Thinking about getting a Mechanicaly-challened '88 90Q. Need diagnosis and parts advice.

[Huw Powell]

> The slave cylinder is INSIDE the clutch bell housing on this car?!

Did I really put it that way?  Must have been half asleep... it is on 
the top of the bell housing, and a bear to remove because of limited 
access, but it can be done.

> I was talking to a local member here in Seattle that works for a used
> Audi parts shop and he was telling me about engine/tranny removal on these
> cars... From what this guy tells me, the tranny and motor must
> come out together and furthermore must come out the BOTTOM! I cant even
> phantom how I am going to get the car high enough (and stable so it doesn't
> fall on me) to do that.

As bad as the job can be, it can also go very quickly.

A decent set of jackstands will get you enough clearance, btdt, took a 
pair of us about 12 hours to do the whole job.  Dollying the tranny out 
and in on a floor jack is a bit hairy, it helps to be able to 
comfortably bench-press 150 pounds, I suppose.

When the kid at the shop next door killed his 90Q clutch (kept trying to 
  do burnouts...!), one of the techs there did it for him one evening, 
on a lift, of course.  Using the bumper/transmission jack that I 
couldn't figure out when doing one of my coupes.  I think the whole job 
took him about 4 hours.  Amateurs move much slower...

> Far as the car goes, yea the PO is an idiot. I have no way of testing the
> tranny, but everything in the car seems to be in mint condition. When
> pushing on the car, the suspension bounced a bit more than I liked, so maybe
> shocks are needed... Other than that, the car is mint inside and out. There
> is slight wear on the driver seat "blister" and a small scratch in the
> leather on the passenger seat. It has a trunk mounted CD changer and a bike
> rack. Tires are brand new looking. Like they were installed 100 miles ago or
> something. Engine sounded fine, but without load it would have to be really
> messed up to sound bad. Body is great, no problems, brakes looked OK. I was
> really excited about the car when I first saw it but by the looks of it,
> there is a reason why he was not able to sell it for 3 months now.

Well, it might be an ok deal.  $1200 is still a bit steep, but it's not 
a rip off, if the rest of the car is sweet.  And a color you like.

> > What color is it? 

 > Ohh yea, the car is Red, my fav Audi color :(

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Huw Powell

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