Re: alternator warning light on 200 comes on too late......

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

> As an aside, I am convinced that audi engineers have never worked on a car in 
> ther life. That the air coolling shroud for the alt his held on by four tiny 
> little screws, which have to be removed to get access to the pivot bolt, but 
> which are almost impossible to reach, is nuts. It would have been trivial to 
> design the shroud to slide into some clips at the top, and screw at the bottom. 
> Moreover, this would have been CHEAPER to assemble - just more difficult to 
> design. Grrrr.....

Ever since I started doing my own maintenance on my first 100LS, I have
been convinced that it should be a world-wide LAW that automotive
engineers should have to spend two years working as a mechanic before 
they are ever allowed to desgin anything!

-doug q
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-Douglas Hurst Quebbeman (dougq@iglou.com)       [Call me "Doug"]
    QuattroClub USA# 4536     Audi International # 100024
       74 100LS Auto,   77 100LS Auto,   84 Coupe GT 
           83 ur-Q,   86 5Kcstq QLCC 1.8bar  
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