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Thread: VIN No. 1867
Post: RE: VIN No. 1867
| Update on 1867: washers installed on the transmission cooler lines - no more ATF leaks.
Since then, it developed two separate coolant leaks, both resolved by simply tightening the clamp. My experien... |
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26 Mar 2024, 10:30 |
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Thread: DeLorean's For Sale On Ebay, Updated as They Appear.
Post: RE: DeLorean's For Sale On Ebay, Updated as They A...
| Looks like 4872 didn't sell at auction. Now listed at £49,750.
1981 DeLorean DMC 12 (carandclassic.com) |
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14 Mar 2024, 17:10 |
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Thread: VIN No. 1867
Post: RE: VIN No. 1867
| Thanks for words of support everyone. It has been (and continues to be) a testing experience.
And yes, it's a helicoil.
I got everything reassembled at the weekend and had the car running briefly. ... |
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13 Mar 2024, 21:31 |
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Thread: DeLorean's For Sale On Ebay, Updated as They Appear.
Post: RE: DeLorean's For Sale On Ebay, Updated as They A...
| No. 2243 on Car and Classic, asking £55k.
1981 DeLorean DMC-12 For Sale (carandclassic.com) |
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06 Mar 2024, 19:50 |
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Thread: VIN No. 1867
Post: RE: VIN No. 1867
| Many hours later...
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04 Mar 2024, 22:09 |
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Thread: VIN No. 1867
Post: RE: VIN No. 1867
| This has become such a fiasco...
Since my last post, I got a bolt extractor set, drilled a pilot hole and wound the extractor in. Problem was, no matter how tight I clamped the extractor in the drill... |
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26 Feb 2024, 20:45 |
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Thread: Automatic Governor
Post: RE: Automatic Governor
| (17 Feb 2024, 15:11)sc15 Wrote: After a tedious investigation into why 10302 won't change gear, we have found that one coil on the small generator within the governor is open circuit. The other read... |
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17 Feb 2024, 22:19 |
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Thread: VIN No. 1867
Post: RE: VIN No. 1867
| (07 Feb 2024, 20:28)Chris Williams Wrote: As Chris wrote it's difficult (but not impossible) to get the Y pipe out with the remains of the bolts still in there. Think I would be tempted to put a was... |
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10 Feb 2024, 18:47 |
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Thread: Replacing 13 lines inc fuel Filter
Post: RE: Replacing 13 lines inc fuel Filter
| (07 Feb 2024, 14:13)Chris Collingwood Wrote: is it worth cutting the old fuel line unscrewing the old filter and not chance snapping the hard line that disappears into the Chassis.
Yes.
The hard l... |
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07 Feb 2024, 18:07 |
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Thread: VIN No. 1867
Post: RE: VIN No. 1867
| (06 Feb 2024, 23:37)Rissy Wrote: The bolts only go into the block by about 8-10mm from memory.
That's a concerning thought. Might need to re-think the crowbar approach after all as I'm putting qu... |
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07 Feb 2024, 14:43 |
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Thread: DeLorean's For Sale On Ebay, Updated as They Appear.
Post: RE: DeLorean's For Sale On Ebay, Updated as They A...
| Car and Classic auction. Oct '81 with a smooth bonnet? Black interior manual.
https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/1...-12-8lQAlg |
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06 Feb 2024, 22:44 |
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Thread: VIN No. 1867
Post: RE: VIN No. 1867
| (06 Feb 2024, 09:24)Chris P Wrote: While you are in there I would strongly recommend having the water pump refurbished, ( Dave Howarth) new hoses, clips etc and fit a self bleeding kit.
I'll be cha... |
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06 Feb 2024, 22:17 |
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Thread: VIN No. 1867
Post: RE: VIN No. 1867
| Just before Christmas I noticed a very small coolant leak. Unfortunately, after searching with a torch and mirror, I traced the leak back into the Valley of Death.
Progress was initially swift - I g... |
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05 Feb 2024, 16:38 |
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Thread: VIN No. 1867
Post: RE: VIN No. 1867
| New transmission cooler lines installed. Filled the transmission with ATF. No apparent leaks overnight, but I haven't started it up yet as there's more work to do on the engine while the coolant is dr... |
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03 Feb 2024, 18:08 |
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Thread: DeLorean's For Sale On Ebay, Updated as They Appear.
Post: RE: DeLorean's For Sale On Ebay, Updated as They A...
| '82 Black interior auto, asking £55k.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/ite...2ac0085f57 |
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01 Feb 2024, 23:11 |
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Thread: VIN No. 1867
Post: RE: VIN No. 1867
| (29 Jan 2024, 09:19)Chris P Wrote: Are there washers? I can't remember them...but I could be wrong.
Yeah, the washers seal the the base of the large nut that the lines screw into.
