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The Start to Summer 22' with the TN DeLorean Club!
TNDMC does Pigeon Forge!
Date: 04/02/2022 - 04/03/2022
Mileage: 41,817 - 42,246
The TN DeLorean Club had their first meet of the year on the first weekend of April in Pigeon Forge, TN. 11 DeLoreans, 18 people, and lots of fun and laughs.
The group met at Calhoun's for lunch on Saturday and then went to the Titanic Museum, Star Cars, Ole' Smokey Moonshine Distillery, Mellow Mushroom Pizza, the Island, and many more places over the course of 2 days!
Check out our 186 photo gallery of the Pigeon Forge event on our website!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nJwFsrKu7U
With the ceramic window tint, the entire trip was enjoyable for both my wife and I even without working AC!
TNDMC goes to the Timeless Steel Garage Open House Party & Tech Weekend!
Date: 04/22/2022 - 04/24/2022
Mileage: 41,398 - 42,634
Timeless Steel Garage had their Grand Opening Party and Tech Weekend on the weekend of April 23, 2022. Many people from all over, as far as Wisconsin, drove and flew down to Southside, TN to hang out, turn wrench, offer tech tips, and simply have a good time.
The weather could not have been better for this weekend. Flame Throwers, Beer, Whiskey, DeLoreans, Bonfires, Burgers, Dogs, Laughs, Friends, and Wrenches had by all
Check out our 207 photo gallery of the event on our website!
With the help of Kyle, I was able to get the AC System working again via a new Low Pressure Switch. I had previously troubleshot this part and it was known to be bad. Unfortunately on the way home, I noticed that my engine temps were creeping up to 220 while on the interstate running the air conditioning. I monitored it and ran without AC for the rest of the drive without issue however this had spawned me to post about it here: https://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?1...l=1#post271436
(We will come back to the Cooling System soon!)
New Thermostat.... Stat!
Date: 05/05/2022
Mileage: 42,634
After the fiasco with the Automatic Transmission, I really want to keep the A/T as cool as possible and it was recommended that a lower temp thermostat may assist. With the help of Daniel, one of the TNDMC members, who pointed me to this Gates Thermostat on Amazon (a 180F thermostat), I replaced it and bled the system prior to a successful test drive.
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Summer 22' with the TNDMC (Part 2)
BREAKDOWN!
Date: 05/10/2022
Mileage: 42,718
After venturing off for lunch in #628 and returning into the sub-division.... Cut. Yes, the motor just cut. Upon coming over the rail road tracks in front of our subdivision, the motor simply cut out. I coasted into the entrance of our subdivision and attempted to start the car with no success. I slowed down and read through the PJ Grady Glove Box Book and checked everything that I could visibly check. Unfortunately within a couple of minutes, I was fairly certain that it was fuel pump related. With the help of a couple of neighbors, we pushed the car into the sub division and down the road to my drive way.
I am thankful that I did not break down anywhere else other than 200ft from the house.
Fuel Pump Circuit Issues
Date: 05/10/2022 - 05/13/2022
Mileage: 42,718
Upon inspection of the car in the drive way and the hot May sun, I was able to get the car started after unplugging and plugging in the connectors at the Fuel Pump and Sender unit. YES! I drove it up the drive way and into the garage to the solace of shade, a box fan, and music. Upon closer inspection and while making a video for a few buddies (IE group chat), I uncovered a REALLY hot wire and connector at the fuel pump... specifically the 2-pin connector going to the Fuel Sender.
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The wires and connector for the 2-pin connector at the Fuel Sender were very hard, oxidized, and overall just not in great condition. This was completely cut out and replaced with a 2-Pin Weatherpak connector and new 16ga wire. All connections were made with either solder or butt connector and followed up with dielectric grease and heat shrink.
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The inertia switch was also completely replaced with a NOS unit as a precaution. The wires going into the 3-pin connector into the inertia switch had seen WAY better days as well and needed to be completely replaced. I was unable to save the female spade connectors for the inside of the inertia switch connector so I used my own and replaced the poor wiring as well.
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Having come this far, I decided to go ahead and replace the very tired spade connectors at the ballast resistor. Out with the old, in with the new.
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After putting several miles on the car and letting it idle for over 2 hours, the car did not shut off by itself nor were the new wires getting hot. The ultimate test would be the road trip that is the following day...
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TNDMC visits the National Corvette Museum
Date: 05/14/2022
Mileage: 42,741 - 43,068
TNDMC visited the National Corvette Museum of Bowling Green, KY where we got to tour the facility, get some pretty awesome pictures made, and meet the new Kentucky members of the TN Club.
Check out our 203 photo gallery of the event over at our website!
During this trip, #628 did well with all of the Fuel Pump electrical issues without a single electrical related hiccup. Unfortunately this did not mean that she was out of the woods as she is now experiencing higher than normal temperatures without running the AC system. Though she made it home in one piece, she is about to get torn into soon in order to diagnose and resolve this cooling system.