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Excellent news Chris!! Well done!

Congratulations Chris, knew you were close to it the other day!

I am doing a write up for the club mag, but off the top of head:-

First job spray WD40 almost everywhere...several times..used over 4 litres ! Ive also used a dozen kitchen rolls.

Clean it up...the interior has scrubbed up lovely, including the seats and carpets. The stainless is also very good.
Fitted new gas struts all round, cleaned, wire brushed, painted missing areas on chassis, removed petrol tank, cleaned it out...including all the crud that had fallen off the fuel pump. New fuel pump.... twisty stainless wire up the pickup pipe (thanks for the Video Martin),  new silicone cooling pipes, clean up all the alloy pipes, refasten with double hose clips. New fuel filter (horrible job done yesterday) new injector pipes, flush out petrol system....charge up ancient battery....It all worked!!   Coughed and spluttered ...but it lives again!  I'm so chuffed. Ive got lots of video and photo's , but apparently its too big to post, but I'm sure some of you clever folk would know how to do it.

I've not even tried the transmission or brakes yet....but they are just details.....it lives again! 

I woke up with rotten cold, went to a funeral this morning......but the afternoon was magic

Send me the photos/videos Chris - I’ll post them up if you wanted.

Tris

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And very well done with all that hard work!

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And a video clip!

Well done Chris!!!!
And of course Mr Westerman

Thanks for your help in posting this stuff Tris, you are a star.

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Great pics!  The one above is pretty awesome!

Yes, the first time in 35 years that they have been together again.

Road trip to Nigel's?

can I have this one for the Club Calendar?
http://newdelorean.co.uk/wp-content/uplo...39BB6.jpeg

Looking at throttle butterflies ..very sticky...and black. My O rings were not much good either!   Now its all got to come apart anyway to refurbish the water pump, which is now leaking badly.

Replaced more of the water hoses and clips and while I was at it, ungraded the otterstat for the new design.

Well done Chris, those pictures and video make me very happy that the car got into the right hands.

Lots to do... but she's saved!

nice work Chris!

Fantastic progress, Chris. 

Are you going to 'coat' the valley with something? 
This is one job I'll be doing over the winter too...

[attachment=447] (the reg. number is  still only a mock up...... at the moment)

I don't think so Stuart.

It has already survived many decades of neglect. I think flushing it out a few times and then checking it has the correct ant-freeze will protect it internally.  I will clean up and wire brush 'the valley' and double check there are no leaks in there.

Painting it could end up like the damaged epoxy on the chassis, or the damp gaps between the alloy pipes and rubber hoses. Stuff seems to fester if it can't breath properly or is constantly damp.

The car will probably spend the rest its life securely dry garaged, (when not in use) and if it does get caught out in the wet...the heat of the cooling engine, will dry off.

  It can't corrode without damp.......its damp days are over now.