What have you done to your DeLorean today?

After soaking the water pump rear plate bolts for a couple of days I attempted to remove them. Four of them came out within a few seconds of pulling the trigger on my impact. The fifth (which was the second bolt I attempted) stripped. I inspected the four I removed and decided that all of them were going to be replaced. I ground off the fifth bolt expecting it just to come off with a few taps. No such luck, it wasn't the threads that were fused. It was fused to the backing plate's threadless space. I had to drill it out. Thankfully it came off undamaged. It's just waiting for me to install it in the car tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by pezzonovante88

Nice! Is that a GTS?

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I believe it's a 928, but I could be wrong. Nice Porsche regardless (in addition to the D of course) :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by pezzonovante88

Nice! Is that a GTS?

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I wish! The GTS commands quite a price for it's rarity....mine is an '87 S4

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Originally Posted by John U

I wish! The GTS commands quite a price for it's rarity....mine is an '87 S4

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Still, that's a pretty late model 928, no? I've always had a thing for those cars. From what I've heard, they're really just great all-round cars (though expensive as hell to maintain/repair). Anyway, nice little collection you've got there, John.

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Originally Posted by pezzonovante88

Still, that's a pretty late model 928, no? I've always had a thing for those cars. From what I've heard, they're really just great all-round cars (though expensive as hell to maintain/repair). Anyway, nice little collection you've got there, John.

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1987 is the first year for the fourth generation 928
after driving a 911 from the same era, I would have to say the 928 is a far superior car, and I love that V8 sound!!!
and yes, the price of parts is pretty crazy!

Almost bought a 928, it was a fun car to test out, the looks of it are cool to me, but then i went for a ride in a late 70s turbo charged 911 and I have never experienced that kind of speed except for riding in a Nissan GTR.

needless to say, the Delorean eats up enough of my money, i had a 240z as well but sold it.

I went underneath my car and gave the underside a good cleanup and wax. Looks pretty much mint now. The transmission is still a little dirty, but whatever.

Installed new trunk stoppers and calibrated them so they both actually stop the trunk lid.

Installed the windshield washer nozzle.

On Friday night, did this (middle car):

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Helped a local owner named Jason change his hoses on his fuel accumulator. We used WPAFB's Auto Hobby Center for this:

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His new hoses:

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New versus old:

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Jason returned the favor by Quaker Steak lunch and helped me install this:

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SUPER simple to install. Let the two bolts (frame bolts I believe) soak in penetrant spray for almost 6-7 hours, and they came out with zero problems.

Finally, I re-installed my trunk latch and lock. Back in 2009, I was trying to get my trunk lid to "pop" like I saw on other owner's cars. I boo boo'd and my trunk handle lost all grip on the trunk cable, and I freaked out (had only a 1/4 tank at the time and couldn't get to Casey's for help). Once I realized all I had to do was lock down a set of vice-grips on my cable and pull hard and I could get my trunk open, I uninstalled the latch and lock system from Summer 2009 to today. Used new M6 split washers and (4) M6 x 20mm bolts, as well as changed out the old spring with a nice, new fresh spring. Now my trunk lid locks, and it actually "pops" like I wanted it to 4 years ago! Guess it just needed a new spring ;).

I have Toby's remote trunk release system an ex bought me in 2007. Guess I'll install that later this year and utilize WingsALoft's Door Launcher key fob. Should be awesome !

Oh, and I ordered these today (: ...

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Spent the entire evening adjusting the door latch rods in both doors.

This was one of those situations where things work fine but I could "feel" both the inside and outside handles were not as "easy" as it should be. Hard to describe but the handles were a tougher pull than they should, and my Wings-A-Loft install I did last year I never use the door launching yet as that was inconsistent for what I felt was the same reason.

Sure enough I found all the rods under incredible tension, I was quite shocked at how insanely tight they were. A whole night of experimentation later and not only do both the inside and outside handles operate beautifully, but my Wings-A-Loft door launching now works rock solid. Can't wait to start using them :)

This combined was a very sick daughter left me no time for reassembly, but there's some other loose ends I want to get done in my doors while they are apart so will finish up tomorrow night.

Didn't do anything to it, but I did do this with it :biggrin: