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More tubes, more clamps, more money, more time. The four rings of (old) Audi ownership.
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Still, I think we are done with vacuum hoses
Charcoal canister is back on/in the car and replaced most of this:
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
The "S" shaped hose is NLA as is the little stubby that's actually a reducer, so I left those in place.
This section is all done too:
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
And I finally figured out the arrangement for the warm-up regulator after referring to and stealing some from my 83. Not sure why I didn't think of this before.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
What shall we do next; put the engine back in maybe?
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrStill, I think we are done with vacuum hoses
Charcoal canister is back on/in the car
and replaced most of this:image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrThe "S" shaped hose is NLA as is the little stubby that's actually a reducer, so I left those in place.
This section is all done too:
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrAnd I finally figured out the arrangement for the warm-up regulator after referring to and stealing some from my 83. Not sure why I didn't think of this before.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrWhat shall we do next; put the engine back in maybe?
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Decided to curb my enthusiasm and fix a few more things before impetuously throwing the engine back in. Someone had spliced in a new piece of wire at some point; quite poorly.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
Fixed that.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
This, however, can wait. It sits on top of the intake which makes it easier to repair in situ.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
Found we are missing the heat shield over the right engine mount; the one that had failed. Of course its No Longer Available.
88d8fca54b29730e841a7e7696536fcc by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
This is what it looks like in the flesh; OK on Google.
857199386a_857199386a_1 by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
$_1 by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
The we had a great idea; let's steal the one off the 83 in the corner. It was impossible to see but we managed to removing the mounting hardware, surprisingly. Even more surprisingly we managed to extract it without having to remove anything else!
Then, even, even more surprisingly it looked like this!
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
Obviously a cobbled together facsimile. What is odd, beside the strange tube is the fact that what's left of the original is still encased within. Obviously not going to work on the 85. Off to Audi Tradition to get reamed again.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrFixed that.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrThis, however, can wait. It sits on top of the intake which makes it easier to repair in situ.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrFound we are missing the heat shield over the right engine mount; the one that had failed. Of course its No Longer Available.
88d8fca54b29730e841a7e7696536fcc by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrThis is what it looks like in the flesh; OK on Google.
857199386a_857199386a_1 by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr$_1 by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrThe we had a great idea; let's steal the one off the 83 in the corner. It was impossible to see but we managed to removing the mounting hardware, surprisingly. Even more surprisingly we managed to extract it without having to remove anything else!
Then, even, even more surprisingly it looked like this!
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickrimage by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrObviously a cobbled together facsimile. What is odd, beside the strange tube is the fact that what's left of the original is still encased within. Obviously not going to work on the 85. Off to Audi Tradition to get reamed again.
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Waiting for parts (drums fingers on desk)
Decided to find some things we will need to do before the car is ready to fire up. Getting ahead so to speak. The hydraulic "bomb" mounts need replacing as the leaking oil has softened them up and they have started to split. Fortunately we bought some new ones a while back. A good time to replace them.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
Fortunately the nuts weren't too rusty and didn't put up a fight. Sometimes leaky hydraulics has benefits.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
Uh oh! this must have happened in storage DOH. Let's hope they bend back without breaking off. Perhaps we should order a new one anyway.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
Old vs. new. A couple are still serviceable. We'll keep them for spares.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
And back together.
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And on the engine. Yes, it surprised us too. Well, we had to put it somewhere and the dodgy spade terminals we bent back into place will be safer here than back in the parts box. It shouldn't hinder engine installation and one more thing done
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
Decided to find some things we will need to do before the car is ready to fire up. Getting ahead so to speak. The hydraulic "bomb" mounts need replacing as the leaking oil has softened them up and they have started to split. Fortunately we bought some new ones a while back. A good time to replace them.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrFortunately the nuts weren't too rusty and didn't put up a fight. Sometimes leaky hydraulics has benefits.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrUh oh! this must have happened in storage DOH. Let's hope they bend back without breaking off. Perhaps we should order a new one anyway.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrOld vs. new. A couple are still serviceable. We'll keep them for spares.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrAnd back together.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrAnd on the engine. Yes, it surprised us too. Well, we had to put it somewhere and the dodgy spade terminals we bent back into place will be safer here than back in the parts box. It shouldn't hinder engine installation and one more thing done
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
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Another update in less than a week. You guys must be feeling rather special now eh?
Just trying to find things to do while those damn heat shields arrive from Germany. Rummaged through the parts bins and found the old front brake lines that need replacing. Couldn't find any OE so decided to make these Centric ones look like OE by transferring the rubber rings over. What do they do anyway?
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
We actually had some we pulled off the 83 car. That one's getting stainless lines so we just cut the old ones which made getting these off quite simple.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
However, getting them on the new lines was not so easy as they didn't want to expand over the fittings. Never mind, nothing a utility knife and some glue can't handle.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
Wheel leave them to cure for a while eh.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
We only need one holder ring so we cut one off. We decided to use the Centric one as our original ones are already falling apart.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
Oh, is that the DHL truck?
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Just trying to find things to do while those damn heat shields arrive from Germany. Rummaged through the parts bins and found the old front brake lines that need replacing. Couldn't find any OE so decided to make these Centric ones look like OE by transferring the rubber rings over. What do they do anyway?
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrWe actually had some we pulled off the 83 car. That one's getting stainless lines so we just cut the old ones which made getting these off quite simple.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrHowever, getting them on the new lines was not so easy as they didn't want to expand over the fittings. Never mind, nothing a utility knife and some glue can't handle.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickrimage by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrWheel leave them to cure for a while eh.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrWe only need one holder ring so we cut one off. We decided to use the Centric one as our original ones are already falling apart.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrOh, is that the DHL truck?
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