200 trunk power lock quattro Digest, Vol 35, Issue 49

[Max Hoepli]

Have a 1986 Turbo Quattro, has always worked perfectly.

Max


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <SuffolkD at aol.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>; <desch at alum.wpi.edu>
Sent: 19, September 2006 16:33
Subject: Re: 200 trunk power lock quattro Digest, Vol 35, Issue 49


> In a message dated 9/17/2006 12:00:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> quattro-request at audifans.com writes:
>
>
> > From: Kurt Deschler <>
> > Subject:
> >
> >
> > The power lock on the trunk of my 200 has never worked since I got the
> > car. Today I decided to fix it. The problem that I found was that the
> > power lock actuator would not move, even with excessive force. I
> > disasembled the lock and found that there is a small ball bearing that
> > holds the actuator in the locked or unlocked position. The holes that
the
> > catch the ball bearing were far to deep to ever release the ball bearing
> > and let the actuator move. I cut a channel with a drill bit to allow the
> > ball to move between the 2 positions and now the power lock is working.
I
> > can't see how this ever would have worked. Seems like a manufacturing
> > defect to me. Has anyone out there had similar experience with their
200?
> >
> >     -Kurt
> >
>
>
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