Another Egress rebuild !

[Percymon]

OK, so here we go, another Egress rebuild thread - seem to be popular these days !

The start point was a very amicable sale from forum member Hambo - nice easy transaction, many thanks Richard.

Car arrived very well packaged, we have to pay for carrier bags in Wales these days, so it was great to gain 20 for free with the Eggy

So the start point (pictures from Hambo's original post)..

I'd intended leaving this a few weeks to clear the workbench of other projects, but whilst waiting on some parts I thought it would be rude not to have a look and probe at my latest purchase.

So body first..

the original rear wing has suffered around the bolts holes for the wing end plates..

.. perhaps i can add a second layer of fresh lexan on the inside, bonded with CA glue, to strengthen the area and reattach the plates - any suggestions ??

The undercowl has some flaking paint, so that will be removed and repainted - perhaps smoke, perhaps gunmetal, perhaps boxart silver, perhaps chrome ?

The body itself has no splits or tears - it will clean up nicely with some car polish on the outside - i'd prefer to repaint it for a better finish, but its OK for now and with cold weather at the moment its no time to be spraying paint. I may get a ***** body in time. A new set of original decals should arrive in the morning; thought i'd grab those while they are still fairly reasonable prices !

I couldn't resist any longer, so with screwdriver and spanner to hand ....

wheels off and cleaned. Schumacher blue foams have been added inside the tyres to give the original tyres a bit of help to prolong their lifetime..

Now onto the rear suspension area..

Rear Hi-caps removed, drained of their (superclean) damper oil, cleaned and now ready for rebuild - not sure what weight oil to use, but most of my cars run 35wt silicon oil - any suggestions ??

The rest of the rear end was then removed from the car. All plastic parts cleaned up...

Rear wing stay, pressure plates, chassis plate spacers all cleaned to remove dirt - no agressive cleaning required !

It quickly became apparent that the car had seen very little use, as Hambo had said all along. Wheel bearings were like new once a little surface grime was removed with a dry cloth..

Onto the rear gearbox internals..

..well at this point i started to wonder why i was bothering, the grease was as it left the tube the day it was originally built, no discoloration, no debris, nothing but clean grease to be seen. As a result i decided not to open up the differential, just clean off the grease ready for a new application on rebuild...

All screws, bolts, washers and nuts removed to date also given a clean in mild pH neutral detergent..

So this leaves me with the chassis now looking like this,,

Next stop, the front end..

A new front and rear bumper are on their way, but may find a home in my next project due to arrive next week if the plan comes together

All comments, suggestions most welcome !

[Wez-li]

Great buy mate.

I'm sure you'll have it looking good as new in no time. Subscribed!

[Percymon]

Cheers Wez

Which damper oil did you use in your hi-caps?

[Tamiya Era]

great mate,,,,,,,,

another thread,,,this will definitely be fun...

enjoy it

[Tamiya Era]

mate,,,what type of metal cleaning u used!! looks so neat and shinny

[Thommo]

Great condition really it looks damage free. Great pickup buddy and great pics too, keep it coming.

I hope you need yellow shock collars

[Percymon]

mate,,,what type of metal cleaning u used!! looks so neat and shinny

Nothing special at all..

plastic parts with pH neutral liquid soap and a toothbrush

same for gearsets

bearings just wiped with dry microfibre cloth

Dampers wiped with dry cloth, bottom mounts with soap and toothbrush again

Screws were cleaned in hand hot water with pH neutral liquid soap, and 4 minutes immersion in an ultrasonic cleaner. I did the screws in batches as i wasn't sure whether they were all the same material. So each type of screw, bolt, washer and nut got a separate session in the ultrasonic.

The black plastic parts are literally as the day they were made - spotless, not a mark on them

The metal parts have a few very minor marks on them , but again there wasn't al lot to remove from them bar some old dry dirt

I did use a bit of scotchbrite pan scourer on the wing stay rod but thats the only part that received any form of abrasive

The camera flash makes the screws look a lot cleaned than they are in realtity - they are clean, but not quite the chrome sparkly finish the photo would suggest

Remember this car barely got run - a few sessions on tarmac, and then the rest is just 15 or so years of storage dust

[Tamiya Era]

Nothing special at all..

plastic parts with pH neutral liquid soap and a toothbrush

same for gearsets

bearings just wiped with dry microfibre cloth

Dampers wiped with dry cloth, bottom mounts with soap and toothbrush again

Screws were cleaned in hand hot water with pH neutral liquid soap, and 4 minutes immersion in an ultrasonic cleaner. I did the screws in batches as i wasn't sure whether they were all the same material. So each type of screw, bolt, washer and nut got a separate session in the ultrasonic.

