Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 13:13:16 -0500 From: "The Malt Hound" <tigger123nospam0nTheFarm.com> wrote in message news:AZqdnTQTkcwxQXjcRVn-twnospamrs.com... > 299 US you say and a 10 minute job......easy for you to say. You werent > the > one blocking morning traffic on a 4 lane highway in -15 temperatures. > This > is Canada...dude...there are no "parts" stores on every other street > corner. > The average person here doesnt know how to spell Saab. My car died at 7 > AM > on Tuesday and the garage tells me that I will be lucky to get it back by > Friday. Only one GM dealer had a cassette but it was a newer version and > now > I have to wait while they track down an "adaptor" harness. I could have > had > it towed home and ordered one from one of the northern US States for > around > 350-375 US plus 50 US for UPS another 30US for customs brokerage fees > which > translates to about 650 Cdn. Then there is Canada Customs 100 plus Cdn > Sales > tax on the full total , so the end result would have been roughly 800 > Cdn. > My mechanic has changed quite a few of these and you need to try a > replacement to be absolutely sure that it is the problem. There are other > problems that can kill the spark. Simma-dow-now Tigger. It is a 10 minute job in ANY temperature. 4 screws and one connector. I could do it in 3 minutes. The site that has them for $299 is eEuroparts.com and they are in Connecticutt. They key is having one in the trunk already as a spare. ;-) Sure, there are other problem that *could* cause this problem. But this is the one that *does* cause it on almost every SAAB in existence at one time or another, often more than once if you own one long enough. -Fred W
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