Part I
In September of 2022, a month after I thought I had fixed it, the P0033 came back, but all the valves and hoses were new. When I got my annual inspection I asked them to diagnose the code and they said the turbo needed replaced. They would do it for the bargain price of $5,000.
I drove it for 6 months and checked everything else I could think of. A new turbo by itself was $2,250 and I didn’t want to spend that much.
I finally bought a junkyard turbo off of Ebay for $200 and pulled mine using this video and the Saab WIS.
Not much room
It wasn’t as difficult as I thought it would be, but it was not easy to pull it out.
“New” one on the left
Luckily I decided to check the studs on the “new” one before I put it in, because they were cross threaded pretty badly. I took one out, but the second one broke. I looked at my old turbo and nothing seemed wrong with it, so I swapped the vacuum canister and diaghpram onto the old one and put it back in. No codes and plenty of power again. The car ran strong for the rest of its life with that fix.
In August of 2022, the valve cover gasket started to leak profusely. I could smell burning oil in the car and it was worse from the outside. This wasn’t too hard either, simple to remove and replace it.
In November of 2022, I stopped at the base gate and my rear brake let out a horrible screech. I was surprised because I rotate my tires every 5,000 miles and the pads have always been in great shape. When I looked the rotor was definitely getting metal on metal grinding. Found out that these pads can fall off of the back plate after many years. These had been on there for over 6 years at this point. It was not hard at all to replace the pads and rotors, but I did have to buy a tool to compress the parking brake.
In 2023 the clear coat started to peel and the car looked really bad. this didn’t bother me, she still ran great but the mileage was getting higher and higher.
In May of 2024, I was getting tired of the rough ride from the cheap FCS struts, so I bought a set of Bilsteins and put them on. They cost about twice as much as the FCS ones but I wish I would have done that years ago, she rode so much smoother. Problem was the stock ones were ruined when I bought the car, so I didn’t realize how bad the cheap ones were.
In October 2024, the clutch started to go out. I took it to a shop and they said it would be $2500. I almost didn’t do it, but the car was running great still so I had them do it.
When I went to pick it up, the service manager said that the mechanic had just finished driving it and everything was ready. I paid the man, took my keys, and went to the car. The button on the key opened the door, but when I put it in the ignition, the fob would not turn and I got a KEY NOT ACCEPTED CONTACT DEALER message. The mechanic and I spent over an hour trying to get it to work. I know he had driven it before I got there because the engine was still warm. He tried using the Tech II to turn off the immobilizer and we tried unplugging the battery and letting it sit but nothing worked. The fob locks and unlocks the doors and trunk, but will not turn the ignition. The next day I brought my spare key and nothing worked again. They put a new ignition in and now my spare key worked and the real key can unlock the doors but not turn the ignition. The spare key had no buttons and because Saabs are weird, if you unlock the door with a key, the alarm will go off. Luckily it was really raggedy looking at this point so I didn’t worry about anyone breaking in.
In retrospect, I should not have gotten the new clutch. In December, just 2 months after the clutch and key, the oil pump failed. It happened when I was on an exit ramp with no shoulder, so by the time I got off the road it sounded like my diesel truck. Had it towed to the shop and they said it needed a new engine and they would not be willing to do that.
Looking at this and the prior article, while it did give me some issues, it was a pretty reliable car and I was sad to lose it.
So after driving it for 8 1/2 years and 150,000 miles it was the end for my poor Saab.
However, it was not the end of my Saab story.
I was doing a few small things and the dogs thought we were going for a walk. They would not come out so we did go for a walk.
Once they start going south its easy to money pit them, best to give in and put em down.
I should have given up sooner than I did.
Yes, been there, wasted a lot of money
We’re talking about cars still, right?
“The spare key had no buttons and because Saabs are weird, if you unlock the door with a key, the alarm will go off.”
My 2013 Chevy Malibu did this. Lord, that was annoying. I still have no idea why that happened, but I recall it not happening *every* time. Fucking. Bastards. At least be consistent with your shitbaggery. Lulling me enough so I was shocked each time.
^^Purposeful, that must’ve been.
The Saab did it every time.
It would also go off if you used the fob to unlock the trunk without unlocking the doors first.
What sense does that make?
It’s letting you know your cargo is trying to get out without your permission first.
Much sensical.
Thought of you when you told about that and later watched this.
Pt 1) Saab Turbo Wagon…IMMOBILIZED!? (’06 9-3 DISASTER!)
