Thanks Mark. Yeah it looks like silver anti-seize is the way to go. The stuff I've ordered especially calls-out having no copper to avoid galvanic corrosion. Hopefully they're a breeze to remove next...
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Thanks Mark. Yeah it looks like silver anti-seize is the way to go. The stuff I've ordered especially calls-out having no copper to avoid galvanic corrosion. Hopefully they're a breeze to remove next...
Totally. I last had mine out 5 years ago to drain the block and stupidly forgot to apply anti-seize when popping them back in. The plugs required too much torque (in my opinion) to remove today and...
Hi everyone
It's been a while. Hope you're all doing great.
What would you all recommend applying to the engine coolant drain plugs to avoid the metal plug and aluminum block corroding together...
A quick update on this. The hood sold to the OP in this thread. He travelled up from Orange County in Feb 2020 to collect it from me in the Bay Area. Thanks for all of the interest.
Ah, "California" and "SMOG". Two dreaded words depending on where you live in America. :umm:
My last ever smog test is done. The anxiety attack is over forever as my car will be traveling with me...
Cheers Michael. That means a lot. Yeah, it's one heck of a mind-numbing job. I instantly regretted starting it - but now that it's done, I'm glad I did - although I did consider selling the car at...
Cheers Jon. Really appreciate that mate. Yeah, it's been bugging me for a while and it was finally time to take it on. Definitely one of the most laborious and mind-numbing jobs yet, but it's always...
Better than when it left the factory in 1981. Two months of meticulous refinishing work on my DeLorean door hinge/torsion bar area.
The last photo shows how it looked when it left the factory,...
I reinforced my center console flaps to stop them from flaring out a bit more than I’d like - especially on the passenger side. It’s a nice invisible (when installed) modification that doesn’t...
Cheers guys. That means a lot. It's probably my art school training, but's all in the prep-work. Weeks and weeks and weeks and weeks of perfecting and refining to get the surfaces as nice as possible...
10 weeks ago I started the most intense and laborious refinement jobs on my car yet.
The messy factory sealant around the door hinges and roof box area has bugged me for years and it was finally...
Haha!
Thanks, but I think I'm covered there. It's always exciting to stumble upon these cool part stashes.
A bit of both. I recently bought a parts stash specifically for a few rare items,...
Tidied up my garage and NOS parts inventory today and realized it's starting to look like a small DMC franchise. :hihi:
http://content.colinbennett.com/dmc/2020-07-01_parts_collection_01.jpg
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Thank you!
Thanks! - and yes, spot on. That's how it's done.
Oh, and maybe this is the article you were thinking of…...
Totally. It's one of those things that once you see it returned to its original look, there's no going back. It looks and feels great. It's so nice to have a sense of squishiness to the panels. Feels...
They did.
As far as I can tell, most door panels these days will look totally flat because the foam will have disintegrated into black powder over the past 39 years. If yours haven't, try pressing...
My original door panels looked great, but the backing boards were totally busted at the fir-tree holes so I decided to buy a set of new NOS panels a few years ago. As I’m sure you all know by now,...
Amazing! Thoroughly enjoyed it!
Haha. Nope, it's the manual pedal box bracket that sits on top of the fiberglass under the dash. Part #5 from this diagram.
http://content.colinbennett.com/dmc/2020-05-23_pedal_box.jpg
Thanks for the recommendation. I do want to keep my car as original as possible - but this might be a nice upgrade.
Nice one!
:fancy:
Nice one Maor. Have fun and enjoy the feeling when it's all done.
That's very kind. Thanks so much! Really appreciate it.
Glad to report my hands are fully intact after a deep detail of my knife-like driver door. Yep, detailed to within an inch of its life....
:cheers1: Haha!
Started my deep interior detail yesterday.
It all starts with the dark bits no one ever sees. Everything - and I mean everything - gets detailed down to the harness and electrical connectors. Yes,...
That's very kind Michael. :cheers: