Repair time

[Huw Powell]

> Hello all. I'm going to need to get a couple things fixed on my '95 90 
> Sport Quattro and could use some input.

I'm going to be shooting from the hip a bit here, since my experience 
kind of ends a few years before your car...

> My car needs the windshield-washer resevoir and the master cylinder 
> replaced. Are either of these things I could do myself? (I'm reasonably 
> handy but definitely no expert mechanic.)

I would say that, yes, you should be able to do them yourself.  I 
suspect the washer bottle will be more complex because it might be 
buried inside the fender, but each step will be "easier" for you.  The 
brake master cylinder is more exposed and thus shouldn't be as time 
consuming, but being a critical safety item might be more stressful on a 
less experienced mechanic.

If you do tackle the brake master, make sure all the four of the slave 
cylinder (and the proportioning valve if it has one) bleeder screws can 
be loosened successfully first.  Hmmm, I am presuming you meant the 
brake master cylinder and not the clutch master here.

As far as what you could expect to pay to get them done, I supect most 
competent shops could quote you fairly readily on the master cylinder. 
The washer bottle might throw them a bit, though, since they may not 
have done any/many, I don't know if the hours for that would be in the 
reference works they use to quote jobs.

-- 
Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi

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