RE: climate control problems solved and more

["Duff, Ian" <iduff@charter.com>]

Excellent! Would you care to let those of us in the Rhode Island area in on
the secret of the great foreign junkyard? Thanks!

Ian Duff, New Bedford, MA
1990 Coupe Quattro

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>From: 	Preston Brown[SMTP:pbrown@econ.yale.edu]
>Sent: 	Sunday, March 24, 1996 8:26 AM
>To: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	climate control problems solved and more
>
>Well, those of you who suggested to me that I would have to replace the 
>blower control unit under the hood to get the blower to stop acting wacky 
>-- you were totally right, of course. :)  I went up to my girlfriend's 
>house in Rhode Island the other day, and had an experience a little bit 
>different than I have ever had before.  We went to this great foreign car 
>junkyard which lets you walk around in their lot and tear parts out of 
>anything you want, then you can just bring them up and haggle over them.  
>I mean, this was really unreal to me.  So I went in there, grabbed the 
>best looking blower control unit, and at the same time took a new rear 
>door handle, as one of mine was completely shot.  I got the handle for 
>$15 and then convinced them that the BCU was only worth about $15 used as 
>well, so I think I made off fairly well.  Took the stuff home, put in the 
>BCU, cranked the engine up -- low and behold, no fan when the climate 
>control was set to off!  PEACE AND QUIET at last!  The door handle worked 
>out great, too.
>
>Needless to say, I'm going back there when the next thing breaks that 
>isn't too "major".
>
>Thanks again for the help on this one.
>
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> -Preston Brown
>  preston.brown@yale.edu
>
>