Pearl white coupe revival

[ottawa coupe]

One rear axle down, waiting for paint to dry on the other before reassembly. Got my bits from tradition today and got the shift lever sorted. However as i cleaned off the selector shaft, i realized it's a bit sloppy at the gearbox end. Anyone know of a way to tighten it up?

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i was thinking this:

https://www.autodoc.co.uk/vika/13157942#shift-lever

But of course they won't ship to me.

The other option is of course tradition but i must confess my visa is tired lol

Ideas?

[Tractor Dave]

I will be doing a Auto Doc order soon. I can post on for you if you like?

[ottawa coupe]

I think i should take you up on that. Coming up empty over here. Message incoming.

And thanks!

[Tom_]

If you need it, I could send it to you as well. It's from the Czech Republic, so maybe higher postage, but its an option.

[jbrentd]

Here's an easy DIY I used to tighten mine up...

https://www.audiworld.com/tech/eng90.shtml

And here are the parts I bought from the hardware store.

Parts for shift linkage mod:

• x2 Nylon spacers 1/2" ID 5/8" OD 3/4" long(cut down to about 13.5mm)
• x2 split steel spacers 3/8” ID 1/2" OD 3/4” long (cut down to 13.5mm long)
• x2 5/8" electrical grommets
• x2 M6x1.0 16mm allen heads(used to bolt u joint assembly to rod)
• x4 M5x.8 10mm for holding box together
• x2 25mm x 10mm threaded sleeves (Amazon) joined together with an M6x1.0 bolt (with the head cut off)

[ottawa coupe]

That is a very neat link thanks!

[ottawa coupe]

Subframe work started. Got the first diff mount moved. I suppose i need to get the appropriate metal to fix the big hole next. Of course only sold in 4'x2' sheets... hoping to get it done this week as i am away for the next 2. May be a long shot tho as the toe link/anti roll bar mount is quite rotted and needs a lot of finess to deal with.

With luck i'll be able to bring the rear diff with me so i can reseal it in my off hours. If i can do that, when i return, i can get the car back into a rolling state which will be nice.

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[ottawa coupe]

Takin some time off today so gettin in the shop.

Diff is in.

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Now the hard part, anti roll bar/track rod mount. It's all welded together as one and getting at the welds themselves to cut them will be pretty much impossible. So i need to figure out how to place things. The jig i need to make to place the track rod mounts COULD have been easy if they were perpendicular to the frame, but of course they aren't. I wish i could caveman it a bit and just move them to the new frame but they are swiss cheese in many spots so i need to remake them too. As well as using rod ends for track bars as the oe units are impossible to find... this is gonna take a bit of thought....

[ottawa coupe]

Track rod mounts located, need to build them up to get the bolts into double shear next. It'll be fugly and not symmetrical but it will be strong as hell underneath the car.

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Due to life, i effectively have till friday to get this done. No pressure lol.

[ottawa coupe]

Well made it just under the wire.... a few nasties to clean up and then try and get as much cold galvanising paint as possible into the interior of the frame before i leave sunday for work....

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And what remains of the original....

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Getting it on wheels again looks actually possible now lol

[ottawa coupe]

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[ottawa coupe]

Home for the weekend, played with the kods for a bit then busted my hump in the shop. Almost dead in the water right at the start due to a completely seized diff drain plug. Had to flip it over and weld a wheel bolt hoping that i would ignite any oil???? That was fun. Turns out there was only about 250ml left anyways!!!

At any rate. New seals except input, need to read the procedure a bit more, i know there's some tricky tolerances under that nut..... otherwise, rear end just about sorted. Need hardware for a few bits as well as the drain plug. Front subframe is together too.

Next weekend, fingers crossed, sees it on wheels???

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[jbrentd]

Making good progress!


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[Tractor Dave]

The welded wheel bolt never fails! Can you still get the larger diff seal from 034 over there? Audi Tradition seem to be the only way here and they are mighty expensive.

[ottawa coupe]

The original part number can found in a few places. There is another one tho, wht001937, that is the right thread but seems to be longer, that APPEARS to be available in the vw parts network. But of course that can't be verified on a sunday....

I also haven't tipped over my 2 buckets of bolts from parted cars to see if there's one there lol.