Saab cut and paste (no Audi content)

[Mike Arman <armanmik@n-jcenter.com>]

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>Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 15:43:04 -0500 (EST)
>From: Mike Mulholland <meyeke@netinc.ca>
>Subject: [none]
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>after reading this...i have to ask why??? a)would you do it, and b) did you
>have to do it that way? 

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>Repair manual recommends that you also cut out a section
>of the frame above the radiator and weld it back in when you're
>re-installing the drivetrain.
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>BTDT many times, once outside at 0 degrees F.
>
>Bill Elliott
>mike

This is referring to R&R clutch on a Saab Sonnet - I had a 1970 V-4, and
did the clutch twice - second time I cut the top crossmember behing the
radiator and made a bolt-in section from aluminum channel "for next time" -
ex wife got the car in a divorce, sold it a week later to someone who
promtly wrecked it, and there was no "next time".

Really, that's the ONLY way to do it and keep your sanity! The Saab V-4 is
a Taunus (or some other German Ford) and is approximately a two foot cube
of solid cast iron which you must wiggle out of and back into a hole
2.00000001 feet across - heavy, greasy, sharp edges, nothing to grab -
nasty job! The hacksaw method made it SO much easier.

Strange little car - don't miss it much.

Best Regards,

Mike Arman