Re: coupla MC motor questinons..

["Ken Keith" <auditude@neta.com>]

Jeff,

You have more experience in the area (Phx, AZ) between the two 
of us, but I have found a couple of yards that you pull your own 
parts, and these places "seem like" they would sell you a cam 
only.

These are "traditional", mostly domestic yards, and do not have a 
lot of Audi's, but they do have them.  I got some G60 calipers and 
brackets from one place, and a bunch of 4k parts from another.  I 
haven't tried to buy anything too piecemeal, but I did have to pay 
separately for the turn signals in a 4k front bumper.

This is in contrast to the yards that specialize in German or 
European parts, that may not even let you pull yer own, and 
practically have all their inventory on some kind of a tracking 
system.  Places like 20th Street Auto, who is moving away from 
Audi's, and concentrating more on Porsche's of late I think.

You, I think, once mentioned that you tend to buy new, due to your 
enhanced financial empowerment, so you may only frequent the 
more esoteric yards.  I'm pullin' parts off Audi's next among Pintos 
and the like. <g>

The yards I'm talking about are located, IIRC, on Broadway, on the 
west side of Phoenix.  I forget the cross street, perhaps around 
20th Avenue (?).

I still would like to get the Audi-dudi Tour of Phoenix Audi Sites, if 
there is ever one available.  Let me know <g>.

Ken

OorQue@aol.com wrote:
> 
> This raises another point that's interested me for some time.  Where I live, 
> there's no salvage yard that gives away any parts for "practically free" and 
> they also won't sell you pieces of a whole ... for instance, you want to buy 
> a rear a/r bar off a FWD Audi 5000 tubo?  Fat chance ... it's considered part 
> of the axle assembly and they want $200+ for it, take it or leave it.  You 
> need to replace a single rod or piston and don't want to buy a complete short 
> block?  Well, good luck.