Excellent cheers.
My lower harness was £500 alone and it’s the same again for the upper, that doesn’t include the starter wiring.
I’ll save that for when the inevitable happens and I open the harness up.
Dave!
Excellent cheers.
My engine was out having a full refresh so made sense to do it all in one hit.
It’s not really user serviceable unless you bodge it. From what I’ve seen on YouTube the motor is locked into place with tabs which need to be dremelled off and the motor housing itself has another housing inside it which has more tabs that need to be drilled out. Then the brushes just need replacing and they glue it all together.
Leaky heater matrix?240PP wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 11:09 pm I have a chemical/solvent type smell coming from inside the Audi. I assumed it was an issue with the aircon so took it in to a local place to have a look. They cleaned the system out (and forgot to regas it..). The smell went temporarily but is now back again, without having been regassed. Anyone have an idea what it might be before I ring them back?
Reassuringly expensive? What's the story with the Bilsteins? Upgrade or rebuild?scotta wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 1:54 pm Lotus - 4th Gear syncro has gone. Fine when its cold but as it heats up it gets worse and worse - crunch on gear change. Dropped it off on saturday to local specialist CMC for a gearbox rebuild. said he'd have the car for 2 weeks. At the same time its getting my nice new bilsteins fitted so at least when it comes back it will feel a bit upgraded £DONTASK. there is a mission Motorsport vets thing at croft on the 3rd August i might be doing if its back in time.
If temperature is creeping on a steady high speed cruise it’s definitely not a fan issue, there’s no way any fan will come close to the cooling effect of 70mph air. It suggests more of a hardware issue, thermostat, radiator, water pump in that order would be my work through list.Delphi wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:52 am Took the 928 up to NY500 as part of the TIPEC regional meet. I noticed that on the dual carriageway and motorway sections cruising at 70-ish the temperature gauge crept to the high side of the range. Not in the red, but a lot higher than I'd like. When I slowed down for slower A roads, the fans were definitely kicking in and the needle dropped right down to where it should be. Think I'll wind the temperature adjustment pot down further on the fan controller and see what that does.
When it was time to leave it refused to start (something it's never done before). It would catch run at low revs but as soon as I applied any throttle it died. As it was parked in the sun and it was very hot I pushed it into the shade and popped the bonnet and waited half an hour. Tried it again and it just refused to catch. Naively, I'd brought zero tools with me but fortunately there was a really nice bunch of guys there from some random modern car club who had some gear. Discovered no power getting to the fuel pump, so either fuel pump relay or fuse. Pulled the fuse and it looked OK, but there was a bit of corrosion on the terminals. Gave them a clean by scraping with a flat bladed screwdriver, popped the fuse back in and it started on the button. Next job is to replace all the fuses and assemble a tool bag with some tools, spare fuses and relays and leave it in the boot. Lesson learned.
HELLLLOOOO!!!!scotta wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 1:54 pm Lotus - 4th Gear syncro has gone. Fine when its cold but as it heats up it gets worse and worse - crunch on gear change. Dropped it off on saturday to local specialist CMC for a gearbox rebuild. said he'd have the car for 2 weeks. At the same time its getting my nice new bilsteins fitted so at least when it comes back it will feel a bit upgraded £DONTASK. there is a mission Motorsport vets thing at croft on the 3rd August i might be doing if its back in time.
There's not a tremendous amount of airflow into the rad on a 928. Like I said, the temperature drops down in traffic or when going more slowly. it's almost like the fan controller isn't turning the fans on when the car's at motorway speeds. I might bridge the A/C override (not currently connected as I have no A/C at the moment) on the controller and see what effect that has.integrale_evo wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 9:14 pm If temperature is creeping on a steady high speed cruise it’s definitely not a fan issue, there’s no way any fan will come close to the cooling effect of 70mph air. It suggests more of a hardware issue, thermostat, radiator, water pump in that order would be my work through list.
Oh, and a way to find the actual water temperature, it might just be the gauge reads higher than expected once everything has settled out and might not actually be anything to worry about.
Oh magic. You’ll be as ecstatic as me then.Coaster1 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:22 pmHELLLLOOOO!!!!scotta wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 1:54 pm Lotus - 4th Gear syncro has gone. Fine when its cold but as it heats up it gets worse and worse - crunch on gear change. Dropped it off on saturday to local specialist CMC for a gearbox rebuild. said he'd have the car for 2 weeks. At the same time its getting my nice new bilsteins fitted so at least when it comes back it will feel a bit upgraded £DONTASK. there is a mission Motorsport vets thing at croft on the 3rd August i might be doing if its back in time.
My GT3’s gearbox will require rebuild too (5th gear issue); I am expecting a lot of ‘whilst the gearbox is out let’s do XYZ’ works as well.
At least it’s pretty.