jonathan_dyane Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Why do you want to loosen the hubbut? I always just break the bottom balljoint or split the strut (whichever is easy), cut off the old CV boot and knock the CV joint off the shaft. Clean all the old grease and crap off the old joint with thinners or something then slip new gaiter on shaft, re connect and secure. After years dicking around with crappy cable ties I bought some proper CV gaiter pliers. They’re bloody brilliant. paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 Unless I'm being completely thick, but it seems I'll have to get the hubnut off by the looks of this diagram. That seems to be the only tricky bit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_dyane Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 No you’re not being thick, I haven’t explained it well. Unless the Audi is different from most cars the cv joint at the wheel end fits onto splines on the shaft and is retained by an internal circlip thing which engages with the joint. You can then split the joint here negating the need to undo the hubnut by knocking it off, ideally with a copper hammer while stopping it popping out of the inner with molegrips clamped onto the shaft ideally against a chassis leg or something. Spurious 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted June 4, 2020 Author Share Posted June 4, 2020 On 6/3/2020 at 12:16 AM, jonathan_dyane said: No you’re not being thick, I haven’t explained it well. Unless the Audi is different from most cars the cv joint at the wheel end fits onto splines on the shaft and is retained by an internal circlip thing which engages with the joint. You can then split the joint here negating the need to undo the hubnut by knocking it off, ideally with a copper hammer while stopping it popping out of the inner with molegrips clamped onto the shaft ideally against a chassis leg or something. Thanks I'll have a look when it arrives, it's not going to get done for another while anyway, busy at work for a few days.  Also figured I should have a new dizzy cap and rotor. The original ones aren't in the best shape. There's a cheap ECP one on there for the minute but I spotted a NOS one in the box on eBay. Not bad when a Bosche one is 30 quid. Genuine rotor arm on eBay for £9 too. I love how much of VW parts was reused, there's a lot out there still in boxes that would fit anything between a Polo and my Audi. BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 Driving a 31 year old car about 600 miles in the next few days? What could possibly go wrong. Stay tuned for a breakdown on the side of the M6.....   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 So far so good. Fluids are still where they should be. Cars driving nice. Got stuck on the M6 near Stoke with the bloody "smart" motorway upgrades. An hour of stop start.  About 85 miles in. 200 to go. Devon is still miles away... BorniteIdentity, LightBulbFun, 320touring and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Adventure Time? Spurious 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 So all there in the end, staying near Salcombe, albeit in the sticks. I'd some annual leave booked long before Covid and I'm glad things have loosened up so I could go away for a few days. It was a very comfy drive and to be honest, about 90% of it was motorway cruising at 65 or so. No mechanical problems thankfully. 280 miles, used about a 3rd of a tank. That's about 45mpg if all the increments on the tank are equal. Now that's probably optimistic, I'd reckon it's closer to 38-40ish; still, not bad for a 31 year old wagon. I do have some photos/videos from various jobs and servicing when I get back, I've neglected this thread and lots has been done on the Audi recently but we'll have it updated when I get back.  Supernaut and Burnside 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 Two busy days in the depths of Devon and the Audi is mostly behaving well. It's also a lovely part of the world, I'm sad I've not visited sooner. Salcombe is a lovely little village, albeit a bit "second home and range rover" much for me. Swimming whilst it seems like a good idea at this time of the year is always a freezing cold experience. Has to be done nevertheless. Beaches are nice. Nothing interesting apart from a Mini moke to spot. I suspect most those who live down here wouldn't be seen dead in anything older than a couple of years. Got sunburnt despite boot's finest cheapest factor 50. LightBulbFun, spartacus, Skizzer and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 Amateur levels of beading this morning. I only used that Autoglym lazy boy spray on stuff that @dollywobbler recommend on a Matiz vid a while back. It's alright for a bucket and sponge yob like me More to come. When the phone picks up 3g that is. Which I think is when the wind is blowing in the right direction to be honest. It's like been back in Ireland. BorniteIdentity and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 We're all back; bit of a trip report. Back home in one piece. I was a little apprehensive as I'd not done as big a journey in this car as I'd before. The north of England to Cornwall/Dorset is a fair old journey and there was plenty of driving on each day. I reckon it was it was about 800 miles all in; guts of 570 miles there and back and the rest pottering about on the days we were there. Only one hiccup, on Wednesday, I turned it off shortly after some pretty hilly stretches of road and to be fair I was probably pushing on a little bit working it hard.  