Air Filter - '87 5KCSTQ

[Alex Kowalski]

I know this has been covered at least once in the past, but the list
archives are running a little slow for some reason, and there doesn't appear
to be anything in the KB so:

Does anyone have any tips on replacing the air filter on an '87 5KCSTQ?

Aside from having a lot of beer and a copy of Playboy around so you can have
something nice to look at when you get really, really mad?

Also, in other developments:

I decided it might be a nice idea to take off the big Audi logo plastic
plenum cover, clean it up and fix the cracks in it with some epoxy.  And
maybe
vacuum out the leaves and debris from the area under the cover.  Well.
Fixing the plastic wasn't so hard.  I washed it off with warm soapy water,
dried it and used some heavy-duty plastic-only epoxy, which sealed the
cracks right up.  This way the water will go where it's supposed to go.

But while cleaning out the leaves, and peering inside the evaporator
housing, I noticed to my horror that the spring connecting the fresh
air/recirc doors had come loose sometime in the past few months.  I hadn't
noticed it because I'd barely been driving the car because of the suspension
work.  Well, anyway, the crosspiece that the upper end of the spring between
the doors connects to snapped in the middle.  Wonderful.  I epoxied the
living daylights out of it, put a clamp on it, and let it cure for a full 24
hours.  While I was at it I took off the lower door, cleaned it, and
replaced the crumbling foam insulation with some closed-cell
weatherstripping cut to size.  Vacuumed out the evaporator housing as
thoroughly as I could and also degunked the fins.  When I started it back up
and put the A/C on, the effort was worth it:  the air is cooler than ever,
and smells a lot nicer, too.  Now I have my fingers crossed that the epoxy
is going to be strong enough to last.  Seems to be holding so far.

Thanks for the air filter tips, if there are any meaningful ones beside the
aforementioned and "Pull The Engine"

Alex Kowalski
'87 5KCSTQ -- "Gretchen"
'86 5KCSTQ -- "Sessa"