Re: My "New" '87 5000CS Turbo Quattro

[cordeiro@amara.adi.com]

>Well if any of you remember my post about three weeks ago about a 87 TQ
>w/Hail damage,  I got it! and get this I got it for $2000!!!!

>Now I have several new questions...

>1. This car has a intermentiment miss under a load (Mainly when the turbo is
>blowing boost) any Ideas?

>2.  The ABS light stays on (yes the fuse and relay are good) 

>3.  Sometimes it idles at 1250rpm and other times it idles at 850rpm (By the
>book!)

Check the microswitch that sits on the opposite side of the throttle valve. 
It should have a quiet click as the throttle goes fully closed. It could be a
mis-adjusted switch, or a bad switch ( or something else ...) 

>4.  how do I clean the window switches so that they will work again?  (This
>is driving my girlfried NUTS!)

If you are willing to spend $35 each, new switches are the best long term
solution. Else try and clean them with Radio Shack Television Cleaner/Lube.


>5.  The diff locks sometimes light up and sometimes they don't

>6.  Whats my best bet for more horsepower?

I suspect that this group has posted sufficient information during the last
month for any good mechanic to add at least 30 to 50 HP with a few $ and
two or three weekends work.

>7.  the left hood latch will not.

This is a tweaking adjustment on the length of wire between the left and
right side latches. There is no adjustment available to speak of, but bending
the rod/wire that goes between the release pull wire and the latch mechanism 
will provide enough "fine tuning" to get both latches to work correctly.
If this distance between both latches is incorrect, one latch "bottoms out"
and the other latch latch does not. Adjust the distance so that both "bottom 
out" together. 

Alan Cordeiro