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Re: VIN 12306 'Auryn' : RHD rebuild - Stuart Rees - 01 Feb 2014
Ah, from the Neverending Story....
Re: VIN 12306 'Auryn' : RHD rebuild - Guinney1971 - 03 Feb 2014
the what.....
at least I know what Auryn means too, I had been wondering
Re: VIN 12306 'Auryn' : RHD rebuild - Starglider - 07 Feb 2014
Bought a new vehicle. Only 60k on the clock but looks a little distressed, also pickup may be trick as the car is in Iowa...
![[Image: 12387113_6_I_zps5d41db59.jpeg]](http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e6/stargliderx/12387113_6_I_zps5d41db59.jpeg)
![[Image: 12387113_1_I_zps7cbb795a.jpeg]](http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e6/stargliderx/12387113_1_I_zps7cbb795a.jpeg)
![[Image: 12387113_5_I_zps7f06175a.jpeg]](http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e6/stargliderx/12387113_5_I_zps7f06175a.jpeg)
Re: VIN 12306 'Auryn' : RHD rebuild - Guinney1971 - 07 Feb 2014
I think I've taxed worse......
Re: VIN 12306 'Auryn' : RHD rebuild - Chris P - 11 Feb 2014
Somebody seems to have left a tea shirt wrapped around the steering wheel !
Re: VIN 12306 'Auryn' : RHD rebuild - Starglider - 11 Feb 2014
Chris P Wrote:Somebody seems to have left a tea shirt wrapped around the steering wheel !
I'm pretty sure that's the airbag, looks like both triggered from the front impact.
Gearbox fault turned out to be the shifter cable spot-welding together due to bad earthing (took the starter current). Apparently this is fairly common for the DMC-12, lack of metal chasis means random metal parts can end up taking a lot of current if earthing is lacking. Can't blame Ed for missing this as he was only supposed to be dropping in the engine, Chris N is replacing & adding more earths and will replace the shifter cable. Still, glad the problem wasn't the gearbox itself.
Most of the electrics are working correctly now but work continues.
Re: VIN 12306 'Auryn' : RHD rebuild - Guinney1971 - 11 Feb 2014
glad it wasnt something more serious then !!
Re: VIN 12306 'Auryn' : RHD rebuild - Starglider - 01 Mar 2014
UK spec rear foglight construction in progress :
![[Image: foglight_zpsa4c82fed.jpg]](http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e6/stargliderx/foglight_zpsa4c82fed.jpg)
There will be one on each side. The lenses are from a damaged tail light assembly, so they are a size match and the right one even has a 'DMC' logo on it.
Re: VIN 12306 'Auryn' : RHD rebuild - Guinney1971 - 01 Mar 2014
like the turbo embossed in rear fascia, nice touch
Re: VIN 12306 'Auryn' : RHD rebuild - MikeWard - 02 Mar 2014
Why not mod the original cluster to have the fogs rather than cutting into the fascia?There is a tutorial on this very site on how to wire up the fog's in such a way that it retains the 4 brake lights: http://deloreans.co.uk/downloads/techni ... ybrake.zip
Re: VIN 12306 'Auryn' : RHD rebuild - Starglider - 02 Mar 2014
MikeWard Wrote:
Because I think this will give more of a 'factory UK model' look.
Re: VIN 12306 'Auryn' : RHD rebuild - MikeWard - 02 Mar 2014
oh
Re: VIN 12306 'Auryn' : RHD rebuild - stunned_monkey - 02 Mar 2014
Usually the only cars with independent factory-fitted foglights are Japanese.
Re: VIN 12306 'Auryn' : RHD rebuild - Chris P - 02 Mar 2014
This was the only UK Factory look. Not to everyones taste perhaps. Just writing it up as a matter of fact.
Re: VIN 12306 'Auryn' : RHD rebuild - stunned_monkey - 02 Mar 2014
i thought that wasn't a factory change, but a 3rd party adaption to allow the cars to be UK registered in the early 80s? Dusty being an example of a factory RHD which had never been registered and still had the standard rear lights.