Hi... I'm considering purchasing an 99 A4 that was in a front-end wreck. The girl who had it rearended someone. All parts have been fixed to factory. There was a part in the wireing harness inside the car had got burned when the girl rearended the car from the seatbelt tentioner fireing. The carpet, seat, and dash were removed and a new wiring harness was bought for replace the burnt one.

I'm wondering if this is something that I can take on and put together myself. I'm not a car-expert, but I'm also not stupid when it comes to tools and following instructions. If i buy the bentley DVD would that be enough to follow all the steps and get the car in working order? I would need to put the bumper/hood/engine on the front end, as well as seats, dash, steering wheel, etc inside the car.

I don't care how long it takes, I'm just wondering if there's something that can only be done at a body-shop that I might be overlooking. I have a friend that has one of those things you hang the engine on in order to mount it... other than that (and may some special tools for tightening bolts in hard-to-reach-places) is there something else that I might be overlooking.. or can this be done in my garage?

I've attached pics. Thanks for your time guys!

Todd
tconley@gmail.com


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if u haven’t work on a cars before don’t start with this one… u will invest so much money and time and then end up paying local mechanic to finish or fix whatever u started… take it to mechanic u trust and let him work on engine and wiring, and u do finishing work; carpet, seats ….

 

Its called an engine hoist, and since you couldnt think of the name of it, I say skip this intensely involved project. Not worth it unless you are getting the car for free and have at least some mechanical experience. A lot of the parts youll need will be from the dealer only or hard to find things at junk yards. You would need ETKA software which is what the dealer uses and is 1000x better than the bently manual as far as component diagrams and piecing things back together goes. Skiiiip.

 

Wow im all about getting a deal even if it means dropping ina new engine, but that is a head ache to say the least. Just the fact that it had a fire would turn me away because you can never tell everything it damages. Audi's have tons of electronics which could of been damaged from the heat, smoke or water. If you are still going for it more power to you deff. keep us in the loop.