What have you done to your DeLorean today?

[NightFlyer]

I would love to have one of these at some point but I've always been worried about the floor. How did you certify that your garage floor was of an appropriate strength to equip with the MaxJax?

Personally, I'd be more worried about the foreign steel...

[opethmike]

Personally, I'd be more worried about the foreign steel...

Curse that foreign steel!

[NightFlyer]

Curse that foreign steel!

Should have specified - Asian or Indian steel is crap IMHO...

[DMCMW Dave]

Wouldn't the specs of the garage floor be in the same file as the blueprints for the house? You can ask for those when you buy your house, I think.

Yeah right. If it's a tract house you'll never know (assume 3 inches over pea gravel if you are lucky), and if its a custom house that info's gone with the first owner. I've owned 4 houses and never seen prints of anything. We got prints on our building and the building doesn't match the prints in a few somewhat major features.

Years ago when I build my home garage addition I specified 5 inches per the lift maker, made it deeper (more like 7) where the lift stanchions were to go, and added 1/2" rebar in the whole floor and anchored the rebar into the foundation footings.

This is not such a huge deal on a free-standing lift like that max-jack (worst that will happen is you crack the floor), but if you are anchoring a 2-post lift to the floor it is hugely important as the lift could fall over with a car on it.

[DrJeff]

I would love to have one of these at some point but I've always been worried about the floor. How did you certify that your garage floor was of an appropriate strength to equip with the MaxJax?

Certifying the PSI can only be done by either ensuring that 3000 psi was poured and then cured for the requisite time, or by taking a core sample from the floor and having it tested. Not terribly practical.

I drilled test holes in the concrete to test the depth. The Wej-it anchors require a depth of 4 5/8 inch, but they start 5/8 inch below flush and end up about 1/8 inch below flush as part of the setting process.

[Gfrank]

Replaced all the window switches and window motors in my new d today. Great to have working windows

[Lenny]

My Wife volunteered my DeLorean for one of her coworker's wives birthday party. I picked the wife up at her house and took her to the party. I then ended up taking all the kids and a few Big Kids to for a ride around the block in the "D". My daughter gave me a Doc Brown Costume for my birthday and I wore it today. The DeLorean was the hit of the party.

My wife doesn't really like the car, she tolerates it. She could not understand why everyone was giggling, laughing and so excited about the car. One of the 15 year old girls got out of the car and was jumping up and down and dancing talking about how cool it was. She didn't get it.

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[jawn101]

Replaced my original locking gas cap with a NOS black non-locking one my wife picked up in Houston last week.

[pezzonovante88]

It was the first decent weather day of Spring, so I decided to visit the DeLorean and wake it up. Started right up. It hunted for idle for a few minutes, but settled shortly after (maybe 2 mins). Just drove down the street to the Shell station and put about a third of a tank of 91 in and then drove around the block before heading back to the garage to put her back under the cover. Other than the longer-than-usual idle hunting, 5875 ran as though she had been driven yesterday. I suppose this is normal after its been sitting for about four months. I'm looking forward to some consistent good weather and clear roads so I can actually bring the car home and keep it there for the season.
This year I'm planning on having the brake rotors & pads replaced, SS fuel lines installed, shift linkage adjusted to fit the gated shift plate, new SS shift lever, getting the speedo/odometer fixed, and possibly getting the door locks/rods functioning properly. Woohoo!

[DavidProehl]

Replaced my original locking gas cap with a NOS black non-locking one my wife picked up in Houston last week.

Any chance we could get something written up for the "How-To" section?