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Quisp Smith
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Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:30 pm Post subject:
Re: Looking for Montgomery County Mechanic |
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On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 09:26:26 -0400, "mijin75"
<migukgipun_@hotmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Hey you guys,
It was me who actually started this topic. I really did need to find a
mechanic, It was in Montgomery County Maryland. The post was done as a
Internet class school assignment in college and it was on some old server
that could access certain databases using a c prompt looking window. I
had no idea how to go back in and check my responeses. Sorry. I ended up
going to a shop called AutoCentro in Rockville. They seemed pretty good,
they treat me good and I have had no problems with them. Has anyone else
been there before?
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I've use Auto Werke of Rockville, near White Flint Mall 301-770-0700
http://www.autoy-autowerke.com/autowerke1inc/
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Dano58
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Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:12 pm Post subject:
Re: Collins & Aikman |
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And who is this 'Becker' that may personally get involved? I can hardly
wait for the sequel..... ;-)
Dan D
Central NJ USA |
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doda r
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Sun Jun 26, 2005 12:12 am Post subject:
Re: Do I have Leather |
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OK, this isn't a surefire answer, but at least it isn't a "smart-ass"
answer. On my 02 A6 the seats are leather, but the side of the
headrest and center storage cover are leatherette. they have a
different feel. Also, leather has a tendency to give after a couple
of years, where the plastic doesn't. Real leather gets softer...
Either way take comfort in the fact that you can't even ask that
question with a BMW three...it would just be plastic.
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 11:55:49 -0400, "Art M"
<Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote:
| Quote: | How can I tell if I have real leather seats on my 2003 A4 1.8T Q?
I looked up my options codes at http://www.audi-faq.ru/prnumbers/
In my maintenance guide I have a code of N1F / LF for my interior code
That table list N1F = seat coverings in leather, G grain
pattern/leatherette, B grain pattern
Thanks.
--Art
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KLS
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:12 am Post subject:
Re: New Clutch |
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On 4 Jul 2005 15:38:08 -0400, TCCdestroy
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| Quote: | my clutch is about to go out on my ’98 A4 1.8T. I am planning to
replace it with something of stage II caliber. If anyone has any
suggestions or ideas for a new one, post a link so I can take a look.
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How many miles on the one that's dying? I've gotten 88k on my own '98
A4 2.8, and it's still going great. If your mileage is similar, I
suggest you also replace your clutch usage habits with less abusive
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Steve68s
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:12 am Post subject:
Re: New Clutch |
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"TCCdestroy" <DoNotEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | "TCCdestroy" wrote:
Yo my clutch is about to go out on my '98 A4 1.8T. I am
planning to replace it with something of stage II caliber. If
anyone has any suggestions or ideas for a new one, post a link
so I can take a look. Thanks
I just bought the car about a month ago, it has 105k miles on it. The
last person who owned the car was the original owner, and he must have
sucked at driving MT. Anyway, I am going to replace it myself and was
just shopping through my options. Any ideas, let me know. thanks
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A replacement OEM clutch should be sufficient, a better way to improve a
1.8T would be to fit an uprated & lowered suspension kit, & a full set of
front suspension arms, makes a great difference :-)
Steve. |
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Pete
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Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:12 am Post subject:
Re: New Clutch |
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"Steve68s" wrote
| Quote: | A replacement OEM clutch should be sufficient,
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I'd agree with that, assuming the engine is stock or just has mild
modifications.
Most aftermarket sport clutches can be a pain in day-to-day driving as the
engagement is very rough/abrupt. So, if it's your daily driver, I'd stick
with OEM.
Cheers,
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Petri Rehtonen
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Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:12 am Post subject:
Re: New Clutch |
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On 2005-07-05, TCCdestroy <DoNotEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote:
| Quote: | "TCCdestroy" wrote:
Yo my clutch is about to go out on my '98 A4 1.8T. I am
planning to replace it with something of stage II caliber. If
anyone has any suggestions or ideas for a new one, post a link
so I can take a look. Thanks
I just bought the car about a month ago, it has 105k miles on it. The
last person who owned the car was the original owner, and he must have
sucked at driving MT. Anyway, I am going to replace it myself and was
just shopping through my options. Any ideas, let me know. thanks
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You could try to upgrade to (1.9)TDI clutch that should handle more
torque than the original one and should be easy to handle.
