HELP with 1983 Audi 4000s 4cyl gas clutch
03-28-2007, 02:34 AM
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Re: HELP with 1983 Audi 4000s 4cyl gas clutch
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:45:43 GMT, "dave AKA vwdoc1"
<vwdoc1@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Yeah I thought about the 2.0l engine or even the 2.0l 16V engine but the
>body on my '83 Audi 4000S is getting old and needs some rust repairs. Still
>looks good but I know it will need some rust work if I keep it.
What I really want to know is how your door handles are working on
that car. I had to give up Helga, my 1985 4000S, in 1999 for a 1995
VW Passat VRX for a number of reasons, one of them being that her door
handles were getting really hard to operate. Crappy design. The guy
who bought her broke a few of them and then ended up banging her
around on some concrete guardrails on an inner-city highway one
winter, so RIP. She only had about 130k miles on her, by my
reckoning. I loved that car: my parents ordered her from Audi in
Germany, drove her around there in the summer of 1985, and brought her
over to Maryland. I finally pried her from my mother's clutches after
12 years. The clutch on that car was factory and worked ok, but it
was never as nice as the factory clutch on my 98.5 Audi that I'm
driving now with almost 107k miles.
Haven't gotten to my trunk lock yet; gonna get the Marvel Mystery Oil
tomorrow on the way home from work.
<vwdoc1@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Yeah I thought about the 2.0l engine or even the 2.0l 16V engine but the
>body on my '83 Audi 4000S is getting old and needs some rust repairs. Still
>looks good but I know it will need some rust work if I keep it.
What I really want to know is how your door handles are working on
that car. I had to give up Helga, my 1985 4000S, in 1999 for a 1995
VW Passat VRX for a number of reasons, one of them being that her door
handles were getting really hard to operate. Crappy design. The guy
who bought her broke a few of them and then ended up banging her
around on some concrete guardrails on an inner-city highway one
winter, so RIP. She only had about 130k miles on her, by my
reckoning. I loved that car: my parents ordered her from Audi in
Germany, drove her around there in the summer of 1985, and brought her
over to Maryland. I finally pried her from my mother's clutches after
12 years. The clutch on that car was factory and worked ok, but it
was never as nice as the factory clutch on my 98.5 Audi that I'm
driving now with almost 107k miles.
Haven't gotten to my trunk lock yet; gonna get the Marvel Mystery Oil
tomorrow on the way home from work.
03-28-2007, 02:34 AM
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Re: HELP with 1983 Audi 4000s 4cyl gas clutch
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:45:43 GMT, "dave AKA vwdoc1"
<vwdoc1@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Yeah I thought about the 2.0l engine or even the 2.0l 16V engine but the
>body on my '83 Audi 4000S is getting old and needs some rust repairs. Still
>looks good but I know it will need some rust work if I keep it.
What I really want to know is how your door handles are working on
that car. I had to give up Helga, my 1985 4000S, in 1999 for a 1995
VW Passat VRX for a number of reasons, one of them being that her door
handles were getting really hard to operate. Crappy design. The guy
who bought her broke a few of them and then ended up banging her
around on some concrete guardrails on an inner-city highway one
winter, so RIP. She only had about 130k miles on her, by my
reckoning. I loved that car: my parents ordered her from Audi in
Germany, drove her around there in the summer of 1985, and brought her
over to Maryland. I finally pried her from my mother's clutches after
12 years. The clutch on that car was factory and worked ok, but it
was never as nice as the factory clutch on my 98.5 Audi that I'm
driving now with almost 107k miles.
Haven't gotten to my trunk lock yet; gonna get the Marvel Mystery Oil
tomorrow on the way home from work.
<vwdoc1@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Yeah I thought about the 2.0l engine or even the 2.0l 16V engine but the
>body on my '83 Audi 4000S is getting old and needs some rust repairs. Still
>looks good but I know it will need some rust work if I keep it.
