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  Short running
Posted by: Chris Hawes - 26 Sep 2006, 19:11 - Forum: 1 - Engine - Replies (3)

If a DeLorean is started from cold, reversed out of the garage and then immediately driven back in and the engine shut off on nearly a daily basis would this do the car any harm?

This is purely for moving the car out of the way to get at other stuff in the garage...

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  Seat Removal
Posted by: Barson - 25 Sep 2006, 15:45 - Forum: 8 - Frame / Body / Interior - Replies (2)

Hello. 8)

I need your help.

To cut a long story short, I need to re-attach the handbrake cable nipples to the handbrake handle mechanism. To do this I need to remove my driver's side seat. (LHD) to get proper access to the handbrake.


Can anybody give us some quick advice on the best way to do this? I've located, underneath the rear of the seat, two square nuts that i believe are holding the seat to the rails (is this right?). Are there any other nuts holding the seat down? and is there anything else i need to look at first before I do this? :? :oops: :lol:

I'm being quite cheap and cheaky in asking this, because im in the midst of purchasing a set of manuals, which would probably tell me all I need to know...

thanks!
Barson.

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  Cat Bypass - rubbish fit, poor engineering.
Posted by: NickT - 25 Sep 2006, 12:40 - Forum: 2 - Emission / Fuel Systems - Replies (5)

Mike and I have had another car playing day yesterday and so I thought it was time to fit my cat bypass pipe i bought 3 years ago.

With my car over my pit and my air tools at the ready the exhaust was off in 30 minutes ! I had a look in the cat and it had broken up slightly but still flowed OK and was spot on for the emissions for the MOT (0.02% CO)

Brilliant , or so I thought..... :roll:

When I came to fit the cat bypass pipe the fit was abysmall. We had to spend an hour chopping filing grinding etc. just for it to fit. :evil:

I hope that the quality of these have vastly improved because the one I bought was very very poor.

Just warning everyone else who thinks this is going to be a mornings work.

NickT.

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  Funny noises when cornering
Posted by: dmckelv12 - 21 Sep 2006, 22:38 - Forum: 5 - Suspension / Steering - Replies (44)

I have recently noticed that when i corner into a right hand bend sort of sharpish, i hear a bang as though something has hit the inside wall of the luggage compartment (which is empty).
Anyone experienced this or may know what this is?????
Cheers Smile

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  Cooling fans not working
Posted by: tom inman - 21 Sep 2006, 19:55 - Forum: 1 - Engine - Replies (7)

I'm having over heating problems as the cooling fans aren't kicking in when the engine gets up to temperature. The temperature sender unit is new. Wondered if it's a relay problem or is there another switch that turns the fans on. The fan fail switch isn't lighting but that might just be the bulb.
Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.

Ps would like to know how to get onto the locked How To's part of the forum.

Cheers
Tom
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  Glove compartment, Help req please
Posted by: Chris Williams - 16 Sep 2006, 16:39 - Forum: 8 - Frame / Body / Interior - Replies (2)

I am just in the process of putting all my dash/binnacle/come to that most of the interior back in :roll:
Anyway I have got to the glove box and for the life of me cannot remember or work out how the catch goes. not on the lid but on the inside of the glove box.
Would somebody be good enough to take a picture of theres and post it please to jog my memory. Thanks
Chris

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  WANTED - Jack compartment cover
Posted by: Craig Churchill - 14 Sep 2006, 21:19 - Forum: 8 - Frame / Body / Interior - Replies (3)

Hi All

I am after a jack compartment cover with the clips that secure it to the body

My car did not have one when i imported it

does anyone have one for sale

many thanks

Craig

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  Rad Fans
Posted by: Birksie - 13 Sep 2006, 21:48 - Forum: 3 - Electrical - Replies (4)

I know this has been brought up on the odd occasion, but I need to find out what my specific problem is.
I ventured out yesterday, on what is usually a short trip (7 miles). When I get to the multi-story carpark of the Hilton I kindly asked a closeby work contractor to press the button on the ticket machine so I could get in the car park. He says "Yeah, no problem mate. Nice car by the way, is there supposed to be steam bellowing out of the back!!!!!" Arrrrgggh. I backed my car up and turned the engine off, and looking at my temp gauge, noticed it was running at the top of the red!!!!!

The young chap kindly gave let me top my system up, after waiting 30 mins for it to cool down. I struggled to start her back up, but once running, has been fine since, except for the fact I have no fans kicking in!

Today, I checked all the fuses in my fusebox, and all were fine. I then removed the connector from the otterstat and shorted out the pins to see if the fans kicked in, and they didnt!!! So...Im now stuck, as I know very little about the wiring system for the rad fans.

Can anyone tell me if there's any other fuses, or indeed (Id imagine) a relay of some sort that is vuneralble to failure? Or should there be something else I can check?

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  fuse board
Posted by: Dan Howarth - 12 Sep 2006, 20:58 - Forum: 3 - Electrical - Replies (5)

Hi. Just looked for a blown fuse that makes my full beam not work. It is ok. I did notice however that fuse number 2 the engine control 20 amp fuse had melted in the holder but not blown. What does this fuse do and what is engine control as there are 2 engine control fuses. The car refused to start and there was no sound coming from the fuel pump. Sorry to be a pain but my misses has packed my manuels and my disks with the manuals on also as we are trying to move house

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  Donnington 9th/10th Sept 2006 now on DOC website gallery
Posted by: TristanC - 12 Sep 2006, 18:50 - Forum: Latest DOC News - Replies (2)

Hi all,

I've just updated our club website gallery with the pics of Donnington from last weekend:

http://www.deloreans.co.uk/features/car ... other.html

There is some movie footage from inside Bozzy's as he teared up the track, but I still need to cut it together.

I'll post another update once this is done.

cheers

Tris

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