Easy way to swap rear diff bushing without press?

[Kuma]

Buying SteveJ in texas' Alpine coupe soon!

I just spoke to him on the phone and was told he grabbed a B4 hood in the same color with the grill and the radiator support. He is going to go back tomorrow to get the headlights.

here is a run down of the car so far:
The car runs very well now with the 034 injectors and starts right up every time after I put in the replacement distributor in. The cylinder head was completely rebuilt by Raudel at Reisu Motorsports here in Houston, and the cost of straightening the cylinder head and associated machine work (valve job, valve guides, valve seals, etc.) was over $900. The total bill for the whole head rebuild and new head gasket was $2300 as I thought I was going to keep the car forever. This included a brand new auxiliary radiater at a cost of over $200, and he put the genuine Pentosin coolant in the car.

Had the timing belt, tensioner, water pump and other assorted tidbits done so that is all new as well. As a result, the timing belt has less than 2,000 miles on it but I cannot tell you how much as the odometer does not work on the car...it's been sitting at 200,000+ miles since Steve got it.

Just replaced with an uncracked fog light on the driver's side front end so the fogs are both good, but I have not had time to trace the wiring as they will not come on with the switch - they used to work but water got into the old cracked drivers side light and may have popped the fuse.

the thermostat that is stuck open, that is something that will need to be addressed.

I have the replacement door in storage, it appears to have a good regulator on it but I am not sure because the window was broken out at the junkyard when took it off the car. will need to move the drivers side window from the old door to the new one and attach it to the regulator.

bought inside grey door panels from Dean16v on MG to replace the crappy ones that are currently in the car.

ECU bought from someone was chipped, put that in the car when I was troubleshooting the no-start condition so the car is 'chipped'. I have no idea what chip it is as no one ever said anything about the chip when I posted questions about it on MG. I also have the stock ECU as well.

The car passed inspection easily this time around with the 034 injectors in it, the Cat Converter is new as well (required in Houston). Whover had the car before me straight piped the exhaust back to the rear muffler, since they eliminated the resonator before the rear axles it sounds kind of "blatty" when it gets up there in the revs around 3-4 thousand RPMs...I was going to put a resonator on the car where the resonator used to be to try and tone it down but obviously that will be up to you.

Back tires are almost new and the fronts are okay (good enough to pass inspection). One of the tires has a slow leak but only leaks down after the car hasn't been driven for 5 months and its been sitting.

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[my2000apb]

welcoem to quattro

[Kuma]

Thanks Tim, Ive been waiting awhile, but i am EXCITED!

[q20v]

Nice Kuma! Welcome to the Coupe club : ) (I just took mine out for her first 'official' drive this evening)

[Kuma]

Thanks! I cannot wait!

[frostyflax17]

i thought you already had bought this? or was i just predicting the future.

you posted about this before or something, maybe you were just helping him restore it?

get it and join the elite cq owners club lol

[loxxrider]

I'm excited for you!

[Kuma]

Frosty, i was going to buy it back a while ago, BUT ended up having to use the money for something else.


I have no other words to say except, i havent been this excited about a car since i got the 200.

The car will look great with the new B4 hood and lights. Im thinking about getting a Kamei Grill for it, but im still unsure. I do know that i will want to get B4 Euro lights one day, but first the 200 gets priority as she cannot drive just yet.

[Kuma]

Chris, YOUD BETTER BE!!! Im always jealous of your 200 and fab skillz.

[Kuma]

STILL REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS CAR!!!!


Sorry, had to vent.



Looking to trade some 5x112 wheels for some 4x108 wheels.

[audiPete]

Kuma- get familiar with 20v.org...most of the questions or issues you may run into have been covered...

[Kuma]

hrmmm, thats very helpful. Thank you very much!

[bdcoombs]

so glad you got a coupe.. thats awesome man.

[Kuma]

Well, Steve got the headlights for me and is repairing the minor quirks before i go and get it. Or im assuming if he doesnt get around to it, ill just do it myself.

[SteveJ In Texas]

One other thing I forgot to tell you, Stephen, is the car has a brand new set of Aurora plug wires...and it has the updated metal crank breather hose instead of the stock rubber one.

It'd look good in your driveway with a bow on it for Christmas.

[Kuma]

I CANNOT WAIT!!!



when i explained it to my wife she was like, "OKAY". i was like REALLY!?!?!

[Kuma]

just got some photos in the email from Steve


nice huh?

[Kuma]

all i need now are turn corners. I am going to buy some clear ones from Paul Fern most likely. Everyone on ebay sucks ass, they refuse to ship to USA.

[frostyflax17]

i'll have some b4 headlights for sale in the next month or so if you want to start saving. no tabs broken even

[Kuma]

Are they more different than the ones i have?

[Kuma]

So far i have gotten a Badgeless Grill from Cbrydon and am about to order some Smoked Depo l turns for the B4 headlights. I have to wait till January 3rd though, cause i have Ebay dollars saved up.


Still need to get a Brake bomb for the Coupe and got some replies from Audifans, but havent had any replies since i responded.


If you have a good working brake bomb for a 1990 audi coupe quattro, hit me up. I will need it by the time i go to Houston to pick up the coupe.

BTW, do you have to have a relay harness like the typ44 cars do to run Euro headlights?


what is the process for this?

[audiPete]

Have you looked into www.audibombs.com .? I'm running a recharged bomb on my 90 and S6..

[Kuma]

Thats bad ass, thanks! ill check that out.

[Kuma]

Looks like right after i get the CQ i might be buying some Euro Headlights! But still uncertain at this time as i may not have the dough. But we will see.

[scubadave]

Hey Kuma, why don't you s-can the bomb and convert to a booster? I did and never looked back. One thing I learned from owning my coupe as long as I have is, the simpler the better. They put a lot of over complicated stuff in them. Some good, some unessissary. The brakes are a nice thought but is old GM technology and isn't all that better than a simple, easy brake booster. Grab one out of a B4 and get the p/s pump as well so u don't have to modify the one u got. It's an easy swap, not much needed.

If your getting smoked corners, take the glass off the headlights and use a scotch bright on the surround to remove the chrome. Then flat black it. I did it to mine. I still have to do the same to my fogs and lower corners but, that will happen at some point.