Type 44 trivia contest

[DeWitt Harrison]

This must be on the right track-- this is exactly what the mystery can
looks like except for the color -- but a vacuum reservoir for what purpose
and why would it be mounted in a high position in the trunk, so distant
from the vacuum source? Thanks, Walter, for getting the ball rolling.
(Meanwhile, I guess I should put more faith into Google searches.)

DeWitt


On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Walter Moore <moorewr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Googling the part number got me matches - vacuum reservoir, which I guess
> matches what you see, except yours isn't Kermit green.
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> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Audi-Coupe-ur-Quattro-A6-100-OEM-Used-Vacuum-Reservoir-049129808A-/301147026530
> http://www.ecstuning.com/Volkswagen-R32_MKIV--3.2/Exhaust/OE/ES248341/
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> On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 7:16 PM, DeWitt Harrison <dewitt635 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> While poking around the trunk of my '88 5KCS, in pursuit of space for rear
>> speaker enclosures, I came across a part I could not identify per function
>> or even system. It is of interest not only for the sake of pure science
>> but
>> because I may want to move it and would like to know why it is located
>> where it is.
>>
>> It's a soup can size, hollow black plastic cylinder with one end dome
>> shaped and the other flat with a black rubber vacuum line connected to a
>> nipple. It is mounted to the rear seat bulkhead, by a metal bracket, near
>> the left-rear seat belt reel. The black hose runs forward from there and
>> soon after it is forward of the bulkhead, it transitions to a small
>> diameter (3mm?), rigid, white plastic tube similar to the tubing used in
>> the vacuum controls for the a/c vents, etc.. This tube then runs under the
>> rear seat, toward the car center, to the transmission tunnel at which
>> point
>> it bends frontward again, and runs toward the front of the car, under the
>> carpet along the tunnel. It seems this soup can component could have
>> easily
>> been located under the left passenger seat area.
>>
>> So far, I have not gone to a lot of effort to find out where it goes once
>> it reaches the general vicinity of the center stack of the dashboard.
>> Can't
>> find it in ETKA so far (no part number search in there I'm aware of) in
>> relation to either the central locking system or A/C control. The Audi p/n
>> on the part itself is 049-129-808-A.
>>
>> Major guru points to the person who can identify its function and the
>> rationale for its trunk location!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> DeWitt
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