hi all

well after a long night trying to find out why all one side of the car was blowing fuses ( about 145 of them and then a melted one ) we came to the problem that were was a few wire melted in the front bumper so i repared them and put a fuse in and it worked but rich h put me in the right place to look after hours of showing him the fault alung with danny boy and philly boy yesterday afternoon doing extra bits to my car makeing a plonka at a gig last night ( sorryclaire phill & mad dan )

anyway at the end of it rich h ( Rich ) is the man to repair all light swtiches for main beam and side lights by taking you hazard lights to bits loads of time a luck and then it all works

bling

and after all that herman went to derby today again and got me home

Hi All

Has anyone fitted these mirrors from:-

www.deloreana.com ???

Seem like a very good idea, but in practice do these work well on a LHD car on 'our' side of the road?

Thoughts please

Hi all!

About 6 weeks ago my screen cracked at the bottom on the drivers side and spread quite rapidly

I had it replaced on my insurance with autoglass exeter (pilkington glass?)

I then garaged the car for 5 weeks as i went away and when i got it out the screen was cracked this time from the top on the passenger side.

I have called Autoglass and they are coming to inspect the car as their workmanship was gauranteed...i am hoping they will agree to replace again FOC!

Any experience of this? Any Ideas?

many thanks

Craig

Afternoon all....

Thought I better post this really just to make everyone aware.

I had a lower front ball joint failure yesterday coming back from the Car show at Knebworth. Luckily for me it was at very low speed and not on a main road. I was just turning into my friends drive when all of a sudden there was a loud bang and the front right of the car dropped followed by a loud scrapping noise as the lower wishbone dropped onto the inside of the wheel rim.

Upon investigation it turns out the ball joint broke just where the thread starts.

The car is now down with DMCL and they're going to do more investigative work. I haven't changed this part since I bought the car and until we get the ball joint out I can't say whether it is an original 25 year old part or not. But I'll keep everyone informed.

I can tell you now it was a proper mission trying to get a Delorean on the back of a recovery truck when you can't push it or lift it! It took nearly 7 hours, 4 AA vehicles, 2 flat beds and one HighAb (lifter) to finally get the car loaded. One thing I did learn. The Delorean is SO back heavy that it can't be lifted by those guys that tow you away if you have parked illegally or have no road tax. Dunno if that is useful to know or not really!

I guess I'm just lucky it didn't happen at higher speed and that I seem to have gotten away with just a bit of rubbing on the inside of the wheel arch and a little damage the wheel rim.

As always, its a good idea with these 25 year old cars to do routine checks on all the critical areas like suspension and steering.

ok here's one then.

I've never been a fan of turbos, but I'm intrigued by superchargers. As a few of you know, I work for Mercedes, and a few years ago they ditched the idea of turbo charging in favour of superchargers (Kompressor).

Now a Mercedes C180 Kompressor puts out around 170hp, which I think is pretty good for a "1.8" litre engine.

Which got me thinking.....can the PRV be supercharged easily? Is there an 'off the shelf' supercharger or would one have to be specially engineered to fit the car?

Its just an idea at this stage, because I still want to respect my car for what it is, which is a 25 year old GT and not an Impreza Basher....but.....if it was a reliable way of giving the car a bit more acceleration and mid range torque without risking the engine too much or getting too complicated, then it could be an interesting concept.

Anyway, for anyone going to Knebworth tomorrow, see you there about 10am - we're bringing the gazebo, plus hot dogs, tea and coffee, so that's lunch sorted anyway :lol:

It's an Archer Noise Suppressor:



does anyone else have one of these installed on their car? This thing has two connectors running from it and is wired directly onto the battery...

I had a scoot around the internet to see if I could find something on Archer's site, but I didn't find anything. Maplin's have something similar:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/free_uk_delivery..._33180.htm

Any ideas? Should I care much?

hi all

today turned my attention to the interior door panel.

my window is dead and the handle has snapped. (thanks car shippers!)

so, have the manual (not much help).
is the upper door card held on by fir trees?. does it break easy and do i just prise off?.

thanx for the help.

Regards

steve

I was just wondering is there a difference between the stage 2 PRV-6 from DMUK and the stage 2 from DMCH?

Thanks
Troy

To all,

The paint round my front windscreen panels has seen better days.

Can anyone tell me if it is satin black pls.

What prep work is required to spray paint onto stainless.

Thanks in advance,

NickT.

I have had a nice couple of hours pottering about in my garage while the mrs is away at her band and I have just cleaned my air gun out. with good old WD40. It now goes like the clappers and back to normal

What would we do without WD40?

So, just for fun I've put a little poll up for the wonderful spray we can't do without..........

ps Just to let you know I don't own any shares in WD40 but maybe I should 8)

NickT