Good Week @ 996Outpost.com

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Post by 5chn3ll » Mon Mar 04, 2019 8:21 am

Mrs. Schnell refuses to adopt the correct vernacular and refers to them as "fart cannons" from time to time as she knows that irritates me. That's love right there...

Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.

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Post by FRUNKenstein » Wed Mar 06, 2019 6:58 pm

Got my St Pat's shirt today
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Post by TheDeckMan » Thu Mar 07, 2019 8:37 am

FRUNKenstein wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 6:58 pm Got my St Pat's shirt today

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Other night herd a pop on the Saab when pulling out of work...thought it was making noise from the front. To my surprise this greeted me.
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Second time an H&R spring has snapped on the Saab :x H&R covered the first round still waiting to hear if they cover this one after sending new pictures of the broken spring on the same email chain from 4 years ago....ah yes Slaab life...
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Post by 5chn3ll » Thu Mar 07, 2019 8:41 am

Heh - one of my sales reps was going on and on about how she was gonna get a Saab - and then she FINALLY bought a Saab...but a modern one (read: a Malibu re-badged as a Saab). I referred to it as her Malibu for the duration of ownership, which was disappointingly short from my perspective but seemingly interminable from hers.

What's that orange residue on the metal parts of your car? It looks very strange, like some kind of disease or parasite.

Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.

Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.

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Post by TheDeckMan » Thu Mar 07, 2019 9:28 am

5chn3ll wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2019 8:41 am Heh - one of my sales reps was going on and on about how she was gonna get a Saab - and then she FINALLY bought a Saab...but a modern one (read: a Malibu re-badged as a Saab). I referred to it as her Malibu for the duration of ownership, which was disappointingly short from my perspective but seemingly interminable from hers.

What's that orange residue on the metal parts of your car? It looks very strange, like some kind of disease or parasite.
I think you are pointing out the 2Fe2O3 8-)

Great cars, but they go crazy in these parts throwing down salt/magnesium chloride eats everything.
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Post by sweet victory » Thu Mar 07, 2019 3:27 pm

It must be awesome working on cars there. Doesn't look like you'll need any wrenches or sockets. Just a good air hammer and torch. :D

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Post by TheDeckMan » Fri Mar 08, 2019 6:39 am

Step 1 always involves pushing the torches over to the work area....normally seems to gain compliance from then on out. Was taught that trick by my buddy that always found the rustiest British cars possible. He simply stated to start "To be successful working on cars in the New England you push the torches next to the car to strike fear into anything not wanting to come out. Then you push the welder over to ward off broken manifold studs."

Seemed to work 50% of the time every time. Looking back at it, every time it did not work either the torches were empty or out of argon.
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Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com

Post by DBJoe996 » Fri Mar 08, 2019 9:18 am

1st pic okay. Second pic...isn't that spring upside down on the strut? Just wondering...

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Post by TheDeckMan » Fri Mar 08, 2019 1:37 pm

DBJoe996 wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2019 9:18 am 1st pic okay. Second pic...isn't that spring upside down on the strut? Just wondering...
The H&R springs for the Saabs are a little funky, they can only go on 1 way...the mounts normally drop out the little plastic ball bearings and then the spring starts to twist and then fails. Bearing was fine on this one.
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Post by Einsteiger » Fri Mar 08, 2019 1:52 pm

A real Saab story.....:(
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