[V8] v8 on the road by friday!! (hopefully)

[urq]

Why are you saying that you need to take off subframe bushings?

Far and away the easiest way to do the R&R of the engine on the V8Q is by
removing the nose of the car.  You disconnect the tranny cooler lines from
the radiator and drop the A/C condenser, disconnect radiator and engine oil
cooler and then pull the core support.  The electricals for the engine
connect to three Kostal connectors right above the gas & brake pedals.  If
the new motor has the electricals and fuel it is a pretty clean swap.  It
has been many years so I'm sure I'm missing some things, but it was a job I
did by myself back when ... 

The steering rack is similar to that of the old 5k/200, so you may want to
have yours swapped while the motor is out.  The V8 also has a steering
damper, which is also likely in need of replacement after 22 years.  

... subframe bushings aren't that difficult to do with the car together ...
if yours are in good shape now you can save some money ... IMO

Steve Buchholz

-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
toml99 at todomundo.com
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 12:55 PM
To: v8audi
Subject: Re: [V8] v8 on the road by friday!! (hopefully)

I can't imagine not spending the $300 on a rebuilt rack/rebuilding the hoses
while the motors out.  It took about 30-45 min with the motor out yesterday
to remove the rack/hoses(ZF freshly rebuilt rack) with most of that time
trying to get the frozen up yoke off thru the firewall.  Someone who's done
it in place can chime in on how many  
hours it took just to get those hose fittings off.   It would also be  
a good time to replace the subframe bushings/control arms since you're
paying for the labor to remove them anyway.  One of the subframe bushings on
the parts car was pretty much missing, and both  
inner control arm bushings were split(125K) and the ends were loose.   
It also had 1 bad front bearing which sucked as I planned on throwing the
complete towers on the Black car to sell it.  You've already made a pretty
major committment by paying for  the motor swap.....What's another
$700...Ha.  Sincerely, Tom _______________________________________________
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