[s-cars] New Member and some small issues

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

John,
For the pulling, check the tie rods and tie rod ends
and possibly control arms.  Alignment and camber
plates couldn't hurt, either.  Welcome to the money
pit.

Joe
--- John Mertz <john.mertz at firstbank-illinois.com>
wrote:
> Hi.  My name is John Mertz.  I live in Evanston, IL,
> just north of Chicago.
> Just bought a 95.5 S6.  Beautiful car, and in really
> fine shape.  Have all
> records, etc...plus it was owned by a good friend
> who is anal about taking
> care of his cars (owns 3 S cars, now 2).  So just
> want to introduce myself.
> I'll probably opt for digest mode after a while, but
> for now I'm getting
> full discourse.
>
> A couple of issues.  Was taking out some aftermarket
> phone stuff last night
> and ran the battery down listening to the radio
> (probably need a new battery
> - later).  Jumped it from another car, and...my
> sunroof was open - it came
> open when I started the car - opened on its own.
> When I went to close it,
> it was sort of "off".  When it thought it was
> closed, it wasn't actually
> quite closed.  So I tried to open and shut, yada
> yada, and no help.  Still
> off.  Tried to manually shut it, but when I opened
> it again then shut it
> using the power, same situation.  Is there a way to
> "reset" the roof
> mechanism?  Is this particular to my car, or is this
> seen in others as well?
>
> Second issue.  Sometimes the brakes pull to the
> left.  Not always, only
> sometimes.  Have upgraded brakes (Porsche) and SS
> brake lines.  It doesn't
> really bother me, but I wonder why it happens
> sometimes and not others.
>
> That's enough bandwidth for my first entry.  Thanks
> in advance.
>
> John Mertz
>
>
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