The Restoration of #1768

July 28

Back together and doing well, no overheating but im still loosing coolant out the overflow tube, I dont believe the cap is able to screw on as tight as it was designed to, that might be an easy fix, we will see.


I ran into an issue with the 3.0's water outlet that has an extra threaded boss on the top, it interfered badly with the W pipe, Nothing a 4 1/2" angle grinder couldnt fix.

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Also I found an issue with the front sway bar, its hardware has failed. Need to weld in new captive nuts or studs this side is all stripped and messed up. And as you can see my AC hose is leaking pretty badly.


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A picture of both of the volvo throttle bodies mounted and the EFI MAF sensor in its future location under the air filter, Now I need to make a new W pipe to connect all three and a elbow to connect the MAF to the air filter intake.

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W pipe idea, but what to make it out of, plastic, fiberglass, stainless, etc?

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Or possible have 3 tubes that go to the rear fascia and connect behind the license plate, there is plenty of room inside the bumper.

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Maybe you can find something in a universal intake kit? Sort of like this:

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Sorry I wasn't following this thread very closely.

Thermostat housing is now available. DMCH website does not show it yet. I have a couple in stock. Repro part from DMC Europe.

Is the linkage between the throttle going to get in the way of that at all?

I wouldn't go back to the fascia unless you had an intercooler back there somehow for a turbo. Keep it at the engine.

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Originally Posted by DMCMW Dave

Sorry I wasn't following this thread very closely.

Thermostat housing is now available. DMCH website does not show it yet. I have a couple in stock. Repro part from DMC Europe.

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Oh, cool!! Thanks for the update Dave :)

Good as i will need a spare, i will have to modify this one more to clear the driverside throttle.

Yeah im leaking towards staying out of the fascia, Kenny, that intake tube Is like what i'm looking for, Still I doubt I could find something that looks closer to OEM, Im always checking the local junk yard for intake pipes that might do. I Think I found something for the MAF to airfilter connection, more one that later.


Aug 5

I painted the driver door jam, Now just to glue on the rear weather seal and it will look complete again.

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My friend Jon lent me the A/C tools again So I finally swapped out that front A/C hose that was leaking. After getting the system emptied I removed the old hose, compared to the new. It took a few tries for the front fitting to screw on properly and tight enough but after applying vacuum on it for 1/2 an hour and letting it sit over night to make sure it wasnt leaking, it was time to fill.

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Strangely the system only took about 25oz to get to the right pressure when about 36oz is called for by the book, ill check the pressures again in a few days to make sure its still full, but in the 70' garage I was getting 27'.6F out of the air vents! Nice.

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Next it was time to fix the sway bar bracket.

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As you can see the holes were quite mangled and this is the side that didnt fail.

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I used a die grinder to bevel the holes to allow for more weld and penetration.

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Forgot to get a pic of the welded bolt but after I cut off the bolt head I could assemble it all. It will all have to come apart again for paint but the front feels nice and solid again, doesn't pull to the left much anymore too.


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Chris,

I was reading this thread from where I left off, in particular the posts about your dual throttle bodies However I must have missed the reason you were doing this (looks good btw)

Could you give me a quick recap?

Way before I even got my Delorean I knew I wanted to get rid of the Kjet and replace it with something better like EFI. For the most part it has been very reliable and has done the job, but I want the engine to do better. Better fuel economy, better throttle response and feel, and more power. So im converting to EFI with a Bosch LH Jet 2.2 from a '88 Volvo 760. It will be a pretty easy install compared to something like Megasquirt as the harness is already built and just needs to be integrated in the car, and the ECU is already programmed pretty close to where it needs to be, Plus it is OEM quality so I know it will be rock solid reliable, I have done a similar K jet to LH jet swap on a '82 BMW 320i.

The reason for all new throttles is for a few reasons, First of all I dislike the stock throttle quite alot. I have spent way too many hours trying to get them to operate as they were designed to, they dont close fully or consistently or open fully without a lot of modification to the return springs, that has made the pedal much too heavy and sensitive in parts of the travel. So I have lost hope in ever becoming satisfied with it. The twin Volvo throttle is similar to a design I found on another PRV. lastly these new throttles will allow a Bosch TPS to bolt on easily and look sanitary.



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