http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAkTpceAi6s

now that i knew was true

Seeing as I have a bit of time to post this tonight , I thought i would share the following pics and info of a 'Tracking Day' and front suspension bushings replacement that me and NickT we had a couple of weeks back. The bushings etc that were replaced are items 19, 20, 22, 23, 24 on the following pic ( including the mountings )




Utilizing the following polyurethane bushings and brackets kit

http://www.delorean-parts.com/Merchant2 ... y_Code=510

see bottom of list ... K1006DP

We did NickT's car first and the difference in handling was amazing ! The origional lower control arm bushings basically 'fell' out of the lower control arm and on inspection were badly 'cracked' ( 13k car ) ... Mine with 43k were much worse !

The new bushings are a snug fit (diameter wise) whilst the originals are 1/2" smaller and seem to 'rattle' around in the hole.

If your car has not had any new ones ...even new old stock, it would be a good idea to remove the roll bar and inspect these.... its doesnt take too long at all.

I would even go to say this is the biggest improvement ever on my car. It now sticks to the road like 'glue ' The rear alignment on both cars was a real ' eye opener '











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Just thought I would share this one with you all. My dash was a bit of a mess as you can see. I ended up hanging around for someone who was going to fix it & it did'nt happen, so I thought I would have a go myself.
I cut the bad bits off with a sharp craft knife, then filled it.
Flatted it back, then to get the 'flock' effect, sprayed it with 'Stone Chip'.
To get the final finish & colour I used Acrylic Bumper' spray by 'Loctite' & its pretty bang on for the Grey interiors.
Not sure quite how long it will last but the whole job cost just over seven quid, so its gotta be worth a go.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g15/Y ... IM0039.jpg
Here's the finished job!
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g15/Y ... IM0037.jpg
And in the dash

My rear fascia does not sit flush with the rear quarter panel and needs to be moved in closer. It also needs to be raised slightly too.

Any tips on how to do this please?

Seeing vin 5200 (owned by newcomer Greetz in The Netherlands) made me think time wise how far apart our two cars were built. The factory spec of the two is identical (same bonnet, transmission, Craig radio and digital clock next to the rheostat and coloured interior etc).



October 1981 had 22 working days (if based on a five day week). As per Knut’s chart above found on page 4 of http://www.dmcnews.com/faq/img/news/news23.pdf

The above chart shows that 1825 cars were built in that month. This means an average of 83 cars were completed during each working day of this month.

If we base 7.5 working hours per shift (additional time over the shift was spent on lunch/breaks) then just over 11 cars per hour were produced and therefore one car completed every 5-6 minutes. This means that Greetz’s car (vin 5200) was built around 5 hours ahead of mine (vin 5255) which in turn was built around 30-36 minutes before vin 5261 the most famous movie DeLorean of all… the Back To The Future ‘Twin Pines’ mall sequence car.



Perhaps Neal Barclay (only former DMC employee actively on the forum?) can confirm that it was a 5 day working week in the factory at this time? Are the hours worked above close to how it really was?

No matter how you look at it, 1825 cars in one month was excellent progress and had this been maintained DMC would have been producing over 20k cars per year...

http://www.dmcnews.com/faq/img/news/n_vinlst.pdf
Knut has been taking updates from owners for the next vin list. See what is currently written about your vin...

Imagine being able to wander the factory watching your own DMC-12 being built...

After reading through other topics, i didn't find something similar.

When cold my fuelpump sounds normal, but after driving a while when the car
is good and warm the pump makes additional noise. More like i doesn't
get enough fuel delivered, but acceleration is always perfect. No matter if
the tank is full or running empty.
So i'm not thinking it's a collapsing pickup hose.

During my clean-up i drained the tank, cleaned it and the baffle.
It had a new tankfilter, fuelpump and boot. Only the pickup hose is still
original, looked like it was in good shape and not soft.

Any ideas?

Greetz Sirolf

Hey people!

Wheres the best plce to buy SS 'DeLorean' lettering for the back bumper?

Cheers!

My brother who is working in the States sent me this link from a programme that was on this morning, its a real shame to see MJfox like this but a reminder to all as to how bad his condition really is.


http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/?q=videos/mj-fox

http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/

trying to get the cat off its rusted that bad i can`t get it off tryed forceing it but it still won`t budge any suggestions

Would it be possible to put a link onto the top of the forum homepage to tell people what the most popular topic of the week is?