[s-cars] Questions, again...

[Eric Phillips]

Thanks, Kent (and Tom, and Sean, and Chris.)

:)

Taking the door panel off seems straight-forward enough.  Heck, I changed
the whole dash out in my Scirocco, and it had less fasteners to worry about
than the damn Avant door panel, LOL.

I am assuming that during soldering on that PCB that I need to figure out
how to have some sort of heat sink so I don't destroy any other components,
right?  I have some solder wick, so that's no big deal.  I guess I don't
want to fry a perfectly good part that has a $0.25 bulb burnt out...  Heck,
if this works, I might try and change out bulbs on all my 1990 80q that
needs just about every lighted switch fixed.  :)  Hmmm, maybe I'll work on
it first, to get the practice I need...

Speaking of practicing, I found that my S6 has a passenger rear brake
hanging up - looks like time for a fix-it.  The thing needs new rotors and
pads anyway.  Now - since I have never actually done this job before, and
I'd like not to screw up the brakes on a 2-ton car that would be very
expensive to have bodywork done on, does anyone have a newbie-friendly
write-up around?  Yes, I am willing and able to do DIY stuff, but it helps
to have a BTDT so that the hassle-saving tips are spelled out.  Nothing
sucks quite as bad as having something all apart and discovering that you
need a part, a lubricant or a tool that you do not currently possess, that
you can't get it locally*, and it's Friday night and you want to drive
Saturday morning.  Heck, I've BTDT, and it ain't no fun a'tall.

I figure to need to rebuild the caliper, at least, and probably both.  Since
I have two other Audis, I figure the tools purchased will pay for themselves
after a couple of jobs.  And I'd really rather not buy new (or reman)
calipers if they can be rebuilt easily.

Thanks, guys, I appreciate your kindness in putting up with my simple
questions.

Eric

*Local is Pullman, WA.  A little podunk cow town in the middle of nowhere,
with FLAPS aimed toward American makes.  "Pentosin - what the hell are you
talkin' about, boy?"


On 12/31/05, Kent McLean <kentmclean at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> Eric Phillips wrote:
> > I have a '94 100S Avant that has a small hassle that I'd
> > like to try and fix:
> >
> > On the dash, there is an indicator as to what the auto-tranny's
> > selector position happens to be - it's an LCD kind of thingy,
> > and it's lost its backlight.  Is this an easy fix-it, or a "why
> > bother" kind of thing?
>
> I have the same problem. When I had the cluster out, I pulled
> the indicator.  It didn't look like it would come apart for
> repair, so I live with it.  I usually look at the shifter to
> see what gear I'm in, although road speed and engine speed
> usually tell me what I need to know.
>
> --
> Kent McLean
> '94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
>