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Forum: Daily banter 25th February 2022, 09:55 PM
Replies: 399
Views: 3,258,091
Posted By Nick Jones
Good luck with the TT…….. Hateful things to work...

Good luck with the TT…….. Hateful things to work on in the engine bay at least. Not done a clutch, but I really didn’t enjoy doing the timing belt on my wife’s Mk1 2wd.

Nick

PS. I invested in...
Forum: A6/S6 C4 7th October 2021, 03:01 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 42,066
Posted By Nick Jones
It’s been back on the road for just over a month...

It’s been back on the road for just over a month after an 11 month rest and a bit of fettling.

Passed another MoT (CV gaiters done, fuel line still crusty). The MoT garage were apparently having a...
Forum: For Sale and Wanted - Cars 4th October 2021, 07:10 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,036
Posted By Nick Jones
Now sold. Back to the C4 A6….

Now sold.

Back to the C4 A6….
Forum: D2 - Engine Bay 7th September 2021, 12:18 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,412
Posted By Nick Jones
If it has an o-ring on it, it may be related to...

If it has an o-ring on it, it may be related to the o-ring cure date as rubber components should all be “lifed”.

I wouldn’t worry about it unless it decades out of date or the o-ring has gone...
Forum: For Sale and Wanted - Cars 6th September 2021, 01:29 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,036
Posted By Nick Jones
Timing belt was done in 2012 at 64k so in on...

Timing belt was done in 2012 at 64k so in on miles, not so much on time. Gearbox service done in 2014 at 77k.
Quite a few other bits and bobs done in recent years, mainly brakes and front suspension...
Forum: Daily banter 5th September 2021, 10:23 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,979
Posted By Nick Jones
No sound but tortured rubber....... seems.......

No sound but tortured rubber....... seems.... odd.

I have done precisely one lap of the 'ring, early in the morning in September 2009, as a passenger in my own 1967 Vitesse 2L, driven by a very...
Forum: For Sale and Wanted - Cars 5th September 2021, 09:45 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,036
Posted By Nick Jones
A8 d2 2.8 2wd 2000

****NOW SOLD****

Well aware I'm addressing a knowledgeable and critical audience.....

For sale with some regret as my C4 A6 Avant is now revived ( I hope) and it's being an estate trumps the...
Forum: D2 - Interior Electrics 5th August 2021, 10:03 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 13,029
Posted By Nick Jones
Second thing into the shell, right after the rear...

Second thing into the shell, right after the rear parking sensor beeper.....

Nick
Forum: Daily banter 31st July 2021, 01:55 PM
Replies: 109
Views: 59,235
Posted By Nick Jones
To me, the phrase “percussive maintenance”...

To me, the phrase “percussive maintenance” encompasses a whole spectrum of violence from a gentle persuading tickle to walloping the crap out something. This must be why the extended hammer family in...
Forum: D2 - Axles, Brakes, Suspension and Steering 15th July 2021, 10:46 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 4,731
Posted By Nick Jones
wrong discs? Or wrong calipers

Just doing pre-MoT checks and noticed that the on the front the outer edge of the pads slightly overhang the OD of the discs. Only by a mm of so and it has the happy effect of preventing the...
Forum: Daily banter 15th July 2021, 10:33 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,001
Posted By Nick Jones
D2 daily driver

As someone who has always run old cars as daily drivers (some of them really old), this doesn't seem odd to me, but I do quite often get comment, usually questioning my sanity to some degree!

I...
Forum: D2 - Axles, Brakes, Suspension and Steering 9th July 2021, 09:31 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 5,080
Posted By Nick Jones
Excellent info there.Thanks! Nick

Excellent info there.Thanks!

Nick
Forum: Daily banter 9th July 2021, 09:27 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 27,327
Posted By Nick Jones
“ I always worry when a D2 is my last working...

