Hunting down the very last parts of the car that need to be replated. I think all that is left is this bulkhead plate and the headlight plates.
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Hunting down the very last parts of the car that need to be replated. I think all that is left is this bulkhead plate and the headlight plates.
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One of the bolts was seized so the rivnut started spinning. I carefully ground the bolt head off.
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Location: Olathe, KS
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My VIN: 11596
If you're like me, you'll find at least one more thing as soon as you get your parts back from plating!
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Andy Lien
VIN 11596 Jan 1982 build - owned since Nov. 2000!
Total frame-off restoration completed 2021-2023
Photography and Backpacking is life.
Was Fargo, ND
Now Kansas City
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Got the plate freed up but it wouldn't come off. Found that an electrical connector on the other side of the body was holding things up. Couldn't be in two places at once so had to use Vise Grips to hold the outside while I went inside the car.
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Got the plate out and peeled all the foam insulating gasket off from it.
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Next we (the wife and I) tried to get the headlight assemblies apart. This is not for the faint of heart. The screws are almost impossible to get to and par for the course on this car, everything is really rusty.
The plug connectors for the headlights are kind of rough and probably should be replaced.
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Better get out the Por-15.
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We ended up pushing pause on trying to get the headlight parts all off from the car. It was taking too long, we were getting frustrated, and I feel like we are getting to the point where we have taken apart too much of the car without putting anything back together yet. Really the biggest deciding factor was finding out that we can buy brand new complete headlight mount assemblies for $123.00 each. I have a blasting booth, the adjustment screws and plastic nuts,...springs aren't much but the convenience and time saving of just buying complete assmeblies ready to go won me over.
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Last edited by SupercoolBill; 05-06-2023 at 05:44 PM.
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I wanted the tube in the valve cover replated and I also wanted to remove the plastic screen that was floating around in there so I drilled the aluminum mushroomed studs, removed the plate, removed the screen, heated the valve cover and tapped the tube out of the valve cover.
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I decided to send out everything on the car that is supposed to even if it had good plating because I wanted it all to match. Well,...I changed my mind on the parking brake assemblies. I bought these from Ed (Delorean EU) they are all ready to go. I felt like taking them all apart was asking for trouble so I put them back together. If the plating isn't quite as good or as bright yellow as on my newly plated stuff I'll just have to live with it.
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