I tried to respond to your question yesterday, but Daddy still has me on double secret time out (every single word I write has to receive his blessing before it will update, or Uncle Mike's -- what a...
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I tried to respond to your question yesterday, but Daddy still has me on double secret time out (every single word I write has to receive his blessing before it will update, or Uncle Mike's -- what a...
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Bill Robertson
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For the morbidly curious, this is what it's like to start and drive a carbureted DeLorean (credit Farrar Hudkins -- he's the one with a nice video camera):
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A common repair for flaky OEM tail light boards is to put little #4 bolts through the outside socket rivets and cinch them tighter (doesn’t work on the inside positive rivets of course because...
My homage to K-Jet:
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/548049_364779640233959_100001057778755_1087063_509154974_n.jpg
The new 12v choke heater wire is visible passing through the tach...
One of the charges sometimes leveled against carburetion is that carbureting a DeLorean permanent modifies the car, reducing its resale value, precluding reversion back to K-Jet, etc.
That is...
Stock DeLorean front suspensions suffer from many design weaknesses:
1) Lower control arms are made from low grade 16 gauge steel (basically the same type and thickness of steel typically reserved...
When I contacted an independent DeLorean vendor about single piece speedometer cables, he told me they were no longer available. So I went to Autozone, bought a suitable cable for $6.99 ($7.51 with...
The idea that R134 conversions are inherently difficult or expensive is incorrect. I am sure some conversions do in fact turn out to be difficult and expensive (for example, owners who go wrenching...
Just paint them (brushed enamel, not sprayed). You can do that with the tires still on. Takes about a week to exhaust an entire quart. Costs less than $10.
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Nonsense. They are used to hold Vespa seats in place. I buy them for about 80 cents apiece. These are proper M7x1.00 socket heads BTW, not hex heads.
I just gave Louis Duet a complete set, free...
Anyone have a technical question, or need technical advice, about carbureting a DeLorean?
Bill Robertson
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Slow down and take a deep breath. Steve, Farrar, and Jim were the first to know about the new forum because they already had ongoing eMail contact with me. I just happened to mention it in passing as...
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For the morbidly curious, while I have been erased from existence, I helped two owners convert to carburetion (and helped them install ground buses), started...
I'll be damned -- my password still works.
I harbor no delusions that this message won't be deleted after Sean wakes up. That is how moderation on this forum works -- the moderator makes...
In the factory configuration, the headlight switch has an unprotected ground for the internal illumination bulb. If/when its melts, that ground can short out and set the car on fire:
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Bill Robertson
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Cross posted from the "Efi?" thread (General Forum):
Can't speak for anyone else, but in my case multiport injection wasn't an option -- my heads were never drilled for injectors:
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(No,...
Jeez -- I can't even post carburetor specific comments in *THIS* thread without a moderator deleting them.
If you want to discuss carburetors, eMail me direct: [email protected].
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Is there some reason I should doubt Volvo's own words?
Bill Robertson
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Combined with Bill Haddad's and Hillel Levin's books, the portrait of JZD painted by many others differs significantly from the portrait he painted of himself.
Speaking as someone who actually...
I'll be damnded if I am going to lay on the ground and mess with the original frame to battery ground. Same with the original braided strap. If they work, great. If they fail, I'll never know it.
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Ummm, E Series was *ONLY* used in Europe (and Australia).
Bill Robertson
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Actually no they didn't. Volvo put a very different K-Jet intake manifold on the PRV for the four years. Volvo did not start using the manifold you're familiar with until 1979:
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Inadequate grounding is what causes the inertia switch and Fuse #7 to melt....
Bill Robertson
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