quattro digest, Vol 1 #2449 - 15 msgs

[Ameer Antar]

the bomb is universal for the 5k's. the part should be 857 612 061C

btw, you can find out if parts match by looking around on the web for audi
parts. Any store that offers audi parts specifically will show this....eg.

http://www.thepartsconnection.com/

http://www.audiquattroparts.com/blau1.htm

you'll have to figure out the ebay stuff...

-ameer

 Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 17:54:00 -0700
> From: THOMAS TAUSKEY <ttauskey at worldnet.att.net>
> Reply-To: ttauskey at worldnet.att.net
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: bombs and eBay
>
> Hey,  how come nobody's responded to my inquiry of a couple of days ago
about bombs and eBay?
> Not one lousy comment!
>
> To restate the two questions posed:
>
> Are there different bombs?  I've got one with a yellow splotch of paint
(probably original) on my
> '88 5kcs.  I got one off an '86 5k with a green splotch of paint.
Different?  Work anyway?
> And... can they be tested off the car.  Seen something about them being
loaded when new with
> 2,000 psi of  nitrogen? Indeed, that does make them sound "bombly".
>
> Second question (disjointed though it may be) - most/many of the "audi"
items coming up for sale
> on receent eBay searches are in German - with Deutchmark prices.
> I can't read German (though wish I could) so the ads don't do much for me.
Is there a way to
> filter the eBay search to avoid wasting BW and time?
>
> P.S.  I find the use of abbreviations (such as BW, here meaning
"bandwidth") to often be a waste
> of time... and frustrating.  Comments?
> Is there some protocol I'm unaware of, like a schedule of abbreviations
commonly used on on this
> list?
>
> Don't I get any respect here?
>
> Seriously,  I do appreciate all the effort put into this list. It's a
great source of audinfo.
>
> Tom Tauskey,   Denver CO
> '88 5kcs
> '88 80 fwd
>