My Ocianic Blue Ur restoration

[Tractor Dave]

Lovely new plug leads!

Yes, expensive magnacore. When I replaced the dizzy cap noticed there was a lot of rotational play which won t have helped timing and rotor arm had lost it internal metal spring and was very loose.

[4WDrifter]

Thanks.
It is starting to come together but everything seems to take so long
Maybe I'm just too much of a perfectionist!

I have to say that this thread will join Darren Edward’s “restoring satin black” over on Classic Audi as one of the great restoration threads.

[Tractor Dave]

Thanks. Very kind of you to say that. Hopefully it will come out good.

Now, had to have a small break today as my wife was complaining about a grinding noise from her Passat and one of the rear pads was down to the metal. The rest were fine and on further investigation one of the slide pins was seized solid. A quick pop to the factors for a new set of pads and luckily I already had a good slide pin and boot. Electric handbrake on this but rather than faff about with getting vcds running I just used my power probe to input voltage to wind back the mechanism. Job done. Back to more interesting stuff.
Now, I thought it would be a 20 min job to fit the arb. But how the heck do you get this tiny bush into the hole at the end of the bar?


The bush is oe and came in a genuine Audi drop link kit.


Any tips appreciated.


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[psiconauta911]

Is that a bag full of worms?

[Tractor Dave]

Don't you have worms with your tea in Portugal

[Nuvo]

http://www.classic-audi.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=410561

[Tractor Dave]

Fantastic, thanks

[predding]

Just caught up with this thread TD - excellent work. I have refurbed all the running gear on my 20V so can relate (after the third attempt to sortthe calipers, I sent them all off to BiggRed and they came back better than new, Highly recommended). My brake splash guards were also rotten and found a set at Audi Tradition but as you say they weren't cheap. A lift makes a massive difference too; I bought a scissor lift back in 2012 as a big part was safety and putting my wife's worry at ease. Anyway, hope to see the car at an event one day. Good stuff

[newsh]

http://www.classic-audi.co.uk/forum/...d.php?p=410561

Clever

[Tractor Dave]

Is that a bag full of worms?

Yes! My wife keeps the bird food in MY garage!

[Tractor Dave]

That's a great tip.


Worked a treat.





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[Tractor Dave]

So I did the fuel pump relay mod. Very easy when the wires are so close to the battery.


And got the fuel pressure test kit out.


And put 3 gallons of texaco best super unleaded in.


Nothing coming out underneath which is always a good sign.


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[psiconauta911]

Yes! My wife keeps the bird food in MY garage!

I was wondering if they were tea time funky snacks!

[Tractor Dave]

Nice.

So, onto pressure tests.
Everything set up to start. I fitted a little jumper switch on my newly installed fuel pump relay mod to make things easy and avoid switching on the ignition. Nothing much is connected inside the car yet.


Lucky I did this because after a few seconds of the pump running, I noticed petrol dripping from under the car.
It was coming from the input side banjo on the fuel filter. A quick tighten didn't help. I drained everything down and removed the banjo. Cleaned everything up and put two new washers on (again). Went for another go. Still leaking!
So pulled that section of pipe off. The banjo is an integral part of the pipe. There is some pitting on the outer edge.


So. Thinking head on. I have some 8bar expensive cohline fuel pipe the correct diameter and a few barbed fittings. Let's see what I can make.


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[Tractor Dave]

So after lunch I came up with this from parts I had knocking about (as you do).




And we are good.

So ran the pump continuously and we have a nice healthy pressure.


Then I manually lifted the meter head flap and tested the injectors.

All have a nice fine spray pattern and are flowing within spec. Happy days. They do look fairly new but I wasn't looking forward to buying a new set at £40 each! Phew!
Then I needed to test the accumulator. I left the car for 30 minutes and it's still showing a healthy pressure.


Now. I'm leaving it with pressure for a few hours to see if any of the injectors are dripping.
Never done this before so pleased as to how it's going so far.


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