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#131
7th October 2017, 08:47 AM
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Confidence is the feeling you have before you know better . . . .  Audi A8 D2 3.7 Quattro Sport 1999 FL - Melange 2nd Place Winner - A8-Freunde Annual German Meet 2012 at Edersee 20" x 9" Bentley GTC Wheels with 385mm W12 Front Discs & Bentley Caliper Covers, Front Lowered on Coilovers, Xenons, Combined DRLs and LED Foglights to modified OEM front fog lamp position, Alcantara/Leather, Full Black Alcantara headlining + pillars and blind shelf, Bespoke Flat Bottomed Sports Steering Wheel, Dark Myrtle Wood, Autodim Mirrors, Bose, Blinds, Digital TV, Ski Hatch, Modified rear exhaust section for extra V8 Burble  Audi S8 D2 Final Edition 2002, Avus Silver with Red Leather Interior Tiptronic with Sport mode button, Sony rear entertainment package, Bose sound system, Audi Navigation Plus, 20 inch Final Edition alloys, Full Cat Back Stainless Milltek exhaust, giving a great V8 burble Audi A8L D2 4.2 Petrol with LPG - Ebony Black Audi A8L D4 FL 4.0T Petrol twin turbo - Havana Black Audi A2 1.6 FSi Sport - Dolphin Grey with Votex body kit and Red Leather Interior and some other A8's A8L's and Mercs 
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#132
7th October 2017, 09:41 AM
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant. 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!  Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! 
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#133
7th October 2017, 09:58 AM
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She learned how to take a pinch bolt out and I learned 'pfuschen' - bodge  You win a picture of Gizmo
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#134
7th October 2017, 10:32 AM
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Conan (the Librarian) Watch it if you dare Currently, 2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block. 1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing! 1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard 2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion. 2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse. 2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter. Previously 2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex 1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure. 1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex. 2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on. 1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8. And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light.
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#135
7th October 2017, 01:30 PM
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Ok a mini how-to for CV boots, albeit with the driveshafts off the car which makes it soooo much easier!
Before:  Cleaned up a bit. Auto shafts are so much shorter than manual ones...  You can see the centre piece of the joint through the hole in the boot. This is what we need to hit to push the joint off the shaft.  One hit with the chisel and the joint comes off   Joint and remains of the old boot removed  The joint itself is good. No water ingress or dirt in there so fine to re-use it  This is the GKN Lobro boot kit, available from ECP for £20 ish, part number 656 443 610. Don't bother with universal boots or Chinese tat - they're not worth the effort when the OE one is so cheap. This one comes with all the fitting hardware, proper clips, and fresh grease.  Top tip to get the boot on - put a plastic bag over the end of the shaft. This allows the rubber boot to slide over the splines and various shoulders on the shaft without being damaged. Don't forget to put the inner boot clip on first!  Fit the new spring washer, spacer and circlip  There are two sachets of grease. Fill the boot with one and the joint with the other  Get the inner part of the joint perfectly lined up with the splines on the shaft and it knocks on fairly easily. Tap it on with a hammer until it stops.  Slide the outer edge of the boot over the joint. Some grease always escapes at this point  Crimp the clips on.  Done and ready to go back on  Back on the car  Time to put the upright back on. I put these on the lower control arms first to take the weight as the front one is held in place by the damper  The bolts for the lower and front upper control arms must be tightened only with the car on its wheels so the rubber bushes are relaxed at normal ride height and wheels straight. The top rear arm is pre-set though as you can't get to the bolts for it with the wheel on. There's a diagram in the manual for where to set it.  You need three or four human arms to get both the control arms compressed and in to the upright and hold them while you tighten the bolt up. As I only have two human arms, a ratchet strap holds the rear control arm in place while I put it all together.  Complete  Other side after watching the Suzuka quali highlights 
Last edited by MikkiJayne; 7th October 2017 at 02:10 PM.
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7th October 2017, 02:10 PM
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Cars... '93 Audi Coupe 2.0 Alpine White (sold) '99 Audi S4 Merlin Purple - K04 upgrade to 412hp (sold) '00 Audi S8 Agate Grey (Sold  )'11 Audi Q7 4.2tdi Unknown Red (Classic Red Pearl Effect - thanks MJ) 
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#137
7th October 2017, 04:09 PM
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Hopefully they will last until the lift is available again, then we can put some proper ones on
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#138
7th October 2017, 04:57 PM
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I agree about some cheap CV joint boots, they only last only a year or 2 before cracking and splitting open.
On the other hand I did buy CV joint including boot for less that £20 about 8-9 years ago for S8 from J&R and both joint and boot are still fine. http://stores.ebay.co.uk/J-R-CV-JOIN...p2047675.l2563
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Currently 8less 2011 Q7 S Line 3.0TDI, 2016 Tesla Model S 90D 8 history: 2006 A8 Sport 4.2TDI quattro SOLD, 1997 S8, reached end of life with gearbox failure
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#139
7th October 2017, 07:15 PM
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not seen that colouring before!Miss my old boy
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===SOLD===2002 Audi S8 D2 Final Edition (yes, really) in Avus Silver with purple extended leather===SOLD=== 2011 S5 Sportback in Phantom Black with black Super Sports leather, 9x20s, tech pack high, adaptive xenon plus, intelligent key, memory seats pack, sunroof, B&O, Audi Drive Select & quattro Sports Diff, DAB, parking system plus 2015 VW Golf GTI Performance Pack in Carbon Grey with black Vienna leather, tech pack (Discovery Pro nav & Dynaudio), DCC, factory towbar and retrofit RVC
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#140
7th October 2017, 07:27 PM
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Busy day for visitors! Thanks for the time you spent this morning showing me your current work, MJ. Dean should be ecstatic when he get to see his car. Believe me, it's looking good as well as having had some serious attention.
Sorry I missed Vera! It's a pity I didn't get away with filching Tintins Miltek exhaust whilst you weren't looking
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2002 D2 S8 – Ming Blue, Valcona leather, Vavona wood insert, solar sunroof (to be fitted), Heated rear seats, extended leather pack, 18” Avus, ski hatch, Bose, auto dim rear view mirror, rear blind.
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