Hi,

The car is 9000 CSE, year 1997.

Winter is here and the gas struts holding up the hatch are showing their
age. I got the usual broom handle in the car ;-)

Anyone used after market ones as replacements, e.g.
http://www.partsforsaabs.com/advance...checkbutton=Go

No idea of brand. I might want aftermarket ones if/when I get a price
from SAAB for an original part but any thoughts are appreciated.

Many thanks
Charles

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"Charles C." <c.k.christacopoulos.removeme. (AT) dundee (DOT) ac.uk> wrote

Charles I have PFS struts on my C900 Aero. They were getting tired and than
I went and fitted a whale tail. Well I didn't, Aeromotive did. That was
it, they refused to work at all, so I got the PFS ones about half the price
of genuine Saab.

The weight of the whale tail means they don't lift the hatch so much as hold
it in position, but it no longer closes like Madame guillotine!!

Al

in article vl_dh.75629$qd7.31701 (AT) fe1 (DOT) news.blueyonder.co.uk, Al at
alistairdore (AT) yahoo (DOT) com wrote on 07/12/2006 19:56:

Me too ... I have a whaletail and I'm perfectly happy with the PFS struts on
my C900.

Paul

1989 900 Turbo S
http://saab.go.dyndns.org/

Paul Halliday wrote:
Ah yes. I had two of those C900s and broom handles. If I remember
correctly, on the early C900s the parcel shelf could hold the tail up.

Thanks for the tips. I will try one more local motor factor tomorrow and
then on-line :-D

Regards
Charles

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in article 45787b67$0$31233$da0feed9 (AT) news (DOT) zen.co.uk, Charles C. at
c.k.christacopoulos.removeme. (AT) dundee (DOT) ac.uk wrote on 07/12/2006 20:36:

The parcel shelf kind of holds the boot up, but the combination of sagging
springs and a whaletail can often overpower the catch.

Do you have a GSF nearby? I've had their struts before. They did hold the
boot up (with a whaletail), but it would not rise unaided. In a pinch,
they'd do ... Otherwise, yes, keep a broom handle with you

For anyone wondering WTF Al & I are blithering on about ...

PFS = Parts for SAABs
<http://www.partsforsaabs.com/>

GSF = German, Swedish & French
<http://www.gsfcarparts.com/>

Paul

1989 900 Turbo S
http://saab.go.dyndns.org/

Yes, but it also has a mechanism to release the shelf if you push the tail down.
That will also happen if the struts get tired. It's more like the tail holds the
shelf up.

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MH
'72 97 '77 96 '78 95 '79 96
'91 900i

"Paul Halliday" <pjgh (AT) blueyonder (DOT) co.uk> wrote

There's nowt like a good blither eh Paul ;-)

Al

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"Charles C." <c.k.christacopoulos.removeme. (AT) dundee (DOT) ac.uk>
wrote:

and pump high pressure nitrogen into it from a cylinder.

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Richard Sutherland-Smith
19 Webb Road, Wanganui 4500
New Zealand

in article 1C%dh.48557$Pk.5985 (AT) fe2 (DOT) news.blueyonder.co.uk, Al at
alistairdore (AT) yahoo (DOT) com wrote on 07/12/2006 21:22:

'Aye. Beats nattering, any road