RE: EM Bracket - Was - OK, so let us know . . .

["Lawson, Dave" <dlawson@ball.com>]

>
>> Interestingly, both my '89 200q and my '85 Ur-Q have this bracket
attached to
>> them (or something very, very similar) and they both have the OEM
one-piece
>> manifold installed ... I also have service records for both cars since
they
>> were new (or practically so) and nowhere in them can I find anything that
>> suggests this was installed by anyone other than the factory.
>
>"Idiot", I thought.  Never seen one on an ur-quattro, and I've looked at
>dozens.  But there it is, on the ur-quattro parts microfiche, large as
>life and broad as day.

Another data point, this bracket was fitted to the engine in my 1983
urquattro of US vintage when I pulled the motor. The stock 1 piece
EM was cracked. No EM studs were pulled or broken, but some nuts
were missing/loose. I didn't install this bracket on the MC engine which 
is now in the car, it didn't seem to help the stock 1 piece from cracking.

>It _doesn't_ appear in the drawings on the service microfiche.

Are you surprised? It's just another example that the documentation
published by Audi is not 100% correct. 
-
Dave Lawson