What have you done to your DeLorean today?

[Christian Dietrich]

how do you remove the lower grilles from the louvers? are they stuck just with the sorrounding foam or something else?

Just a flat blade screw driver. There held on with double sided tape.

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[Mattglas]

Painted my engine bay with SEM Trim Black. Came out looking amazing.

Before:


After wet sanding with 400 Grit
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After 5 coats of SEM
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[Christian Dietrich]

Painted my engine bay with SEM Trim Black. Came out looking amazing.

Before:


After wet sanding with 400 Grit
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After 5 coats of SEM
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That SEM trim paint is the bomb. I used it 8 yeaes redoing my trunk and it came out better than new!

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[Christian Dietrich]

That SEM trim paint is the bomb. I used it 8 yeaes redoing my trunk and it came out better than new!

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This was 2008.

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[Morpheus]

Last night I got one of my CV axles re-done. The boots, which were presumably original, were cracked and pulling away from the joint:

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Let me just say, this job is a complete mess. Grease gets EVERYWHERE. Be sure to lay down some newspaper and wear gloves.

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Once you get all the old grease out of the joint (I used a small bucket of mineral spirits to loosen up and break down the grease, then sprayed the parts with brake cleaner to clean them off), re-assembly is a piece of cake.

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The finished product:

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Installed:

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I used new Allen bolts from McMaster, which are easier to install and remove than the hex bolts. I took my time with this one side, so I can probably knock out the other side in short order. My CV joints should be good for another 10 years or more!

**I do need to address my output shaft seals at some point, as they are starting to show a little leakage, but that's a job for another day.

[klaatu42]

I installed the luggage rack option so that I could do this...

Sinclair C5 on DMC-12. Two Lotus chassis for the price of one.

Before anyone asks... yes it's well within the weight restrictions for the rack. I also cut a platform to mount to the rack to more evenly distribute the weight to the four corners after taking this picture. Quite stable.

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[Alan]

I let 1121 initiate me. She threw her alternator belt. I was able to get her off the street and into a parking area. I found a belt locally, got it replaced, and drove her home. I did end up cutting the A/C belt. I didn't have ample light, space, or time to do that properly... but that won't be terrible to sort out with enough of those things.

[Chris 16409]

I used new Allen bolts from McMaster, which are easier to install and remove than the hex bolts.

Hey Brandon, what Part Number did you use? Are they zinc plated. I've been meaning to get some allen head bolts for my CV Joints too.

[Bitsyncmaster]

Hey Brandon, what Part Number did you use? Are they zinc plated. I've been meaning to get some allen head bolts for my CV Joints too.

These are the bolts I used.

https://www.boltdepot.com/Product-De...x?product=6589

You need 12 bolts for each axle. I bought 50 so I will sell a set of 25 at my next tech session I attend.

[Morpheus]

Hey Brandon, what Part Number did you use? Are they zinc plated. I've been meaning to get some allen head bolts for my CV Joints too.

I bought 3 boxes of these, you need 24 but they come in boxes of 10:
http://www.mcmaster.com/#91502a231/=13z7zua

They have a slight blue hue and are zinc plated. I also grabbed a pack of these:
http://www.mcmaster.com/#91202a242/=13z81w0

New crescent shaped lock plates were supplied with the boots from DMCH.