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29 Jan 2024, 21:41 |
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Thread: VIN No. 1867
Post: RE: VIN No. 1867
| When I had the DeLorean transmission rebuilt last year, one of the many bodges done by the Automatic Transmission Company (Derbyshire) was cutting the transmission cooler lines in half and then joinin... |
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28 Jan 2024, 18:50 |
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Thread: US Auto Show Oulton Park Cheshire 17th August 2024
Post: US Auto Show Oulton Park Cheshire 17th August 2024
| Any club interest in above?
Display Vehicles @ US AutoShow (msv.com) |
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25 Jan 2024, 21:58 |
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Thread: VIN No. 1867
Post: RE: VIN No. 1867
| Second attempt came out much better. Works perfect. Always reassuring to have a spare!
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31 Dec 2023, 16:20 |
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Thread: VIN No. 1867
Post: RE: VIN No. 1867
| (21 Nov 2023, 21:44)Chris Williams Wrote: Quote:Yeah, I know. I enquired about it back in February, remember? Still waiting on that postal address from you...
Errrrrrr no, but may have forgotten. Do... |
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22 Nov 2023, 13:27 |
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Thread: VIN No. 1867
Post: RE: VIN No. 1867
| (15 Nov 2023, 21:48)Chris Williams Wrote: http://www.deloreans.co.uk/forum/showthr...p?tid=6171
Yeah, I know. I enquired about it back in February, remember? Still waiting on that postal address fr... |
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20 Nov 2023, 21:17 |
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Thread: VIN No. 1867
Post: RE: VIN No. 1867
| Got given a key replicator. I know, unusual, but no gift horses were looked in the mouth and I got to work trying to make a spare door key.
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I used a WB2 key blank. Not sure if thi... |
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12 Nov 2023, 13:47 |
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Thread: Anyone tried 205/70 R14 on the front?
Post: RE: Anyone tried 205/70 R14 on the front?
| (16 Oct 2023, 20:42)Chris Williams Wrote: Probably would fit ok without fowling but would it make the steering even heavier being wider?
In theory yes, but it should only be 1cm wider, so I doubt i... |
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17 Oct 2023, 10:03 |
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Thread: Anyone tried 205/70 R14 on the front?
Post: Anyone tried 205/70 R14 on the front?
| As above.
BF Goodrich make a suitable rear tyre in their T/A Radial range with raised white lettering. Closest thing they're got for the front is 205/70 R14. I probably don't have to change my tyres... |
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16 Oct 2023, 18:21 |
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Thread: VIN No. 1867
Post: RE: VIN No. 1867
| Got my fuel flap back from repair. Looks much better without the pot-rivets!
Used a general purpose contact adhesive. We'll see how well that holds up.
Please excuse the finger prints/marks. The pi... |
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02 Oct 2023, 10:25 |
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Thread: DOC 2023 Event, Malvern, Worcs. 8-10 September
Post: RE: DOC 2023 Event, Malvern, Worcs. 8-10 Septembe...
| I wasn't at the ice cream stop or RAF, but snapped a pic of some arrivals at Morgan.
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16 Sep 2023, 06:26 |
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Thread: VIN No. 1867
Post: RE: VIN No. 1867
| (30 Aug 2023, 20:10)Chris Williams Wrote: Quote:Well, minus the return line - it put up too much of a fight.
I bet a pound you struggled disconnecting it from the hard line........... :D
Of course.... |
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02 Sep 2023, 10:38 |
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Thread: VIN No. 1867
Post: RE: VIN No. 1867
| New fuel lines installed ready for the trip down to the Morgan factory in a couple of weeks. Well, minus the return line - it put up too much of a fight.
It was a pig to start and ran rough initiall... |
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29 Aug 2023, 22:34 |
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Thread: Frequency valve removal
Post: RE: Frequency valve removal
| Cheers. It is indeed a push fit. Very tight.
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2 - Emission / Fuel Systems |
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25 Aug 2023, 21:23 |
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Thread: Frequency valve removal
Post: Frequency valve removal
| I received a sobering warning from Rissy at the Really Retro Show to change my fuel lines or risk losing my car to fire. So I've been changing the lines one at a time over the last week. I've only got... |
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2 - Emission / Fuel Systems |
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23 Aug 2023, 20:56 |
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Thread: DOC 2023 Event, Malvern, Worcs. 8-10 September
Post: RE: DOC 2023 Event, Malvern, Worcs. 8-10 Septembe...
