Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 20:58:28 -0500 From: ma_twain <ma_twainnospamo.com> Subject: Re: reverse gear saab 900
Dexter J wrote: > Salutations: > > On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 20:37:16 GMT, Dave Hill <daibantonospamo.co.uk> wrote: > >> I've almost lost reverse in my Saab 900(1996). Sometimes it takes as >> long >> as 3 or 4 minutes to engage, then it slips in as sweet as a nut! >> Anyone got >> any info please >> Banto > > > Reverse is a straight cut gear - sometimes you double clutch assuming > nothing is loose or gummy in the gate. Moving it into third then > reverse will help if there is something amiss in the gate. > He never said if it was an automatic or manual :-) This is also a 1996 - it is not a Classic. I thought they changed the manual transmission in the NG Saabs. I drove a 1998 900 and it had a different shifter/transmission than the Classic.