[urq] Well, its ready... almost.

[Steve Eiche]

Thanks to the encouragement of family and friends, a couple of weeks of 
focused labor, my ur q is about ready to move under it's own power once 
again.  The wiring harnesses, interior, fuel and brake plumbing was 
completed early last week.  The newly powder coated, rebushed, new 
springed and rebushed rear suspension was assembled and installed 
Friday.  The 3B/RR engine and AUM transmission met each other for the 
first time coupled with a new Centerforce high performance "street" 
clutch late Saturday night.   Monday I rented an engine crane and pulled 
the drivetrain into it's new home, with the help of my neighbor.   That 
went remarkably smoothly. 

Tuesday was spent connecting up all the misc. hydraulic system, clutch, 
oil, fuel and coolant plumbing in the engine compartment.  Yesterday the 
front suspension, axles and brakes went together, capped off by the 
return of the car to the ground on it's own suspension.  Today I spent 
cleaning up misc. park brake cable routing (had to buy another new set, 
what I did with the other new set I had escapes me) as well as some 
other odds and ends.  Also forgot the little plastic caps for the ABS 
sensors, which now cost $2 each.  Tomorrow I hope to refill the 
hydraulic system and get the ABS system and clutch bled without getting 
ATE blue all over the new (well, I guess you could say that it is new) 
paint.  I read somewhere that it took the original crews roughly 38 hrs 
to build an ur quattro by hand.  Those must have been some FAST hands...

Anyway, once I get the new battery in the car I will do a thorough 
testing of the electrical system, followed by pre-oiling the engine 
through the oil pressure sensor using a slick pressurized reservoir that 
I borrowed.  Assuming that all goes well, I can theoretically start the 
engine and move the car (not drive - no exhaust past the downpipe and no 
glass yet) by the end of the weekend.   Then I need to get the car 
flatbedded to get the alignment set and the suspension components all 
torqued to spec.  Hopefully I can get the windshield and back glass 
installed (I don't want to mess up the new B and C pillar trim myself.  
Better let someone else do it so I have someone else to blame.) by the 
next door glass shop after the alignment.    From there, its up on the 
rack for the exhaust.  Assuming all goes well, by the end of next week 
my "not so ur" quattro may well be back on the road.

H#ck.  Nobody's gonna believe that...  Oh well, it was a good try.  
April fools....

Steve