Prior shop royally fucked up this car. Pine Hallow specializes in auto electrical and touches stuff other shops run from. Good diagnostic videos.
I’d be pulling my hair out.
It’s 3 videos of him fixing it.
You made the right call to cut your losses.
Saabs are weird and painful sometimes.
Electronics troubleshooting is not something I have a lot of experience with.
I do better with electrical than mechanical.
I’m not bad with mechanical, but my HS friends who grew up on farms knew how to fix shit in typical farmer fashion.
Amazing what necessity does.
That is how I learned
Yeah, the guys running fleets can tell you “If X [the clutch] goes, odds are Y [oil pump] and Z [who the fuck knows] are going to fail before fixing X pays off”.
“They would not come out so we did go for a walk.”
Been there, bro. “Alright, fine! We’ll go to the end of driveway, but that’s it!” Hour later: “I bet you knuckleheads are thirsty. We just walked over three miles. Turned out to be a nice day for a walk.”
I love that we need “tax credits” or subsidies to address the rising costs of insurance from a bill that was actually called the Affordable Health Care Act and no one on the left bats an eye at it. Is there any problem created by government that progressives won’t just demand that we throw more money at it? Or anything at all in society that they don’t just demand more government money? Rhetorical questions.
Team Blue creates expected mess. Demands Team Red fix their mess. Team Red readily complies.
Rinse and repeat.
One wonders why the GOP and Donald played this whole “shutdown” flapdoodle when they never had any intention of not rolling over for another fountain of cash demanded by the Dems.
And back pay for no work. And layoffs reinstated.
3 words
We are Fucked
I’d like to congratulate and welcome Derp to the Walmart crew! The Glibbening expands. HH equip should be purchased through us to further our bond.
My divine provenance, surely, paved the way. (And not THAT Shirley.) What can I say? I facilitate connectivity!
Fortunately bee equipment is reusable, we do buy a few jars every year, mostly from Walmart. I’ll look for you and Derp on my next trip though
Serendipitously, the piece I submitted today is about my gig in Walmart’s Online Pickup Department (OPD). It’s gonna be at least two more parts, methinks, this one a fun look at the grocery factory-work through the lens of a Digital Online Shopper, my official title.
Am curious to hear thoughts from him on his new role.
Im so glad I dont work a real job.
Mine is a pain but at least I dont gave do deal with the public anymore.
It’s odd. I’m a *very* introverted person. Dad has Asperger’s and I have more of it than bro, but far, far less than Dad. With all sorts of issues on that front, personally (internally), socially, romantically… I’m shockingly good at it as long as I have a *reason* to. Helping customers is easy, though I’ve never done it with ones you *expect* to be upset with you or the org you represent. Having a Peru Tribune press pass, the most powerful lanyard I’ve witnessed, was a lightning bolt of flipping that switch. I hate to use this damn word, but it really was empowering. Could physically feel the change.
Evan doesn’t have too many ‘reasons’ of his own. Well, he has many, but then he starts to think about it with himself, and then Evan talks back, and then they pointlessly circle in stumbles until the moment has passed.
“Friendly Sensory Hours.” <– More on that fucking bullshit later. I wonder what Derp's reaction to those'll be.
Sunk cost fallacy. I’m going through it with the 2000 Tracker Testarossa.
You also have to consider how much a replacement will cost.
Then try to guess the next headache the current car will throw at you.
Like ex-wives, there’s a reason the previous guy got rid of it.
Sick fourscore
A Ferrari lawnmower?
Tall Cans Indeed
I’ve been going through my collection and noticed that the brass on my Henry is discoloring unevenly. What’s a good treatment to fix that and get it ready for
storageits unexpected return to the bottom of the river?Sunshine, it needs to be outside and used more. It’s good for us as well
https://sunlightinstitute.org/sanitizing-with-sunlight-the-best-disinfectant-know/
I live in New York. We don’t get sun.
We don’t get sun.
Haven’t paid your sun tax?
How else are you supposed to fight global warming if you don’t tax the source of the heat?
Hoppes#9 is your friend
Maybe Brasso?
It’s what we used in boot camp for our brass buckles and things before we were allowed to buy anodized items.
I was leaning that way, since it was on the large flat surfaces, so it should be relatively straightforward to clean.
From what I remember, it works really well.
That brass might have some sort of clear coating on it. I would check with Henry, see what they say.
