I got two questions...

[David Head]

Here's a 2 year old post...
Subject:
        Re: Cruise Control linkage trouble
   Date:
        Thu, 01 Jul 1999 19:19:58 -0700
   From:
        "frank j. bauer" <frankbauer at thevine.net>
     To:
        River6822 at aol.com, quattro at audifans.com




At 09:41 PM 7/1/99 EDT, River6822 at aol.com wrote:
>I have an 88 80q. The plastic grommet / keeper that holds the cruise control
>linkage to the cruise control servo has broken and disappeared.
>
>Does anyone know if I can get this part separately? What is is called ? Does
>it have a part number ? Does anyone have one off of a parts car that they
>would be willing to part with ? Or could some one give me the extact
>measurements so that I could replace it with a rubber grommet.

811 907 423
"bush for connecting rod"
about $2

frank



rguzz at mindspring.com wrote:

> david,
>
> do you have the part number? i believe this part is nla but it sounds like you
> know...easy enough to find out, i guess.
>
> rg
>
> On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 16:23:57 -0400 David Head <v8q at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> Although it is not available for type 44 cars, the same plastic grommet is
> used on
>
> Audi 90s and is readily available as a spare part from the dealer...
>
> Jobe Tichy wrote:
>
> > [ Converted text/html to text/plain ]
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> >
>
> > RE:  Cruise Control--I know this may sound silly, but when driving my car
> 1500
>
> > miles home after buying it, the cruise all of a sudden stopped working half
>
> > way through the trip for no apparent reason.  Checked switches, lines,
> vacuum
>
> > bladder, etc.  All checked out.  Took a "closer" look and the connecting
> rod's
>
> > little plastic grommet (that likes to break on several other audi's I've
>
> > worked with) had broke--thus, when the vaccuum was set, there was nothing
> for
>
> > it to grab onto.
>
> >
>
> > Much to my disappointment, my friend informed me that the dealer sold that
>
> > plastic part only with the rod and vacuum--not an option.  So, I fabricated
>
> > the EXACT same functioning piece by searching the bins at Home Depot and for
> a
>
> > nickel, I popped it on and it's nylon now and will never break.
>
> >
>
> > Is yours still there?  Just one more thing to check.  I guess the plastic
>
> > connecting rod grommet is super brittle being under the Intake Manifold and
>
> > likes to break after time.
>
> >
>
> > Hope that's one more place to look.
>
> >
>
> > JOBE
>
> >
>
> > '91 200tq 20v
>
> >
>
> > '84 BMW 318i (modified)
>
> > >From: "Audi Sport"
>
> > >To: 200q20v at audifans.com
>
> > >Subject: I got two questions...
>
> > >Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 00:00:10 -0400
>
> > >
>
> > >[ Converted text/html to text/plain ]
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> > >ok, here it goes...my reverse lights weren't working so I found out it was
>
> > the
>
> > >switch on the tranny and now that's fixed but I still got two problems. The
>
> > >seat warmer on the driver's side seat doesn't work. I had comfort seats in
>
> > >there before and now I got sport seats and it still doesn't work so I know
>
> > >it's not the seat since it was working in the car it came out of. Also the
>
> > >switch is good and I tested the relay and that works too plus I can hear it
>
> > >clicking when I turn the seat warmer dial so I am thinking it is a wiring
>
> > >problem. Are there any particular places to be looking for a broken wire or
>
> > >connection? Have any of you had anything like this happen? And my other
>
> > >question is concerning the cruise control. Of course, it doesn't work. I
>
> > >checked the vacum lines (since they brake a lot of times) but they are all
>
> > >intact. I looked at the rubber vacum pump but it doesn't seem to be
> leaking.
>
> > >Next thing I was gonna check is the combination switch. I did check all the
>
> > >fuses for all these things and I am pretty much out of ideas. If any of you
>
> > >can help me with either one of these issues let me know.
>
> > >Thanks
>
> > >Dan
>
> > >
>
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