3 hours to replace a hose?!

[David Kase]

No, no Steve!

You just have to put the 20vt in the type 89 and remove the battery box 
(put the battery in the back).

There's all kinds of room with this configuration!  ;-)

Dave Kase


Steve Sears wrote:

>Wow.  It's stuff like this that tells me that I'll be driving the ol' Type 
>44 for many, many years to come.
>Cheers!
>Steve Sears
>1987 Audi 5kTQ
>1980 Audi 5k
>1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
>
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>>From: Chris Thorp <thorp at spacia.org>
>>Subject: Re: 3 hours to replace a hose?!
>>To: Tigran Varosyan <tigran at tigran.com>
>>Cc: quattro at audifans.com
>>Message-ID: <0F0C285E-4258-4CF7-8718-E68DCA50ACE3 at spacia.org>
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>>On Aug 29, 2006, at 7:35 PM, Tigran Varosyan wrote:
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>>>Well fine, not like I have much of an option, I elected to cough it
>>>up. So I
>>>ask the service tech, what they would charge to put this thing in.
>>>He comes
>>>back with a quote of over $300!! I was like WTF! He said that it
>>>was hard to
>>>get to and that it's a 3 hour job!
>>>
>>>The one end of the hose is right there, does not look hard. I have
>>>yet to
>>>investigate where the other side goes to, but does it really need 3
>>>hours to
>>>get to?! Jesus! What did I get myself into?! I have no manual,
>>>could someone
>>>maybe send me a few pictures or instructions on what the heck I
>>>will be
>>>doing this weekend?
>>>      
>>>
>>I've BTDT on my '95 A6.  It's a royal PITA.  Unless you can bend in
>>ways that I can't, you'll have to pull the MC and brake booster.
>>That would be all fine and good, but the nuts for the booster are up
>>under the dash, through the brake pedal bracket, and have somewhat
>>long bolts sticking out of the nuts.
>>
>>I guess the real piece of advice if you try this is to get about
>>12-15 inches worth of 1/4" drive socket extension, and an appropriate
>>deep socket for the nuts (can't remember the size).  A 3/8 drive
>>won't fit through the brake pedal bracket holes, and a normal socket
>>will just spin because there is a bunch of bolt sticking out beyond
>>the head of the nut.  It is still a matter of luck to get onto the
>>bolts after a bit of jiggling the end of the string of extensions
>>around.
>>
>>Took me about 4-5 hours.  Will likely take you 3 or so, with that
>>nugget of BTDT in the previous paragraph.
>>
>>Don't forget that after putting the MC, you'll need to bleed the
>>brakes and clutch.
>>
>>-Chris 
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>>
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