Re: Locking the crank on an ABY engine

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

The AAN engine uses tool 3256 to lock the crank - probably the same on the
ABY.

Fred Munro
'94 S4  94k km

----- Original Message -----
From: <isham-research.freeserve.co.uk@pop.pol.net.uk>
To: <quattro@audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 12:00 AM
Subject: Locking the crank on an ABY engine


> I thought the #2084 tool was common to all of the I5s - but evidently
> not.  I changed a cam belt and chain on an ABY yesterday and the 2084
> didn't even reach far enough into the harmonic damper to engage the
> Woodruff/dog clutch inside.
>
> Is there another tool?
>
> BTW - I also hadn't realised that the ABY is distributorless - coil per
> cylinder formed into the cover with timing apparently derived from a
> magnetic pickup on the cam gear.  It ran beautifully when it was done.
>
> The S2 Avant chassis is a dream to work on, except that it's too low
> to get on to ramps.  Three bolts each side remove the front crossmember
> with the auxiliary radiator and intercooler still attached.  The
> flywheel mark is a really deep and easy to spot groove, and the cam
> gear has alignment marks both front and rear.
>
> --
>  Phil Payne
>  UK Audi quattro Owners Club
>  Phone +44 7785 302803  Fax +44 870 0883933
>