Wrong pedal to the floor on the urq

[Steve Marinello]

SO, I picked up the '83 urq from the dealer where it had been sitting
waiting for me for way too long.  I've missed it.  Had it in the get it
checked over and had them put on new e-brake cables since they were dealer
only (unbelievable!) and I thought I should probably let Charlie do some
work on the car so they wouldn't get too ticked off at me getting parts
elsewhere and doing the work.  You never know.  Had a spare bomb that I had
them swap in, too, as it seemed that it had decided to get wierd
occasionally.

Took I10 back towards the office and realized I needed gas before heading
home later in the day.  Nasty traffic with the end of lunch hour bunch.
Filled up at the Chevron station and pulled away.  Hit the brakes before
pulling out into traffic...and the pedal went to the floor.  No warning.
Feeling extremely lucky that it didn't happen ten minutes earlier as I
braked down from 70 mph in suddenly heavy traffic.  Very glad I had the
ebrake cables replaced.  Backed it over and parked it.  Had the hood opened
previously, noting a full brake fluid reservoir and thinking the MC just
decided to let go.  No leaks apparent down there.  Had AAA flatbed it back
to the dealer. But, just before the tow got there, I tried pumping the
previously unresisting pedal again and, voila!  Resistance.  Pumped it 3 or
4 times and heard/saw squirting fluid.  Hydraulic fluid reservoir. Nut was
on too tight to get off, so I don't know if it wasn't sealed/sitting right
or what.  Don't actually know where it was squirting from, but it was all
over.  Those things supposed to pressure up like that?

Any thoughts on this?  I was only holding off  'til later in the summer to
do the BIRA sys 1 on the car and replace a "number" of other pieces...but
the audi gods obviously had to get me NOW!  Haven't they been having enough
fun at my expense with the S6...

All help appreciated,

Steve