[V8] New V8'er here (sort of), DeHoff's car lives!

[quattro]

If you had the airbox out, I would double check the elctrical plug connector 
on the driverside of the air box
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony and Lillie" <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>
To: <v8 at audifans.com>; <robert_a_dupree at bankone.com>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] New V8'er here (sort of), DeHoff's car lives!


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> Subject: [V8] New V8'er here (sort of), DeHoff's car lives!
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>> Hey there all,
>>        So now I'm a V8 driver since rescueing Tom DeHoff's car after the
>> electrical harness meltdown.  Thanks to "TonyandLille" I got a 
>> replacement
>> harness and spent 55 labor hours changing  it out.  Working on a right up
>> with photos now.  Kudos to Ingo R. and Ron W. who helped with fuse and
>> relay connector layout.  I've driven it every day this week and have been
>> quite please with it's function.  There are a few issues which need
>> resolution especially in the suspension department; however that's normal
>> typ-44 stuff.  Where I could use a few pointers is:
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>> 1.  From a dead-stop, accelerating with anything more than
>> minimal-throttle; a shudder is felt in the right elbow and heard faintly.
>> Very reminiscent of a locked center diff, turning a corner with gobs of
>> sound insulation added.  Goes away by roughly 25mph.  Repeatable.  ABS
>> fully function I believe, although cannot disable via switch.  It takes
>> action when stopping quickly on snowy roads in the last few days.  I
>> haven't a clue whether this is an issue requiring repair, or simply
>> annoyance.  Please advise.
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> Typical suspension stuff. Try tightening the front subframe bolts. Cured 
> my car for a while.
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>> 2.  Trip computer annoys me.  It's telling me I've got 30miles left with
>> over 15gals in the tank remaining.  Which harness on the back of the
>> cluster could I pull to leave this feature dark?  Or possible fix in some
>> other manner (low, low priority)
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> Same again. You can disable the autocheck by pulling the two plugs on 
> either side of the autocheck display on the back of the instrument 
> cluster. There is a fix, check the archives. I believe it was Ingo that 
> did a detailed writeup.
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>> 3.  Replaced heater core while HVAC was pulled to swap main harnesses.
>> Marked all removed items for position, but after re-assemled and cooling
>> system burp it doesn't get hot.  Is this an HVAC-controller re-calibrate
>> issue, or a block-off the radiator cause the car is only getting to 75c
>> issue?  (Guessing the later).
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> Some of the control mototrs for the flaps go bad. Does the flap under the 
> hood open? Towards the front of the car is cold, back is hot.
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>> Thanks to all in advance.
>>
>> Robert A. Dupree
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> Tony Hoffman
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