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Petri Rehtonen |
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I
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Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:12 am Post subject:
Re: Inner door handle got loose! |
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"Dennis Bernabe" <dbernabe@comcast.net> wrote in
news:YoiMa.9330$fG.4306@sccrnsc01:
If you want you can do it yourself. Here is a link to a great write-up
with pictures and everything.
http://www.audiworld.com/tech/int49.shtml
check it out...trust me because then you know how much labour and parts
they should charge you. Its about a 30 min job for AUDI.
Hope it helps
| Quote: | Yep you did, I did the same thing a few months ago, the dealer had to
take the door panel off just to tell me that the door lever snapped.
And then they had the nerve to tell me that they don't have the part
in so that I'll have to come back and pay for some more of their
lovely labour charges. Nice.
"Thomas G. Marshall"
tgm2tothe10thpower@hotmail.replaceTextWithNumber.com> wrote in
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2000 a4 quat.
Just yesterday the driver's inner door handle got loose.
It still works fine, but it sort of hangs down a 1/4 inch, and while
it retracts after pulling on it, it doesn't snap firmly into place.
Did I bust a spring or something easily fixed by me? Or am I up for
a million component dismemberment project on this one?
Thanks!
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phoenix167
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Thu Jul 14, 2005 4:35 am Post subject:
Re: Comatose 2004 Audi A8: Please send flowers! |
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I know how your feel.My mmi system keeps shutting down for no reason.M
truck doesn't open.My windows don't open.The dealer has had it for
toal of 46 days and I've only had it for a year.All Audi offered me wa
one free mth.I hate them.They keep fixing it and it works for a fe
weeks and the same problems keep popping up
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Tony
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Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:12 am Post subject:
Re: Comatose 2004 Audi A8: Please send flowers! |
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I think that this is a case of dealer techs that are trained to work with a
computer interface and not their own common sense. Your problem will probably be
endless. But then, I could be wrong.
phoenix167 wrote:
| Quote: | I know how your feel.My mmi system keeps shutting down for no reason.My
truck doesn't open.My windows don't open.The dealer has had it for a
toal of 46 days and I've only had it for a year.All Audi offered me was
one free mth.I hate them.They keep fixing it and it works for a few
weeks and the same problems keep popping up.
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John F. Carr
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Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:52 am Post subject:
Re: New Clutch |
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In article <1ibjc1lehj0p3g6vt233hi4avg85ioqjqu@4ax.com>,
KLS <xymergy@suds.com> wrote:
| Quote: | On 4 Jul 2005 15:38:08 -0400, TCCdestroy
UseLinkToEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote:
my clutch is about to go out on my ’98 A4 1.8T. I am planning to
replace it with something of stage II caliber. If anyone has any
suggestions or ideas for a new one, post a link so I can take a look.
How many miles on the one that's dying? I've gotten 88k on my own '98
A4 2.8, and it's still going great. If your mileage is similar, I
suggest you also replace your clutch usage habits with less abusive
ones so your expensive replacement lasts as long if not longer.
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The clutch on my 2001 S4 died last spring with about 65,000 miles
on it. It didn't fade away slowly. It took about 10 minutes to go
from working to dead. Apparently a part broke inside which caused
slipping which caused overheating which killed the clutch cylinders.
About 10 minutes after I started driving shifting grew difficult and
next time I stopped 10 minutes later it wouldn't go back into gear.
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John Carr (jfc@mit.edu) |
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Thomas G. Marshall
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Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:12 am Post subject:
Re: Inner door handle got loose! |
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As with all things audi, this seems like a hellish pain in the ass.
Sigh. Basically, if I can just keep my 2000 a4 1.8 out of the shop, I'll be
able to recommend the model + manufacturer. Until then, if the rest of the
audi line is of this quality and longevity, then I'm just going to tell
folks to stay away.
