9 turbo Phase 1 9 Turbo

[Adey]

is this going to be done before the 21?

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Great work @DaveL485 sir!! That looked proper grotbags when you removed the old sill, but with the work you’ve done, it looks excellent!!!

This and my Silver 11 will look a great pair when done..!!

 

[DaveL485]

is this going to be done before the 21?

Yeah, I need so many big ticket items for the 21 I decided to pause it for a bit and throw all the bits I have stashed up at the 9 and get it back on the road "Adey style"* this year. The only spends I can think of outside of consumables for it I need are things like balljoints, refurbed calipers, front shock topmounts and small items like that. Having the 9 running and driving will also make garage organisation way easier.


*Looks like shit, but somehow is still cool

 

[Adey]

 

[DaveL485]

Finished patching the floor and made the jacking point reinforcement & welded it on, on BH Friday, then attached the OS sill.







Should last a few years that!

 

[DaveL485]

And BH Monday I did half a day on the OS sill and started cleaning up/patching the rotted out shite



Evidence of an old get-it-past-the-mot-repair by yours truly, from well over 15 years ago



This side is worse at the front









Fucking OW, knotted grinder wheels are savage!

 

[Duncan Grier]

@DaveL485 just bin those gloves you have had you money out of them. Let them rest in peace now

 

[DaveL485]

Working on the inner sill and floor











Floor is super duper thin so was difficult to weld but it's in now and strong, once I slap paint on this side and Gravitex on the other nobody, including me, will give a shit



Not far off refitting the full sill - should be on that this weekend

 

[DaveL485]

As promised, managed to get both sills and jack points rebuilt, put some seam sealer on the joints and left to dry.

OSF jack point - did this in less pieces than the other side this time.













Sill prep



And fitted - this one was a lot harder, the fit wasn't anywhere near as good tbh, took quite a bit of messing about to get it anywhere near! You can see the misaligned lip at the bottom of the front door aperture.

 

[DaveL485]

Slapped some seam sealer on, will smooth this off before I paint it. I think it had started to go off a bit in the tube, as it was a half used one. No skirts on the Phase 1 so below the ridge line of the sill is just black underseal, Silver paint above. The join of the paint/sealer is covered by a chrome sill trim. These actually rot less being open to atmosphere...less trapped moisture.





While this was drying I did three patches on the top of the OSF inner wing, where the wing bolts on. Didnt take any pictures but they were flat patches, quick and easy. Then I turned to the OSF wheel arch, has some old repairs in here that still seemed OK, but then I looked at the chassis rail in front of the wheel arch...oh dear me A small poke resulted in the bottom of the chassis rail falling apart so I just went in heavy with the grinder!



This resulted in me having to take the loom out that runs through this chassis rail and also let me to this absolute horror. The brake fluid res sits on the front of the NSF turret, spilled brake fluid from its early life has run down the arch and along the chassis rail and stripped all the protection off, and... this is right under the brake master.





I started cutting out the rot but ran out of time. Note to self - 30 year old sound deadening catches fire REAL easy when its within a foot of the 'exhaust' stream of a plasma cutter lol. This is going to be a tough repair, complex shapes and awkward access.



Dreading this one if i'm honest.

 

[gordini stu]

Looking very tidy , just nip down the M40 and do my 5 . can’t seam to ever find the time

 

[Chris74#]

And BH Monday I did half a day on the OS sill and started cleaning up/patching the rotted out shite

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Evidence of an old get-it-past-the-mot-repair by yours truly, from well over 15 years ago

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This side is worse at the front

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Fucking OW, knotted grinder wheels are savage!

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Owww!! Some sterling work going on there @DaveL485 - Love the trusty lump hammer photo-bombing!!

 

[DaveL485]

After a VERY exhausting week off, working on a number of different things, included in there was a bit of work on the 9

New water pump arrived, bit of a touch from autodoc special offers at £20 along with wishbones and bottom balljoints for about £26 as well!




Dragged my new subframe out too




Cleaned up that chassis rail box section and started repairs







Just hanging out in the garage



Also attacked the inner edge of the drivers jack point which was a bit frayed

 

[DaveL485]

Yesterday I got about 3 hours spare so I popped out and did some underside cleanup, wire brush on a drill to shift the caked dirt, knotted wheel for any rust spots followed by BHH80, then I went to work on the drivers side floor & sill with Gravitex - pleased!









The reconstructed jacking point I am particularly chuffed with

 

[andybond]

I think this group should try and get a group buy on Bilt Hamber products at the rate we go through it!

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Great work @DaveL485

 

[DaveL485]

I really want this on the road this year so trying to crack on. Not going to the extremes as with the 21, just what it needs, without any horrible bodgery as the car deserves better than that

I also think I just had a touch and found a new & unused Scoff EFI C1J engine loom, which will save me a load of time making one!

@Big Steve - Raider any joy on those chassis rail looms/wishbone bolt buddy?

 

[Turbell]

That's looking very tidy, be a proper sorted shell when you're done.

 

[DaveL485]

Saturday I wanted to get the majority of the welding done for the "Adey style" recomission, so I hit it full speed. I did 7 small patches on the tops of the inner wings, then found a "small" patch of surface rust on the NSF inner wing/scuttle was actually a gaping rust chasm so I set about that too. I then also tacked the hole in the bulkhead, which ended up looking rushed and i'm not too pleased about that but inside is covered by carpet and the engine side will be under a big squodge of seam sealer so....who cares I didnt take many pics as I wanted to keep the momentum going. Once the welding is done I need a huge garage clean so I can do some engine building stuff.







These bits on top of the inner wings are basically where the spire clips sit with the outer wing bolts thorugh. Half of them, when I pulled the spire clip off it pulled the chunk of wing with it LOL

 

[DaveL485]

I managed to get the welding done Saturday and also the majority of the underside clean up and BHH80 done too before I knocked off about half 8, I was knackered! Sunday this meant (after cleaning the Grand Modus I am about to sell) I could get the Bonda primer on, then get ready to Gravitex the rest of the underside up to the bulkhead. I speed dried the Bonda with a heat gun (impatient) and then went for it - 2 more bottles of Gravitex, thats 5 in total on it so far!





Though I had a painters mask on, I was still trolleyed from the fumes, so to finish off I just cleaned up a couple of suspension bits and painted them, before retiring for the F1 and a chilled beverage.









This week I will mostly be thinking about what to do with the engine bay, how far to go on cleanup & paint etc. I also now have a mates 21 in for engine work so need to do that also!