[s-cars] My Name Is ....

[Serge Filanovsky]

Of course you could always just roll down the window and open from the
outside to get yourself by until springtime. Its much easier to do this type
of work when you can feel your fingers.


Serge, outdoor garage, Filanovsky

95.5 S6 Avant





> Doug,
> 
> Yes you'll be able to rehook it every two weeks when it pops off
> again. Just went through this process with the wife's 93 S4.
> 
> Finally pulled the latch assembly and cleaned/lubed it thoroughly.
> The spring was corroded up enough that it wasn't pulling the latch back
> in which allowed the cable to come off.
> 
> Yes it's a PITA to have to tear into the door that far, but it's
> a bigger PITA to rehook the cable 3 times (which pisses off da wife)
> and then have to tear into it far enough to fix it right.
> 
> Just a BTDT, YMMV!
> 
> HTH
> Chris
> 
> 
> --- Mark Strangways <Strangconst at rogers.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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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