Re: 2wd quattro

[Autobahn01@aol.com]

In a message dated 99-01-26 17:23:43 EST, Mike wrote:

<< It drove and ran fine and finally I locked the diffs 
 > for a test and the car would not move, either with one diff locked or 
 > both.  Very odd I thought, looked underneath and no prop shaft!  So I'm 
 > not sure why you'd have to lock the center diff, but this example drove 
 > fine with no proshaft. >>

Ahh yes, gotta love the strange ones....:)

Bought one once myself, parts car, major mileage, 4000q, drove it home only to
discover it had no rear calipers. Not even seized ones, just pipe threads
screwed into the lines. Called the owner back just to clarify, he advised had
been scared by replacement costs and opted to run without......some 10 months
ago. I had him pull the core value off the purchase price and all was well.

Cheers,
Chris Semple
'87 4000q w/new calipers