3.0L engine swap

[Farrar]

#2613 made a successful test drive of about 200 miles. In this photo, it's the DeLorean with a NY license plate.

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[Lwanmtr]

Cool

[OverlandMan]

Good job Farrar. I've been following your car's story behind the curtains. Glad to see its back on the road and road-worthy!

[Farrar]

Good job Farrar.

Thanks, but at this point I can take no credit for anything apart from making suggestions. Bill has done all of the work while the car and I have been stuck in different locations. :\

[Farrar]

A note of caution to anyone reviving a long-dead DeLorean. Any fuel in the tank will be part, or all, gooey varnish. You can clean the tank out with bunches of chemicals and twist your arm every which way scrubbing and scrubbing, or you can cycle fresh fuel into and out of the tank. Bill and I both prefer the fuel-cycling method, which does have one drawback: you will clog a few fuel filters as you test drive the vehicle and all of the varnish is dissolved away. This is no big deal, since the filter is a $5 part and is readily accessible, sitting on the front of the carburetor. However, until you can look into the tank and see nothing but clear fuel all the way down and nothing stuck to the sides of the tank, it's a good idea to travel with a spare fuel filter and two wrenches: 11/16" and 1/2".

#2613 just clogged its first post-resurrection fuel filter. The pickup screen does not have a fine enough mesh to clog with varnish. Similarly, the fuel pump itself is just fine. But the fuel filter did its job: the carburetor (and thus the engine) got clean fuel for a couple of hundred miles, and little by little the filter clogged up with brown goo until the engine started showing symptoms of fuel starvation.

All in all, though, it has made over 200 miles of successful test driving, mostly highway, in the last few days.

[Lwanmtr]

Just too bad the stock location of the filter isnt so accessible...lol.

[opethmike]

Just too bad the stock location of the filter isnt so accessible...lol.

Drive it up on ramps and take a closing plate off. Big whup.

[Lwanmtr]

Drive it up on ramps and take a closing plate off. Big whup.

Yup..easy enough..unless you're not in a place where you can get the car up on ramps, like the side of the road.

[Farrar]

I think it's safe to say that every DeLorean owner will have his or her own set of problems to deal with, depending on how the car is configured. With a 36-year-old vehicle, the best you can do is anticipate your problems. If that involves carrying wrenches, you carry wrenches. If that involves carrying a AAA membership, you carry a AAA membership. And so on.

[Farrar]

Been trying to think of how I could use my extra hazard switch to replace my failed headlight switch, while adding a relay for the marker lights to take the load away from the switch.

I think this will work, but many people here on DMCTalk are cleverer than I am. Please look this over and see if I have made a mistake. Thanks in advance.

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