North Homestead.
Type: Posts; User: Farrar
North Homestead.
Guess I should update everyone.
No progress on the car. My wife got laid off and we had to move further south to accommodate her new job (I am installing a portable a/c unit in our new garage,...
Hi, Eddie, and welcome aboard the good ship DeLorean! Greetings and best wishes from an owner not far from Miami (we moved to Princeton last month).
-Farrar
All right, the new taillight fasteners came in. For the first time in untold years, the taillights are held in with six screws, as per factory spec, with rubber washers against the fascia and black...
Don't know yet.
Looks like we'll be moving again in a couple of months, so my priorities have shifted from creature comforts to getting the car roadworthy again as soon as possible.
My own attempt at making...
Parts are arriving! :nana1:
My Drayron taillight boards arrived tonight, and I can't wait to put them into service. They will allow me to have dual-intensity red lights for running/brakes.
I...
The weather here is starting to become more tolerable and I should be fully recovered from a shoulder injury soon so that I can start working on the car again. I'm glad this forum is still here so...
Yes I do, as much as possible. I fortunately live in an area where there are lots of boaters, so a lot of stations down here sell ethanol-free. There was some "regular" gas in the tank, though,...
Using a cheap low-pressure fuel pump I extracted the remainder of pre-pandemic fuel from #2613's tank. The pump never bogged down, which makes me think that perhaps there's not much gunk in the tank...
I scored a pair of Owen Malbec's LCA braces second-hand, thus saving me some money buying the DeLoreanGo ones. I'm closer to getting started on the brakes and suspension work (might as well do them...
The 32mm socket I ordered on March 18th arrived on May 24th.
I had to spend some time away for family reasons.
Work slowed down quite a lot, for quite a long time, but it's picking up again, so...
That is a thing of beauty.
Mine is mounted differently (behind the radiator fans). It seems to work just fine, although I think it's leaking.
Thanks, I'll have a look at the temperature requirements.
I wrote that before we talked. That said, I know you're busy with much better things to do. I don't expect freebies, so I don't plan...
Getting back to the subject of the taillight boards.
This plan has fallen through, so I'm again looking at cutting them by hand.
Unfortunately I'm not able to make my cuts accurate enough...
We're on the same page, Dan! That's exactly my strategy. :)
You're correct, of course. There are two things I am considering with regard to these parts: First, the tie rod ends on this car are a John Hervey/SpecialTAuto-sourced product: I've heard that they...
Here are some photos of what I'll be dealing with.
LH upper ball joint
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LH lower ball joint
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LH tie rod end
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I do have a good bench vise, and an impact wrench. I was planning to buy or rent one of those ball joint press kits - the kind with the C clamp and different sizes of cups and adaptors. Once I get...
Ah ha, but no.
After cleaning the area I'd be working in I decided to inspect everything before taking it apart. I found some things need to be replaced. After 13+ years there's a lot of rubber...
Fascinating. I didn't know about that, so I assumed it was done by a previous owner along with reinforcing the front crumple extension (plates welded on to effectively double the thickness in that...
When I put the car in the air to do the brake work, I noticed some epoxy starting to separate beside the passenger-side tow hook.
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I also noticed, as you will have from the above photo,...
Most of the brake parts are here! The work will begin soon. :)
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Not pictured here are a few odds and ends, shop supplies, &c. (Who wants to see a bottle of brake fluid? Nor do I.)...
Mission creep has set in again, and a new problem has appeared.
In 2018 when I did my a/c repairs, I installed a 12"x25" condenser. This was after eyeballing the OEM condenser. Laying them side by...