forum.audiv8.com Foren English Talk Hello from Montana USA

Last week I purchased 91 Black 5 speed from San Francisco Ca and tomorrow I fly from Missoula MT to SF to drive my "new" car 1150 miles (1850 kms ) home, i hope i do not have any problems
Sean

Wow;

congratulations! How came? Who was the guy you bought it from? Craiglist?

Have a good trip!!

Bastian

Yes, I did find on SF bay area Craigslist.
I official owner until 2015, stored last 10 years, sold to a mechanic who got it running however 5% outside allowable Ca emissions, I think it would have past with the little bit more work however other circumstances forced the sale.
No emissions or safety inspection in MT.

Do you have more details? Interior etc. Aware of v8@audifans.com?

Hello Bastian, A member on Audiworld Forum from Seattle area is fairly confident he knows the original owner, he thinks its an Black S line / Sports interior ? i will post photos soon, now I am delayed waiting to fly, SF has fog not that unusual, delayed 2 hrs

Sean

I flew out to SF on Sunday, arrived to the car & got on with the return trip, luckily no problems made it home.
However the car has out of balance front wheels, more severe vibration from rear, almost like the wheels are missing the centering rings. Will find out soon.

heres for few photos

Unsure how to post more than 1 photo ?

maybe the tires are old and worn.
one light is gone left side.

but it looks fine

I Replaced all the burnt out bulbs, removed 1 rear wheel cannot believe my guess was correct Borbet Wheel has an approx 73mm bore Audi hub pilot 57.1mm and no the is not any Centering Ring Adapter

I have ordered the Aluminum Centering Rings next will be ECS long stud conversion kit so I can install 20mm spacers and discard those horrible Audi wheel bolts

The Bay Area of Ca climate has been very good to this car in many ways, all the rear suspension bushings are in good condition, CV's are good, I found 1 broken ABS harness on LH front also the CV boot on that side is missing the securing Band Clamp.

Checked around the engine, I can see the timing covers have been removed recently confirming it should have new timing belt, however I will have to inspect it myself for piece of mind.
New air filter and top radiator hose, the distributor caps look like they been on there a long time so i will replace those with rotors, Iridium Denso plugs ? and a fuel filter.

Congrats!

I suggest that you also replace the cooling fluid surge tank and its cap, it looks like still being the first one... it's just a matter of time until it breaks, spilling all the coolant on the road leaving you with an overheating engine.