New Addition to Family Needs Lister Help

["Douglas Hurst Quebbeman" <dougq@iglou.com>]

Good Morning, QListers!

My collection of Audis grew to five yesterday with the delivery of a project car,
a 1983 ur-Q, Gobi Beige in color. While this car has numerous problems to
keep me busy for who knows how long, I am primarily concerned with its
brakes right now.

The central hydraulic system is leaking somewhere, and I suppose I need to
fill it so I can find the leak and fix it. But the seller disturbed me with a 
remark.

The seller, who has been involved with quattros for many years, insisted
that the central hydarulic system on this car uses ATF, not mineral oil,
and insists it's so for every ur-Q he's seen.

I remember some listers mentioning trying ATF, or mistakenly trying ATF,
but could'nt find anything applicable in the archives.

Is this a bogus contention? Does it really need Pentosin? How do I flush
the remnants of the ATF if he so?

Also, I note that the A/C does not have a separate switch in the console,
unlike my 84 Coupe GT. Does the A/C just come on when you slide the
lever sufficiently to the left (clue) zone?

Another, more general question, sort of a survey: I'd appreciate it if listers
would write me back (I'm not sure the list as a whole cares about the answer
to this question) as to whether the state the live in allows "open" or "bearer"
titles to cars. Here in Indiana, and in Kentucky, the title must always be 
signed not only by the seller, but also by the buyer, and both signatures
must be notarized. Looking at the Minneasota title to this car, it appears
that MN allows open titles (that is, there is no wording on the title similar
to the Indiana wording that requires the notary). I think the same is true
of Florida, according a comment Mike Armen made to me the other day.

Thanks in advance!   -Doug Q
--
-Douglas Hurst Quebbeman (dougq@iglou.com)       [Call me "Doug"]
    QuattroClub USA# 4536     Audi International # 100024
       74 100LS Auto,     84 Coupe GT 
       77 100LS Auto,     86 5Kcstq QLCC 1.8bar  
"The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away."  -Tom Waits