On Mon, 6 Aug 2012, jtrealtywebspannet wrote: > The rod you are referring to is a metal grounding rod. With fresh fuel > it should not rust. Once it sits and the fuel gets old all kinds of bad > things happen. You need to remove all of the parts, clean everything up, > and replace anything that is damaged. Figure on also rebuilding the > brake and clutch systems, replacing the battery and the tires and all of > the struts. You should be calling your favorite vender and making up a > list. If you are not confident of your skills you need to find someone > who can do the work or teach you how to do it. Thank you to all who replied, and so promptly too. I've started with the fuel system -because- in my web research I'd read several stories about it, so I knew it had to be a fairly important task to clear first. Everything else comes... next. Can someone give me a hint as to how the grounding rod attaches to the tank? It's kind of a pig to be shoulder-deep in the tank and fiddling around in there (particularly as my left-shoulder, which is the one you use when you're doing this, was 'scoped a few weeks ago and is weakened) so any hints would be greatly appreciated. I'll attack it again tonight. Thanks; - JP > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, JP Hindin <jplist2008@...> wrote: > > > > > > Good morning all; > > > > My name is JP and I am, as of Friday, a first-time DeLorean owner. I have > > purchsed chassis #4157, with (if you trust the odometer) 6043 miles on the > > clock. I am the fourth owner, the previous owner was my wife's grandfather > > who purchased the vehicle in the early 90s. The car has spent this period > > mostly in storage, with sporadic trips out of a nice garage. I spoke to a > > mechanic who went through the entire fuel system last year so I know > > someone has worked on it recently, however I'm not entirely confident of > > their skillset, and naturally I wanted to be certain it was all in tip-top > > shape myself. > > > > Saturday morning - I removed the tyre, pulled the MDF cover (which is > > missing all its bolts), and discovered a complete bodge-job. The wiring to > > the pump has been very badly repaired (the +12v had literally three pieces > > of wire spliced in). Upon removing the pump I found the rubber seal it > > lives inside is torn, although not too badly. And the tank is full of, no > > surprises, gunk. > > > > After draining the tank I've discovered that something in there is > > -rusting-, which is where all this crap is coming from. I've removed the > > sender, of which the tip is a little rusty, but inside the tank, > > apparently under the smaller hose next to the fuel inlet hose, there is > > some kind of metal rod that reaches into the back of the tank. I -think- > > this smaller hose goes to the vapor canister, but I cannot work out what > > this metal rod belongs to. The break-out pictures on DeLorean.com's part > > store don't show it, nor does my 'DMC-12 theory manual' (or whatever you > > call the book that tells you how it operates). > > > > Can someone explain to me what this thing is and how to remove it, and > > what to replace it with? Obviously it's only going to continue filling the > > tank with garbage until I get it spruced up. > > > > Thank you very much to all; > > > > - JP > > Hampton, Iowa > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com > > To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links > > > > ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/