Rob's Ur Quattro

[kentphil1]

7 hours ago, DarkPeakCycles said:

It's great to see a grin, long may they continue 👍

+1 to that, good to see a smile, makes the journey worth it.

Edited 25 October, 2019 by kentphil1

[RobClubley]

Out of the garage again for insurance valuation. Any excuse for a few quick phone pics.

Had a quick run down the road and back. First issue was fuel pump not running - wiggled a wire and that came right so I need to fix that !!
Then at the bottom of the street I stopped and it stalled at idle. Coaxed it back to life and got back to my drive and stalled again. It took 5 mins to get it to re-start with half the car sticking out into the road. Fun!
Also when it hits boost it's pulling back, so something isn't sealed properly I suspect. Maybe the BoV.
I'm going to get it transported to Wellington European next week for an expert to fix 

Edited 13 November, 2019 by RobClubley

[Lady Elanore]

More power to your elbow  

 

Btw how are the baby Kiwis these days?  Still super cute I trust  

[RobClubley]

8 minutes ago, Lady Elanore said:

More power to your elbow  

 

Btw how are the baby Kiwis these days?  Still super cute I trust  

 

Oh yes...

 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/116344953/what-a-milestone-rare-rowi-kiwi-chick-hatches--the-300th-one-to-do-so

 

[Lady Elanore]

I was about to go to bed and now I can retire to bebo's a happy bunny. 

[RobClubley]

Out for a sneaky run to the pie shop after my mate Peter found a very small vac leak, which seemed to be part of the running issues. I found a broken wire to the air intake temp sensor. After fixing those it idles and runs without stalling. It makes rather wonderful whooshing and dumping noises too but is holding back under boost.

[RobClubley]

Mog was less impressed with my clean car than she was with the warm bonnet. Damn cats!!

[Lady Elanore]

IS a black car crossing the path of a cat bad luck for the cat? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

it made more sense in my head 

[RobClubley]

Driving my urquattro makes me grin

 

[shyVRS245]

Fantastic looking car inside and outside, so jealous.

[RobClubley]

Quattro noises.
If you don't mind looking up my nose

 

 

 

Edited 18 November, 2019 by RobClubley

[shyVRS245]

4 minutes ago, RobClubley said:

Quattro noises.
If you don't mind looking up my nose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckWoQOLl_c

Sounds like my stage 2 Vrs245 but with less power of course.

[RobClubley]

13 minutes ago, shyVRS245 said:

Sounds like my stage 2 Vrs245 but with less power of course.

 

Way less

[RobClubley]

Got to love how Rusty looks like nothing else in the car park.

[mac11irl]

22 hours ago, RobClubley said:

 

Way less

But 5000% more character

 

Which is more important....

[RobClubley]

So the ABS faults - what happens is when you brake there's a kind of vibration in the pedal, there's a pump noise, the pedal feels hard, and no braking happens. turn off the ABS and all is well.

 

WoF man said remove the warning light from the dash, LOL. That is a possibility - removing the ABS and just having non-ABS brakes, and getting the car certified that way. Or a nice set of 4 pot Wilwoods

 

I pulled the plug out of the ABS computer and the braking is fine. Not a WoF solution though. It's likely sensor spacing or wiring. Or dirt in there somewhere, thought it has all been apart and cleaned. I've tested sensor resistance and they're all in spec.

 

[RobClubley]

I am still here ! :)

How the heck am I totally missing the ABS sensor spacer cap on one rear wheel?
This may be relevant to ABS not working!

[KenONeill]

4 hours ago, RobClubley said:

How the heck am I totally missing the ABS sensor spacer cap on one rear wheel?
This may be relevant to ABS not working!

No idea, but I'd almost guarantee it's relevance to ABS not working!

[kentphil1]

Yikes!, as Ken said ....................not good - at least you found it though

[RobClubley]

Yay, the ABS sensor caps arrived just in time for Level 4 lockdown

Had a little drive - down  the drive about 30m.

At least it's clean, and the dash wasn't working as I pulled back into the garage. Always a new challenge.

[Gaz]

On 09/03/2020 at 04:46, RobClubley said:

 

 

 

Never mind the awesomeness of the car and everything else in this thread, I do believe I'm experiencing torque wrench envy! 🤢

 

Gaz

 

[RobClubley]

Can't go to the garage without checking out the urq and having a little talk to it.

[mannyo]

She is looking really good Rob.

[RobClubley]

The dash only fires up if I hold the reset button. Been told that this is normal behaviour when ignition is off, meaning I may have a broken switched live to the dash.

https://www.facebook.com/ProjectRustyquattro/videos/2503944286484854/

Somewhere in here lies my problem, probably.

Seats out !
For two reasons - get to the wiring more easily and the car has developed a really pungent smell inside - which I think must be coming from the seat foam as I've replaced everything else, and will be related to its 10 years of sitting around and previous housing of rodents.
The foam is also starting to break down into powder so I need to get it sorted. It's so bad that after sitting in the car for 10 minutes, just standing next to my partner started to trigger her asthma. Bit of a concern!

[Lady Elanore]

Your dedication is praiseworthy