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A few little things worked out. The Speedometer was way off. All I did to fix it was to disconnect the cable at the trans and then reconnect it, so I'm buying a new cable. The shifter was difficult to get into 2nd gear, so after rerunning the adjustment procedure about 5 times and carving some more ...

I used a die grinder and a spring compressor to take a coil and a half off today. That dropped the ride height from 5.5 inches to 4.75" inches. 3.5" inches would look better, but I'm concerned with taking out too much strut travel. The brake lights are always on. The auto parts store said that there...

i've never heard the lanos as having a tall 2nd gear... mine redlines at 80kmh what rpm does it start to struggle? you might be getting choked up by the intake and/or exhaust or it might even be a tooth out with the timing A couple of my cars have aluminum flywheels, so I might just be feeling the ...

WooHoo! I now have 5 speeds and reverse. I hacked off the little button and got 5th gear, but still had no reverse. Then I went through the shifter adjustment procedure, but had to put a 1/8" spacer between the white lockout piece with the arrow and the plastic container. This may simply be because ...

Cutting the front springs sounds like a good option. Any idea on how much to take off the first swipe? The LeMans springs appeared to be progressive springs, but if these SAAB springs are progressive, it isn't as obvious. I finally drove it last week. It still has one weeping fitting at one of the t...

I put the SAAB rear springs in and it sits closer to level. The front is still a bit higher. Having the rear be higher than the front would probably help rotate the car in a turn. I might look at putting the LeMans springs back on the front to lower it a bit. The SAAB rear beam also has a rear anti-...

The LeMans Springs were smaller and shorter. I'm not sure if I even tried to make them fit, but because the SAAB struts are longer, my thinking was that I would have been running the risk of bottoming the strut. I have located the SAAB rear springs, so I'll try putting them on and that will probably...

See my LeMans thread here: http://daewootech.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14226 The bulk of the work is complete, but I haven't driven it yet. I could outline all that it takes to do the job, but I can tell you that the cheapest way to do it is to buy a parts car. If you bought a parts car with a b...

So I read another message here about adjusting the shift rod and looked up the procedure in the manual. After performing the procedure, I can now find first gear! Unfortunately, that requires shifting into what should be reverse. I have to pull up on the reverse lockout lever to get to first. I thin...

The rear beam is installed and the SAAB Viking wheels are on the car. It looks good. I couldn't find the SAAB springs for the rear beam, so I reused the LeMans springs. They are too short, so the car looks high in the front and low in the back. Three of my brake line fittings are needing to be recri...

I shorted the 2.5mm Purple wires from the Transaxle Position Switch together. A todo is to run these wires back to the clutch switch, once I get a clutch switch that will work. The Lanos part isn't a bolt on. But shorting the wires allowed me to start the car. It doesn't idle great. I suspect a vacu...

The wiring is done for the 1992 distributor. The manual mentions a fuel pump prime connector "top of engine at distributor". Any idea what to look for? I'd also like to prime the oiling system. On a V8, I'd just run the oil pump through the distributor hole with an electric drill, but on this car, I...

One day, I will have it all up on the web. Probably within the next 3 months. Just busy, I'm sure you know how it is... If you have any specific pic needs, let me know. I went ahead and connected the end links even though they are a pinky width from the half-shaft boots. Maybe they were that way sto...

The slipping could indicate a transmission problem. Slipping around a corner can just be low trans fluid. Slipping from a start might be a bad torque converter. It's hard to say how long it would take to fix.

Removed AC parts Front Brakes Done Front Suspension Done Engine Wired Except rewiring distributor ignition module to use newer dist Connectors came from 91 Sunbird (2 pin) and 97 Caviler (4 pin) Except VSS which has a different connector on the trans Fuel Lines connected Coolant system sound (used a...