You guys are just perverts! :) I resemble that allegation. :P Greg PS - Mike, I did have the same experience dealing with my nuts. -----Original Message----- From: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon Heese Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 9:46 PM To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DMCForum] A DELOREAN QUESTION I'm with Jack on this one. That first paragraph was just downright painful... Regards, Jon Heese timnagin wrote: > I think my nuts are steel. I had to twist all of my nuts off until they > popped. Some of them I had to cut. > > That sounds just like my car. One unique thing I found on mine was the > stainless mounts on the back of each poontoon looked to have been worked by > a hammer to shape around where the top and bottom half of the underbody > meet. > > I assumed all of this was because mine is an early car or it was altered at > some point. What you mentioned seems to show mine was original. > > Greg > > > -----Original Message----- > From: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of mike clemens > Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 9:02 PM > To: dmcforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [DMCForum] A DELOREAN QUESTION > > Hi there group, > > I'm in the midst of a rebuild of Josh Porter's car, > Beastie Boy, and I have a simple question. Has anyone > ever gone into the rear pontoons to remove the bolts > that hold the stainless steel bracket to the closing > panel, the fender, and the black mud guard (for the > lack of a better word). Josh's car came from NY and > the bracket was stainless, the bolts were stainless, > the washers were stainless, but the nuts were plain > old steel. They were actually so corroded that I had > to cut them off. You haven't had any fun unless you > got a Dremel tool inside the pontoon and tried to cut > off a bolt!!! :-O Yea, I know, all the ML types out > there have skinney little arms, but, gee whiz, > shouldn't the nuts on the bolts have been stainless > too?? > > Am I mistaken, or did the PO do a modification that > just plain sucks?? Any thoughts would be greatly > appreciated. > > Mike TPS 1630 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCForum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCForum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:DMCForum-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:DMCForum-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/