Smoke 'em if you got 'em (long)

[brianm at earendel.org (Brian)]

Cathy..
Get a3 calipers.. they mount upside down so bleeding them is intersting, 
but they dont rust from what i hear...
Brian
2.0 20vT well on the way.. parts collected.. now which turbo to use...




On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, C Boyko wrote:

> Well, just for the annoyance of it, another of my little bedtime stories.
> This is truly on topic, since it involves two A1s.
> 
> So I finally break down, or lay down, whatever, and go to the dealer for a
> replacement air boot for the 16V. Going back, oh, maybe a month, hell,
> let's go right back to the spring, there has been a string of issues with
> my everlovely 16V. There was the gas leak, which was the rubber hose to
> the filler neck, the filler neck AND the gas tank itself, followed by a
> faulty tank install X 2 (O ring not seated/ fuel line leaking) The fifth
> repair was the charm. No problems, but the gas huffing was getting to be
> an issue. I've been clean for a month now.
> So I had, well, three or four nanoseconds of truly enjoyable driving
> before my hubby toasts the clutch. No issues, I got a new one, (of course
> there were delivery issues, part of it got delivered to the wrong place)
> but while it was out, some idiot clodhopper managed to locate my air boot
> and put a tiny (3" long) vaccuum leak in it. Again this is the headache.
> It's normal, I manage a big job like a clutch, only to have the car left
> undriveable once again over a stupid rubber hose. So I order one from the
> dealer, it came in Saturday, I went up and they were closed, despite the
> "holiday hours" posted on the door indicating that they were open. SO,
> yesterday, finally, FINALLY, I get my boot, jump out of the DD, still in
> my work clothes, eager to hear my baby run. As I'm leaing over the engine
> bay, the phone rings: "Mom? (it's my daughter) - I had a problem with the
> Cabby, there was smoke coming out of the wheelwell and the bearing's shot.
> But I got it fixed already (at the shop she had the accident driving out
> of)" So immediatley, I tell her the one bearing looked wierd when I put it
> back on, so that wasn't a surprise. I automatically blame myself. Then I
> realized it was Klaus' bearing I'd done, not the Cabby, someone else
> f*ck$d up that bearing, it wasn't me!!
> 
> So I go in and change my clothes, then off to begin break in on my clutch.
> I get a ways down the road, stop to check it, and I can smell clutch.
> Perfect. Friggin' Perfect. Wait, it's coming from THE BACK! Damned E brake
> was stuck. Two for two on the smoking back wheels I guess. And you say I'm
> nuts when I say they talk. Klaus stayed parked. As did the bug. Gotta love
> A1s. One big German conspiracy.
> 
> Someone was asking about rebuilding calipers? I'm putting brand spanking
> new ones one the list for Christmas. I'm sick of prying them open. This is
> the second set of used ones in four years.
> 
> I'll give a report on the clutch when it's broken in and I can beat on it
> a bit more. So far, so good anyway.
> 
> 
> Cathy
> 1987 2L 16V Scirocco - the Silver Headache
> 1979 1.8L 10:1 8V - Klaus- sounds like half a Chevelle plus a Weedeater
> "Misery loves company" (Old Proverb)
> 
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