Mechanic Needed

[Eric DeWitt]

I can highly reccommend Bill Wooding of Wooding's Garage (Also called 
Wooding's Auto Union!) in Alston, MA (Union Sq.).  He is very honest, 
fair and a VW/Audi specialist.  He drives an Audi 5+5.  My family has 
been going to him for 20 years!

Eric DeWitt

quattro-request at audifans.com put fingers to the keys and scribed:

>From: Huw Powell [mailto:audi at mediaone.net]
>Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 4:37 PM
>To: Pollock, Thomas
>Cc: 'quattro at audifans.com'
>Subject: Re: mechanic needed ?
>
>
>
>> Hello out there !   I haven't been in here for quite a while, hopefully
>> someone out there can point me to a reputable mechanic. I'm trying to help
>a
>> work associate of my wife locate a mechanic in the Peabody Mass area. His
>> daughters 87 4KQ was diagnosed by Ira Audi as needing a new tranny to the
>> tune of around $3k. (It's an automatic)  His daughter says that if you
>watch
>> the center drive shaft while the car is rolling, it has a wobble where it
>> leaves the tranny and hits one of the supports, causing a
>thump-thump-thump.
>
>it must be an incredibly rare car.  first automatic quattro I've ever
>heard of :-)
>
>sounds like it just needs some reputable adjustments, maybe some rubber
>bits, at worst a center bearing or driveshaft CV joint (replace with
>used driveshaft basically)
>
>I'd say - have them drive it up to Chris Semple at Force 5 in Bow NH -
>he knows what he is doing and probably has any needed used parts on
>hand!  lessee, contact info... at the vendor list on the audifans web
>site... should do it.
>
>> 
>> Does his sound reasonable ?  The guy has already said he doesn't plan on
>> "investing" $3k into the car since it's probably not worth close to that
>but
>> I can't see him junking the car either.  I'd love to go look at it myself
>> but it's pretty much out of my area, any suggestions ???
>
>-- 
>Huw Powell
>
>http://www.humanspeakers.com
>
>http://www.humanthoughts.org
>
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