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There are 12 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Memphis, anyone need a room?
From: "computerguide18" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
2. Re: brake runout specs (revisited)
From: "Paul Salsbury" <paul.salsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
3. Re: Fan Blower GRINDING!!
From: "Steve Peck" <stevepeck1@xxxxxxxxx>
4. Museum and article
From: "Brian McCool" <bjmccool@xxxxxxxxx>
5. John Delorean and the Fiero??
From: "Brian McCool" <bjmccool@xxxxxxxxx>
6. Re: interior lights problem
From: DHughes030@xxxxxxx
7. Door Black sticker
From: Watkins Family <watbmv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
8. Re: Re: radiator fan removal & replacement
From: "B Benson" <delornut@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
9. cooling fan crossreferences?
From: Soma576@xxxxxxx
10. drivers side torsion bar auction
From: id <ionicdesign@xxxxxxxxxx>
11. Autofest 2001 on MCC
From: Mike Substelny <msubstel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
12. Re: interior lights problem
From: Soma576@xxxxxxx
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 16:37:48 -0000
From: "computerguide18" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Memphis, anyone need a room?
***** Moderator's Note *****
Please contact Jordan directly...
Mike G Moderator of the week
*****
I have a room reserved at the radisson for the DMC car show in
memphis. I live in Southwest Missouri and amd looking for someone
that would either be interested in splitting the costs of sharing a
room, or if you live within 200 miles or so of Joplin, MO splitting
travel expences. If you are interested, or need more details, please
send me an e-mail at:
webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks
Jordan
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 17:56:22 +0100
From: "Paul Salsbury" <paul.salsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: brake runout specs (revisited)
Walter
I'd like to agree with you on this point. I've been watching your posts on
this issue ,however not commenting as I am still in the process of a brake
rebuilt. I have put brand new discs on the back and still get a 'wobble'
on
the drivers side, I thought at first the drive axel was bent! I have now
actually had two 'E Brake' pads come apart on that disc.
If you solve the issue please let me know.
Thanks
Paul
#6463
www.paul.salsbury.btinternet.co.uk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxxxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 4:06 AM
Subject: Re: [DML] brake runout specs (revisited)
> I made another observation concerning my rear brake runout problem: It
> appears that a significant part (but not all) of the runout (wobble) is
due
> to the way that the rotor seats on the hub. I don't know if this is due
to
> a bent or uneven hub or to a poorly made rotor. (The problem is about
the
> same on both sides.) I didn't check the rear wheels for runout, but
plan
to
> soon. I cleaned it all very thoroughly before I seated the rotor.
>
> The wobble is bad enough that it almost makes adjusting the hand brake a
> moot point. I'm wondering now if the reason that one of my OEM parking
> brake pads came apart is because it was getting slapped by the rotor
runout.
> (That would have been the OEM rotor at the time.) If anyone is
adjusting
> their hand brakes, be sure to spin the rotor a complete revolution for
> incase the runout is at an awkward spot.
>
> The local autoparts store didn't have the exact size cottor pin to hold
the
> hand brake adjustment. A 3/32 was too thin, and a 1/16 was almost too
> thick. There is no size in-between unless it's metric? I managed to
get
> the 1/16 size through the holes with a little fussing.
>
> Walt Tampa, FL
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 13:23:33 -0500
From: "Steve Peck" <stevepeck1@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Fan Blower GRINDING!!
I found half a dozen walnuts in my blower cage as well as enough leaves to
slow/stop 80% of the air. My car while in the neglect of its PO was home
to
any number of rodents... I actually found a rat's nest in my passenger
door.
Four screws/nuts under the glove box. Pull the two plugs first. Fan
motor
will be obvious. Check this before ordering parts. Betcha that's your
problem... If you need a fan, they're $20-150, depending on source...
Save
the cage...
-Steve Peck
#3302 STAINLS
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 13:54:56 -0600
From: "Brian McCool" <bjmccool@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Museum and article
Just in case someone hadn't mentioned this before, the Pate Transportation
Museum in Cresson, Texas has a Delorean on display. It's open Tuesday
through Sunday, 9:00am to 5:00pm and it's free admission. They also have
many other interesting cars and 6 or 7 aircraft outside.
I also came across an article in the Detroit Free Press concerning GM's
plans to reintroduce the Pontiac GTO. In the interview, there are comments
from Bill Collins, who originally worked with John Delorean on the GTO at
Pontiac. He also helped John with the original engineering on the DMC-12,
as
most everyone on the list probably already knows.
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 19:15:50 -0600
From: "Brian McCool" <bjmccool@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: John Delorean and the Fiero??
I thought the list might get a kick out of this. I came across an old
article by a Forbes journalist that apparently thought John Delorean still
worked at GM in the early eighties, and even convinced them to make the
Fiero.
http://biz.yahoo.com/fo/020128/0128flint_1.html
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 21:33:32 EST
From: DHughes030@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: interior lights problem
Oh my God, there is a rear light back there! I thought I'd crawled all
over
this car and had made every discovery there was to make. Sure, I knew
about
the compartment, and the dash dimmer pot, etc. It was right where you
said.
Thanks Walt.
Don
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 23:02:55 -0500
From: Watkins Family <watbmv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Door Black sticker
I found a site selling the door trim black sticker that is behind the
door panel but I forgot to bookmark it. Anyone know what this part
number is and if it is widely available?
Tom
#5732
http://www.geocities.com/outatime81
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 17:19:43 -0600
From: "B Benson" <delornut@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Re: radiator fan removal & replacement
The only adjustment for aligning the front suspension of the DeLorean is
toe-in. The sway bar does hold the caster adjustment but there is only one
way to secure the sway bar and there is no adjusting capability built into
it. In other words you can remove the front sway bar mounts and re-install
them without affecting alignment. Just be sure to install the rubber
bushing
the same way as they were with the sway bar offset towards the front of
the
car. I would suggest heating the bolts with a propane torch prior to
removing them as they were installed using green locktight and the heat
will
soften that. Otherwise you could have a problem with the threads in the
captive nuts in the frame.
Bruce Benson
> DMC Joe is corrrect in that you can remove the fans by dropping the
> sway bar by removing the brackets at the frame. This would remove the
> need to remove the radiater. The drawback to this shortcut is the
> possibility of affecting the alignment. I don't know how large the
> possibility is but it is there.
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 19:41:15 EST
From: Soma576@xxxxxxx
Subject: cooling fan crossreferences?
Hey everyone,
i am interested in replacing my cooling fans. i think one is totally dead
and the other one will probably not be far away if one has already died.
i
usually use OEM parts and such, but i don't have the kind of money to
spend
over $500 on a pair of cooling fans since i need to put a new radiator in
too.
does anyone know of other fans that will fit?
John Hervey, how do your fans measure up against OEM DeLorean fans?
Thanks
Andy
Soma576@xxxxxxx
1982 DeLorean DMC-12 VIN#11596
Fargo, ND 58102
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 18:16:16 -0600
From: id <ionicdesign@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: drivers side torsion bar auction
there is a drivers side torsion bar for sale on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1818927603&r
=0&t=0
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 16:25:31 -0500
From: Mike Substelny <msubstel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Autofest 2001 on MCC
Did anyone catch the My Classic Car Autofest episode last week? I
missed it.
The MCC website has a writeup of the episode. The writeup mentions our
DeLoreans, and features a very nice picture of them. I am curious if
we made it into the TV show or not. We've had awfully good publicity
from the Aufofest in the past.
Here's the writeup page:
http://www.myclassiccar.com/MCCTV/026112/autofest.html
- Mike Substelny
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Message: 12
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 17:25:37 EST
From: Soma576@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: interior lights problem
In a message dated 4/4/02 9:08:29 PM Central Standard Time,
DHughes030@xxxxxxx writes:
>
> I have seen several people mentiom their rear interion lamp. I have
VIN
> 6860, I don't have a rear interior lamp. Who does? Where is it?
> Don
Don,
i didn't know i had one until i looked ALL OVER for it when i first got my
car!! it's under the rear window, kind of in the parcel shelf. find the
two
middle cargo net hooks, then look in the center of them on the underside
of
the lip. should have an identical light like the front map light. when
you
find it, you'll feel really stupid!
later,
Andy
Soma576@xxxxxxx
1982 DeLorean DMC-12 VIN#11596
Fargo, ND 58102
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