What I really want to know is how your door handles are working on
that car. I had to give up Helga, my 1985 4000S, in 1999 for a 1995
VW Passat VRX for a number of reasons, one of them being that her door
handles were getting really hard to operate. Crappy design. The guy
who bought her broke a few of them and then ended up banging her
around on some concrete guardrails on an inner-city highway one
winter, so RIP. She only had about 130k miles on her, by my
reckoning. I loved that car: my parents ordered her from Audi in
Germany, drove her around there in the summer of 1985, and brought her
over to Maryland. I finally pried her from my mother's clutches after
12 years. The clutch on that car was factory and worked ok, but it
was never as nice as the factory clutch on my 98.5 Audi that I'm
driving now with almost 107k miles.
Haven't gotten to my trunk lock yet; gonna get the Marvel Mystery Oil
tomorrow on the way home from work.
03-28-2007, 02:34 AM
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Re: HELP with 1983 Audi 4000s 4cyl gas clutch
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:45:43 GMT, "dave AKA vwdoc1"
<vwdoc1@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Yeah I thought about the 2.0l engine or even the 2.0l 16V engine but the
>body on my '83 Audi 4000S is getting old and needs some rust repairs. Still
>looks good but I know it will need some rust work if I keep it.
What I really want to know is how your door handles are working on
that car. I had to give up Helga, my 1985 4000S, in 1999 for a 1995
VW Passat VRX for a number of reasons, one of them being that her door
handles were getting really hard to operate. Crappy design. The guy
who bought her broke a few of them and then ended up banging her
around on some concrete guardrails on an inner-city highway one
winter, so RIP. She only had about 130k miles on her, by my
reckoning. I loved that car: my parents ordered her from Audi in
Germany, drove her around there in the summer of 1985, and brought her
over to Maryland. I finally pried her from my mother's clutches after
12 years. The clutch on that car was factory and worked ok, but it
was never as nice as the factory clutch on my 98.5 Audi that I'm
driving now with almost 107k miles.
Haven't gotten to my trunk lock yet; gonna get the Marvel Mystery Oil
tomorrow on the way home from work.
<vwdoc1@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Yeah I thought about the 2.0l engine or even the 2.0l 16V engine but the
>body on my '83 Audi 4000S is getting old and needs some rust repairs. Still
>looks good but I know it will need some rust work if I keep it.
What I really want to know is how your door handles are working on
that car. I had to give up Helga, my 1985 4000S, in 1999 for a 1995
VW Passat VRX for a number of reasons, one of them being that her door
handles were getting really hard to operate. Crappy design. The guy
who bought her broke a few of them and then ended up banging her
around on some concrete guardrails on an inner-city highway one
winter, so RIP. She only had about 130k miles on her, by my
reckoning. I loved that car: my parents ordered her from Audi in
Germany, drove her around there in the summer of 1985, and brought her
over to Maryland. I finally pried her from my mother's clutches after
12 years. The clutch on that car was factory and worked ok, but it
was never as nice as the factory clutch on my 98.5 Audi that I'm
driving now with almost 107k miles.
Haven't gotten to my trunk lock yet; gonna get the Marvel Mystery Oil
tomorrow on the way home from work.
03-28-2007, 01:39 PM
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Re: HELP with 1983 Audi 4000s 4cyl gas clutch
Where do you live, Dave? I've got an '84 4KQ (Tornado Red/brown mouse
fur) I'd really like to get out of my barn. Decent shape except for a
bad clutch throwout arm (or pivot; I wasn't in the mood to pay ~$600
to yank the gearbox to find out which). 232K miles when parked about
6 years ago. Can you come to Wisconsin and take it?
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; don't need that)
fur) I'd really like to get out of my barn. Decent shape except for a
bad clutch throwout arm (or pivot; I wasn't in the mood to pay ~$600
to yank the gearbox to find out which). 232K miles when parked about
6 years ago. Can you come to Wisconsin and take it?
