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31st January 2021, 02:21 PM
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 My potion of choice - Gtechniq W5 All Purpose Cleaner, and a soft brush. This gets most of the dirt off and is just rinsed off with water. I use brake cleaner for the real heavy grease and oil (mostly on the other side), and I'm now also using Elbow Grease for lighter oily dirt. Elbow Grease is ok on heavy stuff if you use a stiff brush, but on paint I prefer to use the brake cleaner as it just dissolves it with much less effort and reduces the risk of scratches. After the various cleaning solutions, I blow it dry with compressed air, then go over with quick detailer to pick up the last of the smears. Almost there now. I need to deal with the snapped fasteners, and clean out the wheel arches, then I'll go over the whole lot with sealant to make it hydrophobic. 
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31st January 2021, 03:24 PM
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 . I turned one down several years ago and have regretted it ever since. I could of had it for less than £2k as well  Good job as always MJ. The before and after are like night and day. Seems a shame to put the engine back in as no one can see all the lovely shiny-ness afterwards 
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#193
31st January 2021, 06:46 PM
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Wow MJ, you do amazing work!
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#194
31st January 2021, 07:49 PM
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Thank you
Well, its still throwing up surprises  I was going to clean the rain tray on the right hand side when...I discovered a hole in the underseal right in the corner. Poke poke poke, and there's a section about 2x3" where the underseal is loose and just falling off in chunks. After some cleaning with solvent and a wire brush, its basically bare metal and exposed seams. Water will have been getting in here since all the drains were blocked, but its been in the workshop for a year so nice and dry now Obviously I had to go and poke the other side I completely missed this when I was doing Botang's holeIt came off in one huge chunk on this side - just spooged in there and not bonded at all, with dirt behind it. I cleaned both sides as thoroughly as possible with solvents (nothing water-based), then applied new seam sealer. I will wait for this to completely dry before cleaning this area any more. Started on the wheel arches. Cleaned with APC, then hit it with W7 Tar and Glue remover to dissolve all the tar spots. This stuff is great - spray on and the tar just melts away Second pass and its almost all gone If you're not standing in your wheel wells to get the tar off the wheel arch lips, is it even detailing?  Driver's side nice and clean now The rack has definitely been out at some point. Remember the stupid-expensive rivets I mentioned earlier? This is one, used to replace a snapped body stud which gets in the way of getting the rack out. Its pretty much guaranteed that the butcher of Bristol didn't fit this (he would have used a self tapper) so I think this was done before it was 7 years old while it was still being maintained by Audi. The rack isn't a re-con and I have no receipt for the work so its unclear what was done, but it may explain why the hoses appear in much better condition than normal. Note - I bent it getting the rack out but it straightened out ok  Passenger side done. Interestingly, just like Big Red, the chassis leg is lacquered on the left and not on the right! Does anyone know what this is and where it goes?
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#195
31st January 2021, 08:44 PM
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I assume that you know, MJ, and this is a teaser. Because if you really don’t know, what chance have we mortals?
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1st February 2021, 08:07 AM
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Yes, I know what it is
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1st February 2021, 09:33 AM
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I'd guess it's a seal or anti-vibration device of some sort, but the real mystery is why the four conical plug shapes?
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1st February 2021, 12:40 PM
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Is it something to do with the radiator?
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1st February 2021, 12:40 PM
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A suggestion for you for when you finish the car. Post a photo of the one single item you didn't have to fix!
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1st February 2021, 01:16 PM
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I'm intrigued how you found out what it is without a part number?
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