Re: Non-start '83 CGT -- tips/shop rec?

["Matt Rooke" <mrooke@fcpa.fujitsu.com>]

>The starter whir without engaging the ring gear suggested a bad
>solenoid, so on Monday morning we shopped around and found a good price
>on a rebuilt starter/solenoid combo at a shop I've used before.
>Replaced the unit in fairly short order (and kudos to the folks who made
>it so easy to get to), lowered the car, put the key in, and
>whirrrrrrrrrr...  It's still not engaging.

Is the solenoid seeing a full 12-13V to switch onto the starter?  The
fat wires bring the main current for the starter, check the voltage,
then backtrack up them to find the groaty connection if low.  Check the
ground as well as the hot side.

>2 - any recommendations on shops in the rough vicinity of Sunnyvale,
>California USA?  (A Bay Area list member has already spoken well of M&M
>but without first-hand experience; any satisfied -- or otherwise --
>customers here on the Big List?)

Good BTDT with Brasil Auto in E. San Jose.  Know their way around Audis
esp. older ones.

Matt Rooke
'91cq