I'd like to be there when you back, back into the future!Originally Posted by bitMuse
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I'd like to be there when you back, back into the future!
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Cool write up. Condition of your car seems very similar to mine (see me restoration thread)
My blasting cabinet bites me pretty good too but only when I hold parts in midair while blasting. As long as I make sure they are touching the cabinet no lightening strikes. I've had it jump to my nose before...it hurts.
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Ground the nozzle...
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Can confirm grounding the nozzle when I did my upgrade did fix the shocking problem. Also I grounded the whole box (it was not grounded.)
Pretty big status update so far. We've recorded the first part of the youtube video regarding re-engineering the tesla motor. As well as some juicy timelapses and glimpses into the motor itself. I've added a special picture at the end of the stream of today's photos ...
Thanks to Mike's help at Delorean Midwest (and his encouragement) I was able to disassemble my brake calipers. They were all this bad and badly seized. I was on the verge of giving up, even at one point having welded a bolt to the piston in order to try and get it out. For anyone struggling like me, Mike's advice to "wiggle it back and forth by prying it up and then smashing it back down" was the piece I was missing.
This community is awesome, especially Delorean Industries, Delorean Midwest, and Delorean Texas for answering all my inane questions.
Emery cloth and steel wool was not sufficient to remove the grime from these pistons, so I had to use a wire wheel and brake clean. That finally got them clean. Another picture of the carnage left behind:
Following that was a couple shop days. We got all the bushings pressed out. The split washers out of the hub carrier. Then disaster struck.
The aluminum hub carrier snapped and a piece broke off. We're trying to TIG weld it back on and salvage that carrier, but it's tough. This was totally my bad and was the only casualty, but it sucks none-the-less.
Following that we were able to remove the doors, I spent half a day cleaning the interior (prepping to powerwash and ionize it to kill any must, mold, or germs).
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When I took off the roof access panel, there was quite a bit of pollution up there. May be past its prime, but not sure yet.
Using plenty of anti-seize and torque spec +5% I assembled the front end suspension. Josh at Delorean Industries sent me the instructions again (because I lost them. Oops.) But I did have all the parts which is the important part. It looks SO GOOD coming back together.
I also took the opportunity to take more shots of the stripped down exterior...
And finally the image you've all been waiting for .. The image that makes going backwards possible, Marty. Made from CAD and imported into the real world as a prototype PLA part while I check fitment... The reverse polarizer.
More deets to come soon. I just started a new job next week so I may be a bit slow going forward. But this project is still going alive and well.
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