Re: My first Q - what have i done? I miss my Synchros already!

["David L. Cooper" <d.cooper@ix.netcom.com>]

Welcome to the Audi Masochist Society!

scott miller wrote:

> Wow parts are expensive!  I guess I'm not in Kansas anymore.  It's a '90
> 200 wagon, 10V, pearl white with white wheels and blue leather, 120k.
> Beautiful, but can I keep it running?  Can I even get the rear brakes
> working?  My local Audi guru has ordered rear brakes, rotors, pads for
> $200, ouch.  I just reamed out the caliper sliders on my VW when the
> brakes froze, much cheaper.  I'll be at a hotel in Detroit all month,
> and I can't lock the rear hatch because the central lock air pump was
> eaten by battery acid and the key won't turn the hatch lock.  What fits
> between the rear seat and the security cover, it looks unfinished at the
> sides?  How hard and expensive is it to replace the weak oil pump?  Can
> even Slick 50 protect me?  I'll mostly be on the highway in Michigan.
> Air conditioning - dare I ask about a rebuilt compressor?  Bad ground
> somewhere, the turn indicators light up with the headlights and brighten
> with high-beams, but still work.  I'm guessing a bad ground somewhere
> under the fuse box or behind the grill?  It starts well but takes a few
> cranks and sometimes smells of raw gas after a short stop - seeping
> injector valve?  My wife had a 5000 wagon when I dated her, I pray I
> don't have those problems again.  I wanted a car, not another hobby!  Oh
> well, I've enjoyed getting my hands dirty again after six years with two
> reliable VW Synchros (deers totalled both), and it rides great.  I love
> to tinker, I used to be a mechanical engineer and a factory maintenance
> guy before that.  My wife loves it and the kids think it's cool.  I've
> been unexpectedly called to spend three weeks in Detroit, where I have
> access to a large shop with hoists, pneumatic and hand tools, machine
> shop.  I'll bring out my tool boxes next week and get to work.  Most
> people here can't even pronounce Audi, Quattro brings a blank stare.  I
> think I'm on my own with this one.
>
> I go to Germany about every other month.  Usually just a quick stop at
> an Air Force base or two.  Is anything I need cheaper there?
> Headlights?  I haven't driven this car at night yet, and there's that
> short in the wiring.
>
> Anyone from Australia out there?  Can I get a bull bar for this car?  I
> saw six dead deer on the road today, probably lots more dead off the
> road.  The brush guards they sell here are only good for brush, would
> never stand up to hitting a medium-size mammal.
>
> Scott Miller
> macatawa@hotmail.com
>
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