To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderator@xxxxxxxxxxx To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There are 12 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. Memphis, anyone need a room? From: "computerguide18" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 2. Re: brake runout specs (revisited) From: "Paul Salsbury" <paul.salsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 3. Re: Fan Blower GRINDING!! From: "Steve Peck" <stevepeck1@xxxxxxxxx> 4. Museum and article From: "Brian McCool" <bjmccool@xxxxxxxxx> 5. John Delorean and the Fiero?? From: "Brian McCool" <bjmccool@xxxxxxxxx> 6. Re: interior lights problem From: DHughes030@xxxxxxx 7. Door Black sticker From: Watkins Family <watbmv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 8. Re: Re: radiator fan removal & replacement From: "B Benson" <delornut@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 9. cooling fan crossreferences? From: Soma576@xxxxxxx 10. drivers side torsion bar auction From: id <ionicdesign@xxxxxxxxxx> 11. Autofest 2001 on MCC From: Mike Substelny <msubstel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 12. Re: interior lights problem From: Soma576@xxxxxxx ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 1 Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 16:37:48 -0000 From: "computerguide18" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Memphis, anyone need a room? ***** Moderator's Note ***** Please contact Jordan directly... Mike G Moderator of the week ***** I have a room reserved at the radisson for the DMC car show in memphis. I live in Southwest Missouri and amd looking for someone that would either be interested in splitting the costs of sharing a room, or if you live within 200 miles or so of Joplin, MO splitting travel expences. If you are interested, or need more details, please send me an e-mail at: webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thanks Jordan ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 17:56:22 +0100 From: "Paul Salsbury" <paul.salsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: brake runout specs (revisited) Walter I'd like to agree with you on this point. I've been watching your posts on this issue ,however not commenting as I am still in the process of a brake rebuilt. I have put brand new discs on the back and still get a 'wobble' on the drivers side, I thought at first the drive axel was bent! I have now actually had two 'E Brake' pads come apart on that disc. If you solve the issue please let me know. Thanks Paul #6463 www.paul.salsbury.btinternet.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxxxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 4:06 AM Subject: Re: [DML] brake runout specs (revisited) > I made another observation concerning my rear brake runout problem: It > appears that a significant part (but not all) of the runout (wobble) is due > to the way that the rotor seats on the hub. I don't know if this is due to > a bent or uneven hub or to a poorly made rotor. (The problem is about the > same on both sides.) I didn't check the rear wheels for runout, but plan to > soon. I cleaned it all very thoroughly before I seated the rotor. > > The wobble is bad enough that it almost makes adjusting the hand brake a > moot point. I'm wondering now if the reason that one of my OEM parking > brake pads came apart is because it was getting slapped by the rotor runout. > (That would have been the OEM rotor at the time.) If anyone is adjusting > their hand brakes, be sure to spin the rotor a complete revolution for > incase the runout is at an awkward spot. > > The local autoparts store didn't have the exact size cottor pin to hold the > hand brake adjustment. A 3/32 was too thin, and a 1/16 was almost too > thick. There is no size in-between unless it's metric? I managed to get > the 1/16 size through the holes with a little fussing. > > Walt Tampa, FL > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderator@xxxxxxxxxxx > > To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 13:23:33 -0500 From: "Steve Peck" <stevepeck1@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Fan Blower GRINDING!! I found half a dozen walnuts in my blower cage as well as enough leaves to slow/stop 80% of the air. My car while in the neglect of its PO was home to any number of rodents... I actually found a rat's nest in my passenger door. Four screws/nuts under the glove box. Pull the two plugs first. Fan motor will be obvious. Check this before ordering parts. Betcha that's your problem... If you need a fan, they're $20-150, depending on source... Save the cage... -Steve Peck #3302 STAINLS [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 13:54:56 -0600 From: "Brian McCool" <bjmccool@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Museum and article Just in case someone hadn't mentioned this before, the Pate Transportation Museum in Cresson, Texas has a Delorean on display. It's open Tuesday through Sunday, 9:00am to 5:00pm and it's free admission. They also have many other interesting cars and 6 or 7 aircraft outside. I also came across an article in the Detroit Free Press concerning GM's plans to reintroduce the Pontiac GTO. In the interview, there are comments from Bill Collins, who originally worked with John Delorean on the GTO at Pontiac. He also helped John with the original engineering on the DMC-12, as most everyone on the list probably already knows. