Miscellaneous Musings

[John S. Lagnese]

What or where is the AC programmer?
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Kowalski" <hypereutectic1 at gmail.com>
To: "Kneale Brownson" <kneale at coslink.net>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 6:35 PM
Subject: Miscellaneous Musings


> BTW just in the "miscellaneous musings" file:
>
> It seems to me that as these cars get older, no matter how well they're
> running, you need to do a full, thorough inspection and fixer-up once a
> year.  All the work I've done so far could have been handled in a weekend 
> if
> I had planned that in advance.  For example, while I was reinstalling the
> plastic plenum shroud, I had a chance to take a good look at the vacuum 
> and
> breather hoses.  Everything was fine, no splits, just a little bit of oil
> mistiness on one, however, I did find two loose hose clamps:  one in the
> large line that goes directly into the airbox assembly.
>
> It just POURED rain where I live and I went back out to check my plenum
> cover and recirc door repairs:  tight as a drum.  And I ran the car during
> the storm and the climate control system is now working perfectly, pumping
> out nice, relatively dry air through the proper vents at the right time. 
> A
> few months ago I swapped the A/C programmer with one from Force5 and it's
> good to know that this one is still working well.
>
> I would advise anyone who owns one of these cars of this vintage to pick 
> up
> a spare A/C programmer the next chance they get.  The problem is that the
> vacuum solenoids go south, but if you have two or three, as I do, you can
> swap it relatively easily and/or cobble together a good one using the 
> parts
> from others.  I think we're in the phase of these car's lives where saving
> good spares is essential to their use over the next ten years, and every
> year you need to do a thorough once-over.
>
> Alex Kowalski
> '87 5KCSTQ
> '86 5KCSTQ
>
>
> On 5/21/06, Alex Kowalski <hypereutectic1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  I was thinking of that but had the epoxy handy.  It seems sturdy at this
>> point, but if it fails again that's going to be the next step.  The
>> cross-piece where the spring connects up snaps almost exactly in the 
>> middle
>> and then the spring just sneaks its way between the two halves.  Thanks 
>> for
>> the suggestion about the airbox.  That clip at the back is almost 
>> impossible
>> to see, much less open and close, unless you are PlasticMan.
>>
>> Alex Kowalski
>> '87 5KCSTQ
>> '86 5KCSTQ
>>
>> PS The archives were slow today for reasons I don't understand, but after
>> a half hour of getting back partial pages, I gave up.
>>
>>  On 5/21/06, Kneale Brownson <kneale at coslink.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > If you'd been able to access the archives more easily, you'd have run
>> > across postings recommending installing a metal bridge over the
>> > crosspiece
>> > so the spring can't cut through it again.  I folded a little piece of
>> > tin
>> > and poked a hole through both layers just below the plastic bar to hook
>> > the
>> > spring through when I did my 87.
>> >
>> > The big issue to replacing the air filter is getting the spring clips 
>> > on
>> >
>> > the airbox open.  I took the heavy hook off a wooden pants hanger to 
>> > use
>> > as
>> > a clip tool.  A screwdriver with the end heated/bent into a hook would
>> > work
>> > too.
>> >
>>
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