[Main 9000 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Re: I'm at the crossroads, too Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by JerseySaab [Email] (#666) [Profile/Gallery] (more from JerseySaab) on Fri, 20 Jul 2018 13:45:01 In Reply to: Re: I'm at the crossroads, too, zeke, Fri, 20 Jul 2018 03:14:46 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

There's just no getting around the fact that the newest 9000 is now 20 years old and most are older than that. I came to the crossroads on my '97 9000 last year when the automatic transmission cratered. It was a close call but an inexpensive junkyard transmission and a crazy amount of wrenching saved the day. Thankfully problems of that magnitude are not common. It seems though that there is always some annoying thing that needs attention. It's a 21-year-old car with 340K miles so of course that's not a surprise.

Latest now is an EDU problem. The EDU intermittently cuts out taking gauges and AC with it. Pounding on the dash brings it back for a random period of time, sometimes a few seconds, sometimes a few days. The problem started a few weeks ago, so I took the dash top off and cleaned the connections and ground. Worked fine for a while but started acting up again yesterday. Today it would hardly work at all. Since it's fairly hot I figured I'd take another vehicle, one that has a working air conditioner. Got in my winter beater Jeep and the battery was stone cold dead. (It was OK a few days ago. More Old Car Syndrome to deal with.) So I wound up driving the '95 9000 today. Its radio is out for repair though so I used a transistor radio laying on the passenger seat.

Yeah, constantly having to deal with minor and major problems on these old cars does get tiring. But I'd get even more tired of having a car payment!

->Posting last edited on Fri, 20 Jul 2018 14:16:41.

• Things are not looking good. Time to say goodbye..., Noel, Sat, 14 Jul 2018 11:01:34
  • Re: Things are not looking good. Time to say goodbye..., Craig, Sat, 14 Jul 2018 21:18:23
    • Thanks, Craig. Good thoughts., Noel, Sun, 15 Jul 2018 07:20:53
      • Maybe you can get the engine/turbo from DickT's 1998 car, Bill Homer , Sun, 15 Jul 2018 10:47:03
        • May check with DickT. I have the bad habit of..., Noel, Sun, 15 Jul 2018 16:33:32
          • Good luck whichever way you go..., Craig, Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:17:16
            • Oh no, What about your great write ups, RandyNJ, Mon, 16 Jul 2018 20:46:13
              • Re: Oh no, What about your great write ups, Noel, Tue, 17 Jul 2018 10:46:39
                • I'm at the crossroads, too, Bill Davies, Wed, 18 Jul 2018 04:52:04
                  • Re: I'm at the crossroads, too, Noel, Wed, 18 Jul 2018 11:11:29
                    • Re: I'm at the crossroads, too, zeke, Fri, 20 Jul 2018 03:14:46
                      • Re: I'm at the crossroads, too, JerseySaab , Fri, 20 Jul 2018 13:45:01 <-- Viewing This Message
                        • Jumping back in again...., Noel, Sat, 21 Jul 2018 05:42:10
                          • Restoration thoughts, thetallguy , Tue, 24 Jul 2018 14:40:14
                            • didn't cross the road, zeke, Wed, 5 Sep 2018 09:26:05
                              • Still teetering on the kerb, Bill Davies, Fri, 7 Sep 2018 11:08:36
                                • Re: Still teetering on the kerb, Bill Homer , Sat, 8 Sep 2018 12:35:53
                                  • You may laugh, but, Bill Davies, Tue, 11 Sep 2018 09:01:46
                                    • Re: You may laugh, but, Bill Homer , Thu, 20 Sep 2018 14:22:40

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