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; don't need that)
03-28-2007, 01:39 PM
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Re: HELP with 1983 Audi 4000s 4cyl gas clutch
Where do you live, Dave? I've got an '84 4KQ (Tornado Red/brown mouse
fur) I'd really like to get out of my barn. Decent shape except for a
bad clutch throwout arm (or pivot; I wasn't in the mood to pay ~$600
to yank the gearbox to find out which). 232K miles when parked about
6 years ago. Can you come to Wisconsin and take it?
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; don't need that)
fur) I'd really like to get out of my barn. Decent shape except for a
bad clutch throwout arm (or pivot; I wasn't in the mood to pay ~$600
to yank the gearbox to find out which). 232K miles when parked about
6 years ago. Can you come to Wisconsin and take it?
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; don't need that)
03-28-2007, 01:39 PM
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Re: HELP with 1983 Audi 4000s 4cyl gas clutch
Where do you live, Dave? I've got an '84 4KQ (Tornado Red/brown mouse
fur) I'd really like to get out of my barn. Decent shape except for a
bad clutch throwout arm (or pivot; I wasn't in the mood to pay ~$600
to yank the gearbox to find out which). 232K miles when parked about
6 years ago. Can you come to Wisconsin and take it?
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; don't need that)
fur) I'd really like to get out of my barn. Decent shape except for a
bad clutch throwout arm (or pivot; I wasn't in the mood to pay ~$600
to yank the gearbox to find out which). 232K miles when parked about
6 years ago. Can you come to Wisconsin and take it?
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; don't need that)
03-28-2007, 01:39 PM
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Re: HELP with 1983 Audi 4000s 4cyl gas clutch
Where do you live, Dave? I've got an '84 4KQ (Tornado Red/brown mouse
fur) I'd really like to get out of my barn. Decent shape except for a
bad clutch throwout arm (or pivot; I wasn't in the mood to pay ~$600
to yank the gearbox to find out which). 232K miles when parked about
6 years ago. Can you come to Wisconsin and take it?
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; don't need that)
fur) I'd really like to get out of my barn. Decent shape except for a
bad clutch throwout arm (or pivot; I wasn't in the mood to pay ~$600
to yank the gearbox to find out which). 232K miles when parked about
6 years ago. Can you come to Wisconsin and take it?
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; don't need that)
03-28-2007, 05:49 PM
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Re: HELP with 1983 Audi 4000s 4cyl gas clutch
I think in my 16 years of ownership I might have bought 2 of the door
handles. I keep them lube when they just start getting stiff.
Your hydraulic clutch activation system is usually easier and smoother to
operate than the cable.
Although I did work on a Quattro with a pressure plate that was so stiff
that the clutch master cylinder was cracking the firewall. 8^o
I have also used some other 'spray' lubes such as ProLong, STP(?), but my
favorite is DuraLube since it seemed to last the longest. But I think that
my favorite is very hard to find nowadays.
I love my simple Audi! <g>
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)
"KLS" <xymergy@suds.com> wrote in message
news:c16k03luve182s1ue7qn9nufgfndg9f1ds@4ax.com...
> What I really want to know is how your door handles are working on
> that car. I had to give up Helga, my 1985 4000S, in 1999 for a 1995
> VW Passat VRX for a number of reasons, one of them being that her door
> handles were getting really hard to operate. Crappy design. The guy
> who bought her broke a few of them and then ended up banging her
> around on some concrete guardrails on an inner-city highway one
> winter, so RIP. She only had about 130k miles on her, by my
> reckoning. I loved that car: my parents ordered her from Audi in
> Germany, drove her around there in the summer of 1985, and brought her
> over to Maryland. I finally pried her from my mother's clutches after
> 12 years. The clutch on that car was factory and worked ok, but it
> was never as nice as the factory clutch on my 98.5 Audi that I'm
> driving now with almost 107k miles.
>
> Haven't gotten to my trunk lock yet; gonna get the Marvel Mystery Oil
> tomorrow on the way home from work.
handles. I keep them lube when they just start getting stiff.
