What have you done to your DeLorean today?

[dvonk]

man, that sucks! sorry to hear it.

[pezzonovante88]

got clipped by a hit and run the other day. then someone stole my front grill. Not really what I did to my car but what someone else did to it. Bunch of savages in this town.

What a bunch of f***s.

[DMC5180]

got clipped by a hit and run the other day. then someone stole my front grill. Not really what I did to my car but what someone else did to it. Bunch of savages in this town.

How much other damage besides the stolen grill? The A-hole must have known how the grille attaches to go through the trouble, Unless it was partially knocked loose by the Hit-N-Run

[MML]

How much other damage besides the stolen grill? The A-hole must have known how the grille attaches to go through the trouble, Unless it was partially knocked loose by the Hit-N-Run

I've often thought about how easy it is to remove the grill. There must be some way to thief-proof it, maybe bolt it on from behind or something, so that you have to remove a headlight to get to it. It would be worth the hassle I think, as you're talking over 400 dollars for a new grille and badge.

[Farrar]

Not my car, but considering I've done more work on others' DeLoreans than I have my own for over a year, I figure it's worth posting.

A fellow D owner about an hour and a quarter's drive from me blew his head gasket, and then had them replaced. The mechanic gave the car back to him running very badly. Since it's his only car, he needs to have it running reliably, so an emergency get-together was scheduled for this morning. I arrived late -- they were installing new spark plugs as the ones installed were black with soot.

Although he could get the engine started with starting fluid, it wouldn't idle -- without his foot on the throttle, the engine would die. We verified fuel pump relay was good and no blockage in the fuel lines. After starting the engine, we listened to it and it sounded like the timing was WAY off. I could smell unburned gasoline within seconds.

Four DeLorean owners present, and I am the only one with a timing light...

... but NONE of us had an 11mm wrench!

So after a quick trip to pick up the appropriate tool, the timing was adjusted to roughly the top mark at idle. The timing is slightly above 10°, but he has other problems including a lack of rest/residual fuel pressure. An afternoon thundershower prevented us making any more progress, but at least he now has a car that he can drive anywhere, provided he has a can of starting fluid handy.

I am hoping that the "carma" I acquired from this sojourn will aid me in solving the "no start from key" problem on my own car, which I hope to tackle later this month.

[DMCMW Dave]

I've often thought about how easy it is to remove the grill. There must be some way to thief-proof it, maybe bolt it on from behind or something, so that you have to remove a headlight to get to it. It would be worth the hassle I think, as you're talking over 400 dollars for a new grille and badge.

I've run across one bolted on from behind. Very theftproof, but, yes, a hassle. Especially when we didn't know it was attached like that!

[Tillsy]

Latest progress is further along than planned - I've delayed my next works of installing new radiator, fans, and silicone hoses in favour of focussing on getting her onto the road and registered first. Then I'll take her apart again

So new booster/servo, master cylinder, various hoses and clips, etc fitted and the brake and clutch reservoirs cleaned and looking brand new (excluding yellowing obviously). Boy that booster was a difficult bugger to get out and in!

Have fired her up a few more times to run-in and more thoroughly bleed the coolant given I'll leave her running this way for a month or two.

[opethmike]

Picked up some connectors and pigtails to convert my stock idle speed control to a modern idle air control valve setup, controlled by my Megasquirt ECU.

[jfirios]

yeah i know it sucks. It was a little loos from the impact. He scrapped the front of my bumper and pushed the grill into the drivers side lights. Luckily the damage is just to the facia and the headlight buckets. Danny wrote me up an estimate over at DMC Cali, just the headlight replacements and buckets and R & R of the facia, 1800 bucks. Though I am thinking of taking this opportunity to custom make a new front grill. Possibly fiberglass or carbon fiber and have the DMC logo lit up to match the back lit delorean letters in the rear facia.
Had i been one inch behind he would have missed me all together, had i been an inch forward, he would have taken the bumper off and possibly bent the front frame.
So looking positive on it, It could have been a lot worse.

[jawn101]

Cleaned the garage around it. Pretty sad that I still can't drive it, but trying to stay optimistic and look forward to how great it will be when I can again.