“ I always worry when a D2 is my last working car. A TVR as backup for the D2 is a whole new level of brave ”
:ROFL: Except….. a D2 is my daily drive :rolleyes:

I do have a couple of 50 year old...
Forum: D2 - Axles, Brakes, Suspension and Steering 9th July 2021, 06:36 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 5,080
Posted By Nick Jones
Thanks for the insights MJ. Definitely...

Thanks for the insights MJ. Definitely maintenance-hostile….. I have established the the OS pinch bolt on the A4 isn’t coming out without a major battle. It started to move, then stopped. Managed to...
Forum: D2 - Axles, Brakes, Suspension and Steering 9th July 2021, 08:57 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 5,080
Posted By Nick Jones
Front suspension arms

Have both an A8 (D2) and A4(B6) with MoTs looming and clonking front suspensions. It's not the ARB droplinks.....

This means messing with the stupidly over-complex, maintenance hostile front-end...
Forum: D2 - Fuel and Exhausts 6th July 2021, 03:31 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 18,832
Posted By Nick Jones
Interesting. So when my car tells me I have run...

Interesting. So when my car tells me I have run out of fuel (miles to run = 0…… 5 miles back:tuttut:) but I can “only” get 72L in, I wasn’t living as dangerously as I thought I was!

Prefer it this...
Forum: D2 - Fuel and Exhausts 5th July 2021, 03:15 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 18,832
Posted By Nick Jones
Is there any difference between 2wd and 4wd...

Is there any difference between 2wd and 4wd tanks?

Nick
Forum: Daily banter 30th April 2021, 03:51 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 5,654
Posted By Nick Jones
Hmm.... I also have a 2.8 FWD, though I quite...

Hmm.... I also have a 2.8 FWD, though I quite like the V6, I’m less keen on the auto box.....

Had idly wondered whether the the 2.5 straight 5 (AEL) with a 6 speed would go in as they are just as...
Forum: D2 - Interior Electrics 29th April 2021, 06:01 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 13,769
Posted By Nick Jones
Airbag ECU reset no bother with a proper...

Airbag ECU reset no bother with a proper Ross-Tech cable.

Can finally call the job finished!

Nick
Forum: D2 - Transmission 29th April 2021, 05:59 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 19,489
Posted By Nick Jones
One owner further on..... its not the water pump...

One owner further on..... its not the water pump either. It sounds like the PAS pump but pretty sure it’s actually due to the one way clutch on the alternator being seized solid. Pretty minor noises...
Forum: D2 - Transmission 29th April 2021, 05:45 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 17,549
Posted By Nick Jones
Today I had to visit someone with real VCDS to...

Today I had to visit someone with real VCDS to reset the airbag ecu. While there I grabbed the opportunity to change the transmission characterisation code from 0003 (because FWD) to 0013.

Now it...
Forum: D2 - Engine Bay 10th April 2021, 05:37 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 5,034
Posted By Nick Jones
Dunno why are a thing on VAG stuff at all. Must...

Dunno why are a thing on VAG stuff at all. Must be something odd about the way they design their harmonic dampers or something. I can tell you that when they are seized solid on 4 cylinder diesel...
Forum: D2 - Interior Electrics 1st April 2021, 10:05 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 13,769
Posted By Nick Jones
Yeah..... I wanted the fault location from VCDS...

Yeah..... I wanted the fault location from VCDS so I could find an fix it. The non-connection is a worry as I’ve not had trouble with this before. Have connected to airbag controllers with this exact...
Forum: D2 - Interior Electrics 1st April 2021, 06:37 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 13,769
Posted By Nick Jones
I tackled this today. So unnecessarily...

I tackled this today. So unnecessarily awkward...... and with a scorpion sting in the tail.

Rear seat base out, disconnect two little occupancy sensor wires and heated seat wires.
Then remove...
Forum: D2 - Interior Electrics 26th March 2021, 03:00 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 13,769
Posted By Nick Jones
Jeez.... typical Audi access! I'll buy a...

