Audi A8 full R n R

[Nicholas Miller]

I'm actually doing this in a 10x20 garage.  I had about 5ft of room in the
front and 3.5 feet on either side, enough to shimmy around the car and pull
the front end at the end of the garage.  I then backed the car out into the
driveway sans front clip and am doing the rest on the ground with the car
on jackstands.  I plan on using an engine hoist and engine dollies to get
it all out.  Going to drop it nice and slow onto a few of those wooden
dollies you can get for moving furniture, then do the trans, crank seals,
valve covers, oil pan, and timing on the engine in the garage and throw it
all back in.  I'm going to end up having to put the car in the garge
without the engine temporarily while I leave for work this Wednesday so I
can soure the catalytic converter and shields I need in the mean time.

I am using the writeup on a8parts.co.uk loosely, however its for a lhd
car.  And he has a slightly different engine code.  So far, the main
differences were the power steering/ac stuff, and the wiring harness.   You
can actually remove the power steering pump from the engine, like 3 bolts,
and place it on the drivers frame rail and it clears the motor.  The ac
compressor can also stay which is nice.  Easy stuff.

Hey, if you want to make your parts car a little lighter, I'm shopping
around hard for a few things if you can help out.  I donthave a working
version of etka anymore or I'd check myself, but I think the cats on a 97
and 99 would be the same.

Best of luck, I'm working on assembling photos for the procedure, amending
the european writeup for USA bound cars, and putting it on q world.

Nick
On Nov 9, 2012 10:44 AM, "Britt Crowell" <britt at brittcrowell.com> wrote:

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> Funny you should bring this up Nick.
> I've got 2 '97 A8Qs
> One is my Black/Black with a busted A basket too.
> The other is the Silver/Black "parts" car that have a fresh trans rebuilt
> by Tozo in ChiTown. Its technically totaled due to a rear qtr panel damage
> in a parking lot boo boo. Its got 20in wheels, bilsteins sport, custom HIDs
> and a few other bits. I got it spring of last year.
> Just before the trans bit the dust on my Black/Black I did the front end,
> rad fan and had the trans valve body rebuilt too. It was in pretty good
> shape overall when I parked it 4 years ago.
> Don't think I care about the bilsteins, HIDs or maybe 20in wheels.
> I've already scavenged the new blower motor and main passenger fuel sender
> for the wifes '01 A8L. Its got face-lift armrests too.
> Need to do the engine/trans swap and get it back on the road.
> But first I have to get a concrete pad poured at my house. Country living
> has its advantages, like plenty of room to drive around in reverse to
> scrape the rust off the rotors, but you can only do so much on the grass.
>
> So where do you live Nick?
> Where/how are you doing the engine/trans pull? Pics during the process
> would be great.
>
> You can check out some of my pics here:
> http://www.brittcrowell.com/2011/2011-5-14_AudiA8pics/
> Currently I have the original 16" wheels on the wife's '01 A8L and her 18"
> pie plates on my '97, the 20" look cool, but with the bilsteins and 35/30
> series tires it just rides a little ruff and the brakes look tiny.
>
> Britt
>
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> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 19:41:48 -0600
> From: Nicholas Miller <chance9121 at gmail.com>
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Audi A8 full R n R, any problem areas to address?
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> Well, much progress was made today, I managed to get the front end off the
> car previously, removed all the lines, wires, etc to the engine, and got
> the exhaust and driveshaft off the transmission.  I'm ready to pull the
> wheels, suspension, and yank the motor.
>
> Unfortunately, I found today that my rear differential is leaking from all
> 3 output seals, which sucks, but not quite as bad as seeing that my
> passenger side catalytic converter is totally gone, most likely due to a
> bad coil on the passenger side bank some time in its past life.  So, add
> that to the list, as well as a lot of lightly charred wiring to my Oxygen
> sensors, and a good bit of sound material that is shot as well.  Hmph.
>
> If anyone is parting a pre-facelift A8 Q, I could probably use a few bits
> right around that area, please get ahold of me.  I'm also looking for some
> stuff to convert to Nav in my 99, if anyone's got that, or some good info
> on how to do so, I'd appreciate it, thank you please :-)
>
> On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Pat <psdooley at verizon.net> wrote:
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