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 5 Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 19:15:50 -0600 From: "Brian McCool" <bjmccool@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: John Delorean and the Fiero?? I thought the list might get a kick out of this. I came across an old article by a Forbes journalist that apparently thought John Delorean still worked at GM in the early eighties, and even convinced them to make the Fiero. http://biz.yahoo.com/fo/020128/0128flint_1.html ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 6 Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 21:33:32 EST From: DHughes030@xxxxxxx Subject: Re: interior lights problem Oh my God, there is a rear light back there! I thought I'd crawled all over this car and had made every discovery there was to make. Sure, I knew about the compartment, and the dash dimmer pot, etc. It was right where you said. Thanks Walt. Don ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 7 Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 23:02:55 -0500 From: Watkins Family <watbmv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Door Black sticker I found a site selling the door trim black sticker that is behind the door panel but I forgot to bookmark it. Anyone know what this part number is and if it is widely available? Tom #5732 http://www.geocities.com/outatime81 ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 8 Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 17:19:43 -0600 From: "B Benson" <delornut@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Re: radiator fan removal & replacement The only adjustment for aligning the front suspension of the DeLorean is toe-in. The sway bar does hold the caster adjustment but there is only one way to secure the sway bar and there is no adjusting capability built into it. In other words you can remove the front sway bar mounts and re-install them without affecting alignment. Just be sure to install the rubber bushing the same way as they were with the sway bar offset towards the front of the car. I would suggest heating the bolts with a propane torch prior to removing them as they were installed using green locktight and the heat will soften that. Otherwise you could have a problem with the threads in the captive nuts in the frame. Bruce Benson > DMC Joe is corrrect in that you can remove the fans by dropping the > sway bar by removing the brackets at the frame. This would remove the > need to remove the radiater. The drawback to this shortcut is the > possibility of affecting the alignment. I don't know how large the > possibility is but it is there. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 9 Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 19:41:15 EST From: Soma576@xxxxxxx Subject: cooling fan crossreferences? Hey everyone, i am interested in replacing my cooling fans. i think one is totally dead and the other one will probably not be far away if one has already died. i usually use OEM parts and such, but i don't have the kind of money to spend over $500 on a pair of cooling fans since i need to put a new radiator in too. does anyone know of other fans that will fit? John Hervey, how do your fans measure up against OEM DeLorean fans? Thanks Andy Soma576@xxxxxxx 1982 DeLorean DMC-12 VIN#11596 Fargo, ND 58102 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 10 Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 18:16:16 -0600 From: id <ionicdesign@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: drivers side torsion bar auction there is a drivers side torsion bar for sale on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1818927603&r =0&t=0 ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 11 Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 16:25:31 -0500 From: Mike Substelny <msubstel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Autofest 2001 on MCC Did anyone catch the My Classic Car Autofest episode last week? I missed it. The MCC website has a writeup of the episode. The writeup mentions our DeLoreans, and features a very nice picture of them. I am curious if we made it into the TV show or not. We've had awfully good publicity from the Aufofest in the past. Here's the writeup page: http://www.myclassiccar.com/MCCTV/026112/autofest.html - Mike Substelny ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 12 Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 17:25:37 EST From: Soma576@xxxxxxx Subject: Re: interior lights problem In a message dated 4/4/02 9:08:29 PM Central Standard Time, DHughes030@xxxxxxx writes: > > I have seen several people mentiom their rear interion lamp. I have VIN > 6860, I don't have a rear interior lamp. Who does? Where is it? > Don Don, i didn't know i had one until i looked ALL OVER for it when i first got my car!! it's under the rear window, kind of in the parcel shelf. find the two middle cargo net hooks, then look in the center of them on the underside of the lip. should have an identical light like the front map light. when you find it, you'll feel really stupid! later, Andy Soma576@xxxxxxx 1982 DeLorean DMC-12 VIN#11596 Fargo, ND 58102 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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