Jeez.... typical Audi access!

I'll buy a new one first then because I'm not doing that more than once. I think I can see the plastic rivets that hold it from inside the boot.

Many thanks for...
Forum: D2 - Interior Electrics 26th March 2021, 02:37 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 13,769
Posted By Nick Jones
ok.... so is this under the rear shelf in the...

ok.... so is this under the rear shelf in the boot (which as far as I can see, it isn't, even with the speaker covers off, or under the rear shelf trim panel inside the car?

Does the trim panel...
Forum: D2 - Interior Electrics 26th March 2021, 02:01 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 13,769
Posted By Nick Jones
Thanks MJ..... :)

Thanks MJ..... :)
Forum: D2 - Interior Electrics 26th March 2021, 12:55 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 13,769
Posted By Nick Jones
Parking sensor buzzer location

So.... VCDS says that the reason I get one long irritating beep (from the front) and no working parking sensors when I selector reverse, is because the rear buzzer is broken.
Seems a bit unexpected,...
Forum: For Sale and Wanted - Cars 18th February 2021, 09:28 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 21,399
Posted By Nick Jones
Do you have a preference for Quattro/ non Quattro...

Do you have a preference for Quattro/ non Quattro or Sport/ non sport?

Nick
Forum: D2 - Engine Bay 21st January 2021, 08:20 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,866
Posted By Nick Jones
Yeah, in hindsight it's obvious enough........

Yeah, in hindsight it's obvious enough..... didn't show any overt signs of vac leaks though, which was why I'd been letting it slide. I know a job that will let the blood out of my knuckles when I...
Forum: D2 - Transmission 21st January 2021, 08:13 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 17,549
Posted By Nick Jones
Just to report that after doing breather pipe and...

Just to report that after doing breather pipe and cam cover gaskets....... the gearbox behaviour has changed quite considerably for the better - so credit is due to Ainarssems for his remarks in the...
Forum: D2 - Engine Bay 21st January 2021, 08:03 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,866
Posted By Nick Jones
Drove the car today for the first time since...

Drove the car today for the first time since doing the job.

Interestingly it seems to have better control over the idle speed when cold than it did, and unexpectedly, it has altered the behaviour...
Forum: D2 - Lights 18th January 2021, 02:17 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 15,331
Posted By Nick Jones
MoT rule on this have just changed apparently ...

MoT rule on this have just changed apparently
...
Forum: D2 - Engine Bay 18th January 2021, 02:08 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,866
Posted By Nick Jones
Absolutely. They all look horrible as the fabric...

Absolutely. They all look horrible as the fabric outer covering is crumbling. Need to a buy a reel as there seems to be miles of them!

Nick
Forum: D2 - Engine Bay 17th January 2021, 09:35 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,866
Posted By Nick Jones
2.8 Breather pipes

What a joyous job this was. Not.

However the whiffs of hot oil and leaks told the story and sure enough both pipes were literally crumbling to dust. Dust with a core of snotty slime.....
...
Forum: D2 - Engine Bay 17th January 2021, 08:50 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,896
Posted By Nick Jones
Alternator clutch

Ever since I got it my 2.8 has sometimes made odd noises at low revs when cold with some slight sensation of it being passed back through the steering wheel. The PO thought it was the water pump,...
Forum: Daily banter 11th January 2021, 03:48 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,619
Posted By Nick Jones
Probably worth mentioning the real reasons that...

Probably worth mentioning the real reasons that things like this have been occurring.....

The Pfizer vaccine is, for reasons best known to Pfizer, tricky to store and handle. It comes as deep...
Forum: D2 - Axles, Brakes, Suspension and Steering 1st December 2020, 10:18 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 5,124
Posted By Nick Jones
Yeah..... travelled this same route with my last...

Yeah..... travelled this same route with my last one. Thanks for the C5 bolt tip, May turn out to be critical!

