Hey there.... I just had to say something here... its kind of funny that "a standard mechanic" would try and tell an excellent, maybe beyond excellent, mechanic like PJ how to fix a delorean. I will not take my Delorean to a mechanic because I don't live around any in this area. I can go and quiz any regular "ASE Certified" mechanic and they almost all think the DMC is a GM, and has Ford parts... how stupid is that? I can say that PJ, whenever I have called, has always been a great help. DMC Houston as well, and I cannot forget the most valuable one (to me anyway), which is DMCJoe. Funny story (maybe not funny??) - this summer I was driving my Delorean at lunch to show it to a co-worker. In NM, it gets HOT... well, the D wouldn't start after I sat at her house for about 20 min showing it to her... one call to DMCJoe, and he said, "lift up the back, right next to the bla bla bla, on the left, there is a blue, bla bla bla - un-plug it.) I did, and now I no longer have a hot-start problem. You should feel lucky to live within 60 miles of a Delorean mechanic like PJ. I wished I lived in Atlanta again so I could take mine to DMCJoe when it has problems. But instead - I buy what I need, and I call the various people for advice, or post messages here (this place is invaluable). Sure - it may take me 2 hours to do a 15 minute job, but I *KNOW* it was done with care, and my car wasn't used as a shelf for some wrenches - and I won't get in to the car finding cigarette burns and have them tell me it was "me", and I don't even smoke. In closings - hats off to PJ, DMC Houston, DMCJoe, and the people who make up this list. Mike Vin 855 --- dmc_delorean_2000@xxxx wrote: me and my > mechanic have to get the facts, because hes telling > me that I was > riped off and that none of the parts in the engine > are remotly new > and i get fustrated. but if anyone from PJ Grady > comes across any of > my messages, this is my message to you and the > staff: i appoligize if __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com