100S on eBay

Sun Nov 21 05:22:27 PST 2010

my general advice is to not buy a car you can't see, kick and drive.

If you wish to anyway, i'd get a good local shop and insist on a PPI (you pay of course)

Grant
On Nov 20, 2010, at 6:49 PM, Ellen O wrote:

> Hi Audi fans. It's been way too long that I've been Audiless. I see a  
> 92 100 S on eBay right now. Looks like pearl white (just like Baby). I  
> wondered if anyone might be familiar with the car (it's in Wisconsin)  
> or have any advice on buying a car long distance thru eBay.
> 
> Dee
> 
> Sent from Ellen's iPhone
> 
> On Nov 20, 2010, at 3:00 PM, quattro-request at audifans.com wrote:
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>>  1. Re: Electrical Problem '82 CGT  (TWFAUST at aol.com)
>>  2. Re: Cleaing soiled quattro script interior
>>     (Danton Jose Aurel Cardoso)
>>  3. Re: Electrical Problem '82 CGT (Huw Powell)
>>  4. Re: Electrical Problem '82 CGT (Huw Powell)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 09:08:14 EST
>> From: TWFAUST at aol.com
>> Subject: Re: Electrical Problem '82 CGT
>> To: quattro at audifans.com
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>> I did notice a lug on the ground strap near the battery box. There  
>> were
>> what looked liked possible mounting points, but none that had  
>> obviously seen
>> use. I must have a Bentley for this model around someplace, I'll  
>> check for
>> pictures of proper mount. Otherwise, I'll just find a way.
>> 
>> Thanks for all the suggestions. I have had "green death" in the fuse  
>> box of
>> my '87 16V Scirocco. If others have this problem, and don't want to  
>> pay
>> the "big  bucks", I found that the box from Cabriolets are a direct
>> interchange with the  Scirocco.
>> 
>> Tom Faust
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> For the ground, check the connection from the  battery
>>> to the frame, and then from the frame to the engine block  (likely  
>>> near
>> the
>>> driver's side engine mount).
>> 
>> cgt with battery  under hood, ground wire goes from battery to crappy
>> "chassis" ground on side  of batt compartment to transmission bolt.
>> Check and clean  all.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 10:58:01 -0500
>> From: Danton Jose Aurel Cardoso <djacardoso at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: Cleaing soiled quattro script interior
>> To: EDWARD MULHOLLAND <edmr222 at msn.com>
>> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
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>> Tough Stuff... let it soak, and scrub away.
>> 
>> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 7:41 AM, EDWARD MULHOLLAND <edmr222 at msn.com>  
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Picked up nice script interior need to clean it has some soiled  
>>> areas. Best
>>> way to clean?
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> 
>>> Ed
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:13:15 -0500
>> From: Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com>
>> Subject: Re: Electrical Problem '82 CGT
>> To: TWFAUST at aol.com
>> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
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>> 
>> On 11/20/2010 9:08 AM, TWFAUST at aol.com wrote:
>>> I did notice a lug on the ground strap near the battery box. There  
>>> were
>>> what looked liked possible mounting points, but none that had  
>>> obviously seen
>>> use.
>> 
>> It should be screwed into the side of the battery box.
>> 
>> Or, better, get a nice 2 gauge battery ground strap, ~ 18-24", and run
>> it from the battery neg post to a tranny bolt.  Then get a "lug to  
>> lug"
>> cable, again nice and heavy, and run it from a good engine ground
>> (tranny, engine mount bracket, etc.) to a good connection on the body.
>> 
>> The first one gives you a great starter and alternator ground path.   
>> The
>> second is for "everything else".
>> 
>> Keep in mind that my website might be very useful for you, since the
>> basic car that much of it (the left side of the dropdowns) is all  
>> about
>> an '82 cgt.
>> 
>>>> For the ground, check the connection from the  battery
>>>> to the frame, and then from the frame to the engine block  (likely  
>>>> near
>>> the
>>>> driver's side engine mount).
>>> 
>>> cgt with battery  under hood, ground wire goes from battery to crappy
>>> "chassis" ground on side  of batt compartment to transmission bolt.
>>> Check and clean  all.
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> -- 
>> Huw Powell
>> 
>> http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi
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>> http://www.humanthoughts.org/
>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:14:48 -0500
>> From: Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com>
>> Subject: Re: Electrical Problem '82 CGT
>> To: speedracer.mark at gmail.com
>> Cc: urq <urq at pacbell.net>, quattro at audifans.com
>> Message-ID: <4CE80208.9060104 at humanspeakers.com>
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>> 
>> 
>> On 11/20/2010 8:50 AM, Mark Rosenkrantz wrote:
>>> Also, the primary wiring on all of the old VAG products is total  
>>> junk.
>> 
>> As is the secondary wiring.  Most or all of the connectors from that  
>> era
>> are not waterproof.  There are lots of inadequate grounds (tail lights
>> are the best example, at least they are easy to fix).
>> 
>> -- 
>> Huw Powell
>> 
>> http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi
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>> http://www.humanthoughts.org/
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