Red S2 avant

[andy10v]

Nice when a job goes to plan!

Did you mark the eccentric lower bolt to retain alignment?

What are your future plans power wise? (for clutch options)

Where did you get the prop joint from?

Nice garage setup

[andy j]

I've been enjoying the car on some local roads since my last post. This was taken on the dalveen pass near abington:



I had a day of work and have been doing a bit of work this week. After a run up to Edinburgh i noticed that the passenger side rear wheel bearing was noisy and that there was a knocking noise from the same area. I ordered a pair of FAG wheel bearings and got the car on the ramp:



here's my tools of choice for removing the bearing. 2X sockets and a mash hammer. Worked a treat:



I then pressed the bearing into the hub and pressed the axle in. The knocking noise turned out to be the upper arm inner bolt was loose. I nipped it up and it was fine. Sorry, no photos of pressing the bearing and refitting the hub. My hands were manky and i was in the zone!

The rear propshaft coupling has been knocking since i bought the car. I ordered one of ebay and got fitting it. I read you had to remove the exhaust for this but i decided to remove the centre and rear hangers and lower the exhaust on the transmission jack to get access:



This allowed me to remove the heat shields ,centre bearing bolts and the 6 coupling bolts. Once i dropped the shaft it was easy to see why it was knocking. The bearing was dry:



I then cleaned the input shaft face ready for re fitting:



new joint fitted and torqued up:



The car back on its wheels and headed out for a test drive:



Its quiet again and with the propshaft bearing fixed it drives so much better. I think the next job on my list will be a clutch. Not sure yet what to go for. Will need to do a bit of reading. I have ordered the parts to make a short shifter and will post up when i have that done.

[Dift]

I agree, I've spent the last 2 months reading guides and threads off here.

[andy j]

Im it going to offer any help (because Im not clever enough), but I will follow what you do with the tuning.
I am currently pondering the same as you.

I knew very little about tuning these engines and still don't know a great deal. This forum has been very helpful though!

I got one of these from here and it's still in its box, wasn't in a rush for it but it arrived about 4 days after making the order, quality!

Welcome Andy BTW nice line up of toys



Mike.

Thanks, my temporary fix is beginning to ware off so will get one ordered up!

[fourwh33ldriv3]

Nice car , you can still get a new shifter bush at Audi Tradition shop

http://trshop.audi.de/konakart/Quick...711334&x=0&y=0

I got one of these from here and it's still in its box, wasn't in a rush for it but it arrived about 4 days after making the order, quality!

Welcome Andy BTW nice line up of toys



Mike.

[Dift]

Im it going to offer any help (because Im not clever enough), but I will follow what you do with the tuning.
I am currently pondering the same as you.

[andy j]

Nice car , you can still get a new shifter bush at Audi Tradition shop

http://trshop.audi.de/konakart/Quick...711334&x=0&y=0

Thanks, i will give them a try.

I'm not sure what power figure yet. Its meant to be 280bhp just now. I was looking at fitting a wagner exhaust manifold, 3" down pipe. The turbo thats on it is a k24 with a billet wheel on it. Not sure if it worth trying to get more out the current turbo or just going for a GTX2867R or a GT3071R. Any recommendations?

[andy10v]

A nice addition to your fleet.

How mad are you planning on going power wise?

[hermanio]

Nice car , you can still get a new shifter bush at Audi Tradition shop

http://trshop.audi.de/konakart/QuickSearch.do?searchText=8a0711334&x=0&y=0

[andy j]

Hi, i thought i would get round to starting a build thread on my S2 avant. Some of you may know the car. I bought it of the forum from StevenEK9 at the end on october. This is my first audi and i have been wanting a 5 cylinder turbo for age's but have always had money and time spent on other projects. I am on stranger to car forums and i am a car enthusiast of many different makes and models. I currently have rover metro track car and a couple of BMW's and a couple of bikes.
my metro (money pit):




one of my BMW's :


As soon as i seen the audi up for sale i knew i couldn't pass it up.


cleaned up after it trip back down from Aberdeen to its new home in dumfries:



since buying it i have had a few problems but nothing out of the ordinary for a car this age. First it was a struggle to select gears in it so i stripped the shifter down.



the shifter bush was worn. I checked with audi and the have stopped making them. I was going to modify the one i have but i think i will just buy one of the 034 solid shifter bushes.

The next thing was the throttle stuck open. The problem turned out to be the throttle cam cable holder had snapped.



I was going to order a new one but thought it looked like a rubbish design so i modified it and weld on a metal replacement.

I have another few jobs to do on the car like front strut tops, diff bushes prop shaft joint but i will get round to them.
I was going to keep this car as is but i have already got use to the power and will be looking at tuning next year once i have all the chassis up to scratch.

More updates to come soon of the chassis work.