Front Diff Locks Stuck (Clarification)

[Brian Lembo]

Thanks for your help... It ended up a Vacuum leak... all fixed!

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Munro [mailto:munrof at sympatico.ca]
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 9:20 PM
To: Brian Lembo; Quattro (E-mail)
Subject: Re: Front Diff Locks Stuck (Clarification)


Put the car up on a lift or ramps, get underneath, and mechanically move the
mechanism to unlock the diff. You'll have to find out why it won't release
itself. The mechanism may be rusty and sticking, a vacuum line or diaphragm
may be leaking, the switch may be defective.

HTH

Fred Munro
'94 S4

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Lembo" <brian at youritllc.com>
To: "Quattro (E-mail)" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 6:00 PM
Subject: Front Diff Locks Stuck (Clarification)


> Sorry, In my panic i forgot some details, I have a 87 5000S Quat. i
engaged
> the fron locks this AM. Now they wont disengage. I have switched on and
off
> again numerous times and jiggled the switch a bit, all to no avail. Is
there
> some way to bypass the switch?  Any Ideas or Help would be GREATLY
> APPRECIATED!
>
> Thanks
> Brian Lembo
> 87 5000Q
>