A couple of miscellaneous items

[Vincent Gelinas]

Hi, all!

A month and change with my Alumibeast and I love her - when we got that 
nasty, sticky snow last week, my A8 was the only one in our family that 
didn't get stuck (My stepdad's truck wouldn't have gotten stuck if he 
had looked in the mirror before backing down the driveway and avoiding 
the ditch, but that's a whole other can of worms, LOL.)  My mom now 
wants a quattro, and my stepdad is in love with my A8.  Who can blame 
them?  I may give my mom my A8 and get an Allroad (6MT, 2.7tt).  Not sure.

First thing - lots of googling has turned up fruitless.  I failed 
inspection the other day because my check engine light was on due to my 
vehicle speed sensor.  Where is this located on my car, how do you 
access it, and how far do I have to bend over to buy a new one?

Second - my engine (32v 4.2) is leaking like a sieve to the tune of 3-5Q 
a week, depending on how much I drive.  It's far worse when she's warm, 
and will leak enough to form a decent puddle if I'm idling for a while 
(like when I was adjusting headlights).  I've heard everything from the 
oil cooler (easy) to the oil pump gasket (difficult) to the head gaskets 
(might as well do those if I need to tear down to the oil pump gasket).  
Where would the most likely culprit be for that?

Third - I changed my right HID bulb a week or two ago and it is WAY out 
of alignment (downwards) and I can't, for the life of me, get it to 
cooperate and go back in alignment (I had to modify the adjuster because 
the stupid cheap plastic of the top screw broke, so I took a socket and 
used epoxy to bind it to the actual adjuster screw).  Any thoughts, or 
is it time to bend over and get a new headlamp?  I'd get e-codes off ECS 
but I'm fresh out of 2500 bucks, LOL.  That goes to savings for tuition.

Fourth - How does one wire the Bose amp for the rear deck?  Is it as 
simple as plugging in that DIN connector that looks like a parallel port 
or do I have to unravel the crap wiring job for an aftermarket amp that 
the PO used?

Okay - more than a couple things... Thanks in advance for all the help!

Vincent
1999 Audi A8q\32v 4.2L