Dad's retirement project - TT flavoured
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I forgot, I also picked up the powdercoated brake dust shields... fronts only as the rears won't come off until stripped down further...
I always love the fact things like this go from a manky, cruddy finish, to brand new again....
and all the caliper parts are now painted and drying in the sun....
3 coats of primer, followed by
3 coats of satin black, followed by
1 coat of gloss lacquer
Why not go straight to gloss black I hear you say, find satin gives a better coverage and looks more OE than a gloss black paint, the 1 coat of gloss lacquer just lifts it a touch so is a halfway house between satin and gloss.
It works for me....
89forever said:
You need a genuine VCDS cable as a minimum but if you have that yes, very easy.... if local to Worcester? pop along and i'll do it for you
Unfortunately not, but thanks for the kind offer! We are near Windsor so quite the trek. I'll have a look into the cable and go from there 
Danm1les said:
Unfortunately not, but thanks for the kind offer! We are near Windsor so quite the trek. I'll have a look into the cable and go from there
Have a look on the TT Forum, there is a map of members who have VCDS, you may have a helpful soul nearby who might be able to help.
The garage opened at 0745 with the arrival of Dad, smiling as usual and wanting to get stuck in....
Deep clean day, all covers off from the top side and underside... front to back, left to right...
This was the typical state under everything
Dad was sent off to clean all the plastic covers and I got stuck into removing the tundra... I think we came off more black than what the car started... Poor dad wasn't used to the TFR cleaner and kept wincing about a small cut stinging... I did offer First Aid...
The afters will come tomorrow once everything has dried.
It was then a case of cam cover off to replace the failed gasket (and clean off the very small leak), hmmm seems dad has those pics... will get them later
All good in there and no wear on any of the cam lobes. Spark plugs replaced and what was in there all had a nice even colour as expected. New ones fitted and torqued up, curiously the Coils, one has clearly been replaced but the others are date stamped 2003 and have a 115L part number.... I thought the L's where the bad type? I did check with South Hereford Audi to see if the recall has been done.... it has annoyingly, so no chance of 4 free coils there.
Got all that buttoned up and moved on to removing the sump. Considering the engine has done 99,000 miles it's all in good condition there, a moderate amount of varnish and carbon build up but nothing horrific.
The oil pick up is in great condition.
A quick clean and reassembled, then the sump had a quick clean....
And that is now all buttoned up and happy... great day, 8 hours well spent working with Dad on his TT.
More tomorrow once my back's recovered lol
Deep clean day, all covers off from the top side and underside... front to back, left to right...
This was the typical state under everything
Dad was sent off to clean all the plastic covers and I got stuck into removing the tundra... I think we came off more black than what the car started... Poor dad wasn't used to the TFR cleaner and kept wincing about a small cut stinging... I did offer First Aid...
The afters will come tomorrow once everything has dried.
It was then a case of cam cover off to replace the failed gasket (and clean off the very small leak), hmmm seems dad has those pics... will get them later
All good in there and no wear on any of the cam lobes. Spark plugs replaced and what was in there all had a nice even colour as expected. New ones fitted and torqued up, curiously the Coils, one has clearly been replaced but the others are date stamped 2003 and have a 115L part number.... I thought the L's where the bad type? I did check with South Hereford Audi to see if the recall has been done.... it has annoyingly, so no chance of 4 free coils there.
Got all that buttoned up and moved on to removing the sump. Considering the engine has done 99,000 miles it's all in good condition there, a moderate amount of varnish and carbon build up but nothing horrific.
The oil pick up is in great condition.
A quick clean and reassembled, then the sump had a quick clean....
And that is now all buttoned up and happy... great day, 8 hours well spent working with Dad on his TT.
More tomorrow once my back's recovered lol
Dad's task of cleaning... need a new under tray as it seems to have been dragged down the road at some point
and there is a now a paint colour under the arches
the crusty struts will wait for another day
Cam cover off
and actual proof that Dad isn't a figment of my imagination.....
One thing that bugs me with finding other peoples f
k up and bodges... on removing the brake discs, you some numpty had sheared the locating screw..
So these have all been redrilled and retapped so the correct screw can go back in and align the discs
and there is a now a paint colour under the arches
the crusty struts will wait for another day
Cam cover off
and actual proof that Dad isn't a figment of my imagination.....
