UR Q Fuel lines needed. - Page 2

lefthooker · 30-08-13, 01:01 PM

Yep a good offer. Even if you affect a temporary repair for now with rubber pipe and clips to where the leak is, it will at least mean the car is running and mobile and then capable of being trailered to Roger's. Or, do a fuel tight repair and wait till it's on the road and can be driven there.

Chrismcnaz · 01-09-13, 04:57 PM

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you guys, been away with work unexpectedly!

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Originally Posted by Roger Galvin

Lefthooker & Hoyle are quite right it is do-able, even on axle stands, as Lefthooker points out I did comment quite extensively on this topic in the last week or two. However, takes about 4/5 hours on the ramp depending on how co-operative the car is. Genuine replacements are NLA, but were priced at about £75 plus VAT each so even if you find someone other than me who still has some they are going to want about £200. Cranwell, Lincolnshire is only 68.1miles from The quattro Workshop so get it on a trailer. I'll stick it on the ramp and make it some new pipes in 5/16th cunifer. The overall cost won't be substantially any different and you wont have to buy a flaring kit that you may never use again, spend a day grovelling on the garage floor covered in fuel and as always you get my personal guarantee the job will be right!

Wow Roger thats a fantastic offer thank you, you dont happen to do bodywork welding as well do you?

Hanuman · 01-09-13, 05:50 PM

It's a set of fuel lines to be fabricated. I'm sure that somewhere local can be found without having to haul the car about on a trailer. Then at least the work can be monitored without driving what are significant distances.

Roger Galvin · 02-09-13, 04:01 PM

As they say Chris the choice is yours. Someone who has done it a couple of dozen times before, or the local garage who have never encountered a quattro previously or do it yourself. Err welding, yes I do welding but my bodyshop would do it much better. What's the issue, am I getting the impression that this is a stalled project with a heap of work needed?

Chrismcnaz · 02-09-13, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Roger Galvin

As they say Chris the choice is yours. Someone who has done it a couple of dozen times before, or the local garage who have never encountered a quattro previously or do it yourself. Err welding, yes I do welding but my bodyshop would do it much better. What's the issue, am I getting the impression that this is a stalled project with a heap of work needed?

As you say Roger, it's a choice I need to make. As far as the welding goes, it's a few bits around the car and finishing the rear drivers wheel arch. The chap who was doing it has been busy and I'm getting impatient to have her finished so I can get her painted. Funilly enough, tonight the small bits are being welded so it would appear that we are moving forward again at last.

Roger Galvin · 03-09-13, 01:12 PM

Usual problem Chris, relying on other people who's agenda and timescale is never the same as yours. Body shops can be the worst, the simplest tasks seem to take forever. Let me know how you're doing with them the welding.

As an aside my trailer is off the road needing a new lock mechanism at the moment but in principle once sorted there is nothing to stop the alloard dragging it in your direction.

01-09-13, 05:50 PM	#13
Hanuman Trickster Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Heckling from the cheap seats, Phnom Penh, KoW Posts: 7,016	It's a set of fuel lines to be fabricated. I'm sure that somewhere local can be found without having to haul the car about on a trailer. Then at least the work can be monitored without driving what are significant distances. __________________ I wish they would keep the damned Chinese away now that I can go home, so that I can enjoy Fish amok and a draught Angkor

02-09-13, 04:01 PM	#14
Roger Galvin Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 239	As they say Chris the choice is yours. Someone who has done it a couple of dozen times before, or the local garage who have never encountered a quattro previously or do it yourself. Err welding, yes I do welding but my bodyshop would do it much better. What's the issue, am I getting the impression that this is a stalled project with a heap of work needed? __________________ Roger Galvin Chairman & Technical Secretary, qOC quattro Workshop Last edited by Roger Galvin; 02-09-13 at 04:03 PM.

03-09-13, 01:12 PM	#16
Roger Galvin Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 239	Usual problem Chris, relying on other people who's agenda and timescale is never the same as yours. Body shops can be the worst, the simplest tasks seem to take forever. Let me know how you're doing with them the welding. As an aside my trailer is off the road needing a new lock mechanism at the moment but in principle once sorted there is nothing to stop the alloard dragging it in your direction. __________________ Roger Galvin Chairman & Technical Secretary, qOC quattro Workshop

30-08-13, 01:01 PM	#11
lefthooker Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 2,655	Yep a good offer. Even if you affect a temporary repair for now with rubber pipe and clips to where the leak is, it will at least mean the car is running and mobile and then capable of being trailered to Roger's. Or, do a fuel tight repair and wait till it's on the road and can be driven there.