DIY engine stand using what's left of a cocked up HF stand that failed years ago.

More to come.

 

Yesterday Sunday: last driving around before putting the car away for winter sleep this year. A bit of local shopping (I guess I'm partial to the colour blue ):


And before tucking away (will arise again during April 2014, while doing several minor jobs during the winter time).

 

Drove one with an open diffy home in the snow.

Need to take one with LSD tomorrow.

 

Lifted the cover off the drivers side, opened the door and smelled inside. ummmm
Covered her back up and sat down and had a smoke.

 

Oh you poor american / europeans with your 6 months of winter, I washed mine and took her for a blast in the beautiful Australian sunshine.

1988 s4 Auto ROW black/black West Australia

 

Gave her a bath, dressed and covered her up and put her to sleep for the winter. Here's hoping for an early thaw next year.

 

Too busy replacing parts to wash mine. Today I replaced the Auxiliary fan and belt driven radiator fan with an electric fan. Few minor issues to fix in the morning before I head across town to pick up more parts from the US.

No job at the moment so have a bit of time to work on my car. Garden in the morning when it is cool and work on the car in the afternoon when it is hot.

 

Well, I'm European, but not of "those" with 6 months of winter lol!
After a few rainy days, today it's very dry, sun is shinning, about 14ºC, an ideal temperature for the v8 to "sing" so wonderfully as we all know....
Just a quick clean of the glasses around the car and here I go hear the "music"!
Damn, I love this car!!!

 

Gday Norm, Richard from RJP said to say Hello, never realised we used to work 1 street apart! Im in president st Welshpool, finally got my baby all sorted mechanically now, Richard sure knows his stuff, and reasonable labor charges.

1988 s4 Auto ROW black/black West Australia

 

we are going to make carb manifolds for idf and ida 4.5 and 4.7 usa/euro. Too many old harness/computers/mafs/sensors starting too fail. we are gonna crank out some affordable manifold/linkage kits.

 

 

Checked that the new paint is in order. It should be finished quite soon now.

 

Went for a drive into the city yesterday, said to my wife, 'aircon on, or windows down and roof open?'
got to love a sunburn country!

 

My baby came back home today, after it was safely stored at a friend's house for the past month (due to plumbing, electrical, and finish work in my garage). To my big surprise, it started right up. I wish I could have driven it a bit more, but had to run an errand that the electric chair was more suitable for.

 

GT is on the operating table awaiting anesthesia. It will get a full engine-ectomy with TB/WP, etc.