AVANT S4 KING

When: 9/3 (First Sunday of each month)
Time: Noon
Where: Behind Park Place shopping center


Directions:
1. Exit Ashford-Dunwoody Road from I-285.
2. Go North on Ashford-Dunwoody.
3. Just past the Exxon station, turn right into Park Place shopping center.
4. Go left around to the rear parking lot.

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RobC

Wrenching on the S today....

RedWing

Get the bolt problem figured out?

RobC

None of the dealers had them in stock so I ended up getting a bolt from Hans that came off a 1.8T. It turns out that the 1.8T bolt is a little different so I didn't use it. The end of the bolt is flat, where the 2.7T bolt has a taper.

The original bolts have both twisted and one was cracked. They fit somewhat loosely into the holes with a little bit of wobble. The 1.8T bolt seems to fit much better. I'm going to guess that new 2.7T banjo bolts will also fit better.

Hans informed me that the line in question is actually a vacuum line, so really they don't need much torque. I'm going to order new bolts and try again.

The valve cover gasket I got from ECS is for a 1.8T so I couldn't work on that. Today all we got done was to install the transmission and replace the center torsen diff with a 4:1 Stasis unit.

Next time I just need to install the banjo bolts and new valve cover gasket and the motor will be ready to go back in the car.

Here's a pic from last week showing the LWFW.
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And with the clutch installed:
<img src="http://maxhawk.flagshiphosting.com/misc/k04_clutch_800.jpg">

I haven't been taking as many pics as I wanted. My gloves get dirty and I don't want to keep replacing them every few minutes just to take pictures.

BluDemon

looking good.... how much time do you have wrapped up in the install already

RobC

Last weekend for example all we did was install headers, turbos, and clutch. This past Sunday we put the transmission back on and started the valve cover gasket.

I think the longest day I've worked is maybe 7 hours (including lunch). The shortest has been around 3 hours. So let's call it 25 hours.

daxman

Hey. Being a new 07' S4 owner I'm gonna try to make it to the next meet up. So this goes on every first Sunday of the month at noon?

Sounds fun!

RobC

Obviously less people show up when it rains.