What have you done to your DeLorean today?

I was up till 1am last night trying to figure out why my fuel pump is not getting power... going to spend more time on Wed and Friday. The goal is to have mine running again by the end of Aug

Replaced my evaporator core. Reinstalled the entire passenger side interior. Repaired the fiberglass on the engine cover stay. Painted the engine cover grills.

Installed SMD LED's in the tail lights. WELL worth the money.

i over the weekend siphoned 8 gallons of 22 year old fuel out of mine and scrubbed the tank out clean. waiting for m fuel pump kit to come so i can install it. excited

Finally fied the cargo netting. Earlier in the year the main ribbon around the edges had frayed and broken but the netting itself looked new, so I really didn't want to just throw it out and buy a new one. Especially not for $50.

So I journeyed over to the local Army Surplus Store and sure enough they had the same nylon? rope only slightly larger than stock for $0.07 a foot. I bought extra and paid $0.53. Then I ventured over to the local hardware store for some hog rings spending less than $1.50 for this.

It took me about 1/2 an hour to lace the rope around the outside of the netting and reinstall it on the S-hooks in the caro area. Looks brand new, works great and cost less than $2.00...

Then I went for a nice long drive!

Dan

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Originally Posted by DeLorean03

Installed SMD LED's in the tail lights. WELL worth the money.

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Pictures of the results please :biggrin: and the Bulb's for reference.

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Originally Posted by DMC5180

Pictures of the results please :biggrin: and the Bulb's for reference.

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Here is the trunk with a HOT incand bulb:

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?at...8&d=1311048842

And here is a 18 SMD LED bulb:

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?at...6&d=1311048842

And here is the engine bay bulb with an old LED with 6 bulbs:

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?at...5&d=1311048842

And here is the engine bay with the new 18 SMD LED:

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?at...7&d=1311048842

Obviously, it's not a "awe-inspiring change", but to keep the load light on the electrical system of the car, I think it suites its purpose well. And remember, the heat generated from these LEDs are sometimes almost 10x LESS than regular incad bulbs, as visible in Ozzie's blog here:

http://delorean2109.blogspot.com/200...-are-cool.html

I have them in the brake lights as well, and THAT is where the difference will be very impressive. I'll get those pictures up soon.

As for reference, here is where I got my SMD LEDs from:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT

Painted lower engine cover, re-installed newly painted grills with new foam and new retainer strips. Also replaced the latch hook on the engine cover.

Wired in a replacement turn signal flasher plug/receptacle to replace the cracked original that was no longer being supported up to the left of the steering column under the dash.

One of the female blade fittings in the original receptacle was bare because of cracking-deterioration. After installing the flasher relay into the new receptacle I secured it to the vertical knee bolster bracket to the left of the steering wheel. Made sure there could be no electrical contact to the bracket.

It is now as safely wired as it was 30 years ago and it is easier to hear it when it's flashing because it's not floating in mid-air back up in there. Well worth the hour and the negligible cost of parts.

Fixed both window regulators last month.
Tinted all the windows this month.