Re: Not ashamed to be cheap!

[Tony Lum <tlum@flash.net>]

At 10:19 AM 8/19/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Well, I knew that would send someone off...but I thought it would be an
actual
>100E owner. One thing that I have found about A/C systems is that nobody
cools
>like the Japanese. It really makes no sense when you consider that we have
>Nippondeso compressors on many of our cars. The climate controller system was
>absolutely an insult. This was the same system as my friend's 82 Seville
which
>never worked either. My 89 90q that I just picked up has it. I'm a little
afraid
>of it when I look at it too long.
>
>harrison
>
Just charged up my A/C system on the 5kcstq last Friday and it was putting
out 48 deg F with outside temp at 90 deg.  Although it might have a fancy
front end controller, the heater and A/C design goes back to 1978.  If your
vacuum solenoids hold vacuum and the heater flap controller motor is not
stripped, and the recirc vacuum motor hasn't broken off its mounts, the
system will work just fine.  Wonder how many owners really have had failed
electronics and not mechanical stuff.




-Tony
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Tony Lum                                  1987 5000CS Turbo Quattro
Berkeley, California, U.S.A.                1985 4000CS Quattro
Audi Owner/Driver/Mechanic by Necessity ;^)   1980 5000S Sedan
                                               1987.5 Coupe GT
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