I am hoping someone can help me. I replaced alternator belt, but when I was loosening the upper 18 mm bolt, my wrench touched the positive lead on the alternator and sparked (I should have disconnected the battery. I didn't think much of it, replaced the belt, tightened everything back up. Car started right up, belt looks good. I take an hour-long ride, park the car at friend's house. After about an hour long visit, I try to start the car but battery seems completely dead-nothing turns on when turning the key. Connected jumpers to friend's car to try to jump the battery, and the dash lights come on, but nothing turns or cranks.

When I sparked the wrench against the red lead on the alternator, what could I have damaged to cause this issue? Did I hurt the alternator or starter, or blew a relay/fuse? What's confusing is that the car started fine twice after replacing the belt, but I'm guessing I shorted something to prevent the alternator from charging the battery (which I guess just drained on the hour-long ride??). I left the car at my friends house, and now I need to figure out what is happening. Any help or guidance will be greatly appreciated. I will go over there tomorrow to investigate. Thanks so much!!!

Norcal DMC will have an owners meetup in San Jose near downtown at a brand new Premier Auto Storage business that will be opening up soon.
the event is Nov 7 2026 from 10am to 2pm
Over 15 owners have already signed up- should be one of our largest gatherings in some time.
Special Guest will be Mr Wolfgang Hank from Germany who will give a talk about the Delorean World tour 10th anniversary and his recent book about it.
Books will be available to buy onsite.
RSVP here deloreanconnect@gmail.com
Event location will be provided 1 day prior to the event to registered attendees only and not posted here on online.

Mark W

Out for a drive today and the car worked fine. I idled for a few minutes to talk to a neighbor and I noticed my engine temp rising. This didn't concern me, however at least once a year I let the car idle so I can verify my radiator fans are turning on and working as they should, so I got back into my driveway and got down in front of the car to listen/feel the fans working. They didn't come on and I got uncomfortable with the engine temp so I turned the AC on. The fans immediately came on so I know they have power and work.

I'm thinking my otterstat is bad or I have air in my cooling system. This summer my mechanic worked on my AC system and replaced my low pressure switch. Could this have introduced air into the cooling system?

I attempted to jumper the otterstat but I realized I don't have a jumper wire. I can't seem to buy one anywhere, is this something I have to make myself? What could I be missing or am I on the right track? Thanks.

Hey DMC Community,

My latest film CAPTURING BIGFOOT is releasing October 20th on National Bigfoot day, exclusively on Amazon for rent or purchase.

I will be going on a theatrical road show with the film starting next week throughout the Pacific Northwest should anyone be in a city listed here: https://www.capturingbigfoot.com/sightings

Trailer for the film can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDlKqjOfuZw

Film web-site: https://www.capturingbigfoot.com/

Hope you all rent or buy it. It is a fun one. :)

Best,
Tamir

Located in Concord, NC. I can ship anywhere in the world.

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I did a page about where the medical heatsink next to the Robinson Gyro comes from.

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This heatsink was the amplifier of a 1966 Hewlett-Packard 7701A Single-Channel Oscillograph :

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We did a replica using aluminum extrusion that you can get here :

https://movieprops.blog/product/medical-heatsink

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Does anyone have a good picture or two that shows the wiring going to the fuel pump with the body off of the frame? This short cable and connector are causing me issues and I wanted to get a better look at it and maybe replace it or make it longer. Seems like a bad place to try and see what you are doing. You can only really see the last couple of inches through the access panel on top of the fuel tank. And peering in from the sides around the wheels isn't much better. I feel like I need more slack in this cable and curious if it's just too short to begin with or whether it's tangled on something or routed poorly. Thanks.

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I won a trophy at a car show for the first time.
Really happy obviously.
But there are these marks i cant get rid of.
Tried solvents, cleaners, barkeepers etc.
how do i do a deep clean on the body?

Really trying for a showroom detail. Cant get rid of the marks.

Really trying to look the best possible.

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