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Took the car out for a drive last night. Beautiful time to be driving here as the temperatures are just perfect for cruising. I'd seen a Starsky & Hutch car a couple of times earlier this summer, but only met him recently (on a day I didn't have my car with me). We both ended up pulling into the same gas station last night. Must have looked pretty funny seeing a couple "star cars" there. Sort of like COSplay for cars... like CARplay. Is that a word? It is now.
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Michael, where did you find those badges?Quote:
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If you allow me, take a look here:Quote:
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/281589712301
Actually i like how they look. Yeah they stand out but they do it well!Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael
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I did not think of that... interesting. Thanks!Quote:
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Today I FINALLY replaced my non existent steering wheel bushing!!!!
Now that I've done it, I could probably do the whole job in about an hour, but whew!
Here you can see my old and new bushing:
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I know what you're saying. That bushing is FINE! It just didn't seem to work. hmm.
And here you can see how deep I had to go...
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at this point I was saying... "Can I put this back together??"
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It got back together :)
This was from my AWESOME Stainless Steel brake booster bracket installation
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I've been busy :)
Replacing my bushing took me a couple days...the joints were so stuck together it took a while for the sauce to get in and loosen them up..putting it all back together went easy..though despite my best effort, the wheel is not centered..lol
Be sure the pinch bolt at the end of the steering
column u-joint goes through the groove at the end.....
Got the fascia put back on today after installing aluminum bars and straighten out the eyebrowling . Not to bad i have to say! Tbis winter i will remove them and repaint everything.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...6027059cf8.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...eb47aaf762.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...428bd1b391.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f3a43195f5.jpg
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Like a razor! I did mine several years ago and they never reverted backQuote:
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Yes, it's trademarked by Apple...Quote:
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Well thats good to know! So yours have been doing good all this time!?Quote:
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I used aluminium flat bars(can't remember the size) but I was very careful and patient with my heat gun so not to damage the finish. I used a 3M plastic repair epoxy designed just for plastic bumpers to secure the bars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Christian Dietrich
Yeah i know alot of precautions you must take as to not bar b que the paint. I used aluminium bars also about 1/8tg thick. Im sure that plastic epoxy is pretty good stuff. I used the 3M windshield adhesive and hold pretty tough. I didn't have to take to many precautions as my paint was bad anyway. Beats paying the $1000 fiberglass fascia.Quote:
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I got the other NOS shock installed. I had new lower bolts and the drivers side was no problem but the passenger side I could not remove the bolt. I got the bolt turning but did not want to do pounding with a hammer for fear of breaking that casting. I got it out about one inch by pressing on the bolt as I turned it then then it started binding again. So the old bolt is still there.
I had to do this while the baby was napping. I'm back to baby sitting again now that school has started (my daughter is a teacher).
Reworked my brakes. refurbished the calipers, installed new pads. Front passenger side was dragging and getting warm. Both front and rear passenger side pistons had a lot of rust pits. Replaced with new. Drivers side pistons looked brand new??
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Tried to install another Craig radio (my original was fried). I am only getting left side speakers to work ( yes I tried balance knob :) ).
I believe that the ground to the right channel is fried. Does anyone have an idea/ suggestion/ similar situation? I am trying to retain original radio......
Thanks
Charlie
Fried, or just loose? If you've been into your centre console at one time or another, one of the ground wires might have come off the common bolt so many of them are tied to. It's a screw on the lower right hand corner of the HVAC/stereo metal bracket. It's a common ground collection point for about 3-4 grounds, and then a separate ground wire connects there and goes back to the fuse and relay area behind the passenger seat. You may need to get your voltmeter out and start checking for continuity on those grounds.Quote:
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I appreciate the help....BUT the ground going into the radio is fine....Quote:
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The ground coming out (to the speakers) is bad....
Thanks
Charlie
After 2 1/2 mon ths 11035 is om the road again from getting new performance front brakes and rotors, factory replacement rears, stainless radius arms, stainless lower control arms, custom front support bars for LCA's, machined wheels and tires and QA1 adjustable coil overs and all new headlights with led bulbs amd halo's https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...28e827be54.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...03e28b88a9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...36486d4776.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...761ed67673.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...509652f7e0.jpg
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Car look great, I like the way you see the Willwood brake!
That's an improvement I'd like to do someday :)
By the way, the Dodge is also very nice ;)
Thank you and I appreciate that and I got a raise the front end just a little bit because it's a little too low for my liking and the Dodge Challenger R/T Shaker belongs to my wife and I bought her that for Christmas for being so supportive and helping me with all the work on my DeLorean and besides she's a big Gearhead herself and knows a lot about Mopars and does a lot of her own tuning. What her options this car is only 1 of 14 made.Quote:
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I still got to get an alignment done but from the little bit I did drive it to get a feel for it this car sticks to the road and when going sharp around the corner there is no body roll at all!
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Noticed my new headlight housings just got cracked.... I'd just like to go a reasonable amount of time without something breaking
Got the ride height how I wanted it and took it to get a 4 wheel alignment and that came out awesome. Too bad they couldn't get the camper on the one side in just a tad bit more but then again it is not adjustable at all from the factory and all the custom stuff from DeLorean performance Industries was able to bring it in close enough but I will say after driving the car all day yesterday it does not pull and drive straight as an arrow! My car is never driven like this ever in it's life probably!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...52c343eb89.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d0578bdbab.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...2989e90197.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...8f417a7fe3.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...da25662bf5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...38b2ba7986.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...345106d990.jpg
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As I read the Craig radio schematic, the BLUE & the BLACK wires to the connector are speaker grounds and are connected to the radio chassis ground (they are common with the chassis). These are shared between the speakers (I don't recall if they are shared front/back or right/left. From the circuit's perspective it does not make a difference. As such, you could do some diagnostic work running a wire connected to the radio chassis to the ground of the non-working speaker. If that is in fact the problem, then the speaker should work. Then you can work backwards from the speaker to the radio to see where the problem is. If you reinstalled it with the wire to the chassis it should not be a problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by cpistocco
You could verify that the chassis and the speaker ground are the same with a VOM set to measure resistance. It should be zero.
Assume that it is not the worst. Assume it is a wiring problem between the radio and the speaker and is not internal to the radio. It could be at the connector (either piece) or could be where the speaker ground wires split. Or it could be a broken wire to the speaker.
That all said, I encourage a second opinion as this is not my field of expertise ... and I'm subject to being wrong without notice:D But I'm pretty sure of what I wrote.
Installed the new LED headlights, finally scraped all of the overspray of my windows, and used panel bond to attach stainless bolts to the front spoiler.
Good lord, Christian, your car is CLEAN!
Today I finished putting together the check list for my engine swap.
Thank ya Mike! Hope all thats going well and you can start going through with the build? What are you going to do with tbe Spec 2 parts? Here is 2 other pics i took. Love those machined faced wheels.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...2f79e80920.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...7e731a214b.jpgQuote:
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I've got the custom mounting parts, flywheel, etc on hand as of a few weeks ago.
I've put together an end-to-end checklist of everything that I need to do.
In the next week or two, I'll put the Lotus into storage for the winter, so I can use that space for the engine hoist, stand, and the LS rebuild process
At that point, I'll purchase the LS motor from a junkyard
Derrin is coming up from Maryland the last weekend of October, and we'll pull the PRV drive-train and test fit the LS
Then I will be spending the winter making the (minor) necessary modifications to the frame, and rebuilding the LS.
I am targeting June or July for the car to be able to be driven
Once I've got the car driving, I will disassemble the PRV and sell the exhaust, cams, heads, and EFI system. The cams are already spoken for, but everything else will be available, including very nicely powder coated timing and valve covers.
In a nod to Christian, I put two Atari decals on my ride but that's not the only reason. My love for old school Atari is deep enough that I have a fully working 800 and a 800xl with tons of goodies like a working light pen, graphics tablet, about 200 DOS games on working 5" floppy disks and about 30 cartridge games with literature.
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Dude, that's awesome.
Today I just washed car up really good and took her for a drive around town about 20 miles. my neighbor came out and said "Oh you finally got it running again? How had it been broken 5 years ? " He thought it was my first Delorean and the time it was gone he thought it was broken down. I just let him think that because he asks a lot question about everything.
That's pretty cool that he's helping you out but unfortunately I'm too far away and have a hectic work schedule that really kind of puts a limit on time that I even get to spend with my family so that's why I get up at the butt crack of dawn when it's still dark out to work on the car while everybody else is still sleeping so I don't cut into that but I wish I could join in the fun and helping you out. I wanted to get those cams from you but oh well and I'm sure they're going to a great place. What's been done to the heads and aren't they from Josh?Quote:
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Sounds like you got it all figured out of what you want to do with the car and I think my plans in the future would be maybe heads and cam swap, still gotta install my custom throttle body spacer which I'm hoping to do in the next few weeks. That's really about it for performance-wise because I've driven enough fast cars in my day and I like cars with a lot of low-end Grunt and the DeLorean to me has enough and I have crazy fun with that car anyway and that's the part that really counts. Besides I don't want to lose the originality of the car for what it came with, hell, that's always been me and I've always tried to build up the engine that came in the car that I had like my 1985 Cutlass that had a Oldsmobile Rocket 307. I made that little engine go pretty damn good for what it was and a hell of a lot better than how it came. Also there's a few other custom things that I'm going to be doing to my DeLorean over the winner but I'm not saying as to what I'm doing I just hope to God I don't screw up when I'm doing it because then it's going to cost me big money to fix it lol! Anyway brother man I'm looking forward to seeing your post soon on your progress!
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I know a little bit about Atari especially from the 2600 and the 5200 and the 7200 series and slowly I've been learning a little bit more about these other versions that they had for home PCS and things of that nature like what you have in your collection which is quite astonishing and I really like that Atari logo on the side of your DeLorean as well and if you don't mind me asking where did you get that one because I really like the style of that and the one that I have I simply Googled Atari logos and it pulled up different decal companies and I pointed on one and bought it through PayPal. I like the aqua bluish color to it which would really go good with my illegal and blinding lights at night that I have inside my car lmao!Quote:
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That's the 800 setup I've been holding out for. I figured I'd have run across one by now but no luck yet. I had a 400 for a while but already had the games I liked on the 5200 so I sold it.Quote:
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I'd post a picture of my other vintage consoles/computers but once I morphed a hobby into a business everything became a chronic disaster.
DeLorean related activities: Loaded firmware onto the MS3 box and tested inputs/outputs. Should have it installed in the car in a day or so.
That will be interesting. Im not computer smart what so ever but enjoy seeing what people with older systems.Quote:
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Guy on eBay has them. I even liked the color so I got a pair (he sent me 4). Only 2 bucks w/free shippingQuote:
Originally Posted by Christian Dietrich
Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/172687922223
Yes, the heads are from DPI; they're ported and polished. If you decide you want them when I get there, I'll sell them to you on the cheap.Quote:
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Sweet dude and i appreciate it! [emoji11]Here is a kiss for ya!Quote:
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Hey Michael thanks for the ebay info! I like them more then the big one on my quarter glass window and I'm probably going to remove that and put it towards the back end by the vent like how you did. I ordered my sticker when I was looking at it earlier after you and I chatted and I got them off of Amazon and they do look good like on the back window of a bigger window and I have the same sticker on the back window of my white Z24 and it really goes well so I think this blue which I got the same color as you will go great with my color lighted interior and blue is also my favorite color! So now I'm giving a nod out to you buddy! [emoji41]Quote:
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