[urq] One fresh WX back to life.

[Brandon Rogers]

YES!!!!!!!!

Brandon

-----Original Message-----
From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
Of Martin Pajak
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 5:24 AM
To: Louis-Alain Richard
Cc: Urq; quattro at audifans.com; denisjoncas at hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [urq] One fresh WX back to life.


L-A,

Glad to hear she's purring again.
So... I guess you are going to Colorado then?
Maybe we can do a convoy?

Cheers
-- 
Martin Pajak

http://www.quattro.ca

1982 Audi Ur-quattro, SQ project
1983 Audi 80 quattro, Euro 2-Door!!
1987 Audi 4000s quattro, wintervagen mit 7A und 5 bolt, soon to be TDI :)


> Louis-Alain Richard
> After 5 months of inactivity, my new to me engine WX 000 011 is alive 
> now. Thank you very much.
>
> It looks that I did not mess too many things, because it started on 
> the second attempt, after cranking it a bit without fuel and spark to 
> raise the oil pressure. It was too easy, I was prepared to review all 
> basic set-up (timing belt, ignition, wires, WOT and idle switches, 
> vacuum leaks, reference and speed sensors, name it...) but she started 
> like a new car. The
> only mix up was the oil pressure gauge wiring. I took the time before to
> bleed the CIS fuel lines, to clear any dirt and air before installing the
> new injector valves.
>
> In addition to the engine block rebuilt, I also replaced all vacuum 
> lines, installed proper collars on all of them, cleaned the whole 
> intake track (inside), sealed properly the exhaust and turbo, 
> installed new output shaft seals on the transmission, had the flywheel 
> resurfaced, replaced almost every bolt that were rusted, had the 
> radiator cleaned, and I replaced almost
> every rubber grommets for the various systems.  Now you can understand why
> I
> was surprised when it started.
>
> I also found another part that was different on this engine (early 
> 1982
> WX)
> : the injector cooling duct, the triangle shaped plastic thing, doesn't
> work
> with a cruise control. It doesn't have the indents to make passage for the
> CC rod and actuator. Useless information, I know, but I have fun finding
> these things...
>
> Now, I must hook the exhaust, she's a bit noisy with only the 
> downpipe, bleed the clutch cylinders, reinstall the bumper, valance 
> and headlights, change the oil again, and take a ride ! Oh, she's 
> still on the studded snow tires, a reminiscence of the moment when she 
> stopped... And if I remember well, the night before the death of WX 
> 000 454, I spent an hour under the car, in the snow at minus 12 C, to 
> release a stuck brake caliper and remove
> a broken cable bracket. I was supposed to go ice racing the next day, but
> I
> never made it... So I guess I have a rear brake job to do... And a paint
> job... And...
>
>
>
> Long live the Quattro !
>
>
>
> Louis-Alain
>
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