What have you done to your DeLorean today?

[DavidProehl]

Looks awesome Tillsy!

Replaced the front bearings today. Brought them into a local shop to be pressed, then I got them back on the car. One fell apart about a month and a half ago when Clint, Jon and I were refreshing my brake system. At the time Clint was able to patch the old bearing back together enough to work, but it was making odd sounds so I went ahead and replaced both the fronts. Now I have a little more piece of mind knowing they are new.

This seemed like an intimidating job, but turned out to be super easy. For once I agree with Jon on job complexity!

[jawn101]

For once I agree with Jon on job complexity!

Haaaahahahahahahaha

Glad you got them fixed Is the noise gone?

[AussieDMC]

I put new cooling fans in my car last night from Toby and Misty at Delorean Parts Northwest.
A great product. Way quieter than the old fans. Copped a face full of dirt when I pulled the shroud
out.

[DavidProehl]

Haaaahahahahahahaha

Glad you got them fixed Is the noise gone?

Seems to be! I only did a short test drive, a few miles, and didn't hear the scratching sound anymore. I think that is a good sign.

[DrJeff]

This has been a long time coming (as have a few of my concurrent projects now) but I finally got the installation of the Dimmable LED instrument illumination done. I love the LED lights in the dash (the slightly blue-ish white ones give a more modern look), however I really prefer to have the dash lights dimmable if I'm out driving around at night. So I fitted a PWM (pulse width modulation) unit [sounds fancier than it is] in place of the rheostat.

Here's a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpU-RoBB7zo. The beeping is the GM Chimer unit in replacement for the Dying Goat Buzzer (but that's another story).

The most difficult part was that the PWM unit needed a dedicated circuit to the illumination bulbs, no problem on the +12v wire (red-white wire coming from the rheostat), however the D's dash illumination bulbs share their ground connection with other instruments. So I fitted a dedicated ground-return wire from each of the illumination bulbs and bypassed the stock ground connections. I got it done in such a way that it can be returned to stock.

Installing an LED Dimmer for Instrument Panel Illumination.pdf

[sdg3205]

Took some Craig's in for service.

Fun time: find the Craig's in the picture and win 10 internets!

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[Ron]

This has been a long time coming (as have a few of my concurrent projects now) but I finally got the installation of the Dimmable LED instrument illumination done.

(Copied to the Custom DeLorean/Mods)

[mluder]

Took some Craig's in for service.

Did you find someone who can do full rehab - Belts and all?

Cheers
Steve

[Chris3991]

Replaced the failing original struts with replacement struts from www.delorean.com.
However, when the new struts were fully extended, the engine compartment cover could not be opened far enough for the brace to be latched into place. The grab hook on the engine cover bumped into the louvre cover and the brace inside the engine compartment still needed to travel 1/4 inch to reach the lock position indentation. So I closed and latched the engine compartment cover.
I grabbed the original struts and held them in the fully extended position next to the replacement struts that are still on the vehicle. The original struts are in fact about an inch longer than the replacements.
I called out to DMC California and spoke with a guy named Todd. He didn't seem to have any ideas other than to bend the brace as to, in effect, shorten the distance the brace would have to travel, thus allowing it to reach the lock position. I'm not comfortable doing this quite yet.

Any thoughts on a better solution or perhaps obtaining the correct parts?

Cheers

[refugeefromcalif]

My D was taken from me today.



Funny, Finance companies Expect you to make ALL the payments on a loan.?.?

(J/K).


The closest I'll ever see to my car flying.




It's on the way to DMCFL for a bit of work, and a few Upgrades.

George

EDIT: Don't know How I'll survive without it for a couple weeks...