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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...

I do seem to be improving, I tell you what, it's a bloody useful skill to have! I think I qualify as a passable amatuer now :) Because French! Ive just put so much paint and underseal on it that it wont matter if the metal rots away, the goop will hold the rust together LOL

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...

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...

It's bolted in I think but it holds the brake and clutch pedals, not sure if thats a dash out job. Further investigation required.

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...

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...

I'm going to glue some sand to it for the sputter effect :D :D I built the garage myself - 17 page, 3 year build thread here! https://turborenault.co.uk/threads/my-new-garage.16605/

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 s**t :) Not far off refitting the full sill - should be on that this weekend :P

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 f**king OW, knotted grinder wheels are savage!

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!

No, I bought it, but I left the entry gate open one night and some light fingered little prick nicked it and used to to carry off some booze he nicked from my neighbours garden. found it on my CCTV after enraged searching for the wheelbarrow about a week later.

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I've tried many, many types and the Milwaukee ones for the money are very good, as long as you dont overspeed/overheat. I must have dimpled over a hundred spot welds with my current 2mm Milwaukee bit. Bosch are also pretty good. As a general rule you get what you pay for.

Believe me i've done plenty of absolute shite as well :D this just seemed to come together though!

By this time the primer was dry so I started refitting the outer sill panel. It's a non-OE one so not perfect, but better than making something from scratch! Punched some spot holes. Cleaned up the welding surfaces and away we went (after about an hour of messing and adjusting and trying to...

Sunday I was supposed to be going somewhere to do something but it was cancelled last minute, so I dived straight back in the garage hoping to get the outer sill back on. I painted the inner with Bonda... While that was drying I stripped out the remainder of the fuel pump and lines, the...

Chopped the rust out, chucked some BHH80 around inside the rest of the section Started piecing it back together That finished off Saturday - pretty good progress!

I managed to bag a pair of new sills not long back, so I just went all in on Saturday. Feck it. Didn't look THAT rusty but the jack point was bad and it's damaged at the back (been like that since I bought it in 2002!) All in for the win. Nasty Got stuck into the inner sill...

Long time no update! Swapping to the Phase 2 18"'s I have in the garage with new PS4 all round - ready for summer!

Just had a few days off work but ended up getting tangled up in non-Renault-9 things until late Friday, overall for a 1986 car (35 years old) it's not bloody bad you know. Far better than the 21. ...but not completely rot free :D I decided to drop off the rear shocks and investigate the...

I've decided to take a sabbatical from the 21 for a bit while I wait for some things to happen, so I put it in the corner and dragged the 9 to the work area to go on the rotisserie I emptied out all the spares I had stashed inside the car so everything doesnt get tumble dried when I spin...

I'd leave you looking like you'd be stomped by an AT-AT

Righty ho then. Bring 21 to CSF '22 - get Orgy. What motivation!

Gutted man, I was going to bring the RS250 and the Vee this year just to be a showy offy prick I wonder if the 21 might be in a state to make an appearance at the next one in '22.

Showing my age here. I got an Atari 520STFM for Xmas 1988, I was 11. I saved up my paper round money and upgraded it to 1040 spec (1mb RAM) I still have it, it still works though I did replace the floppy drive a few years ago. I occasionally boot it up and play Xenon 2, Volfied, Arkanoid 2...

Yes. Approaching 23 years this year, already told my lad it's his after I croak it :)

Liner seats are in fab condition - these are prone to corrosion if the engine is run without the right antifreeze. Bear in mind this is 34 years old! Liners in - good old socket tower liner clamps lol

I really wanted to get the engine built over the break..but...sigh. I resolved the piston issue, had my local machine shop fit them... 2 new 2 old pistons with the all new rings. I ordered new mains & big ends off the web, the big ends arrived but the mains didnt and were due, according to...

When you root out the rust, clean it up then coat it with Bilt Hamber Hydrate 80, then Bonda rust primer, then paint and then Gravitex underseal. If you apply the gravitex with an air gun you get a good thick coat with a nice finish.