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Old 6th May 2020, 10:33 PM
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I have a couple of complete HVAC units on the shelf. I could do a thread on them if there is enough interest, cos they are a bit crazy.
I would appreciate that very much if you decide to go ahead MJ
One of these days I have to try to fix the faults on my system
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Old 7th May 2020, 04:51 PM
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It'll be a pretty slow 'fix things as they break' project rather than a full overhaul.
Hands up who believed this in the first post...



Its got RNS-d, phone prep and TV, but no Bose

Might as well do a full ICE refit while the interior is out then I guess...
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Old 7th May 2020, 08:28 PM
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Hands up who believed this in the first post...
I did... I believe pretty much anything you say
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Old 8th May 2020, 10:26 AM
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Might as well do a full ICE refit while the interior is out then I guess...
Due to the scruffy paintwork on this, I thought this was only going to be a runaround. Worth saving just because of the colour.

It looks like it's turning out to be a little more.

I predict a respray next
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Old 8th May 2020, 10:35 AM
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Due to the scruffy paintwork on this, I thought this was only going to be a runaround. Worth saving just because of the colour.

It looks like it's turning out to be a little more.

I predict a respray next
Gotta have some tunes while running about Plus, it has to be a nice place to sit.

I won't be painting it, but I may give it a bit of a fluff with the DA

Oh, its also going to be the test platform for all the engines and gearboxes I have to rebuild. I'll just swap them in for a few thousand miles to make sure they behave and then either put them in to storage (engines) or sell them on (gearboxes). Its going to get a few specific modifications under the bonnet to make getting the engine and gearbox in and out much faster than normal. I'm shooting for 2-3 hours instead of 4.

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Old 8th May 2020, 10:43 AM
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Since I have removed all the original AV stuff I thought I'd weigh it out of interest - 18Kg including a Bose amp.



Curious to see the weight of what I put back in. This is going to be a mid-budget SQ system, rather than a window-rattler so no huge subs or amps.
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Old 9th May 2020, 12:21 PM
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I found another job which would have been marginally easier with the dash out - Botang's hole. Marginally, since the cretin who previously worked on this one had simply cut out the sound deadening covering up the ECU box inner cover and thrown it away, so in fact it was pretty easy to get to the screws with the dash in.

I had to remove the lid of the ECU box with a crowbar The cretin had siliconed everything shut, and also shattered the bottom of the box at some part and bodged it back together with silicone and bits of cardboard.







This is what the rain tray looked like with the box removed. Clearly it had been messed with multiple times to attempt to stop it leaking. Its a surprise that not once, apparently, in 20 years did it occur to anyone to clean the detritus out of where the rain was collecting.





Bear in mind this is was not found rotting in a field under a tree - this was in daily use until the F125 failed. The D2s I've found in fields have generally been in better condition.

Botang's hole revealing itself with a tiny bit of peeling tape...



Cleaned up a bit. The tape was very dirty underneath and just crumbled away as usual.



A plastic rivet in the hole, covered up with seam sealer. I painted it black later as I don't have any merlin purple paint.



All this original AV harness goes in the bin



I'm just keeping the main body connector for the head unit (switched ignition, illumination, DIN connector, etc), and the CD changer cable for general purpose signalling, as it has 10 wires inside, two of which are shielded. This will get used for a subwoofer level control, possible reverse camera etc.



I might also run a piece of cat5 twisted pair while I'm in there. RCA cables and speaker cables will be run along the original av harness route which carefully avoids as much of the body harness as possible.
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Old 9th May 2020, 02:25 PM
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I am stunned that someone would do "repairs" like that.

Great photos and descriptions by the way, as always
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Old 9th May 2020, 03:36 PM
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Great visuals for where that hole is! I'll definitely have to check for that on mine. Thanks!
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Old 9th May 2020, 06:16 PM
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I am stunned that someone would do "repairs" like that.

Great photos and descriptions by the way, as always
I can see it happening if somebody bought a car for £1.5k or less and was just trying to make it last as long as possible with minimum expenditure. My A6 is getting a bit tired and probably not worth more than £500 so everything that does not affect safety will be a cheap bodge just to keep it going and extract the last bit of value. It's done over 240k miles with the dreaded 2.5TDI engine still with original camshafts many of which does not last over 100k and the body has seen better days, pretty much every panel apart from roof have been repainted at least once before I bought it.
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