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Duder's Beige Brick - ARUNDL - 1981 242 DL +B230FT

Thanks. I'm so antsy to get the B230FT back in this thing. Just need to make some time now to finish the small jobs remaining.
 
Thanks. I did buy a set of side skirts from Pat. They are lower on the priority list, but yeah I'm excited for the final product. I figure these are easily reversible mods if I get tired of them at some point (unlike buttcheek deletes, box flares, etc etc).

Getting close now to swapping the B230FT back in. Hopefully will have it running over the Christmas break.
 
Getting ready to yank the silly clatterbox diesel in a few days and shove the B230FT back in.

Started the ol' girl on ether tonight and holy f*ck, that thing is loud on cold start! I haven't been driving it so I forget how agricultural the D24 is.

Got the 1993 AC compressor and bracket cleaned up, and reassembled with fresh poly bushings and replated hardware. That's progress. The engine wiring harness is nearly complete too.

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My father in law helped out with loading and transporting my menagerie of 8v 4-cylinders to our shop a few days back. The 22R now belongs to my buddy who bought my Hilux from me, and the B21F is just a shortblock, but the B230FT is nearly ready to go. BTW I love my Land Crusher as a tow / utility vehicle.

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Yes indeed! It needs a new #5 injector hard line so if you can help me find one that would expedite the process. Just drove it the ~5 miles from home to my shop with no issues a few minutes ago, except for the spray of fuel coating everything under the hood now.

Last hurrah as an oil burner for old beigey.

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Huzzah - as of last night the B230FT is back. I'd like to have it running by the end of this coming weekend, and will be busting ass to make that happen.

Can't wait to have a real car back after all this.
 
Tore down the front end last night to address the battery tray. The inner fender is fine but the nastiness was trapped between the headlight panel, inner fender, and front fascia panel so I had to cut the spot welds and tear it down for full cleaning & abatement. Glad I decided to do so, because it was getting pretty crunchy in there. No rust-thru though which is great. I have a clean battery tray that will be welded in post haste.


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Where did you end up with the clutch setup? Are you still using the SAAB 240mm pressure plate? I'm going to be redoing my flywheel/clutch setup and trying to figure out what plays nicely.
 
Stiggy Pop said:
Where did you end up with the clutch setup? Are you still using the SAAB 240mm pressure plate? I'm going to be redoing my flywheel/clutch setup and trying to figure out what plays nicely.
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The clutch disc is from Clutchnet. It's their SM18101 sprung-hub organic 240mm disc for the 1994-98 Saab 9000 Aero - but - modified with the correct spline to fit the M46 input shaft.

Pressure plate is the Saab 9000 Aero one, yes; Sachs ZF part no. 3082 217 232, still available through Saab dealers online.

Flywheel is the JVAB steel 60-2 piece from his 2nd run.
 
Duder said:
A few weeks ago Alex was kind enough to take my pressure plate and smash it on an Instron machine. This was all in the name of science so I agreed. Now we have a handy force vs. displacement curve for the Saab 9000 Aero PP, and I can be sure to set up my clutch stack correctly. I'm going to aim for about 0.14" displacement as measured at the ID of the diaphragm spring fingers, with the idea being that as the clutch disc wears the PP will actually gain clamp load before it starts decreasing.

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I would have loved to have had this info back when I was trying to set mine up. Initially mine was over half way released with the plate just bolted up straight to the flywheel. The second time taking it apart I was under a time crunch and didn't have a way to measure the force/extension so I just used washers under the plate and tried to get it functional.

From memory, mine is now sitting at ~.230" on your chart, so still not great. I still need to take it apart anyways to get a step cut or use proper spacers instead of the washers, so thanks for posting this.
 
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