What have you done to your DeLorean today?

[Josh]

Makes me glad I am replacing ALL my hard lines!

[Josh]

Here is what I did this weekend, met a new owner and showed off the chassis at a local car show. The deloreans were a huge hit!

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[NightFlyer]

Here is what I did this weekend, met a new owner and showed off the chassis at a local car show. The deloreans were a huge hit!

It's pretty cool that your chassis is receiving just as much attention as the completed car parked next to it

[Josh]

It's pretty cool that your chassis is receiving just as much attention as the completed car parked next to it

It definitely was an interesting dynamic. If the other delorean wasn't there I think there would be much less interest. But with them both there people were able to connect the dots and see the skeleton of the car!

[pezzonovante88]

I ordered some new front tires - Cooper CS4 Touring. Closest match to my Cooper Cobra rear tires. Hopefully they're not back-ordered.

[sdg3205]

Today I came across and interesting, yet unsurprising revelation of sorts.

I couldn't understand why I kept having low voltage and battery light flashing issues with my AC on.

I decided to clean everything in and around the alternator. The BIG piece of the mystery was the mounting plate on the engine. In the past I've cleaned what I could only see. This time I removed that plate/bracket and took a grinding wheel to it to take off all the rust that even 50 grit sand paper just couldn't tackle. I cleaned the three bolt locations, front and back, the mounting locations on the heads, the inner shaft for the actual alternator bolt, and both sides of the otter shaft where the alternator would sit.

I did the other usual suspects like the bolt, positive battery terminals and alternator bracket sides.

What a huge difference. It must have been the thick caked on rust of the engine bracket.

The gauge reads nicely now, and I swear it idles smoother.

[DavidProehl]

Replaced my CV boots. Should have been and easy job, but I messed up a couple of the clamps that came in the kit and couldn't find decent replacements locally. 2 weeks later (today) Jon (jawn101) hooked me up with some leftovers he had from doing the job and saved the day. I now have a driveable car again!

[jawn101]

Replaced my CV boots. Should have been and easy job, but I messed up a couple of the clamps that came in the kit and couldn't find decent replacements locally. 2 weeks later (today) Jon (jawn101) hooked me up with some leftovers he had from doing the job and saved the day. I now have a driveable car again!

Victory!!

[Jack]

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[DavidProehl]

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Been there. That is a load of fun. If your calipers have never been rebuilt you'll notice a huge improvement.