[V8] radio button spring problem

[dsaad at icehouse.net]

I remember making one out of a ball point pen spring many years ago.
As I recall, I cut out a few loops of the spring, streached it into a cone shape
and put it back where the rubber one was. It worked fine for years, then I sold
that car. I suspect I will have to do it again.
And - I also found that I could not buy any parts for the Audi radios. I wanted
a volume control and got the same story. On the bright side, I found that brake
cleaner fixed up my scratchy volume control just fine.

Dave

Quoting getur at optonline.net:

> Ran into an interesting problem with the V8 radio.
>
> The springs behind the push buttons on these delta and gamma radios
> periodically break down and require replacement. I've done this before and
> have ordered the return springs from midwesternelectric. They are a certified
> blaupunkt repair service center. Well a couple of weeks ago the fm button
> stopped returning to it's position whenever it was pressed and if I hit a
> good bump the radio will skip between the fm bands. I called
> midwesternelectric and tried to order a bunch of those return springs and
> they tell me that they are forbidden to sell them since they are oem. They
> tell me that since last year Audi has told them they can't sell any oem
> parts. I then tried to order the return springs from a local Audi dealer and
> they tell me that they don't have any part number for them. I have to get the
> radio repaired which will cost $125 since that is the cost of swapping the
> unit.
>
> This is obscene. Does anyone have another source for these return springs?
>
> George Tur
> 91 V8
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