Audi A8 My Fiero (Page 9/220)
Will JUL 30, 03:39 PM
It's easier to unplug the harness from the ECM and pull it through the firewall than it is to unplug it from everything on the engine.

Also not necessary to remove the intake manifold to remove the engine.
engine man JUL 30, 04:13 PM
i was trying to sell the intake thats why i took it off, the harness would have been easier to do like you said but the engine is out now
engine man JUL 31, 12:11 PM
Let me say one thing YOU CAN NEVER USE TO MUCH NEVER SEEZ gosh dam it it would have been better if he never took it apart and put the red Polly bushings in the back i think he use salt water to put it back together

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Will JUL 31, 02:06 PM
I find it amusing that I use anti-seize when reassembling things that GM assembled with Loctite.
FieroWannaBe JUL 31, 02:41 PM

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Originally posted by Will:

I find it amusing that I use anti-seize when reassembling things that GM assembled with Loctite.



From my experience, especially in WI, even loctite allows for the possiblity joint seperation, but the use of penetrating oil usually leaves the joint so dry after evaperation they joint just rusts together. Especially when reusing bolts, as subsequent uses slowly remove the zinc plating.
engine man JUL 31, 08:10 PM
well i can start doing some work to put the Audi on the cradle tomorrow but need to work on the house also so do a Little hear and a Little there
engine man AUG 02, 07:18 PM
I dint get as much done as i wanted but this is the position on the cradle as far as front to back and it shows the angle of my axles i could go more if i want to cut the fire wall . i still need to work on the back cross member so the transmission sits right



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seajai AUG 03, 09:40 AM
What is the measurement from the transmission bell housing to the center-line of the axle? Curious to see if it matched the 7.87" you had found in your previous thread http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/122938.html . How far back from the wheel center-line is the axle center-line?

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motoracer838 AUG 03, 09:53 AM

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Originally posted by engine man:

I dint get as much done as i wanted but this is the position on the cradle as far as front to back and it shows the angle of my axles i could go more if i want to cut the fire wall . i still need to work on the back cross member so the transmission sits right








Starting near the bottom of page one, see how I dealt with modifying the cradle to get the transaxle down where it needed to be and solve a matinence problem. tour axle angle looks very much where I wound up.

http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/086876.html

Cheers Beers n Gearz. Joe
engine man AUG 03, 11:33 AM
if i remember correctly the axle centerline to bellhousing face is about 6.75 on the 012 transmission and 7.87 on the 016 i have the 012 transmission seajai. thanks for the help motoracer838