AvantS4me

Just had to vent...Started taking it apart last night and I can't even get the downpipes off. (I am having piggies done while it is apart). I hope I haven't gotten in over my head. The upper nut on the drivers side down pipe is a pain in the a$$!!. I am beginning to think it would have been worth the 1K to have someone else do it!!

paulroad

this is why the engine is removed for turbo replacment.

Kartman

Hope you have some competent help. I'd hate to think how you would get them off and back without help. Used all the socket extensions I had to turn some of the bolts, crowsfeet. universals, ratcheting boxends, you name it. If you could only through the heat shrouds away. Tell me the Germans don't have a sense of humor.

quickaudi:STFA

removing the wheels gets you a lot more access to some of the weird stuff.
flex head ratchets help too.

AvantS4me

While I think of myself as a decent mechanic, I was in over my head. To do this right, I would need a lift and a good tranny jack. Wicked can do it in a quarter of the time, and I know it will be done right. Thanks for the encouragement, but I know when to quit. I guess I should have waited to drain it!! It cost me $50 to figure out I needed someone else to do it.

vwtech121

If anyone needs the Torque converter done still, I can do it for you. If you are in the So. Cal area. I am A master Audi tech and do side work. I have access to my dealership on saturdays to do heavy line stuff like this.
Just an Idea,

-Don-
vwtech121@yahoo.com

AvantS4me

I am having KO4's installed, and bought everything from WMS.