Saab: accessing relays behind fascia panel in late-1982 C900 - how?

In article <buiq5h$p43$apana.org.au>, apana.org.au
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Check your earthing point at that rear light cluster first. It may be a
bad ground there, and is a common fault (rear light ground faults).

If you do need to drop the knee bolster, remove the steering wheel.
Take out the ashtray, and unbolt the center console if you have one (one
bolt behind ashtray, two screws under the center ribbed rubber strip at
the bottom).

Where the console bolted in behind the ashtray is a larger bolt (13 or
14mm I think) remove that.

Then, underneith the hood, in the inner wing directly under the corners
of the windshield, there is a 10mm bolt on each side of the car. It may
be covered in sealant that needs to be removed. It is a little fiddly,
but you can get an extension especially with a UJ onto it. that should
be all the bolts out now, and it comes out, then down, or down then out
(can't remember exactley).

I think some of the later models have more bolts, but I don't have one
of them so can't advise.
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"Craig Ian Dewick" <apana.org.au> wrote in message
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This sounds like an earthing problem for the rear light units, rather than
an electrical fault behind the dash.
My C900, Shitroen ZX and Ford Orions have all had fairly random acting rear
lights. Cleaning up all the connections, and in the case of the ZX making
"custom" earth wires solved the problem.

Mike

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 08:50:57 +0000 (UTC), apana.org.au
(Craig Ian Dewick) wrote:
 

First thing I'd do is to run that ground wire properly, and either
clean or replace the ground wire. It sounds very much like a bad
ground at the tail light to me.

Harvey

 

Had exactly the same probs... fixed it using the instructions on the
following link;

http://www.andrewsofprinceton.com/service/tech_tips/nov.html

good luck.
Gwilym.


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MeatballTurbo <com> writes:
 
 

This could well explain why the donor car I've been comparing the wiring in my
car with has a bolt and a replacement ground wire going to the rear earth
point... Each rear light cluster in the donor car has one actually.
 
 
 

Sounds complicated but now I know where to look for all the securing
devices, I should be able to work out how to make it happen! I'll check our
the earthing issue first though as that's a lot simpler to take care of.

Craig.
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In article <buqv6f$kkn$apana.org.au>, apana.org.au
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I've been lucky, apart from soome reversing light issues (and an
indicator that stopped working on the day of the MOT, but was just a
loose bulb rather than a failoed bulb), my rear clusters have been fine.

The dash isn't two tricky.

What is difficult the actual Dashtop/instrument cluster. Thats why a lot
of jobs get done through the speaker holes. I've got a dash bulb (the
one for the fuel/boost/temp gauge) out and it is a real git to try and
get a grip on it to twist it, without being able to see where you are
going.
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"GG" <com> writes:
 
 

Thanks for all the tips. I agree it seems like an earth problem so I'm going
to fix it today. My donor car already has additional earth wires added for
both rear light clusters so whoever owned that car in the past must have
experienced the same sort of problem.

Craig.
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