[s-cars] FW: Greetings from Saskatchewan !

[Bill Mahoney]

Randy,

PK's dribble not withstanding;)  WRT rear calipers, just bite the bullet and
get two rebuilts.. Don't know the cheapest place though.  Also consider new
ebrake cables as these could be rusted and sticking too.  PITA to change
though.

Do it!  Look out the window.  You're in friggin Saskatchewan for cry sake;)

My .oo2

Bill 

Ps  nice that they admitted the tech, as my young daughter sez, "he made a
stake."

 

-----Original Message-----
From: pkrasusky at ups.com [mailto:pkrasusky at ups.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 7:07 AM
To: lewisconsulting at sasktel.net; quattro20v at telus.net;
S-CAR-List at audifans.com; wmahoney at disk.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] FW: Greetings from Saskatchewan !

 

 

FWIW I just got my 5 new ones from Tim LeClair @ FAP in MI
foreignauto99 at hotmail.com for $95 each IIRC Randy.  No affiliation.  Ask him
about the rear cal's while your at it.

 

My thought on coils / CPSs is that fiddle with old brittle heat blasted
wiring in attempts to do other things (replace spark plugs, head gaskets,
etc.) and these areas get compromised.  Tis why I never fiddle with anything
unless it's broke...  which means everything gets fiddled with.  All the
time.  And tis why if there's multiple same-items and one fails hmmm wonder
what's going to happen to the rest soon later?  

 

No matter, worth it still.  Hammering down the CTbahn each day I sit in my
black recaro surrounded by CF trim smoked tint cammy green paint (and 3
babyseats) and I bask in the vicerality of it all (yes vicerality why
not?)...  axles flailing unsprung weight a-tuggin reciprocating masses
a-spinnin lotsa boost a-spoolin...  goodgood stuff. 

 

Good luck, HTH.

 

-Paul

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Lewis Consulting [mailto:lewisconsulting at sasktel.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 12:36 AM
To: Sean Douglas; S-CAR-List at audifans.com; Bill Mahoney; Krasusky 

Thks Sean, Bill, Paul & listers,

 

You guys are always right  !!! ... turned out the Technician pinched a wire
re-installing the coil and it managed to make it a couple of kilometers and
then it shorted out.  This is a relief as I was afraid they were going to
tell me my surviving 3 old coils had decided to give up and something else
was cooked.   Maybe we need a bulk buy on coil packs !!!  I have ascertained
that my local dealer charges 37% more for parts than other somewhat local
Audi dealers..... who I think charge 25% more than other specialty parts
places.

 

 

I am perplexed about the brake hoses going so fast, these were original
parts but installed by another shop, so I am not sure how much hope I have
in dealing with Audi.  My next challenge will be finding an inexpensive rear
caliper due to sticking when emergency brake applied.

 

 

Anyway, thanks guys, appreciate it.  

 

Randy