[urq] Bad turbo not so bad - head gasket/timing

[Justin]

Keep us updated as I'm also considering this conversion in the future.
Thanx,
Justin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Kellock" <ekellock at adelphia.net>
To: <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [urq] Bad turbo not so bad - head gasket/timing


> Not initially.  I have most of the parts from a junkyard car but I will
wait to do that part of the conversion.
>
> ============================================================
> From: "Justin" <cbrooks22 at cox.net>
> Date: 2004/03/09 Tue PM 08:06:16 MST
> To: <ekellock at adelphia.net>,
> <urq at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [urq] Bad turbo not so bad - head gasket/timing
>
> Are you going to hook up an "after run" pump/system?
> Justin
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ed Kellock" <ekellock at adelphia.net>
> To: <urq at audifans.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 1:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [urq] Bad turbo not so bad - head gasket/timing
>
>
> > I just did this on Sunday.  I got the new feeze plug with the water
> fitting at the dealer for about $15.  I used a large flat-blade
screwdriver
> to poke through the existing freeze plug and then twisted and pried it
out.
> Then I cut a piece of wood with a hole in it for the water fitting and
used
> that to get the new freeze plug started in the hole.  Once it was pretty
> much flush with the side of the block, I used a socket that was almost the
> same exact diameter to seat the freeze plug all the way in.  The freeze
plug
> hole in the block has a lip around the bottom of it to prevent you from
> pounding the freeze plug all the way through.  Plus there's another freeze
> plug just an inch or so away so you can see how deep it is seated as a
guide
> to when you're done.
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > ============================================================
> > From: JagerBond at aol.com
> > Date: 2004/03/09 Tue PM 12:50:17 MST
> >
> > >>I know that on my 83 there was a plug on the side of the
> > >>block that allowed for a coolant hook up, how does that
> > >>press in or connect?
> > >
> > >Frost plug?? the water hose clamps onto it.
> >
> > How does it stick in the block?
> >
> > Thanks as always for your help
> >
> > Mike Bond
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> >
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