Your hydraulic clutch activation system is usually easier and smoother to
operate than the cable.
Although I did work on a Quattro with a pressure plate that was so stiff
that the clutch master cylinder was cracking the firewall. 8^o
I have also used some other 'spray' lubes such as ProLong, STP(?), but my
favorite is DuraLube since it seemed to last the longest. But I think that
my favorite is very hard to find nowadays.
I love my simple Audi! <g>
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)
"KLS" <xymergy@suds.com> wrote in message
news:c16k03luve182s1ue7qn9nufgfndg9f1ds@4ax.com...
> What I really want to know is how your door handles are working on
> that car. I had to give up Helga, my 1985 4000S, in 1999 for a 1995
> VW Passat VRX for a number of reasons, one of them being that her door
> handles were getting really hard to operate. Crappy design. The guy
> who bought her broke a few of them and then ended up banging her
> around on some concrete guardrails on an inner-city highway one
> winter, so RIP. She only had about 130k miles on her, by my
> reckoning. I loved that car: my parents ordered her from Audi in
> Germany, drove her around there in the summer of 1985, and brought her
> over to Maryland. I finally pried her from my mother's clutches after
> 12 years. The clutch on that car was factory and worked ok, but it
> was never as nice as the factory clutch on my 98.5 Audi that I'm
> driving now with almost 107k miles.
>
> Haven't gotten to my trunk lock yet; gonna get the Marvel Mystery Oil
> tomorrow on the way home from work.
03-28-2007, 05:49 PM
#19
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Re: HELP with 1983 Audi 4000s 4cyl gas clutch
I think in my 16 years of ownership I might have bought 2 of the door
handles. I keep them lube when they just start getting stiff.
Your hydraulic clutch activation system is usually easier and smoother to
operate than the cable.
Although I did work on a Quattro with a pressure plate that was so stiff
that the clutch master cylinder was cracking the firewall. 8^o
I have also used some other 'spray' lubes such as ProLong, STP(?), but my
favorite is DuraLube since it seemed to last the longest. But I think that
my favorite is very hard to find nowadays.
I love my simple Audi! <g>
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)
"KLS" <xymergy@suds.com> wrote in message
news:c16k03luve182s1ue7qn9nufgfndg9f1ds@4ax.com...
> What I really want to know is how your door handles are working on
> that car. I had to give up Helga, my 1985 4000S, in 1999 for a 1995
> VW Passat VRX for a number of reasons, one of them being that her door
> handles were getting really hard to operate. Crappy design. The guy
> who bought her broke a few of them and then ended up banging her
> around on some concrete guardrails on an inner-city highway one
> winter, so RIP. She only had about 130k miles on her, by my
> reckoning. I loved that car: my parents ordered her from Audi in
> Germany, drove her around there in the summer of 1985, and brought her
> over to Maryland. I finally pried her from my mother's clutches after
> 12 years. The clutch on that car was factory and worked ok, but it
> was never as nice as the factory clutch on my 98.5 Audi that I'm
> driving now with almost 107k miles.
>
> Haven't gotten to my trunk lock yet; gonna get the Marvel Mystery Oil
> tomorrow on the way home from work.
handles. I keep them lube when they just start getting stiff.
Your hydraulic clutch activation system is usually easier and smoother to
operate than the cable.
Although I did work on a Quattro with a pressure plate that was so stiff
that the clutch master cylinder was cracking the firewall. 8^o
I have also used some other 'spray' lubes such as ProLong, STP(?), but my
favorite is DuraLube since it seemed to last the longest. But I think that
my favorite is very hard to find nowadays.
I love my simple Audi! <g>
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)
"KLS" <xymergy@suds.com> wrote in message
news:c16k03luve182s1ue7qn9nufgfndg9f1ds@4ax.com...
