As you probably know, the clutch is hydraulically actuated, sharing a fluid reservoir with the brake master cylinder. The master cylinder is easy to get - right by the clutch pedal on your car. Slave cylinder is harder to get at - you have to remove the transmission to get at it as sits between the transmission and flywheel. The rubber hydraulic line running between the two cylinders will also occasionally fail on these cars - leaving you stranded who know where.

The first point of maintainence that is often neglected is to refresh hydraulic fluid at regular intervals. I'm guessing the fluid in your system is an old nasty brown. This is accomplished by applying higher than atmospheric pressure to the fluid reservior and opening the bleeder nipple. Air bubbles in the system will also reduce pedal throw and make the clutch engage near the floor.

The hydraulic seals in the system will also fail occasionaly. That's just life. As removing the transmission is a nontrivial task it is best to replace everything conceivable when you take it off to replace clutch-disc/pressure-plate/throwout-bearing/oil-seal/flywheel_resurfacing...

Though time consuming, removing the transission is not a technically sophisticated task. Its mostly a matter of unbolting things that don't want to come apart.

It was my first ever car repair - it took me a summer (on an '87 9kt) I could do it now in a day. Good directions posted below are from "nines" magazine.

NT

posted by 128.101.252...

http://webusers.physics.umn.edu/~nmoore/saab/saab.html

• New 9000 Owner - Several Q's!!, Tim R, Wed, 12 Mar 2003 23:31:27
  • Re: New 9000 Owner - Several Q's!!, deeph8, Thu, 13 Mar 2003 18:45:49
  • Re: New 9000 Owner - Several Q's!!, pete , Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:12:17
  • My 2 cents worth....., TKC, Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:10:02
  • clutch problems?, nt moore, Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:52:46 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Re: clutch problems?, Tim R, Thu, 13 Mar 2003 13:14:22
      • not sure if you have it or not,, nt moore, Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:20:10
  • Re: New 9000 Owner - Several Q's!!, pursang, Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:34:39
  • Michelin MXV4plus, Gene, Thu, 13 Mar 2003 08:58:35
    • Michelin MXV4plus = best tire, Peter , Sat, 22 Mar 2003 00:26:24
    • MXV4 is not a right choice, Pat98, Sat, 15 Mar 2003 00:27:42
    • Re: Michelin MXV4plus = poor tire, hdm, Fri, 14 Mar 2003 15:09:13
    • MXV4s were awful tires..., George Tuma, Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:53:20
  • Re: New 9000 Owner - Several Q's!!, George Tuma, Thu, 13 Mar 2003 01:03:39
    • you were right with ACC...thanks!, Tim R, Sun, 16 Mar 2003 19:04:42
    • Another Californian's tire pick!, John Levin, Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:27:37
    • Slave cylinder is not an easy fix......, zeke, Thu, 13 Mar 2003 06:33:14

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