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new motor mounts made a HUGE difference Posted by John Fitzgerald [Email] (#77) [Profile/Gallery] (more from John Fitzgerald) on Tue, 1 Mar 2016 17:48:01 In Reply to: Re: New to the world of the 9-5, Radny, Mon, 22 Feb 2016 11:34:13 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
I really wondered if I had balance shaft problems, but without 9-5 experience, it was an unknown.
Decided on the easiest, cheapest way ... and the DIY wasn't bad, just need ramps and a floor jack plus a scrap of wood, 2x4, etc, to lift engine under the oil pan.
Did both trans [lower front and upper driver's side] and the main, massive upper engine mount, one at a time, but didn't do the rear lower engine mount [maybe this spring, saving the worst for last]. The old ones were crushed flat and hardened, at 100,000 miles [much shorter lifespan, btw, than any I've done on multiple 9000's, but a different design, load, location, etc ...]
Night and Day! Totally smooth at idle, shifting into drive has no clunk, etc.
Bought Hutchison mounts from eEuro. Easy DIY. Soooo smooth now. No regrets, feels like a Saab should. Also pondered the subframe bushings, but those can wait.
John
Burlington, Wisc
'73 96 RHD sold after four years in Middle Barton, Oxfordshire, UK
'80 99 sold after 20 years/192,000mi
'86 9kT sold after 12 years/approx 121,000 mi
'87 9kT sold after 9 years/approx 174,000 mi
'97 CSE given to my son after 8 years @ 245k; he sold it at 254k mi
still driving:
'95 Aero 136,xxx mi for my daughters to drive
'97 Aero 286,xxx mi wife's daily driver
'98 CSE 229,xxx mi for my daughters to drive
'08 9-5 2.3t 102,xxx my winter daily driver
and a couple of 'non-Saabs':
'01 Suburban 153,xxx mi
'03 BMW 330 Cic 70,xxx mi
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_______________________________________ John Burlington, Wisc '73 96 RHD sold after four years in Middle Barton, Oxfordshire, UK '80 99 bought new, sold after 20 years/192,000mi '86 9kT picked up at Trollhatten, sold after 12 years/approx 121,000 mi '87 9kT sold after 9 years/approx 174,000 mi '94 CSE given to my son after 8 years @ 245k; he sold it at 254k mi '95 Aero 146,xxx mi sold '98 CSE 248,xxx mi gave it away '97 Aero 317,xxx mi my daughter’s school car … gave away [we put 300k mi on it] still driving: '97 CSE 170xxx mi 'project car' for myself and my daughters to drive '07 9-3 2.0T 240xxx '08 9-5 191xxx mi my wife's daily driver and a couple of 'non-Saabs': '01 Suburban 201,xxx mi '03 BMW 330 Cic 84,xxx mi '14 Mercedes E350 103,xxx mi
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