[Bulk] Re: [s-cars] My Name Is ....

[Lino M. Valadas]

Amen.  I can send you the swear words, if you're stuck for some  ;-)  BTDT.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Strangways" <Strangconst at rogers.com>
To: "Douglas Fifield" <douglas.fifield at gmail.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 1:46 PM
Subject: [Bulk] Re: [s-cars] My Name Is ....


> Why these things break in minus 5 million degrees I will never know. Must
be
> by design.
>
> Regardless the cable can be rehooked to the latch with some careful arm
> twisting (literally) and some well applied swear words.
> It's not easy at first, but once hooked... you will get it every time.
>
> Mark
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Douglas Fifield" <douglas.fifield at gmail.com>
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 11:32 AM
> Subject: [s-cars] My Name Is ....
>
>
> My name is Douglas and I have not wrenched on my Audi in 3 weeks.
>
> However,  last night the temps dropped into the pooper after five days of
> constant, light snowfall which created the dreaded winter slime here in
> Minnesnowta.  My white car looked like it had been hit by a mud bomb and I
> had to wash it.  Well, wouldn't you know, the door latch froze up, the
hand
> brake appeared to hang, the clutch was catching on something that
prevented
> full travel to the floor, and of course, the washer system on the Avant
> hatch has never worked well.  Sigh.
>
> The door latch is the most pressing problem.  The exterior latch works,
but
> the interior does not.  The Bowden cable is securely fastened to the
inside
> latch (I looked) which means that it probably became unhooked at the latch
> mechanism itself, which means that I have to take the bloody door
completely
> appart and my garage is colder than the bottom of a deep well in - well in
> December at zero deg. F.
>
> Thanks, I feel better now.
>
> --
> Douglas in MN
> 95.5 Audi S//6 Avant
> 73 BMW R60/5 mit Toaster Tank
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