Cross-brand Parts
Feb
2011
On the Thunderbird Rally last week we were taken out of the running by a broken clutch reservoir fitting on the clutch master cylinder. A pretty clever (at least I think so) emergency repair was made at the lunch stop using a spare brake line and a clamp. Now arriving home I’ve been trying to locate a replacement fitting for this 1983 Audi ur quattro and having absolutely no luck. It isn’t available separately.
In the photo the white part is the failed Audi part. The black part is a replacement. The replacement is identical in every dimension but has a slightly larger barb on the cylinder side, is reinforced at the bend, and is made of harder plastic. Source of the replacement? It’s a BMW E30 part from a 1990 BMW 325iX and I happened to have one on the parts car in my driveway. It’s also available online for about $8.
I may be silly but I think that’s totally cool.
February 20th, 2011 at 7:47 pm
That just proves, yet again, that the IX is superior to the lowly quattro.
February 20th, 2011 at 8:15 pm
Well; the 1988 BMW might have learned how to do a few things better than its older brother.
If baby bimmer thinks it can win a drag race, though — it’s got another think coming.