Salt Water V8 Rebuild

Up next is a picture of the formerly dripping "blinker fluid" that after pulling the modules from the back, and letting it sit in the living room while constantly running the wood stove, it dried up. But... left a mess.

Any expert help on removing the clear lens cover from the back would be GREATLY appreciated. I will not be doing it soon, but point me and the others in the right direction for this.



It is dry, but as you can see... it must come apart and get thoroughly cleaned.

Before and after of door sill cover. Both were pretty filthy. Just a comparison.

Here is the hole left after removing the navigation system.
I am nibbling away to get the main dash off.
The R8 is a wonderful puzzle; this piece can't be removed until that piece is removed, until these two are removed, and then you can see that hidden bold behind such and such a component...! I am so glad that I have the shop manual for this, but even that is a little vague at times; i.e. "prise off and detach" SOUND easy. But when removing anything, great attention must be noted on the arrows in the diagrams.
BTW, if you are replacing your stock nav system with an upgrade, do yourself a favor and get the official Audi tools to remove the old one. The cheap ones are not long enough... Go ahead, ask my how I know! (I still have yet to purchase the nav. unit, p.m. me if you have one that you want to unload for a reasonable price.)

Alllllright. Last pic for the night.

This is a picture of the "sunglasses" compartment, at your elbow, and the glove box inside face.
I WISHED I had gotten a before picture of the sunglasses box. It was filthy. Now it looks great.
I snapped a shot of the glove box picture just for comparison.




Goodnight friends!

JB

Here is the steering column cover (lower) getting repaired. It was one of the few anxious ooopses I had. I really have been very careful to be sure to keep parts intact. Several have had cracks, fractures and the like. All of that is expected with a fifteen-year-old car. Plastic can be repaired. Epoxy is one method I will use. Plastic welding may be attempted (though I have never had great success with it), but my new favorite is the one that you will see below:


tacked with thick CA superglue (model aircraft supplier on ebay)



Then I taped off a section to act as a retaining wall for the glue.


How and what is that?
Here it is:




sorry about the blurry pic, it focused past the repaired tab

Also, while I had the glue out I fixed a door panel cover. When removing a door interior, care must be taken as to what direction to pull pieces. Even after pulling the piece the correct direction, I still had some tabs fracture lose.



Also, CA super glue and baking soda from Aldi's!
I tacked it with medium or thick, then spread the baking soda with a small paint brush and dropped a few drops of super thin in the area for reinforcement. Hmmm. I wonder if this is what they do to fix teeth. This repair is TOUGH!

And last for tonight.... (drum roll....) The dash is out!

Only 5 bolts to remove... But several things to remove first. I thought it would be "clipped" in and need to be popped out, but it just slid out once the bolts were removed. Now it can be disassembled, cleaned and put back together to await a better day.

I sent them a message on alibaba and they already responded. Will AU09 fit my 2014 r8 v8?

Looks like it will be an interesting fit.
Ten thousand thanks.


this is the original copart picture. It is highly likely that I will be staring at all of this in the next few days for disassembly time. Looking at other pix, I see very few that have the cover for the oil fill.