ABS Questions

[spydergear]

New rubber seals. I got these from SAABsite.

[spydergear]

I found this little plastic sleeve when I removed the seal. I put it back in so the reservoir's tube would fit through.

[spydergear]

I cleaned area around seal locations, inserted seals, cleaned reservoir nipples (after this picture was taken) and found that I needed to lubricate seals with brake fluid that was kind enough to appear on demand at the rear-most hole. Once that was done, the reservoir popped back in by pressing down.

[spydergear]

I had some old blue Loctite that seemed to still be good. I wonder how long Loctite lasts?

[spydergear]

I took the opportunity to replace the coolant tank as it was leaking in at least three places. It looked so terrible I assumed it must be original, but I found a Scan Tech label underneath.

More to do, but at least the car is drivable now.

[spydergear]

I believe General Motors owned SAAB at the time this car was made, so it was funny to find the connector to the reservoir had the "Ford" logo.

I do really need to find a method to clean the wiring, any suggestions?

[YellowBird]

Glad to hear you have the SPG back on the road. The pictures and the write up are great and should prove helpful.

[spydergear]

Thanks, SPG9. It was great to drive it again.

[vsfoxe]

spydergear asked:

Anyone have a good method of cleaning the grime without damaging any of the wiring?

I'm not exactly certain which wires you want to clean (all?), but waterless handcleaner and a cotton rag works well if you can get to them. Vern

[spydergear]

spydergear asked:

I'm not exactly certain which wires you want to clean (all?), but waterless handcleaner and a cotton rag works well if you can ge to them. Vern

Good idea!

Thanks, Vern