One thing that bugs me with finding other peoples f
k up and bodges... on removing the brake discs, you some numpty had sheared the locating screw..So these have all been redrilled and retapped so the correct screw can go back in and align the discs
I fancied a bit of a cleaner day today, rather than more oily cleaning... Although the cambelt is next on my list this afternoon....
When we bought the TT, the typical issues on the inside were there... radio buttons worn and the climate panel knobs were missing...
I didn't like the idea of buying the stickers as
A) stickers peel
B) it's not how they were done originally and
C) stickers are st
So a good scour of Ebay found a concert II stereo which someone had butchered, which wasn't a concern as the head unit was of no use, it was the condition of the buttons. The ones we needed (scan and volume control) were absolutely perfect...
So it was purchased for the princely sum of £10 and the condition was as expected
This unit was stripped of the parts needed.
and our head unit was extracted using the correct keys and armed with a T6 Torx drive the face plate was removed
then carefully the PCB board was extracted
The volume knob is just a press fit, so that was swapped over and then the worn and not worn "Scan" buttons...
Built back up and all's lovely...
As the radio is out of the dash the centre console cover was removed to reveal the climate panel
That was a simple case of remove and refit and all buttoned back up, radio code inputted and all working as it left the factory, with no fear of st peely stickers lol
When we bought the TT, the typical issues on the inside were there... radio buttons worn and the climate panel knobs were missing...
I didn't like the idea of buying the stickers as
A) stickers peel
B) it's not how they were done originally and
C) stickers are s
tSo a good scour of Ebay found a concert II stereo which someone had butchered, which wasn't a concern as the head unit was of no use, it was the condition of the buttons. The ones we needed (scan and volume control) were absolutely perfect...
So it was purchased for the princely sum of £10 and the condition was as expected
This unit was stripped of the parts needed.
and our head unit was extracted using the correct keys and armed with a T6 Torx drive the face plate was removed
then carefully the PCB board was extracted
The volume knob is just a press fit, so that was swapped over and then the worn and not worn "Scan" buttons...
Built back up and all's lovely...
As the radio is out of the dash the centre console cover was removed to reveal the climate panel
That was a simple case of remove and refit and all buttoned back up, radio code inputted and all working as it left the factory, with no fear of s
t peely stickers lolBefore I do this post i'd just like to document that the idiot within the VAG group who designed the engine mount bracket to not be removeable totally when doing a cambelt on the 1.8T engine should be plagued with disease and pestilence.... (i'm sure he's a nice guy really and didn't mean to fk up what should be an easy job but OMG that fking bracket...!!!)
(and breathe....)
Well that's the engine future proofed for now....
All stripped down
Water pump was date stamped the same age as the car, I dread to think if that was the original one at 99k miles, especially as the impeller was broken... luckily the piece was lodged behind the thermostat.
It boils my bloody when working on cars to find some retard before me has cut a corner or not done it properly... Bloody tipex everywhere covering the timing marks and was 1 one tooth out...
All cleaned down and timed correctly, should have gained a few horses back...
and all buttoned back up....
Weather brought an end to todays play...
More updates in the week... Need to pull my finger out as dad wants to go cruising in his TT next Saturday.... No pressure...!!! lol
k up what should be an easy job but OMG that fking bracket...!!!)(and breathe....)
Well that's the engine future proofed for now....
All stripped down
Water pump was date stamped the same age as the car, I dread to think if that was the original one at 99k miles, especially as the impeller was broken... luckily the piece was lodged behind the thermostat.
It boils my bloody when working on cars to find some retard before me has cut a corner or not done it properly... Bloody tipex everywhere covering the timing marks and was 1 one tooth out...
All cleaned down and timed correctly, should have gained a few horses back...
and all buttoned back up....
Weather brought an end to todays play...
More updates in the week... Need to pull my finger out as dad wants to go cruising in his TT next Saturday.... No pressure...!!! lol
J4CKO said:
PorkRind said:
2gins said:
Beautiful cars. Good luck....
A mark 4 gold in a smock. Handle like barges, sound quite nice but, handle like barges and understeer. Always.I really do like them, a very special car thats still available for peanuts, I reckon that eventually they will be quite sought after but still quite numerous as they were sold in large numbers and built pretty well.
The whole boost and ignition side is a pain though, or can be. loads of niggly little faults mine had but they feel so right when you sit in them, that interior is lovely, amazing seat heaters and its just so cozy in there.
Looks a lovely example, great colour.
