Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 16:22:31 +1100 From: "Gerard" <gerardnopsamwhere.in.au> Subject: Re: Didn't shoot Saab, but one problem left
Check your engine mounts, on both my 84 and 85 900T I managed to destroy my front engine mounts from repetitive heavy acceleration. When the front engine mount was damaged 5th gear either got stuck or poped out while I was driving, very annoying... my $0.02 Gerard... x wrote in message <7852ii$e8jnopsams3.newsguy.com>... >Thanks to one and all for the comments on previous post. I didn't get a >chance to respond since I went out of town for a while. I did replace clutch >and motor mounts but I still have a problem with the shifter. When I have >the shifter in 5th gear while going slower than 40 mph it does not want to >come out of 5th unless I turn off the engine. Prior to the work, the shifter >appeared to only have this problem when at a stand still. (This is what lead >to replacing the clutch in the first place, but the plate was down to the >rivets anyway). The car has 145,000 miles on it. > >