Hello to all.
I've managed to get my hands on a B5 2.8 30v for the price of nothing.... and it'd be rude to let it sit and rot so i'm taking it on as a new daft project.
The car belonged to my landlady who i've know for the best part of 10 years, i rent a flat off her for work and last year she asked me to move into a annex at her house so she could rent my flat out to some other folks for a few months.
While i was living at her mansion i noticed the B5 sitting there looking unloved and asked her what the deal with the car was.... she explained it was their old family car that has been long since replaced by other Audi's.
So it'd been sitting for about a year then returned to the road for one of her sons to use, he used it for a month then got a company car and it was sitting then for another two years.
She explained that they'd had the car since practically new and didn't want to scrap it, and thought the fact it had been sat meant nobody would buy it without MOT etc
So she offered me it for free if i wanted to return it to its former glory..... a free Audi and at that a nice B5 i'd be stupid not to get it !!
The only problem was the car was down in Somerset and i live in County Durham, a cool 300 miles away.... not having a tower i looked on Shiply for quote to deliver it and it was coming up around £250-£300
While i was looking to buy a tow bar to collect it myself a friend sold a car and delivered it in the south west.... he asked me if i wanted him to pick it up, of course i said yes and i now have the car home.
After a quick look over the car i found it was not great, moss growing out of every seal, so many spiders webs all over it and dust all over it....... it was also a right mess under the bonnet.
After a quick hosing down -
Cosmetic wise it's not too bad, few dents & scratches to deal with but generally good.
The lower door trims have rusted and are just hanging on there, so i'll be trying some cheap eBay replacements, if there no good i'll try and get some genuine ones.
The main issues are a rust spot on the roof, and the front and rear windscreen seals have corroded and split..... again nothing to worry about really -
Corrosion on the boot -
Some signs of water ingress in the boot -
Filthy bay after removing some panels -
I decided to get it powered up and check everything for working, so i went to halfords to pick up a cheap battery, they didn't have any stock so had to buy an expensive one, set to work changing the battery -
Quickly dropped a new battery in (don't worry i'll be removing it again to clean everything up but i was too excited to get it fired up)
With a fresh battery on it fired straight up, idles great, AC is blowing cold still.... amazed really.
I took it for a spin down the street and the brakes are terrible, no surprise there mind they are rusty as hell.
But with the engine running i can hear a vacuum leak around the servo booster.... i removed the vac line and checked it for splits etc but unfortunately its ok, so i need to replace the booster.
Lights camera action -
Fired up
Unfortunately i have the dead lines in the screen.
I then decided to spend the day washing all the moss of the seals / door shuts etc, after about two hours -
Still got to clean up the interior and "feed" the leather seats as they are dry and cracking.
All in all i'm over the moon with it.
As soon as i got the car i have been researching into the B5 and come across loads of V8 build threads, so i've put a deposit down on a full S6 4.2 40v engine complete wiring / ECU etc...
Thanks for reading and any comments,
Cheers,
Graham.
I've managed to get my hands on a B5 2.8 30v for the price of nothing.... and it'd be rude to let it sit and rot so i'm taking it on as a new daft project.
The car belonged to my landlady who i've know for the best part of 10 years, i rent a flat off her for work and last year she asked me to move into a annex at her house so she could rent my flat out to some other folks for a few months.
While i was living at her mansion i noticed the B5 sitting there looking unloved and asked her what the deal with the car was.... she explained it was their old family car that has been long since replaced by other Audi's.
So it'd been sitting for about a year then returned to the road for one of her sons to use, he used it for a month then got a company car and it was sitting then for another two years.
She explained that they'd had the car since practically new and didn't want to scrap it, and thought the fact it had been sat meant nobody would buy it without MOT etc
So she offered me it for free if i wanted to return it to its former glory..... a free Audi and at that a nice B5 i'd be stupid not to get it !!
The only problem was the car was down in Somerset and i live in County Durham, a cool 300 miles away.... not having a tower i looked on Shiply for quote to deliver it and it was coming up around £250-£300
While i was looking to buy a tow bar to collect it myself a friend sold a car and delivered it in the south west.... he asked me if i wanted him to pick it up, of course i said yes and i now have the car home.
After a quick look over the car i found it was not great, moss growing out of every seal, so many spiders webs all over it and dust all over it....... it was also a right mess under the bonnet.
After a quick hosing down -
Cosmetic wise it's not too bad, few dents & scratches to deal with but generally good.
The lower door trims have rusted and are just hanging on there, so i'll be trying some cheap eBay replacements, if there no good i'll try and get some genuine ones.
The main issues are a rust spot on the roof, and the front and rear windscreen seals have corroded and split..... again nothing to worry about really -
Corrosion on the boot -
Some signs of water ingress in the boot -
Filthy bay after removing some panels -
I decided to get it powered up and check everything for working, so i went to halfords to pick up a cheap battery, they didn't have any stock so had to buy an expensive one, set to work changing the battery -
Quickly dropped a new battery in (don't worry i'll be removing it again to clean everything up but i was too excited to get it fired up)
With a fresh battery on it fired straight up, idles great, AC is blowing cold still.... amazed really.
I took it for a spin down the street and the brakes are terrible, no surprise there mind they are rusty as hell.
But with the engine running i can hear a vacuum leak around the servo booster.... i removed the vac line and checked it for splits etc but unfortunately its ok, so i need to replace the booster.
Lights camera action -
Fired up
Unfortunately i have the dead lines in the screen.
I then decided to spend the day washing all the moss of the seals / door shuts etc, after about two hours -
Still got to clean up the interior and "feed" the leather seats as they are dry and cracking.
All in all i'm over the moon with it.
As soon as i got the car i have been researching into the B5 and come across loads of V8 build threads, so i've put a deposit down on a full S6 4.2 40v engine complete wiring / ECU etc...
Thanks for reading and any comments,
Cheers,
Graham.