Thank you /very/ much for the how-to.
I coughed up:
| Quote: | "Dennis Bernabe" <dbernabe@comcast.net> wrote in
news:YoiMa.9330$fG.4306@sccrnsc01:
If you want you can do it yourself. Here is a link to a great write-up
with pictures and everything.
http://www.audiworld.com/tech/int49.shtml
check it out...trust me because then you know how much labour and
parts they should charge you. Its about a 30 min job for AUDI.
Hope it helps
Yep you did, I did the same thing a few months ago, the dealer had to
take the door panel off just to tell me that the door lever snapped.
And then they had the nerve to tell me that they don't have the part
in so that I'll have to come back and pay for some more of their
lovely labour charges. Nice.
"Thomas G. Marshall"
tgm2tothe10thpower@hotmail.replaceTextWithNumber.com> wrote in
message news:TB2Ma.23$2Q3.1@nwrdny03.gnilink.net...
2000 a4 quat.
Just yesterday the driver's inner door handle got loose.
It still works fine, but it sort of hangs down a 1/4 inch, and while
it retracts after pulling on it, it doesn't snap firmly into place.
Did I bust a spring or something easily fixed by me? Or am I up for
a million component dismemberment project on this one?
Thanks!
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"Well, ain't this place a geographical oddity!
Two weeks from everywhere!" |
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Dano58
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Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:12 pm Post subject:
Re: Musty Air Conditioner Odor |
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;-)
Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA |
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Tony
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Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:33 pm Post subject:
Re: Audi rear wiring loom |
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This is the same failure that was essentially a 100 percent guarantee of 'when'
rather than 'if' in the T44 series. Caused a number of seemingly unrelated
symptoms including dash lights failing.
Tony
Previous: four T44s '84 - '91
Current: 98.5 B5 A4 1.8TQM
patty wrote:
| Quote: | 96 Cabriolet. Has anybody had problems with there rear wiring looms
from the wing up the hinge into the boot lid?
Mine failed the MOT for a fog light not working. Tracked this back the
wiring loom. Sheath was undamaged but when I disected the sheath
carefully I found all 8 wires completely severed. This inspired me to
check the otherside and in that 5 out of 8 wires were snapped.
Each loom £112+ vat or £300 fitted. Audi view expected wear and tear.
Not happy, have failed to answer question about fire risk possed.
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Steve Sears
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Mon Aug 08, 2005 11:00 pm Post subject:
Re: Audi rear wiring loom |
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Patty,
Fire risk? How much current are those small wires carrying? I've heard
about many, many flexing-induced wire breaks in the door hinges and trunks
for our Audis - but I've never heard of a fire from them. Now if you're
talking about Bose rear speaker amps in Audi 200/V8's, there were a few
fires as I recall (no pun intended), before Audi began to address the
problem. I would have to ask why, after discovering the breaks in the
wires, someone would spend 2x£300 for looms when you could simply repair the
break with decent wire, crimp connectors, a set or ratchet crimpers and
maybe some heat shrink tubing to make it look pretty?
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ - BTDT with the driver's door - that was already repaired _at
least_ once by a previous owner
1980 Audi 5k - very few flexing wires, aka very few "features"
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes - engine and radio have power
wires, very little else
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| Quote: | This is the same failure that was essentially a 100 percent guarantee of
'when'
rather than 'if' in the T44 series. Caused a number of seemingly unrelated
symptoms including dash lights failing.
Tony
Previous: four T44s '84 - '91
Current: 98.5 B5 A4 1.8TQM
patty wrote:
96 Cabriolet. Has anybody had problems with there rear wiring looms
from the wing up the hinge into the boot lid?
Mine failed the MOT for a fog light not working. Tracked this back the
wiring loom. Sheath was undamaged but when I disected the sheath
carefully I found all 8 wires completely severed. This inspired me to
check the otherside and in that 5 out of 8 wires were snapped.
Each loom £112+ vat or £300 fitted. Audi view expected wear and tear.
Not happy, have failed to answer question about fire risk possed.
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