*Big Sky Euro

Had an exciting weekend...I decided to just pull the whole turbo/cat/downpipe out as i had the time and the right equipment to do it. When i pulled the turbo off i saw that the wastegate door had come off of the arm. It was still there, but was kinda just sitting in between the arm and the port with...

This car just keeps falling apart, lol....A few weeks ago when it snowed a ton, i was on the way into town at like 5 AM and i slid into the ditch. Oops, but Quattro got me out just fine. Im thinking i whacked the exhaust on something though, because it started making this angry buzzing/vibrating sou...

Are these still happening? Id love to meet up and talk cars for a bit. Sunday at noon would totally work, and i do love coffee....

Thanks! The plan for this weekend is to do something about the super dark headlights, and get my new hood painted...progress is slower now that im out of money though...

Well, my adventures over.... I remember seeing a service record for something clutch/transmission related when i looked at the car the first time...I havent seen it since...so according to the audi tech, the tranny that was in the car wasnt even the right one...obviously it worked, but he said it wa...

So prognosis....trannys blown. I wont know for sure what failed till i pull the tranny apart. If it was at home, i would fix it myself, but since its in spokane itll run me around 2k to get it back on the road...gotta get home somehow i suppose...i think what ill do is have it fixed, then buy the co...

Well..................I broke something today.....was just east of spokane, cruising in fifth gear. i went to speed up a bit and the rpms just shot up...like if the clutch was slipping, but then the engine dropped to idle, making this angry growling noise. it growls anytime the clutch is engaged, in...

Haha..maybe..

I usually paint indoors, but i was in a hurry to get this finished. I put the beat up grill back in the beat up hood, and the silver pieces break the color up enough that im starting to like the way it looks..

Lots of work this week. I sprayed the the quarter/sail panel, but i must not have cleaned my gun well enough because i got a bunch of oily fish eye crap in the clear. Itll do for now, but ill likely end up respraying it come summer. http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr334/fatalmk1/a4/DSCN1087.jpg h...

I changed thermostats right after i bought the car, but the timing belt has to wait until its a little warmer. Keeping my fingers crossed that it makes it till then.