i need to get this saab running..

[thebrickblog]

hello, again. i've tried a few things and nothing seems to work. i made a video when i jumped the FP relay. does it sound alright? also i've got some pictures of the motor.











like i said i got the car in not running condition and the guy that owned it before me didn't take good care of the poor car. maybe you guy's will spot something i missed. and as i said in my last post i replaced the dizzy and it ran, OK. and then i changed the master clutch and brake cyl. and once i was finished it didn't start. maybe we can get this sorted. thanks guys.

[jskrebs]

Fuel, Air, Spark an it should at least fire.

If you crack the banjo fitting on the end of the fuel rail and you get a squirt of fuel the pump is working.

[spydergear]

I did not view the video, but from the pictures I can see that on the plus side, the engine components look fairly free of corrosion. On the minus side, someone has made many modifications. If it ran before, I would check over everything you did to see if something is not the same. That can be hard to do if you are unfamiliar with these cars, I know.

When you say you took some of the intake pipes off, what are you refering to, the whole intake manifold, just some of the vacuum lines, or what?

[spydergear]

I re-read your post. I assume you mean the turbo intake pipes from the throttle body forward.

[peva]

Does it start with 'Easystart' (ether) sprayed into the intake? Do this through an intake rubber bush. If it runs it's probably a fuel issue. If it doesn't run it's probably spark and I would first check plug lead order. The Bentley manual is wrong on this issue and if you followed that it won't start. Plug lead position; looking from front of car and starting from 12 o'clock, going counter-clockwise it's; 1-3-4-2.

[XLR99]

If it ran ok until you did some work, I'd start by going back and check your work, make sure you didn't disconnect a vac line or ground wire.

If rechecking your work doesn't reveal anything start with simple stuff as already suggested.

I don't have a turbo for reference, but I see two capped off vac lines on the throttle body.