*brandishes dremel with wire wheel*
Brasso was my dads choice
/ Marine
Or do the reverse.
https://www.birchwoodcasey.com/products/brass-black-touch-up.html
I’d be tempted as it’s less work. You should be able to polish it back if you don’t like it.
I haven’t run 500 rounds through it yet.
(.45 Long Colt is costly to run.)
Ive lost my patriot status and have donned a Hugo Boss attire for the remainder of my time with the FAA. Off for the rest of the week to contemplate my understanding of what it means to be a good patriot.
I have 12.5 years before I can become a full-time parasite.
Assuming the state isn’t bankrupt to the point of failing to pay pensions by them…
I didn’t buy back my military time..and I will once my house sells. Once that is done, I have 5 years tops that I want to do, not needed. I will work Walmart as a greater if needed.
The frustration is that I want to leave, but 60% FAS from 55 onwards makes me inclined to hang on, but I worry the whole mess will be bankrupt and make all that stress meaningless.
My goal is to not be one of those old folks – God bless them – stocking shelves at the supermarket.
In my day that was an entry-level job, not a retirement job. I don’t even know what is supposed to be an entry-level job anymore since the Dems have worked so hard to prevent young people from gaining any work experience.
My entry-level was on a helpdesk. They sent that job to India and laid me off.
Mine was supermarket cashier and a lot of that is old folks now too.
Though still a fair amount of youngsters.
In Cali/Nevada…ya near impossible to get a entry level job at 16-17. 18, it got a bit better. Out here in Kentucky I have seen more of what I am used to in entry level. 15-16 year olds just making a buck for the weekend and gaining experience.
@Rhy: I’m definitely gonna talk about the elderly and the patchwork of folk working at Walmart. It’s eerie, sensible and fucked at the same time.
@OBE: I got my first gig at McDonald’s when I was just 15. Had to get parental consent in IN back then, I think(?), but bro worked there before and we knew the manager. We may have skirted the rules by a year. Mr. Washington was a good dude. He coached baseball back in the day. I remember him chatting to Dad about how he once coached David Justice.
I’m currently seeking an entry-level job, at an age far closer to retirement than the age where most would start a career.
I’ve been a stay-at-home dad since I finished grad school (and promptly had my first heart attack 3 months later). But life is too expensive to not work. I haven’t worked except for a short stint at an indoor baseball facility in almost 16 years. I’m definitely looking at the grocery store.
Around here, auto parts delivery seems to be a retirement job. Which seems like an odd choice.
I’m 62 and getting ready to retire. I’m gonna make shit for money. But it will be enough to pay The property taxes on the house. All that said, it’s gonna be really difficult to fucking difficult to carry on.
Today’s presentation was “Crisis at the Southern Border.” At some point, an AWFL just had to point out that all of us in the room (no Natives Americans present) came from immigrant roots and therefore we should welcome and nurture them. Nods, stories about Granpa Tony arriving from Italy in 1912 with $2 in his pocket, etc. ensued. At some point I was compelled to note that “Yes, but the U.S. was not a Welfare State back when our ancestors showed up and had to ‘root, hog, or die.'” That did get some agreement, but the discussion moved on to the excessive height on the border wall causing those climbing it to break their arms and legs when they fell off and “why can’t we lower it?”
Idiots
What if your roots are 400 years old…
“Look at how well not driving off the invaders worked out for the Indians. Now, start shooting them when they break a leg on the fall.”
Only if you stick a Post-It note there with your address and a spare key taped to it.
You should find better outlets for your masochism kink.
How many of these terminal empathizers leave their front door unlocked?
Raise it another five feet.
The fall needs to be fatal.
***
I will work Walmart as a greater if needed.
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Gooba Gabba Gooba Gobble, one of us!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W99n083E0IA
I could probably write a decent short story about a Walmart where all the employees are libertarians.
Ha! It would be funny if we did one of those ‘You write one chapter, me the next’ thingies.
Oh, that is genius. I’ll write the first installment. The only problem I foresee is P Brooks sticking his section into some random place in the compilation.
My dad owned a Saab in the early 80s. It was a horrible piece of garbage. It made Jaguars look reliable. Saab could never get the car running properly and gave up.
Dad had my sister paint lemons on the doors and hood. Then he parked it in front of the dealership. Saab eventually caved and bought the car back.
