Restauration 3.0CS Automatik Baikal blue

[eriknetherlands]

I just did a little scraping under my coupe and found that my Fein multi-master.....

Same here; good results with a vibration cutting tool combined with a (not very sharp) knife attachment.
It is the kind that carpeting people have to cut glued carpets free from the floor.

It kind a melts the material at the edge of the tip, going like a warm knife through butter. The residual tiny bit of material flew off with a wire brush on a drill.

 

[Breiti]

Get a nice puzzle back today....

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[rsporsche]

take a look at post 10 in this FAQ thread - https://e9coupe.com/forum/threads/e9-parts-dimensions-drawings-technical-info-and-models.43743/
there is a list of all the bolt sizes and where they go

 

[Breiti]

take a look at post 10 in this FAQ thread - https://e9coupe.com/forum/threads/e9-parts-dimensions-drawings-technical-info-and-models.43743/
there is a list of all the bolt sizes and where they go

Oh, thx, i think I docu everything, but that will be very helpful later.

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[Breiti]

I did a little bit of sorting.

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[eriknetherlands]

That always looks so nice, all fresh stuff to work with.

There are multiple systems that work well. I used this last week when gutting the door:
Drew the general shape on a cardboard plate, unscrewed something, measured the fastener and copied the headtext, and placed it in the cardboard at the right location.
Then bag it all. Now when I send it off to the zinc company, all will go in one bucket with the rest of the car.

Then sorting is easy. Not only can I find the right size of bolt, but I will have the exact bolt going back in the exact location where it came from.

Is it not fast though...

 

[deQuincey]

That always looks so nice, all fresh stuff to work with.

There are multiple systems that work well. I used this last week when gutting the door:
Drew the general shape on a cardboard plate, unscrewed something, measured the fastener and copied the headtext, and placed it in the cardboard at the right location.
Then bag it all. Now when I send it off to the zinc company, all will go in one bucket with the rest of the car.

Then sorting is easy. Not only can I find the right size of bolt, but I will have the exact bolt going back in the exact location where it came from.

Is it not fast though...

ha, that is an excellent idea,
i have done this in a smaller scale
yours is fantastic

 

[Breiti]

Try to clean a very bad over 40 year old putty and hammer repair on the rear quarter....
Not finished jet.

 

[Breiti]

Die to waiting for thre sand blast shop I finish in there meanwhile the gear box.
New seals and bearings.

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[Krzysztof]

That always looks so nice, all fresh stuff to work with.

There are multiple systems that work well. I used this last week when gutting the door:
Drew the general shape on a cardboard plate, unscrewed something, measured the fastener and copied the headtext, and placed it in the cardboard at the right location.
Then bag it all. Now when I send it off to the zinc company, all will go in one bucket with the rest of the car.

Then sorting is easy. Not only can I find the right size of bolt, but I will have the exact bolt going back in the exact location where it came from.

Is it not fast though...

I could imagine that such of pictures would be a great part of E9 bible. I'm pretty sure with the help of the Others we would be having complete sets of parts much better thant any of available service manuals.

I know that @deQuincey and @Markos have such pictures for sure.

Would it be worth to be a part of DYI where Erik and Jesus are really leaders in? I'm for such idea as many people are asking about some pieces after long time or restoration or just because their E9 was already repaired in the past with incorrect parts or order used.

 

[Krzysztof]

Die to waiting for thre sand blast shop I finish in there meanwhile the gear box.
New seals and bearings.

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What is the paint/chemistry you are protecting housing against re-oxidation and dirt? Epoxy? Clear coat? Zinc paint? I have seen different approaches with the wors option keeping it not protected.

 

[Breiti]

Just a Coat of engine wax.
Housing is glas bubble blasted.

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[Krzysztof]

Which engine bay wax you can recommend?

I was using one or two in the past based on BMW E30 engine bay wax protection I noticed having this car for the first time.

 

[Breiti]

Small update on the video:

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[Breiti]

Finished the sand blasting today.
That was a ugly job....
Much more worked then last time I did it with the Mercedes.

BMW blast that stone ship protection almost everywhere. What kind of stones should that hold at the inside of the lower front valance ?
However, job is done.
Took me 700lbs of blast sand, multiple times used by sifting.
Next step, floor primer and paint.

 

[boonies]

A lot of work to get to this stage. The sheet metal looks to be in great shape!

 

[Breiti]

Yes, thanks, in fakt, the car runs in Germany. Usal they are rust away here as fast as they can.
But that one was well preserved by the pre owner who hold it over 46 years.

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[eriknetherlands]

You may know already that your front chin part is a bit special; the part was redesigned around 73 to accept the larger US bumpers by shortening the 2 air vent slits close to the openings for the bumper brackets.

If a car is ever in an frontal accident, this chin parts is the first part to get banged up. And replacements parts post '73 were made in the US style. Your car thus likely still has the chin part it left the factory with.

It thus is likely you car also never had frontal collision.

 

[Breiti]

Thx for analyzing @eriknetherlands The car hasn't definitely ever a front crash.
All welding spots and factory primer in that area are absolute original.
Only the left rear quarter had a deep dent which has a bad repair in the 80th.
But as you see in the pics before I fix that w/o welding.
Only replace I do was both lower fender at a-pillar.

Now it's time to clean the garage....
A lot of sand to recycle.

In thre meanwhile I mount my rear pressure regulator back together to see a shiny part. (A kind of self motivation)

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[Breiti]

One millstone done today.
Engine bay and front primer done.
Floor primer and paint done.
Now I have back pain. Ouch.

I need a break now.

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