[Biturbos4] B5 S4 Glove box strut/dashpot

[Robert Stephenson]

Still have my 2000 S4 (mine since '02).  88,000 miles.
On Jan 20, 2016 7:31 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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