Rear diff BIG seal : where to buy ? and other things...

[Andrée-Anne Bourgeois]

Since I don’t drive the car that much these days, it’s time to do the little
things : 1983 Audi urQuattro, stock everywhere.

- Need the large diff output shat seal : 857 525 400A. Any source, or any
one can provide one or two for me and Brady ? Last solution is going with
the old one at a specialized supplier, and find one by size.

- Time to re-do again the front strut mounts : last winter numerous ice
lapping session destroyed the left one. Are the Mance Mount Savers any good
? Other solutions ?

- Anyone has the little plastic mounting brackets for the flat euros ? They
are NLA, and not shown in the urQ section of ETKa. I found them in the Coupe
9-41, 129-10 section, item number 3. I need 4, I may end fabricating some
but I’d like a model to start with. Can I borrow one for a few weeks from
one of your spare set ?

- WRT tires : did not find any suitable 205/60VR15 tire to my 80’s looking
taste. R-compound are 230$ apiece, and would probably harden not being used,
so not a good idea. I run 15x7 Fuchs, what are the other sizes that fits a
non-rolled fender 83 ? 

- Re-paint will take place during summer. I have a few rust issues, bubbling
around the sunroof being the worst (to my untrained eye). Should I get rid
of the sunroof by cut and weld a new roof panel ? Now that I know that, I
should have kept the Coupe’s roof that I dismantled a few years ago... And
the right inner fender panel, I know mine will be rusted out. Time to find
another parts car...

Thanks in advance.

Louis-Alain