[Biturbos4] B5 S4 Glove box strut/dashpot

[Geraldo Candelas]

I live in San Antonio as well. Mine is 2002 red with 248,000 miles on original motor, tranny and turbos. 

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> On Jan 21, 2016, at 2:34 PM, Nicholas Mistry <nick at mistry.com> wrote:
> 
> That's a great question.   The first 30k were put on in the first two
> years in Boston.  Since I moved to San Antonio 13 years ago I have
> been working from home instead of commuting.  The remaining 37k miles
> are me just tooling around the hill country here or running an
> occasional errand.   To add to that I had a daughter two years ago and
> we mostly cart her around in a mint 2003 Tahoe that I got for < $5k.
> 
> With such low miles I just can't justify trading it in or up for
> another S or RS with another car payment.
> 
> -N
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jan 20, 2016, at 8:17 PM, Grant Lenahan <glenahan at vfemail.net> wrote:
>> 
>> why don’t you drive it?  I have that many track miles on my boxster!
>> (well, nearly)
>>> On Jan 20, 2016, at 8:30 PM, Nicholas Mistry <nick at mistry.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I am still here too.   Still have my original 2001.5 S4 at 67k miles.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 20, 2016, at 7:22 PM, Grant Lenahan <glenahan at vfemail.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> well, you and me :-)
>>>> But i haven’t had a biturbo for years (but want a very specific one)
>>>> 
>>>> Grant
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jan 20, 2016, at 7:28 PM, Ti Kan <ti at amb.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> By the way, how many people are still on the BiturboS4 list?
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Ti
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 04:19:02PM -0800, Ti Kan wrote:
>>>>>> 2001.5 S4 here (I'm sure B5 A4s are the same).  When I open the glove box,
>>>>>> it used to open with a smooth, damped motion (sounded like a gas strut
>>>>>> in there with a hissing noise). But recently it no longer does that,
>>>>>> and just drops open hard.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I'm thinking the gas strut may have worn out, but don't they typically
>>>>>> go out gradually rather than spontaneously? Or is something else broken?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> With the glove box open, I see a lever on the left side that seem to go
>>>>>> into a cylindrical object above. Is that the strut? Any insight about
>>>>>> how to replace or repair this?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -Ti
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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