Re: Good place to look . . .

[Gisli Ottarsson <gisli@master.adams.com>]

Mike:

Thanks for your continued input.

In case you missed my comments in the "nightmare" thread, I did get
confirmation of my own opinion from an intelligent sounding tech at
the local Audi dealer.  He claimed that it is almost impossible to
reverse the friction disk.  Without having to think about it he said,
that the spring cage should face the clutch plate.

I also made some waves at Bentley and await confirmation that their
instructions are correct.  Presumably this cannot possibly be wrong
without it having been brought to their attention earlier and been
recorded on some errata sheet somewhere.

  MA> I *still* think you're gonna hafta take this apart again. (ugh).

:-(

  MA> Here's a clarification of the conflicting note: I remember
  MA> seeing a posting on the list about the picture in Haynes being
  MA> wrong. Whoever sent it was quite specific that the clutch driven
  MA> plate (friction plate) was reversed in the photo. He was VERY
  MA> specific and very vociferous about it (kinda like the T****n
  MA> debate currently raging), and there now seems to be a good
  MA> possibility that he was wrong (also kinda like th T*****n
  MA> debate). Just beacuse someone is loud doesn't mean he's
  MA> correct. (duh.) I made a note in my Haynes to that effect, and
  MA> this note may need to be removed.

  MA> Subsequently, I bought a Bentley, and have as of two days ago
  MA> discovered that the Bentley's picture seems to have been the
  MA> source for the Haynes picture. Even though the Bentley is
  MA> somewhat strangely organized, some care did go into it, so in
  MA> the event of a disagreement between Haynes and Bentley, I'd vote
  MA> for Bentley. The problem is that if Bentley is wrong, Haynes
  MA> probably will be, too.

  MA> Big however: The only REAL way to determine this is to go look
  MA> at a car.  Always remember that the map is not the landscape,
  MA> and maps have been known to be wrong ("dragons found here"
  MA> warning, upon inspection, no dragons found).

Thanks again

Gisli