Today I did some small things getting ready to pull the engine and transmission.
First I unbolted the drive shaft and tucked it out of the way.
Next i started working on the bolts holding the driveshafts in place for the front of the car. The bolts are tough, so I’m going to need to come back to these when I have an assistant to stand on the breaks so they don’t rotate.
Time invested – 1 hour
Pulled a few more parts off the car today.
I started with the removing the starter and unbolting the AC compressor.
I then moved to the exhaust and worked on getting it separated from the rear of the system.
The flex pipe was on its last legs… but no matter, I’m going from 2″ to 3″ exhaust.
Time invested – 2 hours
Today I drained the brake fluid and the remainder of the engine coolant in the process of pulling off the front carrier. I started by swinging the AC radiator down and out of the way.
I drained off the brake fluid an the remainder of the engine coolant from the bottom of the radiator.
And finally took off the front carrier.
Mmmm… organic!
Time invested – 3 hours
Approaching the point of no return…
Today I took the next step towards the end goal, I started disassembling the A4. Today I took off the front bumper cover and drained the washer fluid and oil.
Time invested, 3 hours.