> What I really want to know is how your door handles are working on
> that car. I had to give up Helga, my 1985 4000S, in 1999 for a 1995
> VW Passat VRX for a number of reasons, one of them being that her door
> handles were getting really hard to operate. Crappy design. The guy
> who bought her broke a few of them and then ended up banging her
> around on some concrete guardrails on an inner-city highway one
> winter, so RIP. She only had about 130k miles on her, by my
> reckoning. I loved that car: my parents ordered her from Audi in
> Germany, drove her around there in the summer of 1985, and brought her
> over to Maryland. I finally pried her from my mother's clutches after
> 12 years. The clutch on that car was factory and worked ok, but it
> was never as nice as the factory clutch on my 98.5 Audi that I'm
> driving now with almost 107k miles.
>
> Haven't gotten to my trunk lock yet; gonna get the Marvel Mystery Oil
> tomorrow on the way home from work.
03-28-2007, 05:49 PM
#20
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Re: HELP with 1983 Audi 4000s 4cyl gas clutch
I think in my 16 years of ownership I might have bought 2 of the door
handles. I keep them lube when they just start getting stiff.
Your hydraulic clutch activation system is usually easier and smoother to
operate than the cable.
Although I did work on a Quattro with a pressure plate that was so stiff
that the clutch master cylinder was cracking the firewall. 8^o
I have also used some other 'spray' lubes such as ProLong, STP(?), but my
favorite is DuraLube since it seemed to last the longest. But I think that
my favorite is very hard to find nowadays.
I love my simple Audi! <g>
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)
"KLS" <xymergy@suds.com> wrote in message
news:c16k03luve182s1ue7qn9nufgfndg9f1ds@4ax.com...
> What I really want to know is how your door handles are working on
> that car. I had to give up Helga, my 1985 4000S, in 1999 for a 1995
> VW Passat VRX for a number of reasons, one of them being that her door
> handles were getting really hard to operate. Crappy design. The guy
> who bought her broke a few of them and then ended up banging her
> around on some concrete guardrails on an inner-city highway one
> winter, so RIP. She only had about 130k miles on her, by my
> reckoning. I loved that car: my parents ordered her from Audi in
> Germany, drove her around there in the summer of 1985, and brought her
> over to Maryland. I finally pried her from my mother's clutches after
> 12 years. The clutch on that car was factory and worked ok, but it
> was never as nice as the factory clutch on my 98.5 Audi that I'm
> driving now with almost 107k miles.
>
> Haven't gotten to my trunk lock yet; gonna get the Marvel Mystery Oil
> tomorrow on the way home from work.
handles. I keep them lube when they just start getting stiff.
Your hydraulic clutch activation system is usually easier and smoother to
operate than the cable.
Although I did work on a Quattro with a pressure plate that was so stiff
that the clutch master cylinder was cracking the firewall. 8^o
I have also used some other 'spray' lubes such as ProLong, STP(?), but my
favorite is DuraLube since it seemed to last the longest. But I think that
my favorite is very hard to find nowadays.
I love my simple Audi! <g>
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)
"KLS" <xymergy@suds.com> wrote in message
news:c16k03luve182s1ue7qn9nufgfndg9f1ds@4ax.com...
> What I really want to know is how your door handles are working on
> that car. I had to give up Helga, my 1985 4000S, in 1999 for a 1995
> VW Passat VRX for a number of reasons, one of them being that her door
> handles were getting really hard to operate. Crappy design. The guy
> who bought her broke a few of them and then ended up banging her
> around on some concrete guardrails on an inner-city highway one
> winter, so RIP. She only had about 130k miles on her, by my
> reckoning. I loved that car: my parents ordered her from Audi in
> Germany, drove her around there in the summer of 1985, and brought her
> over to Maryland. I finally pried her from my mother's clutches after
> 12 years. The clutch on that car was factory and worked ok, but it
> was never as nice as the factory clutch on my 98.5 Audi that I'm
> driving now with almost 107k miles.
>
> Haven't gotten to my trunk lock yet; gonna get the Marvel Mystery Oil
> tomorrow on the way home from work.
