RS6 C5 decision time or sell

[carlssonaero]

I have also posted this in the RS6 c5 section as I am not definitely selling and am also looking for advice but it may be for sale so here we go:

have posted before about my poor car. It was a great car until the TQ failed or worked loose and toasted the gearbox. In doing so it also wore the crank snout.

I was going to get a a good second hand crank I had sourced but my specialists in surrey say that they cant get new bearings from Audi anymore and they wouldn't put a decent used crank in with out new bearings (My car has done about 92K). So the car has sat in surrey with engine out for a bit over a year so the weather has had a bit of an effect, so will also need a some fettling etc .

My choices it seems are sell as a non runner or patch up and keep by having the crank snout welded up and get a recon box and torque converter from Chester automatics. My specialist says they could weld the crank but they are not sure how long that would last. I suppose my question is should I spend £5K on box and Torque converter and other bits etc putting into a car with a welded crank snout. I am still struggling after a year to know what to do.

I would sell if I could but it is too good and with good history and loads of good things about it to sell super cheap for parts. Help appreciated.

Here is a link to what it looked like before the problem arose

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oqerpb8y761h ... WPPQa?dl=0

and here is a link topics of the car recently at the garage as it is now. (the aerial was removed so it would not get stolen and the front bumper is in the garage as no point putting it back as the engine was removed and although it is under the bonnet it is not fully installed.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/33oh34smn9wo ... 5tisa?dl=0

If you might want to buy it I can make arrangements for you top view it in surrey

Julian
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[carlssonaero]

here are the links again:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oqerpb8y761h ... WPPQa?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/33oh34smn9wo ... 5tisa?dl=0