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Originally Posted by mark w
Absolutely gorgeous well done love it!
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Originally Posted by mark w
Absolutely gorgeous well done love it!
Shane
Great job on that frame!Quote:
Originally Posted by mark w
Just one FYI: I have the same aluminum clutch reservoir that I installed on my car, but because the screw on cap is almost the same size as the hole in the body, it makes it almost impossible to unscrew it because there is no clearance to get your fingers between the opening of the hole in the body and the larger cap. I've since then re-installed my original plastic one.
My early 81 now flaps... I previously had a 82' hood and ended up trading with a local owner plus 500-bones.
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A couple of months prior to this hood swap, I restored the hood latch in order to allow the release to 'pop' the hood up. Never did with the old hood but as soon as we put the gas flap hood on my car and adjusted the positioning, that functionality just miraculously works. Neat.
I guess I can now say that my hood flaps and pops
Drove to a friend about 80km away and the alternator gave up almost immediately. I didn't really have time to deal with it and go back and catch a train, so I just kept going. I managed to get there with the lights and fans turned off. I actually had a new alternator at home, since the old one was always kind of weak, so I had ordered it and planned to swap it. The day after, I borrowed my friends car and went home to get the new alternator, and swapped it on his lawn. It went OK. New one was not 1:1 so the fitment was a bit off, and the adjusting bracket didn't fit at all. I had to modify it a bit and drill another hole, but I ended up getting it in there with OK alignment. Just came home after the drive back to Stockholm. Wow, this new alternator is great! Voltage is rock solid, even at idle when the cooling fans kick on.
I have mixed views on the gas flap. I like the looks of no flap, but it sure would be nice to not open the hood when getting gas. I have a bunch of tools and stuff in there. I keep a black towel to cover the stuff from prying eyes. How does the flap work? (Release)Quote:
Originally Posted by JBaker4981
I keep another alternator in a plastic bag doused with oil behind the seat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nioreh
There is no latch for the gas flap. Flip it up, fuel the car, flip it down, go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Helirich
The cars fitted with those hoods came with the factory locking gas cap which was no longer provided when the later two hood designs were adopted.
So what you are saying publicly is that you can piss in the tank of a DeLorean with an early 81 hood and non-locking fuel cap. Thanks for stating my Kryptonite :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Rich
Been working to get everything in the doors up and running - power windows, power mirrors, door poppers, lights, and locks. But, of course, everything is always a struggle with this car!
Found that a previous owner had replaced the window motors and pinched some wires behind them when installing it. This explains why all interior lights never functioned! Then found that the wires in the harness right at the door hinge were all cracked, two of which were intermittent and causing things to not work. Ended up pulling the door harness from both sides and remaking them. I'm switching to deutsch connectors in the roof box and doors. I had never opened up the roof box before, and it's got some flaking rust, but not terrible, and it doesn't appear to be lifting.
In order to pull the harness out of the door, I had to grind off the rivets that hold the little rubber hose thing that protects the wires in the hinge. Of course there isn't room in there now to put in a new rivet without taking the doors off, so I'm putting in M3 rivnuts, and of COURSE the screw snapped while setting it, so I've got a replacement on the way and will probably have to grind it out and try again.
I've got some wiring left to do in the roof box to replace the connectors, then replace the connectors on the wires in each 'B' pillar, then I can finally get back to what I was supposed to be doing three days ago!!
While I do not agree with anything EV related until Battery Degradation is 99.1% solved, I have been following your project since you slid that DPI frame under your ICE car. Totally digging the engineering in your build along with your cable management which simply makes the Data Center Architect in me very, very happy :)Quote:
Originally Posted by CyberBill
There is nothing to it - just flip it up. It has a pair of curved, metal 'arms' under the flap which provides the flap with its springy-nessQuote:
Originally Posted by Helirich