[johnny_quattro]

Further to my last post, you may recall that I elected to get my gearbox rebuilt by KSM in Carshalton. A chance conversation with a chap who lives next door to my beloved god-daughter in Horley resulted in us discussing my new steed, also known as a VW Bora which the garage have kindly lent me. He'd assumed that this was a 'new' car for me which put my nose out of joint somewhat so I indignantly replied that this was only temporary and the quattro gearbox had died a death on me, and that why he hadn't seen my Audi recently. Anyroadup, long story short etc. but he then recommended 'this place in Carshalton' and that his mate comes all the way down from Cheshunt, Herts to get his gearbox rebuilt and swears by their excellent knowledge and service. It turned out that they are one and the same garage, which was good to hear.

On the subject of the rebuild, my hub/drum had ripped the top lip/edge part of the metal about 1/3 of the circumference. He advised me that the crown wheel surfaces were slightly rough but should be OK for a while yet. That part alone would have been £600 or so from ZF. I needed a replacement driver's side engine mount because the one on the car looked as though it had been 'looked at' shall we say. One of the bolt threads was stripped, and the other one had been 'heli-coiled' so I ordered another one from the forum sponsors - nice work Carl!

Gearbox is all out and in bits on what I called their post-mortem bench. Thousands of O-ring/seals and clutch bands and other voodoo magic parts. Exhaust is off the car, along with the starter motor and other bits. It afforded me the rare opportunity to see those blinkin' drains either side of the gearbox as well as the ability to see where everything goes with regard to the rear silencer and drive/prop shaft. I spent about an hour there asking loads of questions and taking pictures.

I will attach the photos with basic titles/descriptions.