Type 44 Blower R&R - Initiation Ceremony?

[Livolsi, Stephane]

Ditto! but in all fairness to the Audi engineers and designers, I don't
think they ever expected that people would still be keeping these cars alive
after 16 years so it wasn't planned to be accessed.  The list and research
indicate that this is highly likely the most difficult repair on these cars.
Basically if you are willing to tackle this, you have made up your mind that
you are going to keep the car for a long time still, and that the condition
of the rest of the car warrants keeping it.

So far I have only done it on the 84 5kt that I am stripping.  It's nice to
have a parts car to practice on.  Unfortunately, the 86 5ktq daily driver
needs a heater core and blower motor so they are on the agenda.
When I did the 84, I think I spent most of the time looking for hidden
fasteners, even though I did believe fellow listers who said it was only
held on by the gasket glue.  That is good stuff and should have made nuts,
bolts, screws and nails obsolete by now.  I was thinking of pouring some
sort of solvent around the gasket to see if I could dissolve it.  I am going
to try various chemicals on the remnants of the 84 gasket that maybe I can
use on the 86.

Funny thing is that it looked like someone had previously gotten into the
heater box by cutting it open at the fan.  It was epoxied back together.
However, when I took out the blower motor the brushes and armature are worn
way down.  I have never, ever seen an armature gouged out like this one.
Leads me to believe that this is still the original motor (128000 miles on
the car).  So why did they cut open the heater box?  Couldn't have been for
the heater core because where they cut would not give access. Bizarre.

Stephane



> ----------
> From: 	mike mcclurg[SMTP:rrrrraudi at yahoo.com]
> Sent: 	November 4, 2002 10:50 AM
> To: 	quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: 	Type 44 Blower R&R - Initiation Ceremony?
>
> Type 44 Blower R&R - Initiation Ceremony?
>
> I have a lot of respect for German auto engineering,
> but is this regard, I have to ask if it was
> engineering or accident that allows you to just barely
> remove the heater/blower assembly in a Type 44? What a
> royal pain, and just to replace a blower. When the car
> starts out as just a painted steel shell on the
> assembly line, the heater/blower has to be the first
> thing installed. Think how easy it would be at that
> time to drop it in and glue the crap out of it. That
> guy has got to be still laughing, thinking about the
> poor SOB trying to remove it. Does anybody have a book
> that gives the shop manhours to remove and replace the
> assembly? I'd hate to pay dealer rates for this job!
> Probably cost more than the car is worth?
>
> At any rate, if your were ever going to start an Audi
> DIY Hall of Fame, this should be a prerequisite to
> nomination.
>
> Mike (the guy with skin left on only one knuckle)
>
>
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