[s-cars] FW: Greetings from Saskatchewan !

[Nick Stuart]

A good place for rebuilts is Chris at force5. $125 ish shipped to the
door with carrier brackets and pads, just bolt em up! (granted, oem
pads, but whatever)

Just replaced my passenger side caliper last weekend, and now, to my
amazement both my wheels lock up when i pull the ebrake!  :)

Wish I was at //S Fest for the ebrake awards. Oh well, maybe next year.

-Nick 

On 9/7/05, Bill Mahoney <wmahoney at disk.com> wrote:
> 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
> 
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