Colombian 3.0 CS

[alprada70]

Half Shaft Restoration

 

[alprada70]

Booster Restoration

 

[alprada70]

Door and Rear panels - Reproduction

 

[tdgray]

Really nice. Fantastic job

 

[alprada70]

Rear Rubber Horn Restoration

 

[alprada70]

Stainless Steel Fuel Tank. Handmade Reproduction

 

[alprada70]

Rear axel frame conversion
From E3 to E9.
Mine E9 rear axle frame had a horrible damage and worst repair, so I took an E3 frame and had the mounts replaced, which is the only difference between both.

 

[alprada70]

Sill cover steel reproduction set

 

[eriknetherlands]

@alprada70 ; if you're considering to make these sill cover as reproduction, here's a consideration:

I think the metal bracket that you spotwelded on the back are not used by anyone installing the covers. They are intended to hold a snapfit metal clip that snaps into the front and rear fenders. Thereby scraping the paint in the worst place possible for an E9; just next to the wheels.

I think that you can just leave those things off.

Question to the gruppe to check my assumption - Did anyone use the metal snapfit clips in these positions?

 

[alprada70]

I've never actually seen them installed. My car didn't have them installed. We reproduced them exactly like the originals. Thanks for the tip !!!

 

[eriknetherlands]

Booster Restoration

Hey @alprada70 ; how did you manage to split the casing of the Booster? Did you just 'unfold' the depressions that were pushed into the outer shell? How did you do that; just hit an old screwdriver in between them?

Mine is terribly rusted on the outside, so I'd like to freshen it up as well. You method looks very thorough, as i like it, and would allow for a derust & rezinc before painting it again.

 

[TomHom]

Uli from our German forum posted these pics showing the installation:
Source: E9-forum.de, Uli "Maschalab"
Without these screws being installed the rubber strip cannot be fixed firmly.
Only possible for somebody with very small fingers!
Thomas

 

[Breiti]

But you should put a rubber seal under the washer inside that M5 screw.

Breiti

 

[alprada70]

Hey @alprada70 ; how did you manage to split the casing of the Booster? Did you just 'unfold' the depressions that were pushed into the outer shell? How did you do that; just hit an old screwdriver in between them?

Mine is terribly rusted on the outside, so I'd like to freshen it up as well. You method looks very thorough, as i like it, and would allow for a derust & rezinc before painting it again.

To open it I unfolded the depressions a little, but to close it again I made a tool so I could turn it. The tool screws onto the booster bolts.

 

[eriknetherlands]

Uli from our German forum posted these pics showing the installation:View attachment 195152View attachment 195153View attachment 195154
Source: E9-forum.de, Uli "Maschalab"
Without these screws being installed the rubber strip cannot be fixed firmly.
Only possible for somebody with very small fingers!
Thomas

I see, so it's purpose is to pull the top, visible side of the sill trim nicely close to the body. Iuntill I saw your pics i was always wondering where the corresponding hole would be, as i always looked at the Walloth&Neesh repair panels - but they turn out not to have the holes.
Seeing your pictures made me check an NOS part i have:
It indeed does have the hole at the bottom, in the middle of the width:

 

[alprada70]

Wow, a year without any updates...
I've spent a lot of time restoring the electrical wiring, but I've made progress on many things: I reproduced the mud covers in aluminum, I'm developing the radio base , I restored the aluminum trim of the front seats, and I restored the front grilles and the sill trims...
Let's get started!

Front Headlight grills Restoration

 

[alprada70]

Front frame restoration

 

[alprada70]

I reinforce this part:

 

[alprada70]

Cluster Harness Restoration

 

[alprada70]

Electric Harness
Suppliers:
kabelknecht.de
-Automotive cable 0,75-1,0 - 1,5 -2,5 4,0 mm
-Silicone glass tube
-Insulate PVC Conectors
-Conectors

Davie's Volvo page- prancingmoose.com
-Conectors
-Terminals

digikey.com
Terminals

Ebay
Tape Coraplast 9 mm
Tools
Terminals
Insulators
Heat Shrinkable tubings