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.

 

I live close!
I live in Chicago so I can't be too far from you C.R.

Scares me when you say "brown mouse fur"! 8^o
I have seen vehicles with RATs, bees, and maybe squirrels as the
inhabitants.
I prefer good rust-free bodies. <g>

Got a picture or two? I might be interested since I still like the old body
style.

thanks,
dave
(One out of many daves)

"C.R. Krieger" <88.535is@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1175107163.732988.72000@b75g2000hsg.googlegro ups.com...
> 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)
>

 

I live close!
I live in Chicago so I can't be too far from you C.R.

Scares me when you say "brown mouse fur"! 8^o
I have seen vehicles with RATs, bees, and maybe squirrels as the
inhabitants.
I prefer good rust-free bodies. <g>

Got a picture or two? I might be interested since I still like the old body
style.

thanks,
dave
(One out of many daves)

"C.R. Krieger" <88.535is@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1175107163.732988.72000@b75g2000hsg.googlegro ups.com...
> 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)
>

 

I live close!
I live in Chicago so I can't be too far from you C.R.

Scares me when you say "brown mouse fur"! 8^o
I have seen vehicles with RATs, bees, and maybe squirrels as the
inhabitants.
I prefer good rust-free bodies. <g>

Got a picture or two? I might be interested since I still like the old body
style.

thanks,
dave
(One out of many daves)

"C.R. Krieger" <88.535is@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1175107163.732988.72000@b75g2000hsg.googlegro ups.com...
> 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)
>

 

I live close!
I live in Chicago so I can't be too far from you C.R.

Scares me when you say "brown mouse fur"! 8^o
I have seen vehicles with RATs, bees, and maybe squirrels as the
inhabitants.
I prefer good rust-free bodies. <g>

Got a picture or two? I might be interested since I still like the old body
style.

thanks,
dave
(One out of many daves)

"C.R. Krieger" <88.535is@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1175107163.732988.72000@b75g2000hsg.googlegro ups.com...
> 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)
>

 

On Mar 28, 5:52 pm, "dave AKA vwdoc1" <vwd...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I live close!
> I live in Chicago so I can't be too far from you C.R.

It's about 2 1/2 hours. An hour north of Milwaukee.

> Scares me when you say "brown mouse fur"! 8^o
> I have seen vehicles with RATs, bees, and maybe squirrels as the
> inhabitants.

Yeah, I know. But it's stock. Brown pinstripe. In a red car. Ick!
Durable, though. It might be a little thin on the bolsters, but I
don't think it's got any holes at all.

> I prefer good rust-free bodies. <g>

> Got a picture or two? I might be interested since I still like the old body
> style.

Man, now I gotta go out there into the barn? I'll give it a shot.
But know that it hasn't been washed in over half a decade. Covered -
sometimes - but not clean by any means. Shoot me your full email
address if yours is munged. Otherwise, I can just send what I shoot.
--
C.R. Krieger

 

On Mar 28, 5:52 pm, "dave AKA vwdoc1" <vwd...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I live close!
> I live in Chicago so I can't be too far from you C.R.

It's about 2 1/2 hours. An hour north of Milwaukee.

> Scares me when you say "brown mouse fur"! 8^o
> I have seen vehicles with RATs, bees, and maybe squirrels as the
> inhabitants.

Yeah, I know. But it's stock. Brown pinstripe. In a red car. Ick!
Durable, though. It might be a little thin on the bolsters, but I
don't think it's got any holes at all.

> I prefer good rust-free bodies. <g>

> Got a picture or two? I might be interested since I still like the old body
> style.

Man, now I gotta go out there into the barn? I'll give it a shot.
But know that it hasn't been washed in over half a decade. Covered -
sometimes - but not clean by any means. Shoot me your full email
address if yours is munged. Otherwise, I can just send what I shoot.
--
C.R. Krieger

 

On Mar 28, 5:52 pm, "dave AKA vwdoc1" <vwd...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I live close!
> I live in Chicago so I can't be too far from you C.R.

It's about 2 1/2 hours. An hour north of Milwaukee.

> Scares me when you say "brown mouse fur"! 8^o
> I have seen vehicles with RATs, bees, and maybe squirrels as the
> inhabitants.

Yeah, I know. But it's stock. Brown pinstripe. In a red car. Ick!
Durable, though. It might be a little thin on the bolsters, but I
don't think it's got any holes at all.

> I prefer good rust-free bodies. <g>

> Got a picture or two? I might be interested since I still like the old body
> style.

Man, now I gotta go out there into the barn? I'll give it a shot.
But know that it hasn't been washed in over half a decade. Covered -
sometimes - but not clean by any means. Shoot me your full email
address if yours is munged. Otherwise, I can just send what I shoot.
--
C.R. Krieger

 

On Mar 28, 5:52 pm, "dave AKA vwdoc1" <vwd...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I live close!
> I live in Chicago so I can't be too far from you C.R.

It's about 2 1/2 hours. An hour north of Milwaukee.

> Scares me when you say "brown mouse fur"! 8^o
> I have seen vehicles with RATs, bees, and maybe squirrels as the
> inhabitants.

Yeah, I know. But it's stock. Brown pinstripe. In a red car. Ick!
Durable, though. It might be a little thin on the bolsters, but I
don't think it's got any holes at all.

> I prefer good rust-free bodies. <g>

> Got a picture or two? I might be interested since I still like the old body
> style.

Man, now I gotta go out there into the barn? I'll give it a shot.
But know that it hasn't been washed in over half a decade. Covered -
sometimes - but not clean by any means. Shoot me your full email
address if yours is munged. Otherwise, I can just send what I shoot.
--
C.R. Krieger