Date: 26 Mar 2004 09:46:24 -0800 From: alancemornospamo.com (Lance Morgan) Subject: Re: ABS
risermannospamnline.net wrote in message news:<405E4710.AB1A383Bnospamnline.net>... > Hi, > > Does an "ABS" light on the instrument panel of a 1988 Saab 900 indicate > that this car is equipped with an anti-lock braking system? Some people > have told me this light doesn't necessarily mean that the car is so > equipped. > > Thanks, > > Bob Hi. Not sure what country you're in? I believe ABS started in the c900 in 89, but there's a possibility it started the year before in some locales?? Another way to ck, in addition to what's already been stated, is to look for an "accumulator" aka "the bomb" (or lesser known as the "canon ball"). It's maybe about 10 - 12 cm / 4 - 5 in in diameter, and looks like a "bomb", right next to the brake fluid reservoir. The same unit was used on 9000s. There is an imbedded 7 or 8mm internal hex/allen head at the top Note that, when new, the accumulator is not under just hundreds, but under thousands PSI of pressure (just over 2000 psi, IIRC, of nitrogen, in a separate but adjacent chamber to the brake fluid chamber). If you have an accumulator, and need to remove/replace, depressurize by pumping the brake pedal 20 - 25 times with ignition key off hth Lance
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