quattro digest, Vol 1 #4238 - 14 msgs

[Larry C Leung]

Ian,

Have you thought of changing your gearbox oil. You either have worn
sychros,
or you have an inappropriate oil in the gearbox. If the box has GL5 oil,
the synchros
do not have the appropriate friction modifiers, and they don't work.
Switch to a GL4
type fluid, such as Redline MT90 and see what happens. The shifting may
well
improve, and your outlook on the car may change.

LL - NY


> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 23:00:31 -0700 (MST)
> From: Iain Mannix <mannix at rmsolo.org>
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: What is it worth?
>
> Hi all - recent changes in my life have me considering selling my
> 86 5kcsq.  Considering; I know I'm going to take a hit on it
> no matter what, but I cannot figure out for the life of me
> what I should ask for it, or if I should even bother asking.
>
> So, let's play The Price Is Right (to the buyer, I'm guessing;).
>
> Details:
>
> 86 5kcsq sedan.  White with tan interior.  165000 miles.
>
> Exterior is solid - no huge dents, no big accidents.  It was driven
> into something in its life, the sheetmetal under the grille/behind
> the bumper is not perfect - but I don't think it was ever
> straightened,
> nor do I think it needed it.
>
> A few door dings, one softball sized dent on the rear panel,
> driver's
> side, only visible when it is dirty, as one side of the dent fills
> with sludge - I suspect I could push it out from inside the trunk.
> The p-side headlight has a 6mm hole in the lens.
>
> The interior is fair - both front seats have some failing seams.
> One crack on the dash.  Windows were tinted at some point, the
> rear window tint is bubbling.  Not noticeable(to me) while driving.
>
> Sunroof does not work.  Rear defogger works, but the switch gets
> really hot - I've not explored that one.  AC does not work - the
> condensor(? Radiator looking thing that sits in front of the
> radiator) is gone.  No idea where it went.  Stock radio, Pioneer
> front(dash) speakers, Sony rears.  Sounds OK, not terrible, but
> 86 vintage stereo.  Tape deck works.  All dash lights work,
> difflocks work, power seats work, seat heaters do not.  Trip
> computer works.
>
> Mechanically, the car is largely good - in the past year and a
> half, I've replaced:
>
> Waterpump/timing belt, front main seal.
> PS pump(reman, no leaks).  Does not leak Pentosin.
> Clutch master and slave.
> Rear calipers, all 4 rotors and all new pads.
> Injectors.
> Air/fuel filters.
> Cap/rotor/plugs/wires(last week)
> Radiator fan is fused.
> Radiator.
> Miscellaneous vacuum lines.
> Heater blower motor.
> Spring on the door under the dash/behind the glove box.
> Front control arms/bushings/balljoints(as a unit).
> Radiator overflow bottle.
> Windshield washer pump.
> Throttle cable.
> Belts.
> Fuel pump.
> P-side outer CV boot, joints repacked.
> D-side doorhandle(~4 weeks ago)
> New rear antenna.
> New exhaust hangers.
> New motormounts.
> New turbo/afterrun coolant pump.
> Various hoses.
> New boot from the CIS plate to the metal hose.
> O2 sensor.
>
> Mechanically, the car is well sorted.  No Pentosin leaks, not sure
> if stuff was replaced before me, but it uses virtually no Pentosin;
> I have to add 1/4" every 6 months or so(ok, so it leaks
> _somewhere_,
> but not enough to tell where:).
>
> Supposedly, the clutch was replaced about 2.5 years ago - I bought
> the car from a shop, who had done a clutch on it, the owner never
> picked the car up - long story, incarceration, title nightmare, car
> is mine.  Title is clean.
>
> I do believe the clutch was replaced, although I do not have
> records for it(I trust the shop, and proably could get the
> records).  The windshield was replaced before I bought it - it had
> a crack in it, and in order to get the vin inspection done, it had
> to have new glass.
>
> The _bad_.  Second gear grinds.  It will not do it when COLD, but
> as
> it warms up, third will grind, then it moves to second.  Weird.
> I've been driving it like this for over a year - no ill effects,
> but it is annoying.  You cannot double-clutch around it.  I either
> SHORT shift into second or skip second altogether.
>
> I bought the car fairly inexpensively because of the grind,
> basically.
> I kinda figured the laundry list above would become reality, but it
> was to replace my tired 87 wagon - ah ha, good 5sp tranny.  The
> master
> plan was to replace the gearbox, but that has not happened.
>
> I need a more reliable car, basically.  Problem is, this one is
> not unreliable - it is fast, comfortable, and RIGHT NOW, it is
> quite solid.  Thing is, my girlfriend is driving it more than me,
> and, well, it is a Type $$.  It is going to break again.  We all
> know that.  We all know it _can_ be a very reliable car, but
> I'm not comfortable with her driving it every day, so we're looking
> at 325IXs and newer Audis - AWD of some sort is required(it's main
> duty is a ski car).
>
> I _could_ put the tranny into it.  The black wagon is still
> "around,"
> but frankly, I'm not really in a position to get the car on a lift
> anymore - things have changed, I don't have easy access to lifts
> anymore.  Putting the good tranny in is kinda nightmarish.
>
> I could get the 5sp, possibly, and sell it with the car.
>
> Or I can sell it, at a (great?) loss, move along.
>
> Or, I can hang onto it, drive it a couple of times a week, I own
> it,
> add a _______ to the stable, be done with it.
>
>
> Thoughts?
>
> A couple of pictures, taken this summer.  The rack would not go
> with it, and it has stock 5k wheels on it now:
>
> http://mannix.rmsolo.org/audi/audirear.jpg
> http://mannix.rmsolo.org/audi/audifront.jpg
>
> Bah, I don't know.  I don't _want_ to sell it, but I don't want
> to keep fighting with it, either - it should be good now,
> but who knows what'll go next; do I sell it now, as is, for
> $xxxx, or after a hose blows, the rack starts leaking, etc,
> for $50?  Sigh....decisions.
>
>
>
> Iain
>