[auspicious_character]

As a reward for putting it on the road it decided to veer towards a brick in the road in the dark.

Engine internals are clean and it got another oil change and a complete sump clean.

Decent £20 sump repair and a start on cleaning the block up from the underside.

 

[auspicious_character]

So the interior is back together, awaiting delivery on one more heated switch so that's all good.

Water leak was by the window which a little door adjustment seems to have sorted.

Degreased all the seals and gave them a light talcum powder, BMW spec.

Runs well, nice second hand OEM downpipe and lambdas are on their way so hopefully soon it will be quieter and yet noiser.

Thirsty little bugger too.

 

[SPECSMAN]

Good work A_C

Thirsty is it? Should have been TDI!

Knowing you, it still could be!

8)

 

[auspicious_character]

I went under it last night, dropped the subframe and removed the crap ecp exhaust and fitted a nice second hand OEM one and it no longer hits the chassis and had lambdas.
That should be better for mpg.
My foot isn't good for it

 

[auspicious_character]

Mpg is far better with lambdas, behaves as a true v5 now....
A lot quieter too, seems to be refined but capable of more.

Finally sourced the final heated seat switch so that is in and mastered the art of clicking in all the panels for the switches and stereo bit so all is as it should be there.

Need to sort out the exhaust hangers being virtually none existent next and then possibly start looking at ways to make it cooler.

 

[SPECSMAN]

Mpg is far better with lambdas, behaves as a true v5 now....
A lot quieter too, seems to be refined but capable of more.

Finally sourced the final heated seat switch so that is in and mastered the art of clicking in all the panels for the switches and stereo bit so all is as it should be there.

Need to sort out the exhaust hangers being virtually none existent next and then possibly start looking at ways to make it cooler.

Cooler in what sense? [smiley=dude.gif] 8) [smiley=smoking.gif]

or air con.

8)

 

[auspicious_character]

Just cooler in general, if I was a kid still I would make it louder.

Cooler wheels and maybe some touch ups on the bodywork.

Daily it is performing fine, just need to look into exhaust hangers and sort the dashpod next, I'm now using the half readable miles to empty as a guide for when it needs fuel, not ideal.

 

[SPECSMAN]

Just cooler in general, if I was a kid still I would make it louder.

Cooler wheels and maybe some touch ups on the bodywork.

Daily it is performing fine, just need to look into exhaust hangers and sort the dashpod next, I'm now using the half readable miles to empty as a guide for when it needs fuel, not ideal.

Louder is always cool; what about a flapper so that it can be a hooligan and be as quite as a lamb?

Can dashpods be interchanged? ie are they plug and play or do they have to be programmed?

8)

 

[auspicious_character]

Louder isn't really happening but I've got the bits to repair the dashpod, just gotta get around to it.

This week's goal is the exhaust, I hate exhausts.

 

[auspicious_character]

Weather isnt exhaust friendly.

New mission, alternator tensioner bearing whines when you go over 2k.

New part? £120. We can't be having that.

Firstly, remove the defective part.

Take it apart, cheeky reverse thread for the pulley.

Sit for an hour with a craft knife and remove enough of the plastic from the sealed pulley to enable you to remove the standard 6203 bearing and replace with £4 ntn unit using the bench vice and lubrication after sanding the edges of the plastic smooth.

Clean up part ready to live again.

Refit to car and done.

Still need to do the exhaust.

 

[Allspeed]

Love it, keep it coming.

 

[hagakurejunkie]

As always participation is welcome.

Let's start with the car, a red roadster with 136k fwd and an aum engine.
I didn't know that the TT got so base level.
No Bose, no xenon, no leather, no quattro, no fun....

Okey dokey here we go.

WARNING: IF YOU THINK THERE IS AN ENDING TO WORKING ON A TT, YOU'RE IN FOR A SICK JOKE. IT WILL NEVER END.

Ebay is your friend but so is ECS.

No Bose, no xenon, no leather, no quattro, no fun.

