Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

tanko

Is it ok to put 205/55/16 wheels on a car that has 195/65/15 on it at the moment?

Titzon Toast

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119082215#Comment_119082215

Fire one on the front and have a good check. It's a slightly taller and wider but with a slightly lower profile tyre.

Turn it to full lock in both directions.

wandererz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119071810#Comment_119071810

Here ya go. All shined up, just in time for todays rain.

81,087 km

wandererz

New Brembo pads.

Painted calipers.

New Saab wheel badges.

New Vredestein 225/45/17's on the front.

wandererz

Dash needed some cleaning.

As good as new now.

Wife's response to the pictures of my handiwork projected on the TV:

"Is that MY car? No.... It isn't!!"

Light APC solution on the dash & steering wheel. Followed by McGuires Ultimate Interior Detailer.

wandererz

Leather on the seats needed a bit of attention.

After:

Ran out of light. Will do the fabric tomorrow.

Used CarPro Interior (leather & interior) cleaner on the leather.

Will do another pass tomorrow and then finish off with some GTechniq Leather Sealant.

Titzon Toast

She looks spotless, fair play. They're fairly rare these days, unfortunately.

Best of luck with it.

wandererz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119083112#Comment_119083112

Thanks.

81,000 km / 50,000 miles.

Probably the lowest milage one in Ireland. Certainly for its age.

Heated seats, tiptronic, flappy paddle gears.

Drives like a dream.

I only use Liqui Moly oil and Ceratec engine lubricant. So hopefully it keeps going.

Only problems have been regular headlamp bulb changes. The left side blew yesterday simply because I looked at it! Other than that, broken engine mount, broken spring and seized Caliper.

One previous owner who lived in D4 and traded it in at Audi Ballsbridge at 8,000km.

Rear seats looked like they had never been sat in.

v240gltse

@wandererz. well done on keeping a nice looking Saab going.

fancy pigeon

It's been flat out...

Last week was Mrs Pigeons 520d. It sprang an irritating leak and with the temp going bananas at times I got a new stat (and housing) along with this sh*tty coolant pipe (€25 from BMW)

It's a manifold off job to remove said pipe

https://imgur.com/R4NDYbl

The pipe had split internally and wouldn't be copped from the outside. Manifold was easy to remove. Cleaning it out wasn't

https://imgur.com/5pd1FzW

https://imgur.com/XKy8qJF

As some of you may know I used to set fire to the manifolds to clean them properly. Couldn't do that so well here!

New coolant and all back together, the car is much quieter and easier on weasels

Moving to Saturday, decided to start at the back of the E34 and work my way to the front, planning for the jacking points. Had to have a rethink when I scrubbed the boot!

https://imgur.com/Npk4fe2

During this it pissed rain on me, so decided to have a look at a friends Passat that was wouldn't start. I'd been at it before, testing the fuel pump, checking lines etc (drove in after a return line sh*t itself and never started again). I then decided to try the cheap solution; fuel filter. Could have kicked myself, the old filter may as well have been made of lead. Fired right up

https://imgur.com/m97YIAn

Cleared any codes it had and after a short drive the remaining faults went away (power steering etc)

Have more planned over the next few weeks, focusing on the E34 mainly as it has an upcoming event next year. Have a clutch change planned for the Volvo too, complete with solid flywheel and D5 gearbox (if you ask nicely I'll tell you what clutch I've bought to get this all to work!) and I may exchange the turbo for my own homebrew setup if I have the time...

Titzon Toast

It's been absolute Bedlhem in my pal's workshop, I've been helping out there for nearly two weeks now trying to squeeze my yoke in.

Tomorrow morning it's going into the paint booth and I'm hoping to bring it back down to my own place on Saturday morning.

It looks like it's gonna end up being both doors, both rear quarters and the rear bumper getting sprayed now.

https://i.imgur.com/MiWezLl.jpeg

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Titzon Toast

Finally sprayed. Back to my place in the morning and straight back up onto axle stands so I can scrub all the crap off the bottom of it.

The Lude life...

https://i.imgur.com/lXibPhq.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/IEhKb0D.jpeg

wandererz

Some engine bay detailing.

Before

After

PsychoPete

Cleaning an engine bay is always so satisfying

Titzon Toast

Finally got the car back to my spot this afternoon. I spent ages scrubbing the rear to get all crap off that had built up while it was in the panel beaters.

I've a few new holes to drill tomorrow to get the side skirts back on and then I'm heading off for a long overdue spin, hopefully.

https://i.imgur.com/ixs3icQ.jpeg

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wotzgoingon

That will be some spin. I'd say you will be grinning from ear to ear after being down for so long and the sun will be shining too.

Titzon Toast

Fingers crossed anyway. I have to go easy on it for a few hundred miles to let the clutch and the belts break in properly.

Titzon Toast

https://i.imgur.com/12zO6Mp.jpg

It's home, I'm heading off for a good spin.

passatman86

Well done @Titzon Toast looks class

zg3409

VAG with error code and check engine light for differential pressure. Reset error, drive around 300km up and down M1 waiting for light to come again and it did. While driving I was monitoring DPF with phone app VAG DPF and ODB dongle. The phone app was showing no differential pressure change, and a second phone app, ODB 11 app also said no change. Car was low mileage so I presumed DPF was ok

Watched loads of YouTube videos and read forums. Visually inspected the hoses and checked the part numbers.

I decided to order an aftermarket sensor from local motor factors who got it same day. Went to fit it and electrical connector was different. Who knew an 04L906051 is different connector than 04L906051G. Panicked as old sensor was off, rang VW and paid 100 versus 60 for sensor but it fitted and was in stock straight away. Performed relearning reset to say sensor was replaced and 400km later light has not come back on.

