85 UR quattro

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Sorry about the lack of updates. Been busy with domestic stuff and wheel sales. I did manage to cobble together a list of parts. Some of the part numbers might be right.



If you have any of these or any correction or even something I've missed please let me know.

9-25-2014

I've ordered around $1000 of parts from Jeff at Sunset Porsche-Audi and ECS but I'm missing a few hard to find NLA type pars. Perhaps you can help?


clutch slave cylinder 1
hall sender 1035905065a
intake manifold bolt 1N0147112
subframe bushings rear 2857199419B

Anyone have any of these or a source let me know. Keen to slap this thing back together.

9-28-2014

Uh oh, parts list just got bigger due to ECS's overly ambitious inventory system.

Now need:

clutch slave cylinder 1
hall sender 1 035905065a
*intake manifold bolt 1 N0147112
subframe bushings rear 2 857199419B
*cam belt cover rear 1035109143
*head gasket 1035 103 383 J
* lower cam belt cover 1069109110

Parts marked * are going to hold me up

Anybody have any ideas?

10-22-2014

Parts are starting to show up now. Going to be out of excuses soon.

Unfortunately I think these injector holders and the one injector are going to be wrong for this head.

But all this stuff is going to be appropriate.

10-24-2014

Uh oh. One these things is not like the other.

The old engine mount on the left is 431199381N. The new one I ordered is 431199381J

Which one should I be using?

11-26-2014

I may be back on Quattro duty! The brief disruption to service was caused by us taking on more space and building a new home for the cars. There's space for a red Quattro too:

That done I got stuck into the Quattro this week. Cleaned up the injector holders, added new seals and reinstalled the cam. Whatever next?

Rigged up idler pulley puller. Very effective.

Installed new seal and pulley and reinstalled the oil pump.

I couldn't find any marks to line up right now so this is a close to #1 at TDC as I could eyeball:

and with #1 valves all closed that should be close enough for now right? Head is on but not torqued down yet.

Missing some parts so will have to work on other aspects of the project over the holiday. Is it true it's best to use TWO crankshaft seal cover gaskets to move the lip of the seal out of the old wear groove?

11-30-2014

I've been thinking about how to set valve timing on this engine. The manual says to align the mark on the flywheel with the indicator on the bell housing and the mark on the camshaft pulley with the top of the head. I really don't want to have to install the gearbox before I can set timing; is there another way? There is also mention of setting the mark on the crankshaft pulley with a boss on the oil pump but I have read this can be unreliable. Does anyone know the number of teeth on the belt between the two marks once the cam belt is on?

One more question: does the black seal go on the plastic or on the brass?

I did make some progress this weekend but got distracted by some bright and shiny things that turned up:

Once that bit of fun was over I started to refurbish the engine's tin ware. Degreased, wire brushed and treated with rust eater:

Tomorrow I'll source some POR15 and finish them in black.

12-1-2014

Made a little progress today but before we get to that a little housekeeping: I have been hosting most of my pictures on Facebook for this thread but I've recently noticed that they a not loading. It seems that they are still on my Facebook page but the urls have changed! There is no way I can go back and re-link them all so if you want to see them try my Snapfish account instead.

Now then, back to the business in hand. I torqued down the head bolts today. Boy, what a lot of effort. I hate torqueing head bolts. I always expect one to strip but they never have, yet. No pics; it looked just the same afterwards, sorry. I did paint the tinware though. Used Rustoleum instead of POR15. Way cheaper and probably fine for this application.

Tomorrow, if time permits, I will try to get this and the timing belt on. Or maybe the oil pan, or perhaps the valve cover. Something will get bolted to something.

12-3-2014

So, true to my word, I did bolt some things to other things today. Got the cam belt cover on. I would say "back on" but the engine didn't have one before!

and the cam pulley, crank pulley and cam belt.

and the valve cover

and even the oil pick up tube!

However, I'm not sure the timing is right yet so everything is still loose. What do you think, close enough:

I'm thinking maybe 1 tooth off on the cam end. Will it still turn safely one tooth out?

12-6-2014

Got some new engine mounts yesterday. These should do the trick.

Bolted the oil pan on. Had to replace a few missing screw!

Then bolted some things onto the left side

and then to the right side

I'm going to try to make one of these heat shields because I can't find one anywhere. Does anyone know what color they were painted?

Last thing today I moved the car off the hoist and staged it in our showroom. The 911 that was there needs transmission work and has to be running soon so it's time to switch focus. I do intend getting the intake and exhaust mounted and mating up the transmissionfirst though. If nothing else just to make some room in the shop. Cars in bits seem to take up a lot of space.

12-7-2014

I made this heat shield today. Still needs paint. Silver or black?