I threw an LCA in there just for giggles.
Is that your molasses solution?Hey @moparmat2000! Look what I fished out of a vat just now!
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^^ This was rusty in the bottom of this pic.
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There is goo, almost like rust on the clamping ring and M/C lid, almost like it isn't done yet. It doesn't look quite like rust, though, more like some caked crud. I've brushed the parts with ordinary detergent for the washing machine.
A lot of it look like the parts just came out of the press!
Yup! Seems to have worked this time!Is that your molasses solution?
Prob needed time to ferment. Its some stinky **** though isnt it.Yup! Seems to have worked this time!
I've been kept busy fixing the A4. A front coil spring broke and that turned into a proper cursing fest. I broke the steering spindle where the upper control arms connect because the retaining bolt was seized in the hole like it was welded.
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Then I forgot to remove the center bolt before taking everything apart so I ended pulling the inner CV joint apart. That meant I had to remove the drive shaft and file down the stops made in the raceway to keep it from sliding apart - they were keeping it from sliding back together.
I also had to think of a was of keeping the spindle in place when I loosened the center bolt. Came up with this.
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When I was re-installing everything, I routed the brake hose on the wrong side of the shock strut so I had to take pretty much everything apart again. Then, when the disk and calipers were in place, I realized I had forgotten to put the brake shield back ...
I'm a doofus.
Anyway, now all I need is new bolts (they're the torque-and-stretch, discard when used type). I'm picking them up this afternoon and then I can tighten everything and put the thing back on the ground. Finally.
Yeah, this crap with the alu pieces with seized steel bolts in them gets old really quick ...I HATE WORKING ON NEW CARS!! I guess there are times when they need attention too.
Yeah, this crap with the alu pieces with seized steel bolts in them gets old really quick ...
I couldn't say, I'm not a chemist. The problem is the same on our '99 Audi but I've managed to loosen both sides with relative ease, compared to this one, so I think the problem is worse on the newer model. Maybe different coating on the hardware, maybe different composition of the casting.Does the use of stainless fasteners with aluminum reduce those problems?
Well take a look at this! I took the one LCA out after two weeks and it was looking promising so I crammed the other one in there, too.I threw an LCA in there just for giggles.
You have a big block. You don't need the bottle, right?That one is not a filter it is a fuel pressure regulator, basically the system I want for mine!
I need to try it. What could possibly go wrong, eh?I have to admit - I was a little surprised when you said you wanted it. All of that is why I took it off my car and decided not to re-install it - I never used it and had no interest in dealing with it. If you can figure it all out and do want to use it, you'll definitely be bucks ahead - all you should need is a bottle, a switch and a few plumbing pieces parts... I think.
I just think the wiring needs to be cleaned up. It'll be fun! But I'm not sure NOS is safe in my hands ...When I saw it, I thought what a mess! Seems like it needs to be simplified.
DAMN! I thought the middle-man was going to repackage it for ya.. the big thing to me is the shifter - did it survive the trip?I just think the wiring needs to be cleaned up. It'll be fun! But I'm not sure NOS is safe in my hands ...
The package got seriously beat up in transit somewhere, though. Nothing damaged as far as I can tell.
They tried bagging it up to keep stuff from falling out but failed ... Nothing missing, though.
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just put a mini starter in it alreadyDoes anyone know where to get a kit like this one? I need the 'copper' bolt. It wears out on the old starters as you prolly know.
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