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  1. carl-1968

    2003 C5 with vibration from the back

    RS6 off the road.....sounds like rear diff trouble, anyone got any experience of this, feels like the rear end is welded!! when turning on hard lock and crusing at any speed there are regular thumps from the back end?. I'm thinking it could be: a, Rear diff not working corectly b, limited slip...
  2. carl-1968

    clutch needed and best remap for 3.0tdi

    my Torque converter is pants!, anyone got a spare for sale so I can get it refurbished and swap it out with my original? Thanks Carl
  3. carl-1968

    Update

    Well it's been an eventful month, the gearbox finally lost 1st with a bang and nothing more that idle acceleration would allow it to stay in gear so a second hand box was located and purchased, came with paperwork that showed it had been refurbished in 2013, only done 5k since and the car it...
  4. carl-1968

    Nottingham area

    welcome v8, another rs in town?, do you have fb?, if so watch the Audi owners group as lots of things get stuck on there, including my stuff!
  5. carl-1968

    HELP!!!!!

    Firstly I apologize for not being about for a while, MUCH has happened, let me explain....... Ok I knew that the gearbox was original when I brought the car last year and that at some point it would fail, which it did about a month ago. I found a reconditioned unit and arrange to collect it and...
  6. carl-1968

    Facelift Headlight Conversion

    These are prototypes and used for advertising, final cost to me was approx 400 however this did include a complete rebuild of the O/S unit as it was damaged sometime in the past, probably from a front end knock. Plus other bits and bobs for the front fogs, best to ask him for a quote. Mine were...
  7. carl-1968

    Facelift Headlight Conversion

    Trups from EM Tuning modified my existing lights.
  8. carl-1968

    Water / Methanol General Questions

    Guy's, I have approx 15 liters of 99.9% methanol which I no longer require, collection only from Nottingham, offers?
  9. carl-1968

    Why would a TDI smoke under load?

    20 minutes or so at 2-3k rpm to ensure it's give plenty of time to blow it's tubes out!, A lot of inner city cars are suffering DPF failures as they never get the chance to do a full regeneration and end up at the dealers plugged in to do a static regen. Deleted mine so after buying so never had...
  10. carl-1968

    Saving a white 3.0 quattro build thread.

    Great write up, lots of before and after stuff, nice one
  11. carl-1968

    Update

    Decided to go with Evans water less coolant as this seems a logical step, anyone else already using it?
  12. carl-1968

    Help! I've Lost My Only Key!

    any good auto locksmith will sort you out, ring them for quotes, and compare who's best for you, I had brought and A4 B6 with no key and fully programmed key was £100, (125 for a plip key), took him 40 minutes from arriving to driving away in the car
  13. carl-1968

    A4 sold!, lots of parts now available, ask for details

    A4 sold!, lots of parts now available, ask for details
  14. carl-1968

    Cassette player removal and upgrade

    double or single din?, I have a symphony 2 if you are interested?
  15. carl-1968

    Important Security Update...

    I've gone back to old skool mechanical locks.....beats a laptop every time!
  16. carl-1968

    Victim of jealousy

    I had some swine nick my front fog light grills with DRL's from my A4 whilst it was on the drive, about a month later the front screen was put through with a handy sized half brick (8 others along the road were also done), So car now has on board cctv by Blackview and the house has a 4 camera...
  17. carl-1968

    A4 B6 non-runner to head turner lol

    nice work
  18. carl-1968

    Update

    All work now completed except for 1 brake pin to replace and diff oil change, the gearbox fluid was pretty black and the box is now shifting smoothly. Also replaced the RNS-D with a Pioneer Dab unit but seem to have some issues with the Ipod and blue tooth music streaming so may swap for a...
  19. carl-1968

    C5 RS6 Avant advice

    Suspension is prone to fail so most folks convert to coil overs, brakes can be expensive to replace
  20. carl-1968

    Midlands ASN Member List

    1. Arrkon - Skoda Octavia 1.8T - Rob - Coventry - VCDS Hex plus Key prog and Mileage (EVENTS MODERATOR) 2. Nilz - S3 8L - Nilz - Birmingham 3. z1mma - S3 8P – Birmingham 4. mrMISTeRYo - S4 B5 Saloon - Mitch - Coventry 5. JoJo - 8L S3 - Joe - Solihull 6. johnnythepie - A4 B8 2.0tdi - fatty -...