Going to ignore it for a bit longer. Trying to convince an MX5 gearbox it wants to...
Forum: D2 - Axles, Brakes, Suspension and Steering 26th November 2020, 08:10 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 5,124
Posted By Nick Jones
Tried swapping the tyres around. No significant...

Tried swapping the tyres around. No significant difference noted.

Will have to get it properly tracked front rear, but that means freeing the various adjusters off at the back - which very crusty...
Forum: D2 - Interior Electrics 26th November 2020, 08:06 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 27,428
Posted By Nick Jones
Job was done this afternoon. Took about an hour...

Job was done this afternoon. Took about an hour and a half and cost £99. Replacement cluster (supplied by me was £37 via eBay).

All works as expected. Mileage is cluster mileage not car mileage...
Forum: Daily banter 10th November 2020, 04:12 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,562
Posted By Nick Jones
Sometime in mid 1994 I bought a well used B2 90...

Sometime in mid 1994 I bought a well used B2 90 2L from it first owner, a self employed animal feeds salesman. He was selling it under duress - his accountant promised to resign if he didn’t (the tax...
Forum: D2 - Interior Electrics 9th November 2020, 08:21 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 27,428
Posted By Nick Jones
So I called my local dealer today. Their service...

So I called my local dealer today. Their service work prevention officer told me at first that they couldn't possibly work with customer supplied parts, especially not dirty second hand ones..... I...
Forum: D2 - Interior Electrics 8th November 2020, 07:57 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 27,428
Posted By Nick Jones
Thanks all, especially Frank, for your detailed...

Thanks all, especially Frank, for your detailed replies and warnings. Not killing the car is definitely priority 1!

Our local Audi stealer are not noted for their love of older cars or their...
Forum: D2 - Interior Electrics 7th November 2020, 09:53 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 27,428
Posted By Nick Jones
On a more positive note, I've managed to get hold...

On a more positive note, I've managed to get hold of another cluster at a very reasonable price.

I've plugged it into the car and the displays all look good. Only a short test in coolish weather...
Forum: D2 - Everything else 5th November 2020, 08:16 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 11,688
Posted By Nick Jones
I can’t think of a better car for crossing...

I can’t think of a better car for crossing continents (even better if someone else is buying the fuel!).

When you’ve done 3200 miles in 5 days in one of these, (pic below) including the Pyrenees,...
Forum: D2 - Axles, Brakes, Suspension and Steering 31st October 2020, 01:02 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 5,124
Posted By Nick Jones
I had a look at this yesterday, staring with the...

I had a look at this yesterday, staring with the OS front..... because there is an occasional clatter from this side.

There was some odd movement in the steering arm, which had me foxed for a...
Forum: D2 - Transmission 31st October 2020, 12:54 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 17,549
Posted By Nick Jones
Tell me more.... With 4 VAG cars on the drive,...

Tell me more.... With 4 VAG cars on the drive, two of them distinctly needy, I may have to invest in the full version of VCDS....

Nick
Forum: D2 - Transmission 31st October 2020, 12:52 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 17,549
Posted By Nick Jones
Yeah, suspected this might be the case. I'll get...

Yeah, suspected this might be the case. I'll get used to it. Probably.

On a slightly related note I had and almost new Zafira rental in Spain a couple of years ago (I actually rented a Corsa...
Forum: D2 - Interior Electrics 31st October 2020, 12:45 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 27,428
Posted By Nick Jones
Two bits of news..... neither positive. ...

Two bits of news..... neither positive.

Sacer came back to say that they can't find anything so far. There was an implication that he hasn't given up yet, but I'm not holding my breath.

So I...
Forum: D2 - Transmission 29th October 2020, 09:49 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 17,549
Posted By Nick Jones
Autobox peculiarities

Just realised that my car has previously featured on here while belonging to Audidoody, whom it seems I bought it from.......

Anyhow, just trying to determine whether this is a fault or a feature....
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