The black plastic parts are literally as the day they were made - spotless, not a mark on them

The metal parts have a few very minor marks on them , but again there wasn't al lot to remove from them bar some old dry dirt

I did use a bit of scotchbrite pan scourer on the wing stay rod but thats the only part that received any form of abrasive

The camera flash makes the screws look a lot cleaned than they are in realtity - they are clean, but not quite the chrome sparkly finish the photo would suggest

Remember this car barely got run - a few sessions on tarmac, and then the rest is just 15 or so years of storage dust

okkkk,,, so lucky u

as u said ,, barley run,,so easy to work out the cleaning..

enjoy and thanks

[Percymon]

I'm hoping the rest is similar - so far so good

Compared to my previous restorations this one should take considerably less time to strip and clean - no wood screws, not metal straps holding the chassis together etc etc

[Tamiya Era]

I'm hoping the rest is similar - so far so good

Compared to my previous restorations this one should take considerably less time to strip and clean - no wood screws, not metal straps holding the chassis together etc etc

great,, so we will face a fast movement.

what about the body!!! any new plans

[Percymon]

Front knuckles, driveshafts, shock tower and hi-caps now removed and ready for cleaning.

Struggling with the front bumper - one of the nuts that recesses into the plastic on the top side is turning in its recess so will need to improvise to remove the last bolt holding the bumper on. Have left it soaking in WD-40 for a few hours to free up the screw thread a little.

[EddScott]

Funnily enough I was going to start mine tonight with the initial tear down but my camera is flat!

Its cleaning up very well.

[Percymon]

Sorted the front bumper now

All broken down and cleaned now - ready for rebuild time

[Tamiya Era]

Funnily enough I was going to start mine tonight with the initial tear down but my camera is flat!

Its cleaning up very well.

great....waiting

[Percymon]

Looking good i must say. I assume this will be dismantled, cleaned, rebuilt and run?

The Egress is a beautiful looking piece of kit i must say I guess we will be seeing this re issued too at some point in the not so distant future!

It will be rebuilt, starting today.

Will it be run ? Well dunno yet - it might be too nice for that and its soooooo beautiful to look at

[Percymon]

And on to the rebuild...

Rear gearbox - a quick look before it gets sealed for another 20 years..

Front gearbox - bye bye, see you in 2032

Gearboxes mounted to chassis plate..

Top chassis plate, rear swing arms and drive hardware installed..

Front end coming along nicely too..

Rear shocks and wind stay added..

Front shocks added

Final rear gearbox cogs added - went with the one way bearing configuration as previously built..

Previous motor added, gear mesh set using the 'paper method'

Almost done..

Front close up view (new bumper)..

Rear close up view..

Only new parts added so far..

Schumacher tyre foams

Fastrax 35wt silicon shock oil front and rear

Front bumper

everything else as it left the Tamiya factory in 1989 (ish)

Next to finish the electrics and sort the original body out.

[Tamiya Era]

And on to the rebuild...

Rear gearbox - a quick look before it gets sealed for another 20 years..

Front gearbox - bye bye, see you in 2032

Gearboxes mounted to chassis plate..

Top chassis plate, rear swing arms and drive hardware installed..

Front end coming along nicely too..

Rear shocks and wind stay added..

Front shocks added

Final rear gearbox cogs added - went with the one way bearing configuration as previously built..

Previous motor added, gear mesh set using the 'paper method'

Almost done..

Front close up view (new bumper)..

Rear close up view..

Only new parts added so far..

Schumacher tyre foams

Fastrax 35wt silicon shock oil front and rear

Front bumper

everything else as it left the Tamiya factory in 1989 (ish)

Next to finish the electrics and sort the original body out.

That is Amaaaaazing mate,,,,,,,just like New...congrats

what u will do about the body!!

[94eg!]

Hey when you guys quote a post with a bunch of pics, it's best to delete them from your quote so they don't get double posted.

Great photos BTW.

[Tamiya Era]

Hey when you guys quote a post with a bunch of pics, it's best to delete them from your quote so they don't get double posted.

Great photos BTW.

yeaa,, right

cheers

[Percymon]

what u will do about the body!!

I'm going to try to repair the original rear wing.

The shell doesn't have any damage as such, a slightly bigger hole where the rear body post goes but thats all. Undercowl is fine, just flaky paint.

I was all for ordering a ***** body set, and a new set of original decals arrived today, but i'm having a play with the old shell....

As it arrived..

and the inside - brush painted but only where the decals didn't cover the clear shell, so not too much paint. Inside..

Initial test with my magic lexan paint remover..

looks promising !

another 5 minutes later..

and after 30 minutes, with a few interuptions to my other project..

topo down, with white cloth underneath to see progress..

[Tamiya Era]

Initial test with my magic lexan paint remover..

what is the name of this magic remover

[Percymon]

Initial test with my magic lexan paint remover..

what is the name of this magic remover

elbow grease

[Wez-li]

no seriously

what did you use? pm if it's a secret

[Tamiya Era]

PM me too

[Percymon]

With my attention diverted to a nice short project of a Supershot/Hotshot hybrid runner, this afternoon i got back to the Eggy, turning my attention to the rear wing and repairing/reinforcing the broken section where the end plates bolt on..

Before..

After paint removal, I cut a section of spare lexan to shape and CA glued this behind the original secion, then added some scraps of lexan to level out the original mounting surface...

All together

End plates bolted together so i can get them symmetrical..