[DML] Three brass screws (Please help, I broke my car)
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[DML] Three brass screws (Please help, I broke my car)



It started out innocently enough: I wanted to do a tune up. So I
bought plugs, wires cap & rotor from one of our DeLorean vendors and
replaced them tonight. In doing so, I bumped those brass idle screws a
little. Not much, maybe 1/8 to 1/4 turn at most, but I bumped the back
two. I tried to put them back as best as I could.

My car won't run now. Fires right up, starts to settle into idle and
dies. The brass screws had already been opened by the previous owner,
so at this point I decided to play with them. Tried closing them,
tried various open positions. Some let the car run for 3 seconds.
Others for 1 second. 

Then I closed them back down and the rear one just sheared right off.
I didn't use force in tightening it, but it broke anyway. It's all the
way closed and I can't adjust it anymore. Can a machine shop drill it
out? What should I do?

Please help. I'm lost.

Notes: 

- All fuel lines and plug wires are correct. I labeled and
triple-checked everything when I did the tune up.

- The car was getting too much fuel when I bought it, I think. It went
"blubBlubBlubBlub" when you let off the gas. I was hoping to fix this
with the tune up, but now that it doesn't stay running for more than 3
seconds...

-Ryan





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