Is this feasible?

If so, how much work, time, cost etc do you think is involved?

Thanks,
Matt

Matt wrote:

Yes, it's pretty straightforward.


A long drunken weekend, but I suspect a (less drunk) pro would
do it in the region of 8-10 hours.

You'll need the complete pedal box and gear shift assembly from
the manual, as well as the manual gearbox, clutch (+hydraulics),
flywheel and I'm sure various minor items I'm missing out.

The easiest thing is to have a donor, or at least have access to
one nearby.

Parts prices will vary widely depending on how you source them.
If you buy a donor car at £200, then that's all your parts right
there (+ a new clutch if you're sensible, and a new crank seal.
and CV boots).

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"Grunff" <grunff232 (AT) ixxa (DOT) com> wrote

Thanks, i've seen a low mileage classic 900 that is perfect for me in every
respect apart from that fact that it has automatic transmission and I was
wondering whether it would be worth pursueing.

You assured me that the work is feasible so I think i'll make some more
enquiries.

Thanks
Matt

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 09:47:55 -0000, Matt <nospam (AT) nospam (DOT) freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
Possible, yes. Practical? Not really.

It might be easier to find the car with the right transmission and
buy it. It has been done, but it's going to consume you for many
months.

my dad has his saab 900 converted over at a saab specialist... ended up costing
around $1500 or so. For that price he could have tossed the old POS in the
garbage and bought a decent 900 with a manual transmission .

make life easier (and cheaper) for yourself and just buy a car with the specs
you want from the get go

bastar

enhema wrote:

It really depends - your logic is totally sound, but if I
followed that logic then two of my 900s would have gone to the
great 900 yard in the sky long ago. Sometimes you work on a car
because you enjoy working on the car, all financial
considerations aside. A bit like gardening.

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Grunff

"Matt" <nospam (AT) nospam (DOT) freeserve.co.uk> writes:

This is exactly what I am looking to do with my 900 if I get up the nerve to
do it! I'm getting a donor car next week which is a 1983 C900 sedan that has
a 5-spd manual transmission. My current C900 has a 3-spd auto transmission.
If the donor car proves to be in better condition than I expected I might
use the auto-transmission C900 to fix up the other one, but I won't know
until the other C900 is delivered next week.

There is a website covering the very topic of auto-transmission
manual-transmission conversion of a Saab C900 living at:

http://www.saabnet.com/sites/900conversion/

which is excellent place to start researching what's going to be involved.

I recently obtained genuine Saab workshop manuals for 1979 to 1983 C900's
from a local source! They're a wealth of info and I would recommend you
getting some for yourself, or instead track down the extremely rare (since
it's out of print at the moment) Bentley manual for the 8-valve C900's. I've
got a copy of the Bentley manual for the 16-valve C900's (1985 and later)
but it's not as good as the correct manual(s).

If you were in Australia we could collaberate our efforts! 8-)

For me, the main problem is I don't have a garage, and don't have any way to
remove the engine from the car. But I have friends who can help out.


Regards,

Craig.


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