[DML] Fw: First Outing With My DeLorean-STRANDED

["Roland Smith" <roland@xxxxxxxx>]

You may recall the attached message I sent on April 26, 2004 regarding the
failure of my automatic transmission.

After almost a month the repairs were completed today.

The problem was a "shaft, fluidpump-s" which sells for $57.76.  It is part
number 103579. This shaft is about 3/8" in diameter and about 28-30" long
connecting the fluid pump and the torque converter.

It had sheared off at a right angle to its length about 1" from one of the
ends.  This made it possible for the remainder of the shaft to turn freely
without a sound and without the production of some fluid pressure to operate
the transmission.

There were no metal shavings in the transmission pan and it was not
necessary to do any internal repairs.

However, the transmission had to be removed and replaced.  While it was out,
many seals were replaced and other parts, usually hard to reach, around the
engine were also replaced including hoses.

The cost was not cheap but much less than it might have been.

I really thank Tony at Auto House here in Oakland.  He was able to make an
exact diagnosis without incurring the cost of going into the transmission.
With this and other repairs before the fateful outing, he has really brought
my DeLorean up from a heap of deferred maintenance caused by the prior
owner's neglect.  I highly recommend Auto House to the DeLorean owners here
in the San Francisco Bay Area. His shop is a block from BART.

I can be reached at my office, 510-238-3378, if you have any questions.

Even though I have put a lot of restoration maintenance into my $3,400 lien
sale acquisition and only had the car to drive for less than two weeks in
the last three months, I really miss the car.

At this time I may be down to interior restoration. The dash board will have
to wait a couple of months for replacement.

Best regards,
Roland Smith
Oakland, California
VIN 6667
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roland Smith" <roland@xxxxxxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 5:52 AM
Subject: First Outing With My DeLorean-STRANDED


> I have owned my DeLorean since early February and it has been in for
repairs
> and improvements almost the whole time.
>
> Yesterday, Sunday, my wife and I set out early in it to go to Half Moon
Bay
> to join the Northern California DeLorean Motor Club at a Dream Machines
car
> show.
>
> Moving in a long line of cars to the entrance, there were delays where we
> would be dead stopped and then have car length forward movement.  In order
> to save the automatic transmission overheating , I would put the selector
in
> N when stopped and then D to move forward when the line moved.
>
> When we got to the front and I was the next to move, I moved the selector
to
> D an felt a slight engagement effect as it slipped into gear and then
> nothing.  It would not function in any gear and the engine would rev
easily
> as if it was in neutral.
>
> What could have happened?
>
> The car was brought back to Oakland on a flat bed tow truck.
>
> Roland Smith
> 6667
> Oakland, California
>
>




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