[s-cars] Worthy projects (was Alum..was UrS $)

[JR]

Question. Is it a $300 part or a $10 part? I'm seeing both and can't 
reconcile the $290 difference in my mind.

JR


Theodore Chen wrote:
> do it at your next timing belt job.  i bought one through the group 
> purchase (about $10 as i recall), and swapped it in.  the actual replacement
> is quite easy: unbolt CPS bracket, drill out rivets, remove old CPS,
> rivet new CPS in place with new rivets that came with the CPS, splice 
> old CPS plug onto new CPS leads, install CPS bracket.
>
> i was glad i did the replacement, because the wires are pretty small
> and while mine were OK, the insulation looked fragile where the
> wires go into the sensor.
>
> i still have the old CPS if anybody wants one to play with without having
> to remove it from the car first.  it worked fine when i took it out, but 
> i'd try to figure out how to replace the wires where they go into the 
> sensor.  probably easier to just buy a new CPS, but i don't know if there's
> going to be another group buy.
>
> -teddy
>
> --- djdawson2 at aol.com wrote:
>
>   
>> In a nutshell... that CPS situation blows.  As many miles as I have, and as
>> much as my UrS goes out in the sticks, it might be wise to buy one and carry
>> it along... even if it's $300.
>>  
>> As much trouble as I had finding a set of 225/45/17 snow tires in Montana
>> last year... I'd hate to have to find a CPS in a hurry.
>>  
>> Having no BTDT with that part, I may not even recognize the failure symptoms.
>>  
>> Dave 
>>  
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> To: Djdawson2 at aol.com; calvinlc at earthlink.net; audiurs4 at mailforce.net;
>> sportquattros1 at mac.com
>> Cc: pkrasusky at ups.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
>> Sent: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 9:08 AM
>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Worthy projects (was Alum..was UrS $)
>>
>>
>> The 1.8t coils are 'better', but any vw stocks them because they are still a
>> known weak link.  CPS isn't an if, it's a when, and IME, just when a guy does
>> a fresh tune up service for a long trip.  The hardest part of the CPS IMO, is
>> as it starts to fail, it gives intermittent driveability problems that don't
>> always (rarely IME) throw a code.  A real bitch to try to tell a guy that a
>> 300USD part 'might' be the problem, and it requires cam gear removal, and the
>> only diagnostic for it, is replace with known good.
>>  
>>  
>> SJ
>>  
>> In a message dated 4/24/2007 10:03:24 A.M. Central Daylight Time, Djdawson2
>> writes:
>> I ditched the POS in favor of the 1.8t coils.  I've got 240k on mine... never
>> replaced the CPS either.
>>  
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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