Hi David Thanks for the input - I'll let Rich reply direct if he wants - I know he's working on it all tomorrow. FYI we have a lot of receipts from D1 for #2727 *wink* She also came with a battery cut off switch, and there aren't any mods that I've seen, except the eletric antenna. Martin #1458 jtrealtywebspannet wrote: > My guess is "Jack The Ripper" was the last person to work on the > wiring in this Delorean! Once you start looking at the wiring you will > find all kinds of crossfeeds and wiring problems. Start at the source, > the battery, and move to the fuseblock, plugs and wiring harnesses. > Make sure all of the ground connections are intact. When you have > problems like this you have to assume that there are "repairs" all > over so you must inspect everything. Be sure of the correct size fuse > in the right spots and same goes for bulbs. Many of our cars have gone > through several hands and not all knew what they were doing. It is > also possible that there is a problem in a wiring harness, either it > got caught in something and some wires are shorting or maybe even a > section got melted. Nothing can substitute for a THOURGH visual and > physical inspection of all the wiring and hidden areas. This can take > a while but that may be what it takes to find all of the problems. Be > careful with the wiring diagrams, there are some subtle errors on them > and they are mostly for the 81's. This problem is also a drain on the > battery and if it sits too long will kill it. Undocumented > modifacations are the worst, like alarms, hidden switches, auxilliary > functions, radios, etc. Best thing to do is disconnect them and hope > problems go away. > David Teitelbaum > vin 10757