Location: Austin MN
Posts: 586
My VIN: 03500
Had to take my D to the shop for the first time in my 8 years of ownership. Putting in a new clutch because the throwout bearing seized. Now I'm waiting on the flywheel to get machined. She only has a little over 19k on her. I know what some will say but I replaced a somewhat jumpy original but functional angle drive shortly after getting the car.
Dave B.
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Location: Olathe, KS
Posts: 1,680
My VIN: 11596
No fun. Don't forget to smear the pivot ball and fill the dust boot with 50/50 red grease and anti seize. That will eliminate a squeaky clutch operation.Originally Posted by WHO1DMC
Had to take my D to the shop for the first time in my 8 years of ownership. Putting in a new clutch because the throwout bearing seized. Now I'm waiting on the flywheel to get machined. She only has a little over 19k on her. I know what some will say but I replaced a somewhat jumpy original but functional angle drive shortly after getting the car.
Dave B.
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VIN 11596 Jan 1982 build - owned since Nov. 2000!
Total frame-off restoration completed 2021-2023
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Was Fargo, ND
Now Kansas City
Location: Central Cali
Posts: 302
My VIN: 5087
Been recoating the bumper foam while I wait for a few more parts to arrive.
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Posts: 1,254
This may not go with the tittle, but?..
My wife and I go to a fancy seaside restaurant at least twice a month. This place is about an hour away. We almost always go in the D. Last Sunday, we went, but because we had some other business there, we took my truck. Wouldn?t you know it, I parked right by a guy in a Tesla with gull wing doors. I had never seen one before and I was really wishing I drove the D.
Location: lincoln ca
Posts: 219
My VIN: nov 81 6900-
guy saw me and went back to get his x so he could take pics....
Location: SW FL
Posts: 745
Club(s): (DCF) (DCO) (DCUK)
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Dunmurry | Stuttgart | Leipzig | Munich | Tochigi | Fremont | Bratislava | Sindelfingen | Kansas City | Oakville | Coventry
Posts: 1,254
Same old ?chop job? on Deloreans. We?ll see if anyone wants a TeslaX in 40 years.
Location: Maple Grove, MN (Minneapolis)
Posts: 1,423
My VIN: 05457
This is now the second time I've had to replace it. The last time I did so was 11 years and 11,000 miles ago. Is that reasonable? This seems like a part that shouldn't wear much as there isn't a lot of reverse driving happening.
I get it typically gets oil logged and shorts, but still, 11,000 miles seems quick. This time I added a crush washer to see if that seals it better in case there was an issue with an little oil leaking.
David Proehl
Location: FL
Posts: 948
My VIN: Early
Yesterday, I began work on widening my shift hole for the manual shift lever. Looks terrible (wrong tools), but who cares? Nobody will see it!
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And today, I got my UN1 case halves and rear cover together. Installed DeLorean MW coupler and DeloreanGo seals and roll pins.
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Just some advice for others. If you use Loctite 609 for the bearings, you need to get your case together super quick. I waited too long and it hardened, which caused a bind in one bearing. So I had to take it apart and start over again.
Early 81 5spd conversion- DMCH Ground Effects, Double Din, Custom Instrument Cluster, QA1 Suspension, 3.0 PRV with MS3
Location: Leonardtown, MD
Posts: 9,008
My VIN: 03572
Well I washed my car yesterday. Something I never do. Now I remember why I never do it......water spots. I usually just hand clean it with spray wash and a towel. Now the extra effort to do the usual wash to remove the water spots. Nothing seems to remove those water spots on the stainless. I use to have a chamois but old age has lost that.
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