Work starts tomorrow!

FD3SNuttah · March 06, 2006, 06:08:25 PM

cant get the engine out, everything is disconnected, and the engine is rocking about as the passenger side engine mount is now free. but something is still holding the drivers side down, is there just one bolt holding the engine in on this side? please help!

Brett · March 06, 2006, 08:09:25 PM

What positions are you lifting it from? I presume you\'ve removed the rad etc?
IIRC you need to move it forwards then upwards. There should be one mount each side holding the engine down.
Have you removed the turbo or left it in situ?

FD3SNuttah · March 06, 2006, 09:03:36 PM

dont worry engine is out now. bladdy ell tho what a mission this is! hopefully the coupe should come apart more easy now i have a better idea of what im doing!

edit cheers brett.- i wasnt specific lol, but what it was i didnt remove the three bolts holding the drivers side mount onto the oil pan, i did have it undone from the bottom tho so when i lifted the engine out the mount fell off?! i dont know why it didnt want to come out while still attached to the engine?!

anyway my house looks like the dingles have moved in,

i gotta get this car done soon, shame its too cold to work on it at night, i hope the weather doesnt turn bad.

FD3SNuttah · March 08, 2006, 01:45:15 AM

here are some pics, took a couple of days getting thus far, yet again rain has stopped play! and being out in the freezin weather has given me a cold as well. any way im pleased at the progress.

i have a few questions tho,.

s4 coils same as s5? they look very similar.
i have a variable resistor and a little black canistor next to the pressure sensor any idea what that does?

anyone want to buy a running (albeit poorly) engine? one of the seals is stuck on the rear rotor.

grinder · March 08, 2006, 09:56:50 AM

crickey !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think the thing you have in your hand is for the auto box .. not 100% sure - but there is a pic of it in the haynes manual !

and put the S5 coils on matey - you might aswell - and you know they both work !! - they are dead easy to swap over

alban1973 · March 08, 2006, 04:27:08 PM

How much for the motor then?

Brett · March 08, 2006, 05:55:09 PM

:rolleyes: Havent you got it finished and MOT\'d yet?

FD3SNuttah · March 08, 2006, 06:05:11 PM

alban see my advert in the for sale section! although im pretty flexible on price although not much, i kinda posted what i would pay for stuff.

Brett its raining cats and dogs outside! anyway this project looks like its going to continue next week,

FD3SNuttah · March 15, 2006, 09:18:54 PM

ok, heres a brief update.

engine has been removed frmo the coupe and is ready to fit tomorrow.
the cabriolet engine bay has had TWO cans of gunk sprayed and it hasnt really made much difference bah.

the auto to manual conversion -- it was a real pain as i had to kinda do it totally upside down and the coupe was near enough demolished to get the bracket which the clutch spring sits on -- off. anyway the conversion is now done, just a matter of hooking up the wire on the gearbox to the wire on the cab which puts the reverse lights on.

something is bothering me tho, there was a switch on the clutch pedal whats it do? i decided not to bother with it (it doesnt have anything to plug into!) am i to expect a problem?

i should have the S5 engine in the cab all connected by tomorrow evening and will have probably started on the electrics.

cheers

FD3SNuttah · March 18, 2006, 01:39:07 AM

with aq bit of a struggle we finally got the engine in, made a custom bracket for the gearbox and mounted it.; i have started putting things back in such as the rad and the bits n bobs.

Im liking the way no plugs are the same lol, wirirng is going to be real fun! i will upload more pictures later.

grinder · March 18, 2006, 10:17:07 AM

great to here the progress is moving sooo fast matey

the wiring will be the fun bit - no doubt

can you not just transfer the WHOLE S5 loom into the S4 ??

FD3SNuttah · March 18, 2006, 11:56:04 AM

i didnt think much to the s5 wiring tbh stu, its a bit skew whiff, i dont think it will be coming out in one bit. i would have to rip the two cars to pieces to remove and refit, if there is a break in the loom while im doing it (which i reckon there already is on the s5), i will need devine intervention to get the bloody thing going again! :god :rollin

was going to ask whats the canistor below the fuses in the S5 do?

here are some pics. a couple of lads who i used to work with came up from sheff to help me refit the engine in the rain! a couple of legends! good job the did as i dont think i would have been able to do it on my own.

grinder · March 18, 2006, 12:57:38 PM

looking good matey

and i have no idea what you mean about the canister - a pic would help

Stu

FD3SNuttah · March 18, 2006, 02:57:52 PM

top right picture under the egi fuses! its a wierd shape which follows the contour of the suspension turret, it has a single hose going into the top of it. im trying to slim down the Rx -

footnote -- i put the all the aircon bits i took off into a box and tried lifting it i recon its about 20kg wieght i am saving. with a few other bits n bobs done i should be able to compete in the 100mph challenge @ rotorstock!

Brett · March 18, 2006, 04:16:57 PM

In that case (loom issue) you are crying out for an aftermarket ECU and a DIY loom