[s-cars] S-CAR-List Digest, Vol 95, Issue 14

Calvin Young calvinyoung at cox.net
Mon Oct 3 05:55:22 PDT 2011 

I found a key for the Audi
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>   1.  Oily drippings in the driver's side floor... (Peter Dowker)
>   2. Re:  Do we like TRW Control Arms? (Tony Curran)
>   3. Re:  Do we like TRW Control Arms? (manuelsanchez at starpower.net)
>   4. Re:  Do we like TRW Control Arms? (Tony Curran)
>   5. Re:  Oily drippings in the driver's side floor... (Peter Golledge)
>   6. Re:  Oily drippings in the driver's side floor... (Rit bellis)
>   7.  Oil Line Adapters (Tony Curran)
>   8.   Old cars.  Young women.  Sometimes a guy is JNR
>      (CLAG500 at aol.com)
>   9. Re:  Old cars.  Young women.  Sometimes a guy is JNR (Bill M)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:06:41 -0400
> From: Peter Dowker <pdowker at me.com>
> To: S CAR List <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] Oily drippings in the driver's side floor...
> Message-ID: <60C7E356-C250-41B0-912E-4ABF75BA7C96 at me.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII
>
> Can't smell Pentosin....or coolant (G11).. brake fluid?
> Can't see the leak without turning myself inside out but are there clues 
> in the lists?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Best Regards
>
>
> Peter Dowker
>
> "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, 
> diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies."
> - Groucho Marx
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:03:36 -0400
> From: Tony Curran <tony.curran at sympatico.ca>
> To: <dlandaeta at gmail.com>, "'Joshua Van Tol'" <josh at spiny.com>
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Do we like TRW Control Arms?
> Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP69FE21F6F7267A6C4192518A070 at phx.gbl>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Canadian site.
>
>
>
> http://www.autopartsway.ca/PartList.cfm?Audi/1996/S6/Base/2.2L_L5/allB/Suspe
> nsion/Suspension,_Springs_and_Related_Components/Suspension_Control_Arm/page
> num1/tabS
>
>
>
> Tony
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: D Landaeta [mailto:dlandaeta at gmail.com]
> Sent: September-15-11 2:38 PM
> To: Joshua Van Tol
> Cc: Tony Curran; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Do we like TRW Control Arms?
>
>
>
> Source for best price? I'm a little concerned about future availability of
> quality parts with so much crap on the market these days.
>
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Joshua Van Tol <josh at spiny.com> wrote:
>
> TRW makes good stuff. I have heard in the past that the TRW arms are the
> best available aftermarket arms.
>
> Josh
>
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Tony Curran
> <tony.curran at sympatico.ca>wrote:
>
>
>> Subject says it all. Local online source has TRW control arms for $300 
>> for
>> the pair.
>>
>>
>>
>> Just in case you're wondering, today I suffered a control arm failure -
>> ball
>> joint separated! Strut is resting on bolt that holds the other end of the
>> ball!!! Luckily I was only a couple hundred meters from home. And moving
>> slow!!
>>
>>
>>
>> Tony
>>
>> 96 S6
>>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:01:18 -0400 (EDT)
> From: <manuelsanchez at starpower.net>
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Do we like TRW Control Arms?
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> Tony,
>
> Yes I think TRW has been the preferred manufacturer.
>
> Do you know the manufacturer of the ones that failed on your car?
>
> Glad you were going slow.
>
> Regards,
>
> Manny
>
> 95.5 urS6 Avant (mostly RS2'd)
>
>
> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:36:09 -0400
> From: Tony Curran <tony.curran at sympatico.ca>
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] Do we like TRW Control Arms?
> Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP45B9EA636D55E4A300D8EB8A070 at phx.gbl>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Subject says it all. Local online source has TRW control arms for $300 for
> the pair.
>
>
>
> Just in case you're wondering, today I suffered a control arm failure - 
> ball
> joint separated! Strut is resting on bolt that holds the other end of the
> ball!!! Luckily I was only a couple hundred meters from home. And moving
> slow!
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:26:52 -0400
> From: Tony Curran <tony.curran at sympatico.ca>
> To: <manuelsanchez at starpower.net>, <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Do we like TRW Control Arms?
> Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP127502D2D2EE601D32A4898A070 at phx.gbl>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1255"
>
> HI Manny,
>
> I'm just back from my local shop where the car is now up on the lift. My
> mechanic showed me that the ball is rusty, probably wore the inside of the
> joint and could have let go at any time - last night I was cruising at
> 120kmph on local highway.
>
> Looking back at my records, I see they are from Adirondack Auto Brokers, 
> aka
> German Auto Parts. Brand is not stated. Cost $89.25 each - which funnily
> enough, checking their website, is the current price! They were installed 
> in
> June 2004. I'll check for brand when I pick up the car tomorrow.
>
> I guess the moral of the story is: don?'t let your control go for 7 years
> without replacement - especially in Canadian salt environment!!
>
> Tony
> 96 S6
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: manuelsanchez at starpower.net [mailto:manuelsanchez at starpower.net]
> Sent: September-15-11 4:01 PM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Cc: tony.curran at sympatico.ca
> Subject: Re: Do we like TRW Control Arms?
>
> Tony,
>
> Yes I think TRW has been the preferred manufacturer.
>
> Do you know the manufacturer of the ones that failed on your car?
>
> Glad you were going slow.
>
> Regards,
>
> Manny
>
> 95.5 urS6 Avant (mostly RS2'd)
>
>
> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:36:09 -0400
> From: Tony Curran <tony.curran at sympatico.ca>
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] Do we like TRW Control Arms?
> Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP45B9EA636D55E4A300D8EB8A070 at phx.gbl>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Subject says it all. Local online source has TRW control arms for $300 for
> the pair.
>
>
>
> Just in case you're wondering, today I suffered a control arm failure - 
> ball
> joint separated! Strut is resting on bolt that holds the other end of the
> ball!!! Luckily I was only a couple hundred meters from home. And moving
> slow!
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:47:32 -0700
> From: Peter Golledge <petergolledge at gmail.com>
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Oily drippings in the driver's side floor...
> Message-ID: <4E726464.6080402 at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> I've only seen pentosin when I goofed the connections to the steering
> rack and it sprayed out of the seal where the steering shaft connects.
>
> Likely brake fluid, contortionist time with flashlight.   Used to be my
> son's job but he is 14 and as big as I am now. :-(
>
> On 9/15/2011 11:06 AM, Peter Dowker wrote:
>> Can't smell Pentosin....or coolant (G11).. brake fluid?
>> Can't see the leak without turning myself inside out but are there clues 
>> in the lists?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Best Regards
>>
>>
>> Peter Dowker
>>
>> "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, 
>> diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies."
>> - Groucho Marx
>>
>>
>>
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:00:51 +0000
> From: Rit bellis <rit_bellis at hotmail.com>
> To: <petergolledge at gmail.com>, <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Oily drippings in the driver's side floor...
> Message-ID: <COL115-W626691AD8FCA101F45F075E2070 at phx.gbl>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
>
> Most likely culprit is clutch master cylinder.
>
>> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:47:32 -0700
>> From: petergolledge at gmail.com
>> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Oily drippings in the driver's side floor...
>>
>> I've only seen pentosin when I goofed the connections to the steering
>> rack and it sprayed out of the seal where the steering shaft connects.
>>
>> Likely brake fluid, contortionist time with flashlight.   Used to be my
>> son's job but he is 14 and as big as I am now. :-(
>>
>> On 9/15/2011 11:06 AM, Peter Dowker wrote:
>> > Can't smell Pentosin....or coolant (G11).. brake fluid?
>> > Can't see the leak without turning myself inside out but are there 
>> > clues in the lists?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> > Best Regards
>> >
>> >
>> > Peter Dowker
>> >
>> > "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, 
>> > diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies."
>> > - Groucho Marx
>> >
>> >
>> >
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> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:12:34 -0400
> From: Tony Curran <tony.curran at sympatico.ca>
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] Oil Line Adapters
> Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP100E1DA52AC9E766AFA77B28A060 at phx.gbl>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> I'm looking to replace my oil cooler with an after market unit. This will
> entail replacing the oil lines from the filter bracket. The oil lines bolt
> to the bracket via two adapters (unions in Audi speak). ETKA illustration
> 115-60 identifies the union as part no. 034 117 233 B but does not 
> identify
> the size.
>
>
>
> Question is, does anyone know the size of the adapter? I'll be using an 
> AN-6
> fitting on the hose so need (I'm assuming) a metric thread to AN-6 
> adapter.
> EKTA gives a clue in that the seal is A18x24 (N 013 816 5). Is it safe to
> assume this seal is a M18 size?
>
>
>
> 034 has this part that maybe just what I need.
>
>
>
> http://www.034motorsport.com/hardware-fittings-hoses-an-npt-and-adapter-fitt
> ings-18mm-to-adapter-fitting-p-19226.html
>
>
>
> Anyone else done this?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Tony
>
> 96 S6
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:35:36 -0400 (EDT)
> From: CLAG500 at aol.com
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Cc: airbil at gmail.com
> Subject: [s-cars]  Old cars.  Young women.  Sometimes a guy is JNR
> Message-ID: <2bf74.3b6dd0e3.3ba43a28 at aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>
> Bill!
>
> I finally watched this last night. I had saved the digest and finally
> remembered I wanted to see this video.
>
>  Most excellent!! I've never known much about those cars but wow.  They
> sure were something. "They made 15 for the whole world" Great stuff there.
> Thanks for posting that!
>
> Hope you and Gabor made it back without issue. Was great to see you  guys
> at Sfest.
>
> Chad T
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 9/9/2011 3:00:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> s-car-list-request at audifans.com writes:
>
> Message:  1
> Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 20:37:54 -0500
> From: Bill M  <airbil at gmail.com>
> To: "s-car-list at audifans.com"  <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] Old cars.  Young  women.  Sometimes a guy is JNR
> Message-ID:  <7B41D6BC-0658-453E-BD61-BDF039B6E406 at gmail.com>
> Content-Type:  text/plain;    charset=us-ascii
>
> One guys  story
> http://www.mefeedia.com/watch/33027820
>
> V16 Packard DOHC  ?
>
> Could be a slow 44 minutes, but what else ya gotta  do?
>
> Bill~Esoteric issimo~M
>
>
> ~ via airbil 1  ~
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:58:05 -0500
> From: Bill M <airbil at gmail.com>
> To: "CLAG500 at aol.com" <CLAG500 at aol.com>
> Cc: "s-car-list at audifans.com" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Old cars.  Young women.  Sometimes a guy is JNR
> Message-ID: <64AB4296-E54F-47AE-8EF4-F69027FFDFE1 at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> Chad, et. al.,
> I believe that we could party with that guy.  Find your passion they say.
> Was great to see the old sfest faces again and meet some new ones.  Thanks 
> again to them NE / CT boyz for putting the festivus together every year.
> Gabor and I made it back home in 13.5 hrs and I was in bed by 10:00.
> There was some great hurricane driving in the early stages, but I let 
> Gabor navigate the fallen trees whilst hydroplaning.  I know when to 
> duck:)
> Bill~likin' anything old these daze~m
>
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