02 Jul 2020, 23:43
Hi folks, sorry, ages since I've been on, and I don't have much to update I'm afraid. Thanks all for your contributions!
Stuart - I've measured up the bare chassis, and it's about 1.22m across the rear suspension towers and 3.75m long to the tips of the front frame extension. So it will fit comfortably within 4m.
Also they'll probably want to put the trailing arms on the same run, and your belly plate, if you're having that done ( I didn't as I'm running a stainless one from Ed).
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(Friday, June 26th, 2020, 09:29 am)Chris P Wrote:
With the Rivnuts....could you try and re-fix the existing ones in position by a drop of epoxy....or my favourite "black crap" as I call it .....the stuff that takes 24 hours to go off...like mastic but sticks anything to anything...you'd probably want a dummy screw in there, whist its going off and keep checking it didn't stick in the threads.
The rivnuts were a sod. The ones in particular were the four along the front which hold the four angled steel brackets which retain the lower part of the front fascia. The old bolts were totally rusted into the rivnuts. I the end I cut half the heads off with the Dremel, just enough to get the brackets off. But despite pressure in all directions and glueing them the resistance of the bolt rusted inside meant in the end I just had to pull them all out. It's ok, I have installed new ones of the correct size with a proper rivnut setter, and glued them before putting any bolts in. I will obviously be putting stainless bolts back too. I had to repeat the exercise for the steel bracket rivnut spots which hold the ballast resistor bracket in the engine bay too.
Anyway, all sorted, and I have collected the blasted and powdercoated brackets back ready to refit. Happy days.
I have also had some minor distraction in that I have won s track day, most unexpectedly. There is no chance I will get the DeLorean ready in time, so I have extracted this from hibernation. It's done 20 miles in the last 7 years but I'm giving it a good going over. I'd forgotten how much I like this car.
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Stuart - I've measured up the bare chassis, and it's about 1.22m across the rear suspension towers and 3.75m long to the tips of the front frame extension. So it will fit comfortably within 4m.
Also they'll probably want to put the trailing arms on the same run, and your belly plate, if you're having that done ( I didn't as I'm running a stainless one from Ed).
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(Friday, June 26th, 2020, 09:29 am)Chris P Wrote:
With the Rivnuts....could you try and re-fix the existing ones in position by a drop of epoxy....or my favourite "black crap" as I call it .....the stuff that takes 24 hours to go off...like mastic but sticks anything to anything...you'd probably want a dummy screw in there, whist its going off and keep checking it didn't stick in the threads.
The rivnuts were a sod. The ones in particular were the four along the front which hold the four angled steel brackets which retain the lower part of the front fascia. The old bolts were totally rusted into the rivnuts. I the end I cut half the heads off with the Dremel, just enough to get the brackets off. But despite pressure in all directions and glueing them the resistance of the bolt rusted inside meant in the end I just had to pull them all out. It's ok, I have installed new ones of the correct size with a proper rivnut setter, and glued them before putting any bolts in. I will obviously be putting stainless bolts back too. I had to repeat the exercise for the steel bracket rivnut spots which hold the ballast resistor bracket in the engine bay too.
Anyway, all sorted, and I have collected the blasted and powdercoated brackets back ready to refit. Happy days.
I have also had some minor distraction in that I have won s track day, most unexpectedly. There is no chance I will get the DeLorean ready in time, so I have extracted this from hibernation. It's done 20 miles in the last 7 years but I'm giving it a good going over. I'd forgotten how much I like this car.
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Richard Hanlon
Derbyshire
DOC 393
1981 DMC-12 VIN 06126
Derbyshire
DOC 393
1981 DMC-12 VIN 06126
, are they new front discs as well.
