David, Thanks for the help. I have all winter or longer to get the D back on the road. I just finished a complete frame-off project on a 64 GTO. Although the Delorean has been garage kept. I might tear into it and bring it back to showroom condition. I enjoy this type of work. I normally do it on the older simpler cars without all the new computer stuff. But, I need to learn. I'm sure I will have plenty of questions along the way. I plan to start on it this weekend. I'm sure it will keep me busy and out of my wife's hair. Again thanks for the help. Randy ----- Original Message ----- From: <jtrealty@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 3:54 PM Subject: [DML] Re: Back on the Road > Welcome to the group. You don't have to actually have to remove the > gas tank from the car. I would suggest cleaning out the old fuel and > whatever else you find inside the tank. Replace any rotten rubber. > Check the oil and coolant and then manually rotate the crankshaft a > couple of times. Now with a fresh battery try starting it. After you > get it running and up to temperature drain and replace all of the > fluids including brake, clutch, transmission, windshield washer > fluids. Now replace all of the filters, air, fuel, and oil. If it is > running good you could stop here for a while but you should probably > do a complete service on the cooling system and a tune-up. Grease the > car and inspect the udercarriage. Replace the tires if questionable. > Spend many hours cleaning and detailing. Spend many more and $$$ > fixing all of the little things that don't work right and MAYBE you're > done! If the clutch was leaking just replace the master and slave > cylinders and upgrade to the braided line if it hasn't been done yet. > David Teitelbaum > vin 10757 > >