WITW - Barn-find Final Edition

[MikkiJayne]

Master Injector confirmed I had the right parts for the injectors and the different filters are just a later revision so I was able to finish them off



Original belt back plate on the right. I'll replace them with a better pair, and recover the old ones when the weather is better



Ready for the belt



Belt fitted



I got the inlet manifold painted while doing the belt



Took the old one to bits, just to see what's going on in there. I've seen pictures of this before but never had hands-on one. Its insanely complicated, made of six different castings all nested together, with the two halves ineffectively sealed together with a weird moulded silicone gaskety thing. The castings are also glued together with silicone so its tricky to get it apart any further than this by hand...

[Simon Wallwork]

Cracking thread MikkiJayne.
This must be costing you an absolute fortune!
Have Final Editions jumped up in value, or are you just in the happy position of being able to give it the love it needs, regardless?

Either way, great job.

[Ronin]

This casting is a work of art it must have cost thousands back then

[strummagnet]

Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

I got the inlet manifold painted while doing the belt

Looks good, next you will be painting uprights and shocks!!

Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

Took the old one to bits, just to see what's going on in there. I've seen pictures of this before but never had hands-on one. Its insanely complicated, made of six different castings all nested together, with the two halves ineffectively sealed together with a weird moulded silicone gaskety thing. The castings are also glued together with silicone so its tricky to get it apart any further than this by hand...

Ineffectively? I wonder how the design engineer managed to describe the process to the accounts department who had to sign this off

[MikkiJayne]

Hans, you have requested 1 million Deutschmarks for pressure die cast tooling for production of a <squints at paperwork> an inlet manifold?! Explain yourself!

Well sir, we noticed the inlet manifold on the 32V V8 is a simple sand casting, which is easy to make, and never fails. We suspect they will still be working decades after the warranty expires.

<general muttering of discontent>

So, we have devised a new inlet manifold of such awesome cunning that we can claim it is progress, but at the same time introducing many new failure modes such as unexplained air leaks, flaps seizing up, and paint peeling off which will start just after the warranty runs out, thus causing the owners many wasted hours of fault finding and unnecessary maintenance.

<applause breaks out>

Well done Hans, its not quite as fiendish as Simon's cam chain tensioners, but funding approved!

[David's8]

Did he win over the handbrake adjusting mechanism designer?

[MikkiJayne]

I can do that on the lift without taking anything apart so he doesn't even get an honourable mention

[David's8]

i guess he didnt get sufficient funding so just decided to make it as difficult as possible for people without access to lifts
Nice work on the manifold though. I removed mine a few years ago and spray painted it but wish i had done a more thorough job as the paint blemishes show badly.

[tintin]

Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

So, we have devised a new inlet manifold of such awesome cunning that we can claim it is progress, but at the same time introducing many new failure modes such as unexplained air leaks, flaps seizing up, and paint peeling off which will start just after the warranty runs out, thus causing the owners many wasted hours of fault finding and unnecessary maintenance.

Vorsprung Durch Komplexität - Audi all over

[MikkiJayne]

Gearbox this evening. I've taken as much red ATF out of the torque converter as possible (2.2L) so put it back in the gearbox so I can refill it.



Primed the pump



then primed the filter



Then I had a great idea! Since I have all the breather ports bunged up, I could put 8 litres of oil in it while it's upside down, put the sump back on, and flip it over. That will save ages compared to pumping it in through the oil cooler ports



I put a cable tie and a support round the bung just in case



There we go - 8 litres of oil, plus one in the converter. That should be enough so that on first start it is slightly over filled and I can pop the fill plug out and let it drain to level.



Freshly powdercoated sump



Magnets back in the correct places



Installed



Its not leaking so it can sit upside down overnight while the solvent flashes off in the sump sealant, and I will flip it back over tomorrow.