jbrentd's 2nd Chance CQ

[jbrentd]

Got some of those powder coated parts mounted up.

[jbrentd]

I spent a few hours on Sunday getting the coupe on jack stands and removing the front end so I could get to the crank bolt. This was so I could swap over the water pump and timing belt from the 7A to the 3B, since these parts only had 2k miles on them from when I worked on the replacement 7A.

Also painted the engine brackets, finished up the coolant lines, and mounted the AC compressor to make sure there were no interference issues with the oil filter adapter. It’s a tight fit, but hopefully no issues. I’ve heard that the AAN oil filter adapter may work better.

I think I might take a stab at modifying my CQ coolant/heater hard line to add in a connection for the afterrun connection, but not sure yet.

[jbrentd]

Couple things done tonight.

S2 3B Oil return at oil pan extension


Combination of 7A and 200 3B breather system


S2 3B charge hose and TIP piping. Had to make due with another off the shelf product in the bypass piping. Not ideal, but it should work.

[jbrentd]

Met a friend on Saturday morning to drop off some parts to be powder coated and got this pic from him the next day. I owe him, big time. I’m excited, to say the least.



Also got the heat shield mounted. One piece of the puzzle at a time, for me.

[jbrentd]

I’m pretty sure I have a set of heater knobs and a facia.

Thanks. I’m gonna try to contact them on Monday to see if they can find the missing pieces. But I’ll send you a PM if needed.

[newsh]

I’m pretty sure I have a set of heater knobs and a facia.

[jbrentd]

Thanks!

Customs held my oil return pipe for almost a month, but it finally showed up. While the heat shield for Error404 made it in 3 days. lol



Also found a manual HVAC from a B4 Cabriolet. Seems the salvage yard lost the knobs and trim piece though. If anyone has those, please let me know.



And I’m starting to mock up the cooling system. My donor 3B didn’t come with a hardline for the heater piping. Instead, it had this setup and the after run pump was removed/bypassed.



So, I am doing something similar, but with new hoses. Anyone see any issues with how I have the after run pump plumbed and mounted?





Also mocking up the oil return so I can modify the oil pan extension.

[Tractor Dave]

Looking good

[jbrentd]

Feel like I’m starting to make some headway. Got a bunch of parts painted today.







And some of them even made it on the engine.

[jbrentd]

Not much progress of late. It seems that an S2 3B oil return line is hung up in customs on its journey from the Germany. Been there since 2/5.

Got a couple colors picked out for powder coating...looking forward to that.

Got a question for everyone. Has anyone ever mated the updated metal 7A breather pipe with the rest of the stock 200 3B breather system? It seems that only the first 6 inches or so of the rubber hose is the part that gets mushy. The rest seems pretty good. Here’s a pic of the pieces lined up.



I would buy the 034 silicone pieces, but I’m getting killed by all the $150-200 purchases that I’ve been making.

[jbrentd]

Sand blasting done on these and a box of misc engine parts. Need to go buy some paint, but they came out looking so nice, I kind of want to leave them raw.

[jbrentd]

Kind of stuck until I can find time to head to a buddy’s shop to use his sand blast cabinet. I suppose I could put the car on jack stands and start disassembling it.

Managed to get a few small things done.

Serviced the injectors


Received a couple 3B S2 hoses




And I feel like I’ve spent a small fortune on new hardware. Got a bunch of Norma hose clamps and this is my second batch of fasteners.

[jbrentd]

I would source a new one of these it will leak looking at how perished it looks bud, hard to find new and second hand will be old and porous too. Roose motorsport in the UK do good replacements I'm sure you will find a company more local to you

Yeah, I think I'll order the one from 034 here in the states. Need to also get a couple of their exhaust gaskets that go on either side of the expansion piece between the WG and DP. Thanks for the reply.

[Rikki Kitto]

I would source a new one of these it will leak looking at how perished it looks bud, hard to find new and second hand will be old and porous too. Roose motorsport in the UK do good replacements I'm sure you will find a company more local to you

[jbrentd]

Paint looks great. Now I can't decide between silver or black

Thanks. When I was trying to decide, the black examples I saw were too glossy. Chose silver so I could spot leaks easier. That could turn out to be a bad decision...lol.