***Update to now***
Today I got some more work done. Went and picked up a starter and 1.8T radiator.
Immediately took the starter and sent it off to get rebuilt locally.
I haven't looked over the harness yet, but I think I'll be missing some grounds. I'll have to transfer over the ground strap from the 2.7T for the positive battery terminal.
The radiator is totally mint as well. No bent fins anywhere, other than being a bit dusty.
Also ran to the parts store and got new bolts for the header to downpipe. I was able to reuse the retainers after knocking out the disgusting old bolts. Copper anti-sieze will be going on those.
The worst part of these v8 brackets is the 7/8" gap between the chassis rails and bracket. I went out and got 28 12mm spacers, and 4 thinner ones to use and take up space, however I only ended up using 4 12mm spacers on the outside (towards fenders), and 5 12mm spacers on the inside (towards the bay).
Got the rear diff out and the flanges swapped. That should be reinstalled relatively quickly, then on to making sure the motor fits in the bay before installing the clutch and flywheel.
I did the rear main seal before stopping for the night. Scraped off the old gasket, brake clean and sanded down the sealing surface. Installed the new paper gasket and applied RTV to the bottom of the flange. I'll snug up the bottom 2 bolts tomorrow.
To do list thus far:
-reinstall rear diff
-swap trans linkages
-swap trans axle cups
-tighten bottom RMS bolts
-install headers
-mock up motor in the bay
-change gear oil?
-install flywheel
-install clutch
-mate motor/trans
-install V8 power steering lines to rack
-general reassembly
Delete A.C.? Mine is empty and didn't work before. I guess having it later would be nice, but depends how much of a pain it's going to be to delete.
Yesterday I was able to get the clutch and flywheel installed. Took a while to find the right orientation of the flywheel before I was able to get the bolts in.
I stupidly ordered the 2.7T flywheel bolts and they were about double the required length. I had to go and order B7 RS4 flywheel bolts from the dealer. *TTV 4646 flywheel requires RS4 flywheel bolts
N90665001*
From there I tried to install the clutch. The dowels provided on the flywheel were much too large to install. I ended up drilling out the dowel holes to fit it. Notice the holes beside are much smaller
Just barely fits in
B7 RS4 clutch installed
Next was tackling the sheared off slave bolt. Ended up buying cobalt bits and spending 30mins drilling it out and trying to save the threads.
I am actually able to thread the slave bolt in. So that's a great relief from some of the horror stories I've heard with drilling out the bolt.
I tried to put the starter in at the end of the day and it wouldn't fit. I ended up pulling the one off my 2.7T and realised it was the same. I ended up figuring out that the wrecked gave me the wrong one. I took it back and they gave me the correct one. I went home and made sure it fit in the block first before having it rebuilt lol
I figured out the V8 downpipes don't fit. They need to be chopped as the portion that moves down comes into contact with the transmission bracket. They also spread way out so I'll have to chop them right after the precat and have a straight section of pipe welded to it to dump right to the floor. I won't be able to attach my catback because it has V-band flanges
An amendment to the V8 downpipes they do in fact fit. Idk what I was doing yesterday but it certainly wasn't putting it in right lol.
I don't need to notch the subframe because there's all this room here. Another plus for Allroad owners
It comes really close to the heat shield so a little bending should set that right but I'm not concerned right now.
Sitting in the bay. I was so happy to see it sitting there.
Picked up Redline MT-85 to fill the trans. Dumped the old fluid and filled with this. 5 bottles of performance GL-4.
Almost stripped the fill plug on the new trans, then changed the flanges over for the Allroad axles.
Next I punched the pre-cats and collected everything in a pitcher. Will be turning these in along with the main cats at a later date.
I moved on to installing the V8 positive battery cable, hooking up to the starter/alternator. I was missing one connection, so I ended up adding it with some spare stuff in the garage.
With this, I've read of RS6 owners deleting the Aux rad by looping it out, so I'll be attempting the same thing here since I went be running an Aux rad.
Last time I mounted the motor, I didn't mount the passenger side downpipe. Turns out it hangs much lower than the driver side does. Upon installation, the downpipe hits where the trans mount is on the subframe preventing me from installing the motor.
It needs to be bent about 30° to the right and brought upwards 3" to be about the same with the other side. I'm going to try installing this with the downpipe bolts loose and see if I can pry it up over the trans mount. If not, I'll have to find a place to make a single bend in the pipe to allow me to install.
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