Bringing back an E9.

[Miroteknik]

wow.... actual wood dash trim. love it.

[mpower5266]

I have been away on a work trip for the last few weeks, so I haven't made much progress on the car. That being said, my dad has done a few things here and there. We wanted to fix the wood trim so he pulled the dash.

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Since we had the dash out, we shipped it out to be refinished. We hope to see it before Christmas. Since we now had access to all the wood trim, we got to work on it. The dash trim wasn't terrible but it did need some attention.

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And the gauge cluster trim has seen better days.

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We have most of the trim re-veneered as of now although the gauge cluster is a pain in the ass. Now we just need to decide on a stain color.

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The next projects will be staining the wood, replacing the carpets, and cleaning the seats, while the dash is out for repair. We are also going to start on some of the body work repairs while we wait on the dash. The dates have been announced for the 2020 Vintage and I have my sights set on driving it up.

[hinrichs]

That seat looks so much better, amazing how dirty they really get.

[mpower5266]

o I picked up the passenger seat from the e9 the other night and brought it home. It fit nicely in the wagon.

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It needed a good cleaning badly.

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I used a mixture of steam and leather cleaner with a horse hair brush. The steam pulled up a lot of gunk on its own.

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After the steam I went over it with leather cleaner.

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After I finished the seat, I continued the same process on the head rest. Before.

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After.

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Once the seat and the head rest dried out a little I gave them both a thick coat of conditioner.

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And the finished product. It was still soaking up conditioner in this pic but after buffing with a microfiber it now has a less glossy finish.

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It didn't come out perfect but I love the patina on it.. its like an old baseball glove.

[mpower5266]

Not a huge update but we finished pulling the door cards, thankfully the doors weren't full of rust.

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We also got the rest of the interior out, as you can see the carpet is not saveable. Again, I was happy to not see the shop floor while in the car. One of the writers for Bmw Roundel magazine Rob Siegel just did a big write up where to look for rust on these cars, one of the best quotes in the article is. "they will start oxidizing if you even think a moist thought within 20 feet of them." I have been happy with the little rust we have found.

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Then, out came the back seats which are in amazing shape.

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I am probably going to go over Sunday and bring the seats over to my garage to start cleaning them. I may do a little youtube video of the process, and if it takes off start shooting video of other projects.

[mpower5266]

So I haven't really spent much time messing with the E9 since I bought a new daily a few weeks ago. I love this thing..

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Anyway, we had some parts on order and they finally came in. We buttoned up the exhaust, driveshaft, and shifter and put it back on its wheels.

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It sat there for about 15 minutes before the interior started coming out. The seats look pretty good, not sure if we are going to redye them or just clean them for now.

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I also paid way too much for these AC hardlines, but I had to have them.

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Anyway, back to the interior. We pulled the door cards and removed some of the wood trim.

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It looks like I am going to learn how to lay a veneer. We may change the color and grain, so we have some samples coming.

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We also sent the power steering pump out to be rebuild. At the price it was a bargain. It looks like its ready to ship back to us.

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So as of now, we are waiting on the pump and veneer samples. We also need to pick a carpet color and order that kit while the interior is out and then start putting it all back together.

[theseeker411]

Damn, I love seeing the progress on this thing!

[Nike_100]

That car is just beautiful!
Before I got my 1970 Audi 100 I hovered between an E9 and the 100 C1, but unfortunately didn't find a suitable E9...

I'm curious what you will make out of it!

[cressidodd]

Looks like a good start! Excited to see where this goes

[mpower5266]

Couple of small updates from the weekend. We installed a new clutch.

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And put the trans back in. The top bolts were interesting to get hand started but a few extensions and swivels we were in business.

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As my grandfather used to say, "I could tighten it from in the truck." He was a weird guy.

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And installed and mostly buttoned back up. We also ran new wires to the reverse light sensor.

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More to come. I think we are going to get it back on the ground and pull the interior out for cleaning and to repair the wood.

[mpower5266]

Gorgeous car and +1 for Eurofed! They are the best. Also, that hangar is the stuff of dreams.

Thank you. I actually just went though your 944 thread, I have an 83 944 that looks identical. Its been sitting in our other building for years, I really should get it going...

So the clutch parts showed up and I figured out why the pilot bearing was making so much noise.

Check out this video of the pilot removal.....

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Yea...... the correct one is on the right. I hope that didnt tear anything up.

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More to come....

[Kenz]

Gorgeous car and +1 for Eurofed! They are the best. Also, that hangar is the stuff of dreams.

[mpower5266]

I stopped by my dads last night and pulled the clutch off the e9.

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This is a little further than I thought we were going to go. :lol_hitti

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The clutch and other parts should be here Monday.

[mpower5266]

Made some progress recently. Removed the exhaust and driveshaft.

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Out came the shifter.

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I believe this is the source of the speedo issues. If you watched the video I posted earlier it was doing "90" in a 20, haha.

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And out came the trans.

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Up next..... clutch removal.

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I love having a lift... haha.

[DawsonLiri]

Damn, so jealous.
Dream car here too, and a nice solid example.
Color is amazing and I can't wait the result.