| I confirm that me and a +1 will be coming for the Saturday event in #1867. |
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DOC National Events, Car shows, AGM's and others |
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23 Aug 2023, 20:01 |
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Thread: Really Retro Show - 9 July 2023 (nr Stafford)
Post: RE: Really Retro Show - 9 July 2023 (nr Stafford)
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10 Jul 2023, 21:51 |
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Thread: Battery drain
Post: Battery drain
| #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... |
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3 - Electrical |
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02 Jul 2023, 14:58 |
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Thread: Intermittent no crank
Post: RE: Intermittent no crank
| Just to conclude this thread, it was the starter motor at fault. |
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3 - Electrical |
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02 Jul 2023, 14:47 |
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Thread: CRAIG Radio issue - sound on one side
Post: RE: CRAIG Radio issue - sound on one side
| Really? Seems a faff just to get the radio out. I feel some procrastination coming on... |
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3 - Electrical |
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25 Jun 2023, 16:56 |
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Thread: CRAIG Radio issue - sound on one side
Post: CRAIG Radio issue - sound on one side
| 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 lo... |
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19 Jun 2023, 22:24 |
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Thread: DeLorean's For Sale On Ebay, Updated as They Appear.
Post: RE: DeLorean's For Sale On Ebay, Updated as They A...
| Vin 11477 on Facebook @ £60k
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/ite...473ff5386d |
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17 Jun 2023, 21:03 |
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Thread: New seals - door won't close!
Post: RE: New seals - door won't close!
| (30 May 2023, 11:32)Rissy Wrote: I'll be at the retro show on July 9th http://www.deloreans.co.uk/forum/showthr...p?tid=6363 and the DOC event in September http://www.deloreans.co.uk/forum/showthr..... |
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30 May 2023, 16:45 |
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Thread: New seals - door won't close!
Post: RE: New seals - door won't close!
| I've put the original seal back on the driver's side. It settled in to a point but was never going to be satisfactory. The passenger side is okay.
I'll have a look at what other people have at the ne... |
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29 May 2023, 17:17 |
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Thread: DeLorean's For Sale On Ebay, Updated as They Appear.
Post: RE: DeLorean's For Sale On Ebay, Updated as They A...
| FFS...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155570864506?...%7Ciid%3A1 |
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29 May 2023, 12:55 |
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Thread: New seals - door won't close!
Post: RE: New seals - door won't close!
| The seals have settled in a bit now, but the door still requires excessive force to close. Looking like I might have to bin them.
Where do I find this "Ed"? |
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10 May 2023, 22:52 |
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Thread: DOC 2023 Event, Malvern, Worcs. 8-10 September
Post: RE: DOC 2023 Event, Malvern, Worcs. 8-10 Septembe...
| I'd like to come along - can you add me to the list? I'll drive down on the Saturday morning and meet you all at Morgan. |
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10 May 2023, 22:43 |
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Thread: New seals - door won't close!
Post: RE: New seals - door won't close!
| The replacement seals came with the car. Looking through the car's history folder, there's a DMC North West invoice for weather seals in 2016. |
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08 May 2023, 18:25 |
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Thread: New seals - door won't close!
Post: New seals - door won't close!
| My door seals are pretty shagged. Luckily*, the car came with a replacement set which I've been fitting this weekend.
I spent all day removing the old seals, scrapping out the sealant, cutting the ne... |
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07 May 2023, 13:25 |
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Thread: 80s Day, Great British Car Journey, Ambergate Derbys 7th May
Post: RE: 80s Day, Great British Car Journey, Ambergate...
| Is this going ahead? I don't see it listed on their events page.
https://greatbritishcarjourney.com/events-calendar/ |
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05 May 2023, 15:18 |
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Thread: When there's a lay-by at exactly the right moment...
Post: RE: When there's a lay-by at exactly the right mom...
| Best I can tell from its history, that's from new. Previous owner thought it was a real selling point, but I disagreed. Sitting causes more problems than mileage in my experience. |
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05 May 2023, 14:54 |
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Thread: When there's a lay-by at exactly the right moment...
Post: RE: When there's a lay-by at exactly the right mom...
| I have a (lifetime) ambition to get mine around the clock. Only 94,000 miles to go! |
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04 May 2023, 21:27 |
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Thread: VIN No. 1867
Post: RE: VIN No. 1867
| (03 May 2023, 08:14)Rissy Wrote: That's normal operation from the Buzzer box above the steering column. Unplug it. This is also normal procedure for the owner. :)
Thanks for confirming. What a te... |
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03 May 2023, 20:12 |
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Thread: VIN No. 1867
Post: RE: VIN No. 1867
| Got the door marker lights working. The plunger switch in the door shut had been disconnected on each side.
Love an easy fix!
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However...
A buzzer sounds continuously when the dr... |
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02 May 2023, 16:43 |
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Thread: VIN No. 1867
Post: RE: VIN No. 1867
| Replacing weather seals is on my to-do list this year. I've started with the one attached to the door.
With the old one off, I noticed the drain holes for the door don't align with the slots in the ... |
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