treatment inside and underneath.
3:40 poke a screwdriver through it to undo it with monster torque!
My favourite CZcams channel as of the moment, hands down, Saab
Great to bring back to life those monuments!
That is such a cool car. Looking forward to seeing the progress you make with it.
I had a few Saabs and old Volvos.
Loved them.
Reverse shift fork and key switch broke on these from people forcing key out.
Water pump shaft on mine broke on my 99ems .
Otherwise bullet proof
Careful what kind of fluid you put in clutch slave cylinder.
I recall it's special.
Brilliant video mate! I can't wait for the next one - hope you don't keep us in suspense too long!
At 1:12 I started to wonder if I'm going to watch 27min of you trying to push the Saab into the garage all by yourself :D You got it running! Nice job, and nice video, really enjoyable.
Great job getting this car looking good and running. If this car is saved it will be an amazing feat. Awesome sauce!
Saab is very powerful imagine 175 hp for a saloon turbo back in 80s,that is a huge leap and a cut above the rest
I’m going to try these exact steps on mine this summer! You give me great inspiration to bring the car I grew up in back to life.
It's alive! Good work.
Really nice fuel cell Stijn! Can wait to see the next steps! :D
My parents had a 1987 Saab 900S turbo and I've wanted one ever since (with less problems than they had with theirs). It was the same color as yours, but it was an auto. It was fast, but it wasn't very reliable. I remember one day during winter we had to drive with a quilt over the entire car because the window relay had blown and we couldn't get one immediately. Then the windshield wiper motor kept going bad. The turbo kept destroying itself too for whatever reason, even though we gave it regular oil changes (now that I think about it, I think I remember hearing that it kept sucking up water during rainy days). The final nail in the coffin was when my parent's salesman took it to New York and somehow the timing chain snapped and pieces of it got sucked into the turbo. How does that even happen?
The air filter looks like the filter you get with those intex swimmingpool kits 😂
That engine seems healthy👍
Now, it's just the rest of the car that needs fixing😉
Keep up the good work!
Tremendous progress! Glad to see it running.
Nice!! check the seals on the clutch slave...those were prone to leaking. nice job though!! thats how we used to bleed clutches.. pressure bleeder.. great diagnosis though!!! keep it going!!!
It’s great to the the Saab running and moving under its own power😁. It sounds like the engine was running pretty sweetly but I do worry about the rot underneath the car. Looking forward to the next instalment👍
So glad I’m a patron so I can watch video two times 😎
Love old Saab 900
Hi , a quick tip for any coolant type of expansion tank, its good what you did. For better clean using sand is a nice way to clean all the small places and washes off easily. Good job on the Saab :). Makes me wanna start working on my 1989 Audi B3 :D
Lets gooo 😍
With this nice material you will have 200k followers very soon.
3:28 the thought of having to remove an old rusted oil filter in that position would be enough to make me cry.
That car really looks a million times better then when you bought it and i am amazed about how good the engine runs
I know this is quite old and you might've already tackled it. But you could try blocking the caliper piston with one brake pad, hit the brake pedal, it might dislodge the piston a couple of cm onto the brake pad.
It's running! Well, the one brake, air filter, a lot of rust repair and it's ready for the road again, another 20+ years! Well done 🙂
MacGyver has got nothing on you hahaha. Awesome work.
Another fantastic video on this old girl.
Love the improvisions. Your doing great!
The SAAB lives! Hurrah! Congratulations :-D
I bought a cheap oil filter 'socket' kit some time ago and it paid for itself several times over. Most of the filters have some type of edge you can put a 'socket' on. Those band tools are more annoying than anything. Totally recommend it!
That's a major progress. Nice done!
Nice work! More please. I love my Saabs and it's great to see you bringing this one back to life.🤩
Its alive💪!!! Very cool project on The coolest car. That is so cool! Big Saab love from Croatia!
Scrubbing should have just scraped the thing! hats off to Saab i didn't know they made a biodegradable car !!! well done they have done a good job by the looks of things, another few years and it would have returned completely back to mother earth lol
Thanks for the nice video from old SAAB enthusiast!!!
I love the way you explain your thinking. It's so methodical and helpful. I wish you the best of luck and cannot wait to see this car done!
Nice one.....the best 1.5 minutes of thinking time ever :-))
Another nicely timed surprise video, that was great. Thank you for showing so much detail of what to do to an engine that’s been sitting for so long, before even trying to start it. Also, thanks for showing what mistakes are like. At least you didn’t catch the car on fire, like the other owners.
I look forward to seeing the progress.
engine sounds good! hope to see the 900 restored
10:47 forbidden choccy milk
Hi memphis! When i can not unscrew old oil filter, i am taking a screwdriver and pierce whole sh.it with it, after that i have a possibility to make a lever. Makes a little mess but works everytime. Ofcourse if you have enough space 🤭🤭 Cheeers!
And he’s back !
I love the fuel system I made one similar when reviving an old sa22c first generation rx7 I used a 5liter fuel can with two fuel lines running in and out of where the lid goes and using a jerry rigged inline fuel pump
Very good video on a very interesting car. Old Saab's are lovely.
Great work 👍 already looking forward for the next episode 🙂
I am glad to see that you didn't just plug in the key and turned it over! :) Great job, man!
Great video, and a great turnaround on the Saab, your definitely not shy of hard work.
22:35 jaaaa daar worden we vrolijk van! :D
Memphis, just a quick heads up on an old mechanics trick on removing a stuck screw on oil filter, hammer a sharp flat blade screwdriver through the case and it will twist off easy. Easier than removing the oil filter housing. Cheers👍
13:00 until 14:30 is a wild ride!
Hey man, I really love your content. Keep it up.
Great video, Memphis. So glad to see the progress. I know that by the time you are done anyone would be proud to drive the old car. Terrific.
Actually sounds pretty good with that BMW muffler ...
Dat oude trucje met de schroeven en boutjes in het vieze reservoir ga ik zeker even in gedachten houden.
Heb nog een paar tankjes liggen waar oude brandstof in zat wat een soort gum is geworden. Kijken of het werkt!
Leuke video :D
You speak better English than most Scottish people lol!
I came looking here to see how your project was coming along, only to find that you had uploaded a new video an hour before! I'm looking closely to scoop ap as many tips as possible for when I finally buy my own 900, and your channel hasn't disappointed!
I recently subscribed to your chanel and man i love it ! Its nice to see another bare bones car chanel where we just wrench on cars ! A quick tip for future stuck oil filters, hit a screw driver through the filter then just use the leverage to turn it off ! Keep sending it though bro 👌
Did you get any papers for this SAAB? Will it be able to register?
Working on that
Excellent Job!!!! Well done!!!!!👍👍
Thanks, very interesting!