200q20v Digest, Vol 38, Issue 2

Sat Dec 2 17:37:04 EST 2006

Rick:
Check with Chris Smith @ Smith Improrts in Chagrin Falls. Ohio.
He replaced my UFO with G-60's several month ago.
He might have the old parts.

C. B. Doubet
Free To Be Where We Want To Be

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>    1. Re: Auxiliary radiator (Mike Del Tergo)
>    2. 20V Avant FS (Mike Del Tergo)
>    3. Inst cluster ground/dash light and loose steering column
>       fixed (Eric Huppert)
>    4. any UFO hubs for sale? (Rick Houck)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 00:06:12 +0000
> From: Mike Del Tergo <mdeltergo at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Auxiliary radiator
> To: <proleonk at gmail.com>, <200q20v at audifans.com>
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> 2 years and counting without the aux rad in my 200, A/C still fine, about 
> 10 years without the aux rad in my UrQ and counting.
> Mike
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> > From: Leon <proleonk at gmail.com>> Subject: Auxiliary radiator and K26 
> > Turbo Question> > My auxiliary radiator mount got loose and ended up in 
> > the A/C> compressor and left me stranded on my day off. I temporary 
> > bypassed> the radiator by connecting a fitting heater hose between the 
> > two> outlets on the main radiator, like a loop back.> My question is: is 
> > it safe to be driving like this for extended> periods of time, or do i 
> > have to spend the $200 to get a new radiator?> Do any previous Turbo 
> > Audi models have those radiators, as I have not> found one?
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> Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 00:50:03 +0000
> From: Mike Del Tergo <mdeltergo at hotmail.com>
> Subject: 20V Avant FS
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> Anyone looking?
> Mike
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 21:51:25 -0500
> From: "Eric Huppert" <dragracer at netstep.net>
> Subject: Inst cluster ground/dash light and loose steering column
> fixed
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> As always, a easy job (with lots of documentation) turns into a problem!
>
> Per instructions on the list I finally fixed the bad solder joints in the
> IC. Pounding the dash was getting to where it didn't always work and my
> significant other wasn't usually impressed with the "quick fix"!
>
> Of course there was problems, isn't there always? A while back I had
> soldered the grounding pins to the clips, figured I was sooo smart! Of
> course when I started disassembling the circuit board tonight I realized I
> only had the solder sucker, no solder wick!!! ARGH. Stubbornness 
> prevailed,
> finally got them to separate. Then on to the wire jumper fix as was posted 
> a
> while back... What a PITA. Don't normally wear my reading glasses (It's 
> the
> bad lighting, not my eyes?) but even with them it was a strain. Took a
> couple of tries to get a clean "small" joint, but got both jumper wires
> in......
>
> Started putting the IC back together and realized the wires were 
> interfering
> with the two pins near the weak portion of the board. Had already gotten 
> the
> other side together but had some difficulty, It finally "snapped" in. Of
> course I say snapped because when I took it back apart the portion of the
> circuit card for the clock adjust was broken off... Figured I'd wait until
> tomorrow and disconnect the battery to adjust it, BUT, clock has read 5:06
> for the last half hour...
>
> So, if anyone has a extremely cheap cluster I would be interested. Not 
> worth
> spending a lot of $'s to have the clock.
>
> Second fix was the loose column (post ignition switch replacement) Have
> knocked the "wedge" in 3 or 4 times since doing the switch. Kept working
> loose. Borrowed my pals right angle drill and drilled after seating the
> wedge once again. Screwed together now. Hopefully that will keep it tight.
>
> Cheers, Eric
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 22:56:12 -0500
> From: "Rick Houck" <rhouck at neo.rr.com>
> Subject: any UFO hubs for sale?
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> Looking for two often discarded UFO front hubs for a project. Condition is
> not that important as I will be remachining them.  Cheap is good, and I
> really need only the hubs. Let me know what you want for them. Thanks.
>
> Rick in Ohio
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