bad puppy fixed..

[SJ]

From: "thejimrose" <thejimrose at gmail.com>
To: <syljay at optonline.net>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 11:58 AM
Subject: re: bad puppy fixed..


> congrats. but, wouldnt it have been about the same work to replace the
pan?

*****
1. I would have to drop the front half of the subframe
    - the car is 16 years old, and was used for skiing in the winter . .
.lotsa rust
    - I'm not sure what shape the subframe bolts/nuts are in . . .good
chance of stripping the hidden nuts or breaking off the bolt

2. I havent found a good explanation for getting at the rear oil pan bolts,
which are covered by the subframe and the tranny. Something to do with
looking thru holes in the clutch housing and lining up flywheel holes. I
havent found a pix of this set up.
I may go under the car and rotate the engine to see what the hell that is
all about.

3. As an experiment, cleaning and painting/patching the oil pan in situ was
the least risky and fastest option to get the car on the road again.

I had a spare oil pan ready . .had it cleaned and zinc etched . .and ready
for paint. Then the wire the oil pan was suspended on let go. The oil pan
hit the floor. The oil bung popped out.

So here I am . . .screwed . . . with a clean oil pan and detached oil bung.

I'll have to find someone who can tack weld the bung without distorting the
surrounding metal on which the copper wash makes a seal. It might be cheaper
to just buy another used oil pan.

Thats the story of why the pan was not swapped out . . . and I'm sticking to
it!


SJ
85 Dodge PU, D-250, 318, auto
85 Audi 4k - - sold but still on the road
88 Audi 5kq
90 Audi 100q




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