Greg_S S2 Coupe 20+ years going strong

[Greg_S]

Good to get a run out and quite fortunate as well in one respect as I approached a roundabout two unmarked cars came past with blues on practising pursuits. 10 seconds later and it may have been different.

Isla enjoyed a run out with me though. It was nice to get back behind the wheel though, also went to get an estimate on getting the bodywork sorted so thats a savings target.

On the niggles side I had to remount the steering as it was out of line where I had to fix the horn going constantly, a 5 min job to realign. But the bigger issue is the misfire, I had it before on load and have fitted new plugs but it persists. Is there a way to get the coils?

[newsh]

How did it go Greg?

[SteveH]

Good luck mate

[Greg_S]

Finally time to blow the cobwebs off and give the s2 a run. Will see how it’s running today and will be checking the plugs later on too.

[Greg_S]

Yeah it’s all too easy to get them in the wrong place. Easily sorted fortunately.

If if you do have the screw and cap that would be great. Let me know.

if anyone has a platinum non air on glovebox let me know.

[newsh]

Hi Greg, I’ve done exactly the same thing once with the cable locating “hat”, there are 2 possible places to fit them.

I might have one of those special screws and cup washer for the door card, I’ll have a look.
Now that you’ve got the non-AC heater box in there you can fit the bigger glove box if you want.
I’m using Tapatalk and your updates are appearing.

[Greg_S]

Well I solved the door locking issue. When I refitted the interior door handles there is a little cap to locate the cables for the door handles, I had them set about 4mm too far out, moved them back and all is good.

also fitted the standard non air con blower box back in as it had aftermarket air on fitted many moons ago that has been removed a long while back.

not sure if these updates are making it to the main forum notifications for unread though?

[Greg_S]

I tried to make a bit more progress today with a few set backs.

I got the other seal installed on the passenger side. However the doors now will not lock on central locking. I've taken the card of passenger side and tried with the key but still can't lock on that side. I need to take the driver's side off and check that too.

Any tips on what to check for? When you run on key fob it attempts to close but releases because the pressure isn't enough to close them.

Also a picture of the time sheet kit that had been a life saver fixing the spark plug threads after the helicoils came out on the plugs.

I also need the stainless seat and scree for the side of the door card of anyone has one?

[Greg_S]

Spent a little more time out on the car today and started to work my way through the list of jobs I have. A quick one today fitting a new rubber on the drivers door. The old one was so brittle it fell apart when I tried to remove it. New one fitted, it doesn't look the same a the original one but fitted quite nicely with a bit of tweaking.

[Greg_S]

Well I found some more time today and got the second timesert fitted along with the new plugs I had planned to fit back in October. I also gave her a wash, swapped over the aero wiper arms to standard arms and fitted a missing clip on the rs2 grille.

feeling a bit more love for the s2 now that is sorted, I was going to replace the door card rubbers today aswell, but ran out of time, I’ll post a few pics up of the kit when I get out there over the xmas break.

next up is to loosen the steering arms so I can do alignment

[Greg_S]

Finally found some time to get some work done on the car this weekend. Managed to get the first timesert fitted for the spark plug. One more to go, took far longer than I expected because it was a complete pita to get the seat cutter out of the spark plug hole. I resorted to 2 screw drivers to lift it up enough and then quickly grab a magnetic pickup without it falling back down the hole again.

[Greg_S]

Not too much of an update just yet other than I have got the kit from Wurth for the spark plug thread inserts and a USB boroscope to help with the job. If im feeling brave I'll make a start at the weekend. I have also got myself a gamma head unit to fit at some point

[Greg_S]

After a bit more research I think I’ve found the right kit for fixing the spark plug thread http://media.wuerth.com/stmedia/shop....all/01824.pdf.

The reach on the NGK site shows a reach of 19mm but the corresponding thread kit is 15.4mm for the cone threaded insert. I expect this is due to the measurements on the spark plug also including the taper of the seat. Will need to do some measurements.

http://media.wuerth.com/stmedia/shop/masterpages0000/std.lang.all/03210.pdf

Installing doesn’t look too difficult if the swarf is kept out of the bores http://media.wuerth.com/stmedia/shop....all/01825.pdf

[Greg_S]

After a bit more research this evening it looks like a common issue on some S2’s and on the list to check spark plugs are torqued correctly and checked. I’m going to look some more into timesert. the question is would I need to increase the insert size and retap again or would an m14 to m12 be ok? I’m considering putting the Bosch plugs back to get it to a garage but will see.

[Greg_S]

Fitting is turning out not to be simple, looks like two have been helicoiled in the past and on two of the plugs the helicoils have come out with the plugs. Any advice welcome.

looking around on the net timesert seems to be a good bet with solid inserts into the head, not a job I’m sure I want to tackle. I’m based not too far from Bedford if anyone can recommend places that might be able to do the work.