Re:

[Kneale Brownson <knotnook@traverse.com>]

You might want to check with your insurance carrier, Andrew.  If you
get a price for the repair from a dealer and then the cost from your
independent (the latter likelly would be lower),  your insurer may
agree to pay or at least help out.  I once had a SAAB  main
harness burn up and the insurance company was glad to have my independent
fix it for about half the dealer estimate.

Kneale Brownson



At 08:58 PM 5/7/99 -0400, Andrew Micali wrote: 
>       My
> 89 200TQ suffered a wiring harness meltdown after a apparent seize up of
> the cooling fan motor. Retrofitting the fusible link 
> to the motor was on my list of to do's in the near future but
> unfortunately it never happened. My mechanic, located in Amityville,
> NY
> gave me a preliminary quote of "about $1500 to replace it with the
> one and only wiring harness available in the country!"
>     Any BTDT's on this type of repair would be greatly
> appreciated. I'm thinking that even after the repair, it just will never
> be 
> the same car. It all seems so unfair; you maintain your car in the proper
> manner, are rewarded with a superior vehicle that feels
> like it's good for another 200,000 miles and then, well, away it
> goes.....
>     I'll be getting the final word tomorrow on exactly
> what's needed to complete the repairs. Just a thought; being that Audi
> upgraded
> their design in 1990 models, maybe I can get them to provide compensation
> for the repair. 
>                                
>       Andrew Micali
>       89 200TQ
>       87 4000CSQ