[V8] Timing Belt Change...wish me luck.

[MORRALEE David]

I'm about to do mine to ... Only I have to get the new starter* into the
5000 before tackling the V8 Timing stuff  . 

*I did my good deed for a younger Audi guy in Ottawa last week ... He
blew his head gasket on his 5000 cdqt Advant , so I went over and help
him ( showed him how to do a head gasket ) .... Hey I have three cars so
why don't you just use my 5000cd qt ? A long story, but he ended up
burning the starter out . He purchased a rebuilt for me .

So back to the t Belt , once the 5000 has a starter again. 
>I'll be changing out the auto trans ( with a new one from ZF ) 
> full t-belt job 
> all seals + rear crank and oil pan lower gasket 
> head gaskets and valve gaskets 

So I'm sure to have a lot to write about :-) 

Cheers
Superdave 

-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
Of Ron Wainwright
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 2:34 PM
To: NicolCS at aol.com
Cc: v8 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [V8] Timing Belt Change...wish me luck.


--- NicolCS at aol.com wrote:

>  
> In a message dated 5/14/2007 9:36:44 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, 
> tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net writes:
> 
> I'll add  a third to that. As I said, it is possible. However, nothing

> broke on me,  and I still would never do the job with the front end 
> on. But, to each  their own...........
> 
> Tony Hoffman
> 
> 
> As long as we are on the topic... I'm getting ready for this job 
> myself and I noted a couple of weeks ago that someone said that there 
> is a large "Costal"
>  connector in the harness that simplifies the removal of the front 
> end.  I looked around the LF fender area and the LF fender where it 
> meets the core support and didn't see any large electrical disconnect 
> in the harness.  Did  I miss it?  Do all the V8s have the disconnect?
>  
> TIA. Craig Nicol
> 90 V8 97k
> 95 S6 Avant
> 
> 
 Craig, the "Coastal" connector is on the pass side frame rail..just
before the front mount.
 Be carefull pulling the 2 halfes apart. The plastic is very brittle.

 Ron



 
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