Another hole patched on the Saab

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro) 10/29/2018 at 12:00 • Filed to: Saab 900, project, wrenching

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This one was in the RF wheel well, against the passenger footwell.

...and once again, I forgot to take pics. Dang it. Well, if you look past the ground-down welds, you should be able to see the roughly Africa-shaped patch here. These repairs often end up being roughly twice as large as the original rust hole, so you can use that rule of thumb to figure how bad it was when we found it. (BTW, that line of three holes on the side belong to the mudflap fasteners.)

Oddly, the other side of this car shows absolutely no problem in this area. So maybe this wheel just happened to kick up a random piece of road debris at some point, enough to compromise the undercoating and start rusting? Who knows.

At least it’s patched now. It would have been all too easy for all kinds of water, salt, and D etroitus to get flung into there. Next up, the driveshaft-arch/control-arm-mount/frame area...

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Urambo Tauro 10/29/2018 at 12:04

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This might be relevant to your interests. An 86 900  Turbo SPG  https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/d/1986-saab-900-spg/6722504163.html

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Urambo Tauro 10/29/2018 at 12:09

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Urambo Tauro > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/29/2018 at 12:18

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Seems like a fair trade!

someassemblyrequired > Urambo Tauro 10/29/2018 at 12:21

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Detroitus made me laugh out loud - that’s perhaps the most accurate term I’ve ever heard for the “stuff” that sits on the roads in Wayne County.

Future Heap Owner > Urambo Tauro 10/29/2018 at 12:56

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Heh, Detroitus

So Shiney. So Chrome! So Frunky > someassemblyrequired 10/29/2018 at 13:02

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That is a good term. Another term I heard for a specific type of road debris around here: if you see a weave (hair) in the road it’s a Tumble-weave.