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- Not today, but forgot to share this one a month or so ago. Nice dent on the top of the driver side fender - someone dropped something pretty heavy on it while it was sitting in a lot on the Army/Marine base for a few weeks. Dent is probably ~6" long; fortunately it's not on the crease at the top of the fender, so maybe a PDR pro can take care of it. Haven't looked into that yet.
Still haven't talked to a PDR guy about the dent , but today I did snag a "new" fender at the junkyard. Guy at the checkout was former Army, and hooked me up since I'm active duty - free fender . It's not the right color, but it's straight, so if the existing fender can't be corrected by PDR, I'll have a nice one to get painted and install in its place. (I think the dent is probably not fixable by PDR. I said months ago that it's not on the crease, but if I run my hand along the outer face of the fender, I can feel it's been bulged out slightly there at the dent.)
got me a roll of 1in i.d. insulated heat shield tubing for the alternator wire (and fuel line on the t/a) and got me a new dei battery blanket. hopefully it will not cook as fast would like to avoid the battery relocation to the trunk.
Doing rear cradle bushings along with diff bushing and block. Since the car is in the air I will work my way to the motor and trans mount as well, how fun!
Ahh the upside down lower grille, that brings me back.
I changed my oil because i either popped a head gasket or because my car is a garage queen and is rarely ever driven hard lately, there was water in the oil. yay.
Ahh the upside down lower grille, that brings me back.
I changed my oil because i either popped a head gasket or because my car is a garage queen and is rarely ever driven hard lately, there was water in the oil. yay.
Probably going to stay upside down until I install the new fogs in a month or two.
How much water? Coffee with cream and sugar look or worse? Cream and sugar is not too big a deal
Originally Posted by NIKDSC5
Ahh the upside down lower grille, that brings me back.
I changed my oil because i either popped a head gasket or because my car is a garage queen and is rarely ever driven hard lately, there was water in the oil. yay.
Just changed my trans fluid. I believe it was a 22MM wrench for the temp sensor for those without an American wrench handy. Then I filled it with Pentosin FFL-4. I know, not d/m III. This was recommended by an appropriate source. Any issues and I'll post. It shifts nicer than before
At 65k miles I have fresh:
GM cold climate PS Fluid
Mobil 1 gear oil
Fresh fluid in my clutch hydraulics - amazing difference in pedal feel.
Fresh transmission fluid
Next is:
replace buttons on radio and screen
Repalce tail shaft seal + check the carrier bearing
dream of headers....
Just changed my trans fluid. I believe it was a 22MM wrench for the temp sensor for those without an American wrench handy. Then I filled it with Pentosin FFL-4. I know, not d/m III. This was recommended by an appropriate source. Any issues and I'll post. It shifts nicer than before
At 65k miles I have fresh:
GM cold climate PS Fluid
Mobil 1 gear oil
Fresh fluid in my clutch hydraulics - amazing difference in pedal feel.
Fresh transmission fluid
Next is:
replace buttons on radio and screen
Repalce tail shaft seal + check the carrier bearing
dream of headers....
Sounds like you and I are at the same point in owning / maintaining our CTS-Vs.
Drove mine yesterday, nothing much to report during winter.
Yup. Minor updates while keeping it healthy. today I protected my passenger backseat from my little guy.
these are available from your local Audi Dealer...
Originally Posted by kra86
Sounds like you and I are at the same point in owning / maintaining our CTS-Vs.
Drove mine yesterday, nothing much to report during winter.
Got my creative steel trans mount in. Stock mount was definitely bad, but now it feels like my motor mounts may be shot. Going to order those.
This weekend I will be doing new brakes front and rear, will have a review on the duralast gt pads. Also got my threaded stick and creative steel shift ball to install.
01-27-2018 | 03:59 PM
, but today I did snag a "new" fender at the junkyard. Guy at the checkout was former Army, and hooked me up since I'm active duty - free fender 
. It's not the right color, but it's straight, so if the existing fender can't be corrected by PDR, I'll have a nice one to get painted and install in its place. (I think the dent is probably not fixable by PDR. I said months ago that it's not on the crease, but if I run my hand along the outer face of the fender, I can feel it's been bulged out slightly there at the dent.) 
, and some fresh oil for the engine!
