Mmmmmmmmm. That new parts smell.Originally Posted by Farrar
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Mmmmmmmmm. That new parts smell.
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Dave
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Inspected my lower ball joints. Immediately ordered new lower ball joints.
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Looked at the battery cables. Looks like they are 2 gauge.
Ordered some 2 gauge battery cable & clamps.
3.0L, automatic, carbureted
Location: Burnaby, BC
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Replaced shifter plate after breaking one bolt holding the DeClock in place.
Put the car cover on and said "good bye" to my car for the next three weeks when I will be away.
- Volker Seidel -
The way I see it, if you're gonna drive around in a car, why not do it with some style?
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Put pen to paper planning the new exhaust system. Started pricing stuff out. Exciting stuff.
3.0L, automatic, carbureted
Location: Duncanville, Alabama USA
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My VIN: 6599
I took the D out for a drive today. On the way back home while shifting into 3rd gear, I noticed the rpm's didn't drop. About 2,000+? (I was paying attention to traffic not exact tach readings).
Goosed the throttle and it would go up higher but not lower so, not a stuck throttle. Looking at the gauges I noticed that the Volt meter was also spiking above normal.?
I headed for a side street so I could park and check things out and got stuck in school bus traffic.While waiting in the jam, (With rpm's still high), I saw my temp gauge was creeping up above normal.
Just as traffic started to move I shut the car off and re-started it. Throttle/volt meter went back to normal and after driving a block the temp gauge was down to normal.
Because of the weather we'll have here for the next few days, I covered the car and will deal/check things out this weekend. Bulkhead connectors are my first suspect.
Just a typical DeLorean day...
George
George.
1974 BMW RS90 motorcycle
1981 DeLorean. Cruise Control, Wings-A-Loft, Eibach springs, Spax shocks, Stage1 exhaust, Manual, Grey and Grooved, LED clock and fixed pulls.
1993 del Sol S (With a Few, Upgrades)
2017 Chrysler Pacifica Limited
Location: Burnaby, BC
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Hi George,
I had this after they rebuilt my initial alternator. It had a defective voltage regulator, shooting up to 17-18V when the car got at temperature. This can totally screw up your electronics (Quote from Toby Peterson from DMC NW, who had a customer with that). Not sure if this will also impact your RPM gauge, but worth monitoring.
- Volker Seidel -
The way I see it, if you're gonna drive around in a car, why not do it with some style?
Location: Fort Lauderdale
Posts: 4,740
My VIN: 02613
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...today I found all of the parts I need for my new exhaust on Amazon.com
3.0L, automatic, carbureted
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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.....Today I replaced my rusty fuel filler neck with a re-furbished one from DMC.Next up......fuel tank cleaning...
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You can't buy happiness, but you can buy a DeLorean and that's sort of the same thing....
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New ball joints arrived! Though my ball-joint splitter is too big to fit between the joing and the rear nut on the spindle, so I need to wait for my new ball-joint splitter to arrive too -_-
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