Andyg's Colgate Wagon Project thread

[andyg plym]

They seemed rapid at the time they would pish over nova gte's and rev past 7k on the mini rev counter

Pocket rockets ! Crap build quality though

[polishing_frenchman]

Andy mate ,them AX GT french'BOS' were seriousley quick while attending college in 90-92 my best mate had a late 88 standard example,.....it still pissed on every series 2 escort turbo,..the expressions were priceless

[stocious]

The rear main seal ?

I just tapped a screwdriver in and got the old one out then removed the housing flipped it over and delicately tapped the new one in from the rear,hardest part was refitting the flywheel as it wasn't just a case of bolt it back on as some of the holes were offset so the flywheel itself had to go back on in exactly the position it came off

ok cheers, can be achieved with a bit of finess so

[andyg plym]

I'm reusing mine it came off another engine and doesn't look that old,there are various threads on here saying you should or shouldn't reuse it by I am and will obviously be using thread lock on it

[Rikki Kitto]

rikki i paid £28....hmmm

its got me thinking now,should i put thread lock on?they are stretch bolts i wonder if it would be ok to remove them and give a lick of thread lock,seeing as they havent been used with the engine operated?

It might have been £28, bought that much stuff lately. Paid £34 for the washer on the crank bolt

[Error404]

the blue stuff on them is thread lock mate, I'm sure they will be fine

[andyg plym]

I just did mine and decided to get new flywheel bolts, £38 from Audi worth it I reckon

rikki i paid £28....hmmm

its got me thinking now,should i put thread lock on?they are stretch bolts i wonder if it would be ok to remove them and give a lick of thread lock,seeing as they havent been used with the engine operated?

[Rikki Kitto]

I just did mine and decided to get new flywheel bolts, £38 from Audi worth it I reckon

[andyg plym]

they were brand new from the dealer and came with the blue lock stuff already on

[Pirvu Eugen]

Have you fit the flywheel bolts with thread lock on them?
Will piss oil through the thread iff you don't.
Goodluck!
Great work btw!!

[andyg plym]

I cant believe how slow things take on these 'projects',it takes most of the day to rip an s2 engine out minus a ramp etc and yet it seems to take days just to clean all the parts before reassembly


So today I finished off all the pipework for water and breather system,replaced the thermostat housing elbow etc.Finally fitted the RS injectors along with new mfts and temp sensor
Whilst I was there I put on a cleaner inlet manifold and scrubbed it in Ardox cleaner.Took the exhaust manifold off to fit my RS item,this pretty much took me all day as I thought I would take my time and clean everything.It was so caked in oil from previous leaking rocker gaskets,seals etc
Roll on when I can find time to fit the new turbo,and also the 3b clutch thats had issues with the couriers

[quattro turbo 550bhp]

s2

bumped the price up when he came to sell it.

thats rite after owning it for appx 2.5yrs

[quattro turbo 550bhp]

s2

But what did you do with it in all the time that you owned it?

not alot to be honest apart from having new fuel lines & front & rear discs n pads front ellopsoids had water leak from turbo so stood around for a while until sorted then had starting up probs so sat around again for a while until old alarm system was rippd out of it & sorted the prob

[Error404]

Hey Andy jsut been catching up. Looks like you're making good progress!
Are you getting the engine bay sprayed while its stripped?

[targus]

But what did you do with it in all the time that you owned it?

bumped the price up when he came to sell it.