Fault fixed, I hope. When I asked dealer do they often go wrong, he hesitated and said well we do sell them...

fancy pigeon

Clutch change over the weekend! Wasn't much fun

Not many photos to depict the pain in the arse job that is the Volvo P2 clutch change. Thank goodness this wasn't AWD

It's actually very straightforward in terms of what you have to do, just everything is awkward

The main issue is the subframe needs to be out. The engine sits exclusively on the subframe. There isn't much room on top to hang a bar/pole to hold the engine...

But I got there, a few hours later

https://imgur.com/2rgjaDt

Now just to further annoy me, I had planned on using this very exquisite clutch. However, I'd got sent the wrong one! Just too much lateral play, I had visions of the splines being ripped to shreds while the car shook itself to death trying to take off. It's meant for an Evo 10 I think, which isn't what I bought

https://imgur.com/pSOPZh1

Pity. It was going to take some power through it....

Shoved in the solid flywheel and clutch (850R clutch for my 21 spline box). The box itself is very easy to remove, using 2 different sizes of bolt which are obvious. No alignment tool and it shot straight in, one take. New borg and beck concentric slave too (primed before it went in)

https://imgur.com/UNYZgpr

In the process of reassembling one of the subframe collars went missing... So I got hold of one from a Santa Fe, pressed it to match the Volvo collar and reamed the centre out with a file. This cost me another hour!

https://imgur.com/9KK6F9k

The subframe didn't want to line up with the car. The engine didn't want to line up with the subframe. The engine on subframe didn't want to line up with the mounts. The rack didn't want to twist the right way. The clips holding the various hoses are inaccessible. The brackets to be bolted down are very hard to access. The driveshaft snap ring didn't want to let the shaft seat in properly. Everything was just miserable!

Still, I got it done, the next day (7am Sunday start). Changed the balljoionts while I was at it too as one was floppy. Had visions of shoving in another silencer, that went out the window very fast with the time gobbled up already! Just one mishap to sort, copped a strange collar near the pedals, turns out the steering column bearing popped out leaving the steering very notchy (see here) which I'll sort some evening (just need to pull it off completely and reseat the bearing)

The clutch and magic goop I put in the gearbox have completely transformed the way the car drives mind you, for the better! Clutch is so nice now and the gears so slick. Apart from bedding the clutch in and enjoying the car, I have to keep the next plans under the radar for the moment!

https://imgur.com/qLNtfe5

Titzon Toast

You have an outside ramp???

fancy pigeon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119169361#Comment_119169361

Many years now. It's been a game changer

Titzon Toast

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119169873#Comment_119169873

I'd say so. I'd love that.

Slideways

I see a few comments about bedding in a clutch. If you use a new pressure plate and your fly wheel doesn’t look like a vinyl record there should be no reason to bed one in.

Once it releases fully and doesn’t slip it’s a done deal

Tazzimus

Not so much today as yesterday. New engine mounts for the festy, old ones had a good amount of movement in them.

The amount that has to come out to get at the gearbox one is a pain, I also took the opportunity to adjust the gear linkage while everything was out of the way, which seems to have sorted the car randomly popping out of second shifting down after I fitted a short shifter.

Took it for a spin yesterday and felt solid all round.

fancy pigeon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119172551#Comment_119172551

You could, but for my own sanity I'd rather err on the side of caution, especially with this one as I do not want to do this again in a hurry. Been at this too long to know when to tread carefully to avoid doing an awkward job all over again when its avoidable; in certain aspects I'm set in my ways. I've another clutch to do this weekend and a tractor in a few weeks and I'll be taking my precautions as always during testing. No skin off my back if people want to skip the bedding phase or take shortcuts

Speaking of said Volvo, the steering issue where it would tighten after 90 degrees of rotation has been fixed during the week. Exactly as I described, the bearing wasn't sitting flush allowing additional lateral movement

https://imgur.com/tmxwmY4

This is how it should look like normally

https://imgur.com/QfJcqNa

Clean, re-grease, re-seat, re-install. Problem solved. Very simple and often overlooked when troubleshooting this issue. Installed new droplinks too

fancy pigeon

Wasn't joking about the clutch change... Done in a shade over 3 hours. My mothers 2007 Fiat Panda

https://imgur.com/7eoMwSh

2014 i30: general tidy up, rear pads changed. May or may not have had to resurface the disc in the process

2012 Passat: rear spring replacement. Failed NCT for a broken spring. Big shout out to KilianManning for sorting me with a set of springs

2003 Santa Fe: help isolate a brake fluid leak (wonkey copper washer at one of the calipers)

Note: None of the aforementioned vehicles are mine, just happened to take up the Saturday on me!

Titzon Toast

I grouped together most of the pictures of my rebuild from start to finish over a good few years.

It was a completely stock one owner car with a fsh when I bought it. I had to leave it on my driveway for a year before I got a storage space for it, and that added to it's first ten plus years on the Atlantic coast didn't do it any favours. Rust had set in.

It's been a long road to get to this point but from here on in it should be fun stuff only after so many years and Euro's of hard work!

https://imgur.com/gallery/u937mw6

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https://imgur.com/gallery/v85HVHa

fancy pigeon

2007 Panda: Timing belt. Was cracked and the water pump squeaking, done in about an hour

Misfire on coil bank a, stopped short of ripping out the loom to find the errant wire at fault (plenty of troubleshooting beforehand) replacement sourced today

2012 520d: engine fan replacement. 10 minutes start to finish. Genuinely, it's that easy

Water pump, not so much. And to add insult to injury, after getting to the water pump I have one for the older N47, so it doesn't fit!

I'm not looking forward to doing this one again...