In amongst the many items I've collected I've had a rear screen squirreled away.
It's a screen that very few of these cars has, with the word "quattro" embedded as part of the heater, its not found on all quattros, I know it's a fairly limited item but it looks nice when covered in ice and as it defrosts the word is revealed.
It's been a while since I removed a screen from a car of any description but as these aren't bonded in it made it a little easier, no mishaps either as these tend to bend a fair bit.
- "quattro" script as part of the rear heated window.
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I also decided to get the scored front screen out but these are a different proposition as they nearly always crack if you try to remove them incorrectly which is why most people tend to split the rubbers, a sin if ever as theyre so hard to come by and the screens aren't.
Once out I found a small couple of areas of very minor corrosion which I addressed, to be honest I expected worse so I was very happy to see it in such good condition beneath the seal.
- Worst corrosion I found under the seal and easy to deal with.
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Fitting the new screen was pretty simple with a length of cord inside the seal edge and with the screen in its place carefully pull the cord to cause the rubber to fold itself onto the aperture lip.
Then on cleaning the screen I found a nice score. Aww!
Looks like its been stood against a wall or grit and it's made a roughly 35mm scratch in the surface.
Not possible to take it back, it was second hand new old stock.
Didn't see it as it was under the plastic.
Only thing to do was to try to repair it.
- Scratched!
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I figured I could only do this one way and it was a bit of an unknown quantity, so I purchased a chip repair kit from halfords, read the instructions and set to work with it.
Luckily the sun was out when I did this job as the resin you use to fix the chips cures under UV light.
A couple of hours later and although its not invisible it is a sight better than it was previously and cannot be felt with a fingernail.
- Much better, not perfect but then neither is the rest of the car.
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During my excusions into the murky undersides of the car I decided it was high time to remove the old fuel lines in readiness for a new set.
Considering these have had high pressure fuel running through them I'm rather mystified as to how they haven't sprayed fuel everywhere as one simply fell apart in my hands upon removal.
- Leak free?
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Since I was under there, I also decided to get the brakes plumbed in along with the master cylinder.
Considering the quattro normally has a hydraulically assisted brake system, run off the power steering pump, I dont think this conversion to a more normal brake servo system has gone too badly.
It certainly fits in nicely enough.
- Plumbed in and fully functional brakes.
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Because I've replaced most everything under there now and redone the underseal, it's actually quite a nice place to be, lying on your back looking upwards.
- New paint new everything...well pretty much.
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- Clean and tidy but the diff isn't in yet.
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It's strange to look back through all the photos I've taken of this project and it all seems so very long ago that I started it.
It's come a long way from this point, hopefully it'll not be too much longer before it's up and running.
- It's been a long time since it sat on its wheels.
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I know you like the human aspect Guy so here I am with the ( not so little now) nephew cleaning his moms car.
This was his first time with a hosepipe and sprayer, my hand's got the other side as he soon twigged there was almost unlimited fun to be had just by spraying me and not the car.
- This little fella is not to be trusted with a hosepipe!
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