Phantom Resurrection

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Picked this up the end of last year. I wanted to get some practice turfing footholds. Classic ridden hard put away wet needing some TLC.

 

[Sanoman]

Following! Who owned this one before you

 

[mikesx]

Handle pole was in rough shape. Actually got these broken pole stop bolts out with reverse twist drill bits. Some pieces weren't worth fixing.

 

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One of the first jobs was deturfing. And when I say job...... Whoever turfed it originally, I found your blade.

 

[mikesx]

Took a week to get all the old glue off. Lots of clogged sand paper and chemicals.

 

[mikesx]

Inside was pretty rough.

 

[mikesx]

The bottom of the foot buckets were cracked. I have no idea what the red stuff in the 3rd pic was.

 

[mikesx]

I reinforced the footholds. 4oz. glass w/epoxy for the corners,multiple layers, single layer 1708 for the bottom.

 

[mikesx]

The punch in from the tray or, where the ebox mounts was thin so I beefed it up with a single layer of 1708 overlayed with 4oz. Wound up doing the sides when they couldn't pass the candle test.

 

[mikesx]

There was a chine crack right in front of the bulkhead. I ground it back and used 7 layers of 1708 ,and lots of pressure for the patch.

 

[mikesx]

I used a mix of epoxy, graphite and aerogel for this coating. Oh no.

 

[mikesx]

I was using compressed air to blow out the motor mount holes and I thought I was hallucinating but the mount on the right was popping up and down about a 1/4 of an inch. So I made a locator from the good mount, and used a dremel to cut the carbon.

 

[mikesx]

Ground off all the carbon, hogged out the bottom of the mount with a 4 inch grinder and bonded back in place with 404 and epoxy. 2 layers of 5.7 carbon were layed over the mount like originally done.

 

[mikesx]

I ground out all the old inserts.

 

[mikesx]

This is what I did for new inserts. I decided to use M10 Rotolocs, yes big manly M10's, if I need a smaller bolt EZ Lock makes a M10 to M6 adapter. I used dished washers to make covers for the epoxy and to press in place. I made placement studs out of 3/8 bolts, M10 and 3/8 are just about identical thread.

 

[mikesx]

Silicone grease on the threads, load em with epoxy, press in place.

 

[mikesx]

I used MDF to make a form for a battery tray. Covered in with binder presentation cover plastic for release. I used 5 layers of 1708 for the tray.

 

[mikesx]

I wanted the tray to be removable so I used a blister pack from some 60amp fuses to make a mold. Food wrap and a rag, popped these out.

 

[mikesx]

I had to thicken the back of the box with 4 layers of 1708 for M10 flat heads. Back bottom and side thicknesses.

 

[mikesx]

I finished the box with clear epoxy, made a clip for a single captive bungee.