Yep yep, I'm all over it thanks to Acidburns heater matrix replacement thread, most of the my questions thus far have been answered using the search, there is loads of info on this site, love it 
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Top marks so far! Another thought for you is if the shell does become more work than you want to continue with, you could always buy a mint condition 10v 2.3 coupe for £500 to £1000 and transfer all the S2 gear into it
But it looks like you are nearly on top of it.
As far as the wiring is concerned,
If you take your time putting it back in one loom at a time you can make it a damn sight neater than when it cam out the factory.Comment
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Cheers fellaTop marks so far! Another thought for you is if the shell does become more work than you want to continue with, you could always buy a mint condition 10v 2.3 coupe for £500 to £1000 and transfer all the S2 gear into it
But it looks like you are nearly on top of it.
As far as the wiring is concerned,
If you take your time putting it back in one loom at a time you can make it a damn sight neater than when it cam out the factory.
I have thought about the swap across to another shell thing and while it would probably be alot easier it would no longer be an original S2 i guess, I also gathered from Error404's thread that the ABY coupes have some additional strengthening pieces!?! I'm determined not to be beaten anyway but I haven't seen the full extent of the chassis's condition yet so there is a small chance I will chicken out but lets see what im up against first.
I have attempted to remove the central electrics still connected to the relay board & fuse box, is this making the job more difficult than neccesary? Top tip though on installing them one at time, knowing me I would have struggled like mad to install it all still connected up
Time to remove the heater box thingy and try & complete operation medusa!2000 B5 A4 Quattro Sport ~ 2.0 20V GT30R ~ Gone
1993 S2 ABY Coupe ~ Gone
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Ave it!
2000 B5 A4 Quattro Sport ~ 2.0 20V GT30R ~ Gone
1993 S2 ABY Coupe ~ Gone
1989 2.2E Coupe ~ GoneComment
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Be sure to fit a new heater matrix before reinstalling it! Are you deleting aircon BTW? If so its worth changing to a non-aircon heater box to save a bit of weight and allow fitment of the boigger glove box
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That sounds like a good idea to me, don't want be doing this to often!
The aircon is already gone, the previous owner stripped alot of the stuff out, there is still a few bits to remove but I will get them out when I pull the motor. Non-aircon heater box is lighter you say! Anybody want to swap one for an aircon'd one? I will have a search on the bay of fleas later.
Does anybody know if the connectors in the back of the relay board/fuse box are idiot proof? i.e. keyed individually so can't get it in the wrong hole, ahem
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Every plug on the bottom of the fuse box plate is lettered and numbered.
As you unplug each loom just label the plug "A", "B" and so on.Comment
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Great work. As far as the electrics go this document will help - http://www.s2central.net/S2_Schemati...tic_Primer.pdf
Its from Paul's (S2central) website here - http://www.s2central.net/ He has been a great help with me and my project. Also does some nice "Homefry" chips for your ECU. My dad likes the one he put in his S6.Comment
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Happy days, I had already started to unplug stuff after a good butchers and noticed that there all marked up colour coded etc, I had numbered the spade connectors that weren't individually identifiable and took loads of pic's for reference. The connector colours are also moulded into the fuse board, gotta love them Audi engineers. Still proving to be a ball ache as the loom criss cross the car and interconnets with other looms! Once it out it will be much easier to sort through on the driveway where I can lay it all out, almost there now.
Cheers matey, its bloody back braking huddled under the dash. I have had a quick read of that schematic thingy before, think I might have to read it again to get my head round it! I'm sure it will make more sense to me now I've seen it all.
I have thought about these "homefries", what can be expected from a stock setup? Are there any recommended mods to go with it?2000 B5 A4 Quattro Sport ~ 2.0 20V GT30R ~ Gone
1993 S2 ABY Coupe ~ Gone
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Talking about getting your head round it, wrap a towel around your steering column and tape it up. It's amazing that even though you know it's there you smash your head on it every 5 or 10 mins.
Oh and put the plastic trims back along the cill as them little spiky things have wrecked no end of my overalls and jabbed me in the ***** plenty of times
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Also you will notice in between the steering rack and the fusebox/aux relay board is a piece of card that seperates these two, make sure that goes back in, i've seen the wiring get wrapped around the column nearly causing a accident and ripping the wiring out the back of the stalks/alarm.Talking about getting your head round it, wrap a towel around your steering column and tape it up. It's amazing that even though you know it's there you smash your head on it every 5 or 10 mins.
Oh and put the plastic trims back along the cill as them little spiky things have wrecked no end of my overalls and jabbed me in the ***** plenty of times
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Getting the steering column out of the rack was a complete tunc , I thought I was going to die
Old sofa cushions on the floor are a must
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The threaded bruise on my noggin agrees with thatTalking about getting your head round it, wrap a towel around your steering column and tape it up. It's amazing that even though you know it's there you smash your head on it every 5 or 10 mins.
Oh and put the plastic trims back along the cill as them little spiky things have wrecked no end of my overalls and jabbed me in the ***** plenty of times
Those spiky jobbies were bolted on so I removed them and stored em away or did you mean the studs?
I wondered where that came from! Kind of dropped out before I even noticed it, but thank you for the tip fella
I have all this fun to look forward to along with all the other horrible, horrible jobs that are required, my backs feeling it all ready
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I will give Paul a shout when the time comes but 280 horse in the lighter weight S2 superleggera should be entertaining enough. I was also thinking of building a nice light weight 3" turbo back exhaust for it, im sure that would help a bit?
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1993 S2 ABY Coupe ~ Gone
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