I was just thinking about it, and I think a man would have to suck around 5 dicks before I’d consider him gayer than a guy who ‘plays’ fantasy football. By this measure I think Rhy and Tonio are probably straighter than some other glibs. /hot take
I mean, some times a dick just falls in your mouth. I get it. But you have to choose to ‘play’ fantasy football. I don’t get that.
It’s just gambling.
Which is gay, to be fair.
https://youtu.be/o8n2rU137S4
Sig P320: Audi or Pinto trigger?
I had a 2000 Ford Expedition in Minnesota. First car I ever bought new. It was lovely.
After about 5 years it started acting odd. Air conditioner running when no one was in, battery running out.
I observed that this happened when it rained. I looked on the intereebs and saw that this was a common problem in F-150s, which are pretty much Expeditions.
Apparently rain got into the brain of the car located in the upper left. Cost would be $2000 to replace it.
I said yeah nah and paid $100 to replace the windshield instead. Problem solved. Just a leaky windshield that let rain in.
A can of flex seal would have been cheaper.
[ imagines Sean and Hayeksplosives in a boat with a Flex-sealed screen door ]
“Air conditioner running when no one was in”
Does the radio play golden oldies on its own? Sounds like a haunted car problem. Maybe call a priest if the windshield thing doesn’t work out.
Thanks for y’all that replied to my questions about Rochester and Victor New York.
I’m flying out next week. The company looks really interesting.
Good luck. Keep us posted.
Happy Turkey day eve!
🤗☔️🌧️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEH4eqtK8SU
Morning.
https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-to-execute-all-turkeys-pardoned-by-bidens-autopen
Good.
Good morning, Sean, U, hayek (if still awake,) Ted’S., and ChipP!
Good morning!
Thanksgiving is in October in Canada, isn’t it? Is the traditional meal substantially different from the American turkey, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, etc.?
They eat Kraft Dinner before retiring to their chesterfields to watch Curling for Toonies.
Morning, how goes?
For me… 😭
The coat hook I designed and printed is too small to fit over the cube wall.
We watch the Grey Cup between the Roughriders and the Rough Riders.
I’m sorry, U! 😞 I bet it’ll come out OK on your next try!
The main difference, I think, is that if stuffing is prepared outside the bird, it’s called “dressing”, at least in eastern Canada. AFAICT, all yous call it all stuffing.
The Ruffriders never seem to make it in.
🐶
Also, green bean casserole isn’t a thing here.
@GT – I do have more accurate measurements. I just need to add 20mm to the gap meant to fit over the cube wall.
The only reason I work in milimeters is because in OpenSCAD 1 unit == 1mm, which makes the math easier.
Awww! Green bean casserole is the only part of Thanksgiving dinner I know how to make! 😞 I have a turkey-shaped casserole dish made expressly for that, which will go unused this year because we’re going to a restaurant. Of course, the recipe for the green bean casserole is in the bottom of the dish, so I take a picture of it before I start. (Ackshually, the recipe is also usually on the package of French-fried onions, as that’s all most people use them for.) Also, “golden mushroom” soup >>> cream of mushroom.
I haven’t made a casserole since… I don’t recall having made a casserole.
U, we’ll forgive your use of the metric system in this particular circumstance, but don’t let it become a habit. 🤨
In my defense, I did NOT buy a turkey-shaped casserole dish. It was left behind when we bought the house.
I make baked ziti several times a year.
I must confess – I have a 9mm.
Did you ever make turkey casserole in the turkey-shaped casserole dish?
I have not made turkey casserole in the turkey-shaped casserole dish. To be fair, I suppose I should make turkey casserole in a green bean-shaped casserole dish. 🤔
I have no green bean emojis…
That is correct.
“Dressing” is what your pour over a salad.
Why should the state be choosing which R&D to fund?
Because shut up.
“Campbell’s VP Admits Soup Is “S**t For F**king Poor People” With “Chicken… From A 3D-Printer””
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/campbells-vp-admits-soup-st-fking-poor-people-chicken-3d-printer#comment-stream
Campbell’s soup is Mmmm mmmm yuck…not quite Soylent Green yet but we’ll get there one day.
Do drugs fall out of Campbell’s soup cans?
I wish, I could use some drugs.
I have some Tylenol, assuming you’re not pregnant.
I didn’t know they fired the whistleblower.
Harsh.
Where the fuck was HR to deal with such a hostile work enviro… yeah right.
suh’ fam
whats goody
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/11/doj-employee-arrested-booked-terrorism-evidence-tampering-charges/
Just a Karen being a Karen.