Quattro is HIGHLY overrated. It only kicks in when the wheels slip and it adds another 300lbs to the car.
Bose is overrated, buy an aftermarket stereo and an amp and have better sound.
Buy the Xenon headlights off ebay used for around $200 each and retrofit.

Engine runs well to 4k, pcv pipes are perished.
Buy the silicone PCV hose kit on ECS or 034 motorsports. Never worry about it again.

Front tyres bald, pads and discs good
Tires: Go on ebay, prolly cost you $400 for 4. Buy expensive tires later when you have the cash.

Roof, locks, radio, window drop, all goodies don't work.

Your Comfort Control Module drowned because your top leaks. I have the same problem. You need to buy another CCM and get it coded. Also installation is insane.

Your convertible top:
You have two options, try to glue the top with 3m Window weld which some people have had success with or buy another top for $500 on ebay and install it yourself.

Airbag light, brake fluid light and engine light are lit up, display doesn't work and I'm sceptical of tank and fuel.
Buy a VAGCOM code reader. Parts are cheap for these cars if you do the work yourself. Fools take these cars to the dealerships and waste their money.

Bodywork is cleanish but signs of paint, plastics faded.

NBD, claybar the car and it'll look a thousand times better.

I'm now the third owner.

So am I.

Has a cup holder, missing one end cap.
Ebay

Cd player, doesn't switch on and he is going to ring with code.
Radio code is free if you call audi and make up a sob story with your vin.

 

[SPECSMAN]

Weather isnt exhaust friendly.

New mission, alternator tensioner bearing whines when you go over 2k.

New part? £120. We can't be having that.

Firstly, remove the defective part.

View attachment 5

Take it apart, cheeky reverse thread for the pulley.

View attachment 4

Sit for an hour with a craft knife and remove enough of the plastic from the sealed pulley to enable you to remove the standard 6203 bearing and replace with £4 ntn unit using the bench vice and lubrication after sanding the edges of the plastic smooth.

View attachment 3

View attachment 2

Clean up part ready to live again.

View attachment 1

Refit to car and done.



Still need to do the exhaust.

If the pulley is moulded around the bearing; did you use an adhesive to bond it in?

Good work though, just the sort of solution I would look for; I would have turned an aluminium one up, rather than shell out £100+

Keep it coming!

8)

 

[auspicious_character]

I smeared a bead of silkaflex on it afterwards.

This week updates and something which is going to eat time:

Won these Sunday morning.

Epic quest this morning.

Now sitting in unit with the tyres off waiting for another day to work out the plan of attack.

That's all for now.

 

[auspicious_character]

Never one to waste a few hours.

Chipped the paint off the bolt heads and used an automotive pick to clean from the points.
Took medium corrosion from two using a flathead.
Bashed the barrel inners and outers with a hammer a few times (twenty per bolt) and had perfect engagement for an m8 3/8 triple square on a breaker bar.
Length of bar meant I could use the spokes to feel the torque and control everything.

All bolts out and centres stripped down for their time.

Need to press some flatness back into the waffles at some point too.

 

[HOGG]

Nice

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[chisharpe]

epic amounts of effort 8)

 

[auspicious_character]

So the rsii just need picking up and reassembling, time though and the ability to carry four wheels.

Meanwhile these were cheap on eBay, tyre profile is too small and they show how it could do with going lower.

Cheap though.

 

[auspicious_character]

So it behaves relatively well,17k in and nothing major

I've replaced the drivers window runner after it was crunching.
Fuel pump and had the sender fun.
Did the lcd display so that's all good now.
Centre box delete for a little bit of chav spec noise.

Chasing a knock the other day has led me to finding this.

Second time seen on here for me.
I'd like to hazard a guess that the previous ecp cheap tie rod end I fitted last year had a larger taper enabling this.
Or I have too much strength with a single spanner.

 

[SPECSMAN]

Haven't you got bigger fish to fry?

Missing your posts on that one.

Specsman 8)