I think the coil got a bit fussy as may have been a bit hot; the fan was on as I was driving which is rare enough. Had another "crank but no start" and this time I'd not been messing with it. Left it alone for about 2 hours as we were out walking anyway and it started up fine. Thankfully as it wasn't somewhere the AA would have been towing me out of. Start Point isn't the best place to get out of. Might have to invest in a new coil, there's Bosch ones for £35 on ebay, so I might have a spare with me the next time. Maybe it was some fuel vaporisation but I'm not sure if that affects K-jet cars anway (Moments before she threw a complete strop and wouldn't wake up to correct my dodgy parking)   That was it. It drove nicely other than that.  It's a very comfortable A road and Motorway car. It's okay on the tighter roads but it's sprung for comfort, not handling and that's okay with me. Twice when down there, I got asked was it for sale. Was driving out of Slapton sands and when I got stuck up in traffic a bit a motorcycle pulled up alongside me and asked was it for sale. Always nice to know it's appreciated.   I've not drove it since I was back yesterday, I think it's going to have a break for a few days and see what the Jimny is like when I start it later. Dorset is a wonderful part of the country and would definitely visit again. Nice beaches, plenty of rural spots to myself. Coprolalia, hennabm, Skizzer and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 It's been a very long time since I've updated this. Life had invariably got in the way. I'd take the Audi out for a spin every once in a while just to keep it ticking over. I also got covid in November which had me floored for a couple of weeks and then Christmas and paramedic-ing has been increasingly busy in the past weeks. But time goes on right? So what have I done? Not a lot really. Washer fluid? Not much more besides that. The weather is rubbish and I can't be arsed sitting under a car in the snow. Had an "oh bollocks" moment today. Took it out for a good spin, work had arranged for a vaccination but it was in Preston. I'd been avoiding the gritting/salt on the road weather so wasn't bothered about rain. All going well until the blown bulb warning lights up. Pulled over at services and found the headlight was injured and had a stone blow out the lens completely. I've sourced a spare off the nice folk on the classic Audi page. And it turns out it was a Nylock nut, glad it didn't hit the windscreen cos that would have been the expensive thing to replace. It blew one of the nearly new Osram Nighbreakers too. That's a bit rubbish only had them in 3 months or so.  Low Horatio gearbox, Asimo, Fumbler and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 Now to get this on without breaking it with those silly spring clips Interestingly, a previous owner of this 100 did etch the reg onto this lens. H680 TNV. Last on the road in 2015. This was graciously donated (along with a worse housing) by a member of the Classic Audi FB group for beer money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 Just now, Spurious said: Now to get this on without breaking it with those silly spring clips Interestingly, a previous owner of this 100 did etch the reg onto this lens. H680 TNV. Last on the road in 2015. This was graciously donated (along with a worse housing) by a member of the Classic Audi FB group for beer money.  Asimo, Vantman, Sudsprint and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 Updates. Fitted the headlight.  It doesn't look gopping and injured. Skizzer, Minimad5, Vince70 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 check out this underseal. Audi were really at the top of their anti corrosion game then. 31 years and the vast majority of the underseal is still in situ. Small amount of surface rust but I'll catch that with some vatcan after power washing.  Burnside, Vince70 and BorniteIdentity 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 48 minutes ago, Spurious said: check out this underseal. Audi were really at the top of their anti corrosion game then. 31 years and the vast majority of the underseal is still in situ. Small amount of surface rust but I'll catch that with some vatcan after power washing.  cleaned up okay. there's a few spots where the underseal has flaked off. Reckon a bit of vactan/paint and some lanoguard on top will prevent it from getting much worse. artdjones, Minimad5 and Low Horatio gearbox 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 so here's the same wheel arch. Now after Bilt Hamber Rust stop stuff, some rattle can direct to rust prep and some satin finish metal paint. When the paint dries, it'll be a coating of Lanoguard and the wheel arch liner popped back on. Hopefully enough to keep any surface rust at bay for a little while. . It's slow work in this weather, paint takes days to dry properly. I'm in various stages of paint/preventer on the other 4 arches. Skizzer, crad, spartacus and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 So a little round up from the year I've nailed almost all of the advisories from last year's MOT. Calipers have all been rebuilt with new pads and discs all round with a fluid flush. New CV joint In the process of sorting the surface rust on the front McPherson struts Same on the rear, when this is sorted, Lanoguard is going on the wheel arches. Serviced New injectors all round First half of March is the aim to get it through the MOT again. I don't like leaving cars without driving them for long periods, so I don't want to leave it much longer. I also scrubbed it tonight, it's amazing when you get a wee bit bogged down with jobs that giving it a wash makes things seem more achievable. Small wins and all that. Burnside, BorniteIdentity, TrabbieRonnie and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrabbieRonnie Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Lovely car, well done fella! Spurious 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 Decided to keep at using the Lanoguard wax in lesser known spots. Next on the hitlist was the front scuttle. Considering how close it is to the strut towers and you don't want to upset the MOT man, corrosion here would be no fun. Cleaned out the winters detritus of sticks, leaves and various composting bits of tree from the scuttle which is now clean and happily draining. Battery out and the tray looks happy. Cleared out the mesh for the blower, drainage channel for the front screens and the other side where the fuse box is. It's all pretty good after a wash down. Wax tomorrow when it's given a chance to air out... spartacus, Vince70, Burnside and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 Also the windscreen scuttle had these odd rubber blocks on them, mostly preventing the water from draining down properly. This channel was chock full of crud. Not sure whether to leave them be or take them out. hmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 The man from the Ministry is having a peek tomorrow morning. Final pre flight checks, I even replaced the hubcaps. Hopefully the two months it's been off the road haven't done it much harm, started it every couple of days and left it chocked instead of with the handbrake on. Will give it a belt up the motorway on the way to a "pre-arranged MOT test". Skizzer, Fumbler, mk2_craig and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Good luck! Made to last these auld yins though! Spurious 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 On 2/9/2021 at 3:57 PM, Spurious said: check out this underseal. Audi were really at the top of their anti corrosion game then. 31 years and the vast majority of the underseal is still in situ. C3 bodyshells were fully galvanised from September 1985 onwards. Audi made a big thing of this in their newspaper adverts at the time. Ted Eggs and Spurious 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 It's going to be a pass. Failed on two tires been fitted with the wrong rotation, they're on inside out. I even went to what I thought was a decent outfit to do the tyres last year, got them at ATS. Other than that, advisories on two rear wheel bearings, suspect they're taper bearings and require a smidge of free play in them to begin with so as long as they're not grumbling away I'm not concerned. garethj, Burnside, Tickman and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeB Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 6 hours ago, Spurious said: Failed on two tires been fitted with the wrong rotation, they're on inside out.  Just put them on the other side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 13 hours ago, GeorgeB said: Just put them on the other side. The inside marked bit of the tyre is on the outside of the rim. So yeah, that was my first thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 38 minutes ago, Spurious said: The inside marked bit of the tyre is on the outside of the rim. So yeah, that was my first thought It will always be on the outside, whichever side you put them on! Tyre needs taking off the wheel.... spartacus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacus Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Ha ha, I worked at a garage about 20 years ago and failed a 620 turbo for this, the owner of the place really struggled to get his head around the fact that tyres were on the rims the wrong way round. Not helped by the fact it was a relatively new thing to have directional and handed tyres. Bad luck on that but at least it's an easy fix. Spurious 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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