My Ocianic Blue Ur restoration

[Tractor Dave]

Headliner looks great, did you restore that your yourself if so top work

No, it was in very good condition. Just gave it a good clean.

[B5NUT]

Headliner looks great, did you restore that your yourself if so top work

[Tractor Dave]

Cheers.

Headliner pics. Also put the new speakers in and fitted the parcel shelf plus the rear seatbelts.



I put the sunroof back i n but will have to re fit the crank mechanism as it won't close. I think I must have put it in the wrong way around. I didn't have a pic so it was a 50/50 bet I lost.


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[B5NUT]

Nice work as usual Dave. Good to see it coming along nicely

[Tractor Dave]

Cheers Kit.
I'm replacing the sound proofing with dodo mat and then felt underlay from woolies. Used it on my Avant. It's good stuff

[K Simmonds]

I'm absolutely amazed you can still get the drip tray and sun visor retaining clips as well as the grab handles, especially for a reasonable price, result.

This car is going to be stunning once finished!

Re-trimming those C pillars looks like a real fiddle, and you've gone about it just as we'd have done by tucking the material under the seal which is real fiddle by yourself, another pair of hands make doing that a good deal less difficult and much quicker, good job!

Have you got to tackle re- trimming the roof yourself or is there a liner?

Edit... Just gone back a page and can see there's a head liner.

I also removed all the black tar stuff from the back of my S2 carpet. It made a huge difference in weight, went from about 20kg down to 3kg.

To start with I was driving it completely stripped out, I'd even removed all the factory sound proofing from the floor and it was very spartan, and tinny sounding. The original carpet was ruined so I got a decent replacement from 'Audi Bits' and used a pressure washer to strip the black stuff off.

Amazingly just that thin layer was enough to make driving the car enjoyable, plus I didn't have to look at the wiring loom.

That black stuff has a unique smell, which isn't very pleasant. What are you replacing it with?

[Rikki Kitto]

Gonna be an amazing example once its all back together

[Tractor Dave]

I had to get some more material for the c pillars. This vinyl is a good match and came from Woolies.


I found out that these should be fitted at the same time as the side and rear windows. The material is held by the window seals. Now the glass was replaced by the painters and only one side piece was left. Apparently they were getting new pieces made but these never materialised (excuse pun). So I used the one piece left as a template to make new.
To get around the problem, I fitted new scrim foam and bonded the vinyl to it. The trimmed edges were then tucked under the window seals. Not easy but it came out fine in the end.
These two tools helped.

A fork and a picture rail hanger.


This rain tray replaced my old broken up one. Got it from Tradition. It's for lhd (rhd are nla). After a little trim it fits really well.



My speakers in the rear parcel shelf are still working but the cones are breaking up. I picked up a pair of 4” nos Blaupunkt speakers for 99p on eBay. £6 postage but still a bargain.

Rear parcel shelf getting new foam backing.
The roof inside had a tiny bit of surface rust. I cleaned it up, treated it and put a good coat of clear wax on everything plus inside all the voids.



I saw some new grab handles at Tradition and they were cheap.


And the new visor clips were new a couple of years ago.


The sunroof hole got a good clean and coat of wax before re fitting the headliner. The mechanism got a overhaul and white grease in all the moving parts.

The headliner is in but I forgot to take pics.
More to come.


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[Tractor Dave]

It's removed upwards into the plenum. All the colour coded plugs are back in plus the main supply red thick wires. Just hope they are all on the correct blades. I do have a couple of wires left and can't see where they go. I will just have to see what's not working when I get to that point.

[newsh]

I worded that badly!

Is it removed upwards into the plenum or downwards into the car? If it is removed downwards then there's no need for them to have unplugged anything.
However, IIRC, the multi plugs are colour coded. And the wiring will be set into a shape so it's hard to get them wrong.
I did quite a bit of untangling on mine, particularly around the relay carrier, everything seemed really tight but it was down to sub looms being plugged in the wrong order, it's much easier to see what's going on now. My car has the first year ABS system with 3 separate relays and a bunch of extra wiring, I had a short where two wires were twisted together and the insulation had failed, took a while to find that!

[Tractor Dave]

It has to go up

[newsh]

No much happening at the moment due to it being so cold in the garage.
One thing I did do was have a go at the old carpet. If you remember from an earlier post, I had a rat in the loft of the garage where everything had been carefully stored and he did quite a bit of damage. The carpet was one such thing. Just recently I ordered a new carpet from Germany but when it arrived I was very disappointed with the quality and sent it straight back.
My damaged carpet is in very good condition apart from two rat holes. I have some good quality Audi 80 black carpet that matches and I now intend to cut some patches and repair it.
What needed doing first was to remove all the rubbery backing that was breaking up and making a mess everywhere. A cold day was perfect for this job as the rubber had gone very brittle in -6c.


After the liner was removed , into the warm house for a vac and shampoo.


Now, when dry I will cut a patch that mirrors the hole and glue it in place from behind with some backing material. I did this on the S2 carpet with surprisingly good results.

Other work done since my last update was to re fit the fuse box. The very kind painters removed it and didn't mark any of the connectors so I had to ask Facebook Ur group for help.

How it came back to me once masking removed.


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Does the fuse box come down into the car or does it have to go upwards? I forget

Can’t see any other reason they would have unplugged it?

[Nuvo]

That's criminal leaving the loom in that state. Unbelieveable.

[Tractor Dave]

No much happening at the moment due to it being so cold in the garage.
One thing I did do was have a go at the old carpet. If you remember from an earlier post, I had a rat in the loft of the garage where everything had been carefully stored and he did quite a bit of damage. The carpet was one such thing. Just recently I ordered a new carpet from Germany but when it arrived I was very disappointed with the quality and sent it straight back.
My damaged carpet is in very good condition apart from two rat holes. I have some good quality Audi 80 black carpet that matches and I now intend to cut some patches and repair it.
What needed doing first was to remove all the rubbery backing that was breaking up and making a mess everywhere. A cold day was perfect for this job as the rubber had gone very brittle in -6c.


After the liner was removed , into the warm house for a vac and shampoo.


Now, when dry I will cut a patch that mirrors the hole and glue it in place from behind with some backing material. I did this on the S2 carpet with surprisingly good results.

Other work done since my last update was to re fit the fuse box. The very kind painters removed it and didn't mark any of the connectors so I had to ask Facebook Ur group for help.

How it came back to me once masking removed.


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[Tractor Dave]

Yes, I gave it a good tug and it went on.

Got a new spring for the brake pedal lever. (Thanks Rob)


The
Old one had snapped.


New steering ram gaiter fitted. I used a Lemforder one. The lock wire is to prevent it slipping off the locking tab which is also new.


I spent ages yesterday trying to fit the ram. I couldn't get the seal to fit. Again, advice from another forum member and I was sorted. You need to fit the ram first then push the seal on from inside the car.


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