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To Remove

Fig 1: Illustration For Steps 3-4
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NOTE: If the car is fitted with a radio other than Saab's original, check that the customer has the radio code before you begin work.
  1. Disconnect the battery's negative cable.
  2. Raise the car.
  3. Remove the cover under the car.
  4. Remove the cover over the belt circuit.
  5. Slacken the multigroove V-belt and disengage it from the generator.
    Fig 2: Illustration For Step 5
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  6. Undo the generator's connecting cables.
    Fig 3: Illustration For Steps 6-7
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  7. Remove the bolt from the lower generator bracket.
  8. Lower the car.
  9. Drape protective covers over the front wings.
  10. Remove the contact housing of the mass air flow sensor.
    Fig 4: Illustration For Steps 11-12-13
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  11. Remove the air hose, mass air flow sensor and air-filter canister.
  12. Disengage the fuel hoses from their attachments.
  13. Snip the strap tie that holds the hoses of the supplementary heater.
  14. Disconnect the hose leading to the control valve's wastegate under the turbocharger.
    Fig 5: Illustration For Steps 14-15
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    WARNING: The turbocharger may be hot enough to cause hand burns.
  15. Detach the wastegate.
  16. Remove the upper retaining bolt of the generator.
    Fig 6: Illustration For Steps 16-17
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  17. Remove the three screws for the engine mounting on the right structural member and press the engine forward.
  18. Raise the generator.
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