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Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 08:20:12 -0400
From: "Eric Law" <elawxnospamxnopsamecsxnospamx.com>
Subject: Re: Rusty, my 88 9000t, is dead


Dude, Learn to drive a stick! Sell Rusty for parts for $500, throw in another $1500, buy a decent '87 or '88 with a 5-speed, live happily ever after. My '86 has 238,000 miles and is nowhere near quitting. Just repeat after me, "never buy a Saab with an automatic" "never buy a Saab with an automatic" "never buy a Saab with an automatic"... 8*) Eric Law WafaQattam <wafaqattamnopsamcom> wrote in message news:19990906195029.02691.00003948nopsamp1.aol.com... > The day has finally come, today rusty just won't get into gear anymore. It has > an auto trans, and when you start it up, you have to get it up to 4000 rpms so > that first gear will kick in, and if at any point the engine dips below 1500 > rpms, raising it up to about 6000rpms is required for it to re-engage. I > imagine the only fix is the $3000 new trans. . . . sorry guys, as much as I > love rusty, and I do, i am just a poor kid from jersey, I just cannot afford > it. I will end up with an 88 ford tempo (yuck!!) for the same price as the fix. > > > I must say one thing though . . . not to be accusatory, but I think militec has > sped up the death of my auto. I poured it inwith new fluid three weeks ago . > . . there seemed to be a slight improvement, but the fluid got black within > three days . . .I then changed it again, ran it for two weeks and it became > pitch-black within 500 miles of use . . . I once again changed it, and today > the car is dead. The two-day-old fluid is very brow. The problem began two days > ago, but in the begining I only had to get it up to about 1250 rpms for the car > to work. > > Anyhow . . . if anyone needs parts (all works well at this point, except for > the muffler that I was about to replace), let me know. I shall decided whether > I am fixing it or getting a $1000 beater by thrusday or so. Unless someone > knows a magical way to fix it at reasonable prices, however, Rusty is a gonner. > > Thanks for all the support ya'll have given me through my year of > happy-saabing. Some day, when I become a highly-paid wall-street trader, i > shall get another saab. > > Thanks guys.

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