Tacos 4KTQ I0vt Swap: The Red Baron - buying parts again

[AngryTaco]

Hey yeah totally forgot about those! Dont forget the transmission mounts and boost hoses!

[DE80q]

Well the car was a pile. Only real thing it had going was a straight body. Would be a good car for someone to part out or make a track toy out of. Was missing fuel lines to the fuel dizzy from the WUR, had GREEN coolant in it (when I pointed that out he told me it was the right color because NAPA said so........Thats when I said NO...it needs to be PINK or RED, NAPA are idiots when it comes to imports), completely dead tires, none of the electric windows worked, headliner was falling apart, collapsed pcv hose, brakes went straight to the floor, rear dif light didnt light up, has a battery draw, the instrument cluster was missing the glass cover, and the list goes on and on. Even if he ditched it for $300 it would have been a bad deal on my part

Thats too bad. Would have been nice to see another 20vt B3.

[AngryTaco]

Somebody buy my saab. Theres a nice v8q down in SLC I want to buy

[my2000apb]

just insure then crash it

[AngryTaco]

I pray every day somebody hits it so I can collect on it then use it as a rally car

[my2000apb]

park just on the corner near a bar

[AngryTaco]

I like the way you think Tim

[Toph]

Yeah, and then just have a mod delete this page

[my2000apb]

"accidents" happen by accident

[AngryTaco]

LOL.

[AngryTaco]

I just spent almost 9 hours today and 4 hours yesterday changing the damn POWERSTEERING pump on my damn saab! It was problem after problem after problem. I shit you not, in order to get the pump back in, I had to undo the passenger motor mount and lift the engine up with the crane. HI WE ARE SAAB, LETS PUT A MOTOR IN BACKWARDS AND PUT ALL THE DRIVE BELTS AND ACCESSORIES RIGHT NEXT TO THE FIREWALL!!!!!

[scubadave]

Its in the name bro. Just a big Saab story.

[Mcstiff]

Sure makes doing the clutch easy though!

Also, I had to post this lol

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zVPkhnz6k8[/youtube]

[AngryTaco]

lmao. Boy 3 minutes to change a pump. I had more fun reading the dopey comments lol

[AngryTaco]

Well got a transmission lined up for the 4000. Cant wait to get the 3.89s in there. Had a guy look at the saab today, say he'll take it, said lets meet at 5, then flaked out at last minute. Gotta love craigslist

[chaloux]

Saabs are hard to sell lol. My dad had the same problem many times and still has the car.

What's the tranny out of? A 5k or something?

[AngryTaco]

yeah an 88 5ktq.

[AngryTaco]

Well I found the electrical draw today...FINALLY. I have a massively FRIED wire that shares the same connector as the tach and a few other interior functions. The entire wire's shroud is gone as in the wire is completely bare and exposed. Now I gotta figure out how to remove this damn wire without having to tear apart the entire dash. God I hate electrical

[chaloux]

Lol I feel you. Good thing you finally found it though!

[AngryTaco]

yeah me too, this has been a long-term problem that started last winter but it never drained the battery over night. It took 2 weeks before!

[AngryTaco]

This car really knows how to drive me crazy. Even after removing the melted wire theres still a voltage being drawn on the battery. This is driving me crazy

[chaloux]

Lol. Damn. :( not funny.

[AngryTaco]

Its definitely bugging me. I fricken hate electrical problems in a 25+ year old GERMAN car.....even the american stuff wasnt this stupid back then

[chaloux]

Hahaha. Well it's gotta be going somewhere. Time to bust out the volt/amp meters

[scubadave]

ya gotta be smarter than the wiring brutha :-D