Help Me Preserve My Repurtation

Grant Lenahan glenahan at vfemail.net
Sat Sep 2 08:53:18 EDT 2006


Paul,

I do have the paper bentley, btu nothing searchable.

Except Google. Here's what it came up with, but for a similar vintage 
100.

I'll mail you the associated drawing separately, since this list does 
not allow attachments (does it?)

Grant


Results 1 - 2 of about 3 for 443419857A. (0.30 seconds) 

Àâòîçàï÷àñòè Audi 100/Avant 1988 ã.â.
18, 443419857A. cable guide with hole / manual- gearbox:. / 
AMK,AOE,APM,. / APL,AKL,AKM,. / AMS,AOD. (18), 443419857C. cable guide 
/ manual- gearbox: ...
etka.auto2.ru/au/A100/1988/79/52/905908/ - 57k - Supplemental Result -
On Sep 2, 2006, at 1:25 AM, Paul Caouette wrote:

> Audifans,
>
> Last week my daughter's 90Q (20v) started overheating so I volunteered 
> to
> "fix it."
>
> Now I've been preaching troubleshooting to her since she could walk 
> into the
> garage. "Always start with the simplest solutions and work towards the 
> most
> complicated.It saves you lots of effort."
>
> I drove the car in witht the guage a bit past center and popped the 
> hood. No
> fan....Hmmm. That's simple. Then I reached in and gave the fan blade a
> spin......The fan began the run but at very low rpm. Lower than even 
> the low
> setting on the two stage fan.....Hmmmm. Looks like it can't be the
> thermostat 'cause it either on or off. So I forget my own lesson and 
> spend
> the next three days removing the fan motor. In the process I broke off 
> the
> plastic stem that connects the expansion tank to the radiator and had 
> to
> drill and tap the hole for a metal insert. I finally get the fan out 
> after
> wrestling with the shroud and discover on the benck that it works just
> fine....&%$*@&!
>
> Just before putting the shroud back in I discover that the engine 
> mount is
> broken so I spend another night replacing that.
>
> Tonight I tell her, "You have to help me reassemble." And she does.
>
> We had a great time but like all my work I alway seem to have an extra 
> nut
> or screw left over. I made light of it and told her it always happens 
> and
> not to worry.
>
> We start up the car and everything works fine. Even the metal stem!
>
> "See," I said, "You don't ever need all the parts they put on a car."
>
> Wwe drop it off the jacks and she backs it out slowly. As the car 
> backs out
> there on the floor is a bracket. She stops the car and gets out. I 
> pick up
> the braket and we both contemplate it. It is something I can't recall
> removing and I can't for the life of me figure out what it is...or 
> where it
> fits.
>
> Katherine is now reluctant to drive the car..and I;m reluctant to 
> admit that
> I might have really screwed up.
>
> Perhaps one of you might have access to the parts fiche (or DVD) and 
> help me
> with botha aname and an idea as to where it might fit
>
> The number on the backet is 443419857A.
>
> Any help would be appreciated..... although perhaps I should maintain 
> that I
> am a dummy so she won't be asking me to fix her car...ever again!
>
>
> Paul
> In Dnever
> '83 TQC
> 89 200 wagon
> 90 20v q
> 1998 A4 Avant
> (
> _______________________________________________
> quattro mailing list
> quattro at audifans.com
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/quattro
> ---
> Watch this space for ads :)


More information about the quattro mailing list