PorkRind said:
J4CKO said:
PorkRind said:
2gins said:
Beautiful cars. Good luck....
A mark 4 gold in a smock. Handle like barges, sound quite nice but, handle like barges and understeer. Always.I really do like them, a very special car thats still available for peanuts, I reckon that eventually they will be quite sought after but still quite numerous as they were sold in large numbers and built pretty well.
The whole boost and ignition side is a pain though, or can be. loads of niggly little faults mine had but they feel so right when you sit in them, that interior is lovely, amazing seat heaters and its just so cozy in there.
Looks a lovely example, great colour.
before I start I must apologise, if there is an award for the sttest images of a job well done I would be awarded that award for the following images....
Trying to take a decent pic of black brakes, within a wheel well on a bright sunny day is beyond my photographic capabilities.... It's not often I give up but these boiled my blood and I thought fk it more than once...
So, all hubs fully de-crudded of all surface corrosion, a light coating of moly slip and then the discs mounted, with new Genuine disc retaining screws on all 4 corners.
Dad's back tomorrow so my helper is on hand to assist and learn how to pressure bleed the brakes, then it's rebuild everything else not fitted....
ttest images of a job well done I would be awarded that award for the following images....Trying to take a decent pic of black brakes, within a wheel well on a bright sunny day is beyond my photographic capabilities.... It's not often I give up but these boiled my blood and I thought f
k it more than once...So, all hubs fully de-crudded of all surface corrosion, a light coating of moly slip and then the discs mounted, with new Genuine disc retaining screws on all 4 corners.
Dad's back tomorrow so my helper is on hand to assist and learn how to pressure bleed the brakes, then it's rebuild everything else not fitted....
Dad arrived nice and early.... the sun was shining so Saturday was TT day....
Finished off the service items, fluids in and then bled the brakes.... All pressure bled and no air.... even bled back to the master cylinder.
Will rebleed tomorrow, will do it via activating the ABS pump via VCDS as the pedal isn't as good as they can be...
All covers back on and looks like an engine again
and all back down on the wheels
Then it was turn the car around to get the rear end up on the ramps so the Haldex service could be done.... As normal the earth strap between the body and the diff had long since vanished, so clearly for the last couple of owners they hadn't had the benefit of 4WD lol...
So a new strap was duly knocked up
and a quick output test of the pump on VCDS confirmed it all to be working again... Yay...!!! one none 2WD, 4WD TT again....
Tomorrow will be rebleed the brakes to sort that.....
Finished off the service items, fluids in and then bled the brakes.... All pressure bled and no air.... even bled back to the master cylinder.
Will rebleed tomorrow, will do it via activating the ABS pump via VCDS as the pedal isn't as good as they can be...
All covers back on and looks like an engine again
and all back down on the wheels
Then it was turn the car around to get the rear end up on the ramps so the Haldex service could be done.... As normal the earth strap between the body and the diff had long since vanished, so clearly for the last couple of owners they hadn't had the benefit of 4WD lol...
So a new strap was duly knocked up
and a quick output test of the pump on VCDS confirmed it all to be working again... Yay...!!! one none 2WD, 4WD TT again....
Tomorrow will be rebleed the brakes to sort that.....
The centre panel bugs me being the same as body colour....
So that fell off and sadly revealed another job, for another day.... the metal behind has some surface rust to attend too...
not good for what was supposed to be a galvanised bodyshell...., I blame the Hungarians...!!!
on keying the surface there was a hole in the plastic, so that was plastic welded and sanded smooth
hanging used to be a punishment, these days we do it for fun...!!! my normal makeshift spraybooth was out of action, apparently I don't get first dibs on the washing line when washing needs to dry...!!!!!
All primered up after a good keying up with 320 grit.
Once that was dry a light going over with 800 grit and then the first coat of black
It looks gloss, but will dry satin to match the grills on the front.....
So that fell off and sadly revealed another job, for another day.... the metal behind has some surface rust to attend too...
not good for what was supposed to be a galvanised bodyshell...., I blame the Hungarians...!!!
on keying the surface there was a hole in the plastic, so that was plastic welded and sanded smooth
hanging used to be a punishment, these days we do it for fun...!!! my normal makeshift spraybooth was out of action, apparently I don't get first dibs on the washing line when washing needs to dry...!!!!!
All primered up after a good keying up with 320 grit.
Once that was dry a light going over with 800 grit and then the first coat of black
It looks gloss, but will dry satin to match the grills on the front.....
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