[V8] starter / serpentine belt BTDT?

[Ron Wainwright]

Forgot to mention were the top bolt was.......DOH
It's located rite to the side of the trans vent tube located @ the top side of the axle housing.
You'll know it's in your hand cause it's like 8 or ao inches long... sorry I gotta laugh.

 Ron


--- On Thu, 1/1/09, Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [V8] starter / serpentine belt BTDT?
> To: "Karl Middlebrooks" <benzeenprophet at hotmail.com>
> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> Date: Thursday, January 1, 2009, 8:27 PM
> Starter R&R,
> 
> 1) disconnect the betterie
> 2)Lower allen head bolt is an 8MM gotten from under the
> car.
> 3) top bolt is gotten from top. Remove the airfilter
> housing/snorkels,
> remove the P-side plug wires from the spark plugs &
> remove the cap. Once thats done you can use a 10mm allen
> head socket. Insert the socket & you will notice that
> not all of it goes in....that will give you enough room to
> put a 10mm open end wrench on the allen head bit that sticks
> out.
> Remove the two wires from the starter.
> 
>  What does the serp belt kit contain? belt, rollers &
> damper? anyway.....
> remove the rad fan, 2 10mm bolts & put it on the hydro
> res.
> remove the 10mm bolt from the top of the serp belt damper
> on the p-side t-belt cover. Use a screw driver to push out
> the top of the damper.
> Now you can use the closed end of a 13mm wrench on the
> acorn nut. The acorn nut is located to the Left of the crank
> pully. Push down to relieve the tension & pull the belt
> off.
> The rollers have a Blk plastic cover on them. Use a small
> blade screwdriver to pop the cap & use a 6mm allen head
> to remove the bolts & wiggle the rollers off.
>  You shouldn't have any issues with room if you remove
> the rad fan.
> 
>  If you need any pics of anything I can send them to
> you.... just let me know.
> 
>  Ron
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 1/1/09, Karl Middlebrooks
> <benzeenprophet at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Karl Middlebrooks
> <benzeenprophet at hotmail.com>
> > Subject: [V8] starter / serpentine belt BTDT?
> > To: "Audi V8Q Mailing list"
> <v8 at audifans.com>
> > Date: Thursday, January 1, 2009, 6:49 PM
> > Having gotten laid off for the holidays (which was
> much less
> > fun than getting a bonus for the holidays), I'm
> now
> > getting around to doing a little needed work on the
> Titan
> > Grey 90.
> > 
> > I've got a rebuilt Bosch starter ready to go, but
> > having read a few threads in the archives about the
> > difficulty of some of the bolts, I'm curious about
> the
> > best way to go about getting the old out.
> > 
> > Also, I've got a new serpentine belt kit that
> needs to
> > go on. On first inspection, it looks like all things
> > considered, the best way to go about replacing the
> > serpentine belt and idlers is with the front removed
> from
> > the car. I've got other cars to use, and it seems
> like
> > it's not a bad time to learn how to take the front
> end
> > off the car. Thoughts on replacing the best way to
> replace
> > the belt without removing the front end, or gotchas on
> > taking off/replacing the front? The manuals specify
> that a
> > pin should be put in to keep the tension off, and i
> > don't have the Audi pin...any advice as to what
> > works/doesn't work for that? 
> > 
> > Karl
> > too much time on my hands now....
> > 
> > 
> >
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