[urq] Kind of Proud of Myself But...

[Paul Ahvenainen]

OK so I'm used to just replacing stuff when it's not working.  I'm used to having the Moss Motors catalog handy (67 mgb) or the 5000 eBay sites and Pick & Pull (90 Miata LeMons/Chumpcar racer) when things don't work.  I guess quattro ownership is different.

I just spent two hours cleaning contacts, probing connections, disassembling switches, dropping misc parts onto the gravel, figuring out how to clean and reassemble said switch just to get the turn signals to work.  But guess what, the turn signals now work!  Ditto similar efforts for power windows (thanks in advance Dennis) radio, clock etc.  But they now work!  Thanks to everyone at Audifans urq for their help!

So now I have another question.  This 83 urq had the timing belt and water pump redone at 50k miles, it is now at 54k, but it has been almost 10 years.  Is this a big priority?  It sounds like a major project.  Anytime you have to disassemble the front of the car, it sounds major to me...

If it is a priority, is it a reasonable DIY project?  The car is going to 2Bennett next week for a general evaluation, should I just have them do this?  What is a reasonable cost?

Thanks again for the outstanding support Audifans!

Paul Ahvenainen


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