[s-cars] Locked out of Project S6

[Jerry Scott]

Drill a 1 in. hole in the door, another in the door pillar, run a chain 
through the holes, then put on a Master pad lock. Do this for both front 
doors. There, I fixed it.
Jerry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Schor" <walbum1 at verizon.net>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Locked out of Project S6


> Subtitle: History & Background of Project S6
>
> Yeah, I managed to get 300K miles out of my '91 200q20V, but lately the
> miles per $$ ratio is not working out all that well.  I drove it to 
> Carlisle
> in May for the car show and it wouldn't start the next morning.  It would
> crank but not turn over, srtong smell of gas.  Check plugs and they were
> wet.  Replaced with new iridiums, same result.  Towed the car 190 miles
> home, haven't gotten it started yet.  Pulled codes, checked a few of the
> usual suspects, now thinking Hall unit in the distributor (this is a 3B 
> with
> metal gear dist.).  So my punishment for keeping this car on the road is
> going to be 'project S6'.
>
> This car was owned by another good customer at my Mechanic's shop.  He has
> always taken good care of this S6 (known service history).  Last Fall he
> decided to replace it with an S60R and although he knew he was pushing the
> timiing belt interval, he drove the S6 and sure enough there was valve
> damage.  With 280K and in need of "head", this car was offered to me (the
> *only* likely prospect) at a price I couldn't refuse.  The engine work is
> done, it seems to run pretty well.
>
> So with the PVGP coming up and Audi as the featured marque I find myself
> with two Audis, neither currently drivable.  The S6 had recently had it's
> springs and shocks replaced but sits way too high, probably the wrong
> springs?  I have a set of H&R/Bilsteins coming from Force 5, picked up 
> some
> 17" Hockenheims last weekend.  I have actually been asked to display my 
> Audi
> at a few of the supporting events leading up to the big weeked July 24/25.
>
> Thanks you guys for the helpful responses.  The combined experiences of
> everybody on these lists are what allows the rest of us to learn and
> (almost) afford to keep our cars on the road.
>
> I must say that I don't really like the idea of opening up the lock
> cylinders but I hate the idea of being locked out of my own car.  I have
> replaced my window regulator (in the 200), so I guess that's half of the
> learning curve.
>
> I sprayed the locks liberally with penetrating oil and walked away.  Will
> repeat later.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Andy
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Mahoney" <wmahoney at disk.com>
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 11:43 AM
> Subject: [s-cars] Locked out of Project S6
>
>
>> Fred flipped:
>>
>> " The permanent fix (once the doors are open) is to pull and disassemble
>> the
>> locks, clean up
>>
>> the pins and cylinders, and relube the locks.
>>
>> You have to remove the window carrier to get the locks out of the front
>>
>> doors."
>>
>>
>>
>> Remove the window carrier?  Ha ha ha ha ha!  Ha ha.  But first stop and
>> reflect on what you might have done to anger the audigodz to force this
>> punishment upon you.  Best set aside a few hours for this fun packed fun.
>>
>> That said, if you do take a deep breath and do it, also clean and relube
>> the
>> window cable and winder. The cables dry out, fray and will jamb in the
>> winder = no window go up n down.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bill~teamdoorhandle~M
>>
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