Hi All, 

some of you may know via Facebook, that sadly Tris passed away earlier this week 
after a long battle with illness.

Our thoughts are with his wife Joanne and his daughter Megan, and all his family and 
friends at this sad time.

His DeLorean 'TCZ' has recently gone to a new owner near Mansfield, and remains in 
the DOC-UK family.  Ironically, Tris driving TCZ is the Club calendar picture for this month.

A full tribute to Tris will be in the next issue of DeLorean News, which should be out 
within the next few weeks.

RIP mate

Hi all,

There is/was a couple of Ds around these parts, but I'd never seen "DMC 99V" before. It was coming down Portsdown Hill (near QA Hospital) yesterday evening whilst I was heading home from work. Anyone know that car?

#1867 just killed its battery (as in, completely) which was only two years old. I've changed the cable connectors and robbed a battery off another car as the Really Retro show is only a week away. I'm getting a 24 milliamp draw (doors closed and unlocked) which reduces to 11 milliamp when I pull fuse 17 (cigar lighter and clock). 

I gather DeLoreans were factory fitted with parasitic draw, but how much is normal?

I have removed my exhaust ready for a new stainless system, so the old one is up for sale.

The manifold gaskets were leaking and I can't see any leaks elsewhere. 

This would be good for someone who only needs the silencer or cat.  

open for offers on any part of this


   

I only get sound from the right (passenger side) speakers. The left speakers produce a faint "pop" when the radio is turned on, but that's it. There's continuity through the speaker terminals. Very low voltage signal through the wires (about .04 volts with radio on). I've removed the tuning/volume knobs, the nuts behind the knobs, and the faceplate. According to my workshop manual, I should remove the air vents above the radio. Unhelpfully, it gives no hints on how to do this. It's not obvious to me how the vents should be pushed/pulled/squeezed to release, so explanation appreciated. 

Also, any ideas what the issue could be? Unless the problem just reveals itself to me, I'm not really sure what my plan is once I get the radio out.

I just came across this, although I see its a year old still worth a look...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pREXdf7Iap0

Hi all,

After a long resurrection and a few "test drives" (in reality, confidence building drives), I took 4566 to Goodwood on Sunday for their Goodwood 75 Breakfast club. The drive, especially home, highlighted a couple of issues; in particular that she doesn't like staying in 5th gear for some reason... otherwise, a lot of heavy traffic meant the cooling system got a work out, so that's at least something positive.

https://www.goodwood.com/grr/event-cover...fast-club/ - she's on the site!

Goodwood 75th by Dan Willis, on Flickr
Goodwood 75th by Dan Willis, on Flickr
Goodwood 75th by Dan Willis, on Flickr
Goodwood 75th by Dan Willis, on Flickr
Goodwood 75th by Dan Willis, on Flickr
Goodwood 75th by Dan Willis, on Flickr


On returning home I started taking her apart! Haha... not really, but I had to sort some bits out; I had no aerial reception (fixed), my driver's side door lights failed (the connector fell off) and I couldn't get the engine cover open (maybe heat?; it's working now...). Also, my gear gaiter tore along one side and it appears to be glued to the center console rather than via metal clips. Little mysteries.
All part of the classic-car ownership fun. It was a very positive morning, especially representing a year on the Goodwood grid!

This is a long shot, but does anyone have access to a two or four post lift who lives reasonably close to me (Rugby)?

Not DeLorean related, but my M3 has a new rear diff sat in the dining room needing to be swapped over with the original unit still on the car, and this thing weighs a lot so it's not reasonable for me to attempt to do it myself 12" off the ground.

I had a solution available to me, but quite frankly, the chap in hand has become quit obnoxious having something held over me and repeatedly keeps developing excuses for it not being possible to help me out and further demanding that the job be done within 3hrs because he needs constant access to his lift etc.  (He shouldn't have offered me in the first place!)  The end result is that it's been months and no progress what so ever and now my MOT is looming and I have no choice but to see how she performs at the MOT and try to get the job done AFTER its MOT (which I'm hoping doesn't result in me being grounded stuck in the garage requiring a flatbed to transport it anywhere!).

BMW wont touch me with a barge pole because I never bought the replacement diff from them, so if I can't do the job myself, I'll have no choice but to go to an ordinary garage to get the job done.  I'm reluctant on this as it was an ordinary garage who baulked the current one still on the car by messing up a simple oil seal change TWICE!

I'm currently about £2500 in the hole and that's still without the unit even being swapped over yet!

https://youtube.com/shorts/gGjbDwsMDZQ?feature=share

I mean, it doesn't end well, but a spectacular effort!!

Hiya everyone. Big fan of the cars and would be a dream to own one. And to my suprise today my mother sent me this in my local area of Mansfield. Wondered if anyone knew much about it. Not 100% sure if the image uploaded ok.

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