Before posting messages or replies, see the posting policy rules at: www.dmcnews.com/Admin/rules.html To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderator@xxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There are 2 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. Re: Hello! And: Upcoming purchase ... From: "jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx " <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx> 2. Re: Jim Varney's "D" From: "Gabe" <thecreech@xxxxxxxx> ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 1 Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 04:01:47 -0000 From: "jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx " <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Hello! And: Upcoming purchase ... I agree with most everything that Walter says except it is probably better to just plan to tow the car. If it is a 5 speed then towing on a dolly is no big deal. An automatic is a much bigger problem, it either has to be on a trailer or tilt-bed or if you still want to use a tow dolly it must be backed on to keep the rear wheels off the ground unless you remove the half-shafts to the rear wheels. If you do tow on a dolly backwards remove the rear louvre or it will rip off from the wind resistance. On the exhaust gasket don't even think of trying it till you get home. While you may have some success with penetrating oil I find that to work on any exhaust parts they always come off without breaking if you heat up the part with a torch. I hardly ever break anything although sometimes threads do strip and you must use EXTREME caution around fuel lines, wiring, plastic, fiberglass and such and should also have a fire watch because with the welding glasses on you can't see flames. It would be best if you can hook up with local owners so the can help you. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, "Walter" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote: > I wish you luck with your coming purchase. I bought my Delorean in a > similar situation. I live in Tampa and found a nice Delorean for sale in > Ft. Pierce (just north of Ft. Lauderdale on the east coast). I drove over > with a friend to check it out. I bought it from a dealer who only owned it > for a short time and would/could not tell me anything about the previous > owner. The car had less than 9K miles on it. It was very clean and had no > weather related deterioration. I bought the car (for $17.5K) and took turns > with my friend driving it home a few hundred miles away. > > In city traffic it overheated, but not bad. I was watching the gauge most > of the time. It turns out that the electrical system in the car had never > been upgraded, and it had a bad relay. This was the night before the drive > home. With nothing but a volt meter I bought at Radio Shack for this > purpose, I found the problem and hot-wired the fans to always stay on. The > rest of the trip home was uneventful except for the fun! > > If you have very far to drive with your new Delorean, I recommend having a > driver who can deliver you to pick it up and then follow you home. I would > plan on the other car being an SUV that can tow a car dolly if necessary. I > would bring a full complement of tools and an extra battery & jumper cables > as well as some jugs of water in case the cooling system leaks. > > If this car is not a daily driver, then expect little things to keep going > wrong with it until it does become a daily driver. The Delorean is full of > factory weak spots and defects as well as more problems that will come about > because of the car's age. Generally, problems like this are not fixed until > AFTER they become a problem. So unless these things have already broke and > been repaired on your car, then chances are they are getting ready to break. > Since the car you are buying already as 40K miles, most of OEM problems > should be resolved by now. When I bought my car, I had no idea what I was > getting into since there were a lot of (and still a lot of) things that need > to be fixed. So far, my Delorean has never left me stranded (yet -- but > knock on stainless). I have put 4400 miles on it in the past 11 months > since I bought it. I would have done more than double that if I could keep > it running well enough. If I spent half the time working on the car that I > spent on reading DML backissues and Delorean related web sites then I would > have a full restoration done by now! But I need the knowledge first. It's > strange how this knowledge is mostly only available on line or by word of > mouth from a vendor. > > Also some more advice: Have the service manuals with you. If a set doesn't > come with the car, then buy some from your favorite vendor. And keep their > phone numbers handy on your trip home. I would establish contact with some > of the better vendors and make an appointment with them to be on call while > you are on the road. (Fat chance, but worth a try.) I suggest considering > DMC Joe and Rob at PJ Grady. DMC Houston may be of help too. Delorean One > is almost always too busy. ;) > > I recommend saving the exhaust manifold gasket replacement for until after > you get the car home. The main problem with a bad gasket is the loud > tap-tap-tap noise it makes. I don't think this is anything real bad except > it is annoying to listen to. It may also allow exhaust gases to linger > where they don't belong. To take the manifold loose, you need to soak the > studs with a penetrating solvent for a few days to help stop them from > breaking off. You might break some anyway and then you will have to drill > them out -- fun, fun -- not something you want to try with a car before you > take it home for the first time. > > Gook luck, > Walt Tampa, FL ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 20:11:31 -0800 From: "Gabe" <thecreech@xxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Jim Varney's "D" I thought the Ds top speed was 120 tops and really was about 115 stock so thats a far cry from 140 ----- Original Message ----- From: <abatt10347@xxxxxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 9:13 AM Subject: Re: [DML] Jim Varney's "D" > Mark, > Jim Varney's Delorean was NOT turbo. I know as I looked over the motor before > it was sold. It was stock, even down to the plastic overflow bottle. By the > way it was an automatic! Where the 140mph came from is that the Delorean was > rated full out at between 130 and 140 mph. They took it out and ran it full > bore, then told people that it had to have ran "about" 140. As I posted > before the current owner (at last count is a member of the DML list. If he > wants he can confirm my above statements. Also Ken K. had a look at the car, > (he also posted a few days ago), Ken am I wrong on this one? Mark, this was > not to flame your posting, just to put away those urban legends that come up > and over time people think are fact. > Bruce Battles > Vin# 06569 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Before posting messages or replies, see the posting policy rules at: > www.dmcnews.com/Admin/rules.html > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderator@xxxxxxxxxxx > > ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
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