What have you done to your DeLorean today?

[ifelder]

And the A/C drain hose remains my Moby D(MC)ick.

My AC drain was tucked in a funny angle behind my fuel pump. It wasn't until I jammed my hand behind the pump and felt the tube could I pull it into view, but once I felt the end of an empty hose I was pretty sure I wasn't tugging on something else.

Is your drain tube intact on the evaporator side, inside the cabin on the passenger side? Could a PO have cut your drain tube on either end? I believe it's possible to clear the drain by blowing compressed air from the evaporator side and patching the hose back together.


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[jawn101]

Mine looks quite a bit worse then that.. its on 'the list' of things to clean up...

We do need to do some techdays. Still slacking on my end for cleanup otherwise I would offer my place...

Well if it isn't the Stainless Ghost of Sonoma... We will definitely have to include you on whatever comes up...

[jawn101]

My AC drain was tucked in a funny angle behind my fuel pump. It wasn't until I jammed my hand behind the pump and felt the tube could I pull it into view, but once I felt the end of an empty hose I was pretty sure I wasn't tugging on something else.

Is your drain tube intact on the evaporator side, inside the cabin on the passenger side? Could a PO have cut your drain tube on either end? I believe it's possible to clear the drain by blowing compressed air from the evaporator side and patching the hose back together.


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Yeah, I've tried every possible angle to get at it. I thought for sure when I had the fuel pump all removed it would be easy to reach, but nope. Yes, the drain funnel is intact. No idea where the other end is or what condition it's in as I can't reach it. I do know that I have never seen my A/C make water outside the car so I believe it to be clogged or crimped off, which is why I'm trying to find it

My other big problem is that my arms are too big to really get inside the evap box through the blower motor hole. I tried once and just couldn't get far enough. Otherwise I'd try using an electrical fish tape to snake the hose, see where it came out and try to jiggle things free. Haven't tried imposing on anyone else with skinny arms to try that out yet...

[ifelder]

Yeah, I've tried every possible angle to get at it. I thought for sure when I had the fuel pump all removed it would be easy to reach, but nope. Yes, the drain funnel is intact. No idea where the other end is or what condition it's in as I can't reach it. I do know that I have never seen my A/C make water outside the car so I believe it to be clogged or crimped off, which is why I'm trying to find it

My other big problem is that my arms are too big to really get inside the evap box through the blower motor hole. I tried once and just couldn't get far enough. Otherwise I'd try using an electrical fish tape to snake the hose, see where it came out and try to jiggle things free. Haven't tried imposing on anyone else with skinny arms to try that out yet...

I pretty much had to stick my whole arm behind the pump to grab the hose. my picture doesn't show how short it really is, I barely had a seal inside the 5/8 hose shown in the picture because I could barely shove it over the drain hose.

[elfking]

Well if it isn't the Stainless Ghost of Sonoma... We will definitely have to include you on whatever comes up...

Haha Ghost and still haunting / lurking the forums... Please include me I know I've been a flake to many of these recent events...

Working way to much and still lacking a working AC and one questionable window track keeps me away from it in these summer days... I was hoping I could maybe get away with just recharging it but since it looks pretty stock from what I have been reading 'black gunk' from the hoses will be a problem for me.... I may still try it though and see how it goes hah.

[jawn101]

Haha Ghost and still haunting / lurking the forums... Please include me I know I've been a flake to many of these recent events...

Working way to much and still lacking a working AC and one questionable window track keeps me away from it in these summer days... I was hoping I could maybe get away with just recharging it but since it looks pretty stock from what I have been reading 'black gunk' from the hoses will be a problem for me.... I may still try it though and see how it goes hah.

Long as you've got the balls to replace the evaporator if it gums up too badly....

[Jonathan]

Drained and refilled my final drive.

Holy crap can you ever add that to the "no job is simple or quick on a DeLorean" list. Or maybe my Top 5 sucky DeLorean maintenance jobs.

I will say though, next time around I'll be much better at it, but for my first go, it was a stinker.

Having one good/one bad shoulder doesn't help matters and neither does only being able to get your car up as high as jack stands/ramps. My arms are way too long to get good leverage, torn labrum or otherwise. I did realize that when I had my lip seals replaced and rear drive axle boots all redone, that I didn't give the mechanic a replacement crush washer (or two). So he had reused the ones that were on it. The fill plug was way tighter than it should have been, trying to get it to seal no doubt. That wasn't fun getting that to budge. The drain plug was hardly even tight at all.

So, I may have found at least one main leak culprit or two. I got it refilled and figure it took about 1.350 litres and what came out was not much more than 1 litre I would guess. Did I mention not having gravity go the direction you need it makes pouring fluid into a hole a bit screwy?! I ended up settling on a sort of turkey baster/ear syringe type solution for lack of having a better option to get the gear oil in (80W90).

Anywho, got it all back together and went for a drive. Parked it and let it idle for about 45 minutes all said and done and checked and rechecked my ATF level. Still a pain in the butt reading that level, but I think it is closer now to where it should be (after adding some more). Bonus is it's not leaking much from underneath. Not the middle anyway, but my passenger lip seal is going to need to be done again.

And that's pretty much that. My hometown has their "homecoming" this weekend so the car is all cleaned up for the dance. Giddyup

[Rich_NYS]

I did realize that when I had my lip seals replaced and rear drive axle boots all redone, that I didn't give the mechanic a replacement crush washer (or two). So he had reused the ones that were on it. The fill plug was way tighter than it should have been, trying to get it to seal no doubt. That wasn't fun getting that to budge. The drain plug was hardly even tight at all.

And that's pretty much that. My hometown has their "homecoming" this weekend so the car is all cleaned up for the dance. Giddyup

That'll be awesome if that fixes that leak you were looking for.

Enjoy your weekend, hopefully you get to drive with your doors open and rocking that badass sound system of yours!

[Rich_NYS]

Pics of my closing plate I took a while back but forgot to post. The PO addressed a bad spot in the front corner.

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[alexwolf1216]

Look what came in today! !!! So excited