sjw185 aby to rs2

[A80Avant]

Not so good,
I wonder if heat treating it in the oven after the 3 coats would help cure it and help it last?

Do what you must! However knowing this now I'm having mine bare alloy. I'm not sure if it would work with brake caliper paint only

[andy10v]

Good to see you making progress again!

Lift is looking like a great purchase! One question, do the lift pads fit straight under the car, or do you need to go onto bits of wood first?

[sjw185]

Looks nice but after my paint peeling off within a year I decided to leave them just bare metal after sandblasting. Heat makes it bubble and crack after a while

Not so good,
I wonder if heat treating it in the oven after the 3 coats would help cure it and help it last?

[A80Avant]

Thanks guys,
kinda bitten off more than I can chew but feel I am finally getting somewhere
Got some crinkle paint to try thought this one was like a graphite colour when I bought it.
More of a grey but really like how it turned out.

Crinkle cam cover

Looks nice but after my paint peeling off within a year I decided to leave them just bare metal after sandblasting. Heat makes it bubble and crack after a while

[sjw185]

Glad you got some progress made with the dual brake booster. My RS6 booster & BMC is still sitting on the shelf
Going to get it fitted over the winter as the Mrs doesn't like to drive the coupe due to the old school brake assist.
How is the pedal feel with the 27mm master cylinder?

Pedal feels really solid after bleeding new fluid.
Only had the 3b in/out the garage under vacuum once and is still on rusty disks so cant really comment on performance yet

[Error404]

Glad you got some progress made with the dual brake booster. My RS6 booster & BMC is still sitting on the shelf
Going to get it fitted over the winter as the Mrs doesn't like to drive the coupe due to the old school brake assist.
How is the pedal feel with the 27mm master cylinder?

[sjw185]

Thanks guys,
kinda bitten off more than I can chew but feel I am finally getting somewhere
Got some crinkle paint to try thought this one was like a graphite colour when I bought it.
More of a grey but really like how it turned out.

Crinkle cam cover

[david1980]

Quick progress so far!

[Rusty]

Good work, Steve

[sjw185]

Got rid of Procon 10 and brake bomb.



Wanted to get a power plant installed without messing about to much so painted the block and brackets and installed ABY removed from other S2.




Couldn’t use the 2 post lift to install the engine this time as car was rolling out into the back garden so borrowed a engine crane for a bottle of malt.

[sjw185]

3b Resurrection Part 2

Andy10vs 3b is a bit of a legend, been on the forum with various Scottish members for the last ten years.
So when it came up for sale and the shell was probably going to head to the scrappers I had to buy it.

It’s good to keep it alive and hope I can get it back on the track again

Some History

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39838

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=37733

Time to get the 3b indoors



One S2 pulling another






Running in new fuel lines down nearside, Filter and bracket

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Removing the old servo




Comparison with vac brake booster.
Found removing dust seal from brake booster allowed you to fit using original top hat bracket.
Top hat bracket had to be put back in bulkhead first as you cant turn the fixing nuts once booster is in.




Ground down spacer so it fitted flat against the top hat




Fitted tophat in place and turned bolts so booster could fit in.
Once in I replaced dust cover/rubber boot back on the booster.



Booster installed




Had a hard time bleeding the clutch but read on the forum someone pushed fluid up from the clutch bleed nipple so tried that with the easybleed and worked a treat.
Brakes bled and pedal feeling good.

[sjw185]

Great to get the ABY running again, rebuilt engine now run in and car passed MOT a couple of weeks ago.
Just going to enjoy the car just now before the next stage.
Got a lot of tidying up to do but as long as its running that will get sorted in time

[Vorsprung durch Technik]

Check out this thread on lifts

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77891

I don't have the full height but doing fuel lines sitting on a office chair is awesome.
Poster I got through ebay it was originally out of a magazine as its got the marks of a folded poster.
Hope the bumper is moving faster that in was in my back garden

Moving faster.....

Thanks for the information....superb stuff!

Since buying, another S6 found it's way here along with an A2 so bumper plans
have been relegated but not forgotten! Trials and tribulations of an Audiholic.

[Macchris]

awesome !! great job
sadly i haven't the area to put a lifter like you in my garage,

[sjw185]

Worth the wait for an update. Great work as usual

Cheers Mike maybe make a meet one day

Loving the superb update, garage with wall art and that rather awesome stacker.
Jeez how i wish i had one. If i could ask where did you get the B4 saloon poster
from and are the 2 post lifters as expensive as i imagine?

Still got your rear bumper.

Check out this thread on lifts

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77891

I don't have the full height but doing fuel lines sitting on a office chair is awesome.
Poster I got through ebay it was originally out of a magazine as its got the marks of a folded poster.
Hope the bumper is moving faster that in was in my back garden