Your yacht payment is overdue . . . also hydraulic hose woes

[Mike Arman]

>
>Message: 13
>From: "Cassidy Bolger" <cassidybolger at hotmail.com>
>To: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Sinking type 44 cont.
>Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 17:04:50 -0800
>
>Thanks for the clues all! I have a question about the "rain guard" at the 
>base of the winshield.  Mine has the part number: 443 819 40 M and it needs 
>to be replaced.  There is much debris and signs of water in the area where 
>the AC components live.  The drains are certainly clogged.  I called two 
>dealers and they want to sell me the same part number, but with a "D" rather 
>than an "M" and list three additional covers and parts that are recommended. 
>  The total comes to about $200.  My car only seems to have the one large 
>piece.  Am I missing parts, or might there be some kind of upgrade that 
>happened in the area?  The car is a June 1986 5000cstq.
>Any help from those who may know their way around this neighborhood would be 
>appreciated.
>


The dealer's yacht payment must be overdue . . .

The plastic rain guard at the base of the windshield is a $5 part at any
pick and pull. The most difficult thing is finding one that isn't busted
up. Take the fastener clips off carefully - these plastic sheets get
brittle after 15 years. you also have to remove one WS wiper arm, because
the pivot goes through a hole in the sheet.

The later versions have a few more rubber bumpers underneath, but they all
fit.

Rule #1 for owning a type 44: "Retail is for other people!!"



I'm saddened to hear that people have been having trouble with the
field-rebuilt top pressure hoses. $80 is way too much to pay for this - the
job is worth $20 to $30, tops, and if it is done correctly (big IF,
evidently), is trouble-free. Quality of the work seems to vary by who does
it - but if the OEM hose was so great, you wouldn't be out looking for
someone to rebuild it, would you? Unfortunately, none of this stuff lasts
forever . . . although the one I had done almost two years ago works fine
so far (slosh on Pentosin).



Best Regards,

Mike Arman