The new addition is home!! (Grab some coffee, kinda long)

[scirocco at vintagewatercooleds.com (Eric S)]

Congrats Nate!

Really too bad we couldn't meet up!

Ironic thing is, last thursday I just purchased an Audi here locally. 196k
on it, clean clean car.  88 Audi 90 Quattro.

-- 
Eric
www.vintagewatercooleds.com

1981 Scirocco S (TDI swap project)
1988 Audi 90 Quattro
1990 Corrado TDI
1991 Cabriolet (2.0 crossflow 8v project)

Nate Mellom said:
> Forgive me, I'm a natural-born storyteller.
>
> Yup, I now have an '84 Audi 4000 added to the stable.  The story:
>
> Parents bought it from the original owner last year to replace the Jeep
> Grand Cherokee my mom wrecked.  They actually bought it on my
> recommendation, as I said "Buy a VW or Audi and stop wasting your time
> on Jeeps", or something to that effect.  She drove it for a while, and
> realized she liked seeing things up high, so she bought another Jeep.
> Ugh.  Ah well, I tried.  When they bought it, they asked if I'd like it
> when they were done with it.  Um, okay.  "Come and get it" they said.
> Only problem, it was in Colorado, I am in Wisconsin.  Turns out I had
> some family business out west (Granny turned 80, had to party!), so my
> best friend and I flew out to Colorado to drive it home.  I took 42lbs
> of tools out to make the return trip more comforting (no problems at
> all, Tonee! Thanks for the advise).  Got to see the car for real,
> instead of just pictures.  The bidness:
> '84 Audi 4000 non-quattro
> 1.8 4 cylinder, 198k
> 5 speed
> Different brown color, not the usual champaign gold or silver
> Awesome old-school Audi wheels
> Faded cloth interior
> Body is in very good shape for being 20 years old
> NO RUST!!!! NONE!!  NADA!!! ZERO!!!  Colorado RULES!
>
> Went to start it, after charging the battery, and the whole garage
> smelled of gas.  Looked under the car, and a puddle under the fuel
> pump.  (Instant dread-thought: Great, pump/accumulator/fuel lines are
> toast, and no time/money to fix them, and the car is the only way
> home!!) Did some investigation, turned out the brass washers on the
> pressure side of the pump connection were leaking, replaced them,
> insty-fix!! I was relieved, something somewhat-major could lead to less
> seriousness in the middle of Nebraska at 3am.
>
> Drove it around for the weekend, and headed home.  It had really low
> power, and in the Rockies it was wheezing a lot, but it made it
> through.  Stalled once, but I think it was because it wasn't used to the
> low altitude, and the idle was low, but other than a bouncy rear shock
> it performed very well.  Got it home, swapped in a new shock, raised the
> idle a bit, and she's a charmer!!  Rides very nice, has decent power
> now, but it's still in need of a good tune-up.  Odometer quit working
> the day I showed up in Colorado.  Burns some oil, but I'm digging it.
> I'll post some pics soon as I can.
>
> Nate
> '81 Roc (in storage)
> '84 4K
> '87 QSW
>
>
>
>
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