Anything else I should check?

[Michael Spiers <mikes@specnet.com>]

Seven days from now, myself & all my worldly possesions will be packed into my
TQ and an old Ford pickup and on I70, travelling from DC to Boulder, Colorado.
 The quattro has been on jackstands for the past two weeks receiving a complete
suspension & steering overhaul, I think the only thing I didn't replace were
the sub-frame bushings (soon Eric, soon.)  It's at HBL Audi as I type, in one
hour it gets a four wheel alignment.  Assuming (ha!) the alignment goes as
planned, I'll assume (ha again!) that theres nothing that *should* go awry with
the suspension or steering.  I checked all the brakes & such while I had it
apart, everything looked peachy.  I learned late last night that the brushes on
my voltage regulator were not up to par, that's one thing that I would have
never thought to check out, and if I'd been half-way to Colorado instead of the
backstreets 5 minutes from my house, I'd have been three things, two of which
are blued & tattooed.  I've checked all the hoses, changed the oil & looked for
drips, and it's been recently (relatively) tuned.  Is there anything else I
should check before I attemp a cross-country in this heap?  I don't mean dump
the codes to the computer, just minor things like "the hibbler-valve needs to
be replaced every once in a while or the fuel-injection system will shut down."
 My girlfriend will be driving it, and I'm fairly sure she won't notice any of
the early warning signs (not to say that I would) that a major mishap is about
to occur.  Hell, the battery light didn't even come on when the VR gave up the
ghost, and a volt meter on the battery showed it sitting at 7.9 volts (no
wonder it was stuttering & the in-dash boost gauge was jumping from 0 - 2.3 bar
of boost at idle.)  Many advanced thanks for any "gotcha!"s to inspect for, and
if ya see a black TQ and a tan F150 sitting on the side of the road somewhere
between DC & Boulder, won't ya honk as ya drive by?

-- 
-Mike
mikes@specnet.com
mks107@psuvm.psu.edu
87 5000CS TQ - Metropolitan Washington, D.C. (but not for long...)
84 5000S - Boulder, Colorado
90 80 - Bethesda, Maryland
(hunting for the elusive Lago Blue '91 200Q)