Hi guys, Sorry that I couldn't make the session. Glad to hear that the DMC community is still going strong. Sincerely, Michael Pack VIN 20069 "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote: >Sorry to hear that guy with the frame resto issue didn't get the help >he wanted. Here's -my- story of other "D" owner's generosity: > >I am so glad that of all the cars, clubs and people I could have >associated myself with, that I chose to buy a DeLorean. > >For the second time now I've had people come from out of state, with >parts, tools and test equipment just to help me out. They didn't want >anything in return. No money, no parts. Just a "help me out next >time". (Dave Stragand wanted some Dr. Pepper for the radiator he >brought me) > >Mike Cohee donated his garage. His wife courteously kept us stuffed >with hot wings, candy bars and soda all weekend. Chinese for dinner. >I did contribute pizza Friday night. :) Dave Stragand came down with >a gazillion different fasteners, tools and a Bear engine analyzer. He >also brought his experience and knowlege. Bill Robertson, conned his >buddy into towing me 40 or 50 miles to Mike's place free of charge >and shuttled me around while my car was on the operating table. He's >also the McMaster.com stainless king. People flame Bill far too much. >If you don't agree with how he runs his cars, that's fine but he'll >give you a kidney if you needed it. > >I call these guys "The DIRT", The DIsaster Recovery Team. We took >pictures with Dave's digital cam so hopefully he'll post them when he >gets home. Here's the short list of what we did Friday and Saturday: > >1. Removed my blown out radiator. The RH tank has seperated from the >tubes. > >2. We discovered Dave's radiator had a pin hole. Some discussion led >to Dave soldering it while I applied vacuum with a hand pump to draw >in the solder. All Dave's idea. Bill had the vac pump. We vac AND >pressure tested the radiator. Good fix. > >3. We replaced every section of rubber hose from bow to stern. Bill >supplied the hose from his remaining section of stock as well as a >slew of clamps. I swapped out my otterstat for one that clicks on a >bit sooner. I think the original is out of calibration. > >4. Here's a biggie: TABs. One was determined to be "not original" and >looked like it came from a hardware store. Ewww. Again, replaced with >one of Bill's originals. It was very clean and straight. No rust. > >5. The coup de gras was Dave's portable engine analyzer. Mechanic in >a box. Hooks about half a dozen leads to points on the car, talks >through a lap top. He could show us which cylinders were firing >poorly and maybe why. Ignition graphs, cranking tests, the works. We >found a near-dead plug wire so we fab'd a replacement. > >6. At last, a fuel pressure test rig. My pump puts out 4.8-ish Bar. >My CPR cold, only puts out .8 Bar. Too low but it -does- warm up >quickly to the required 3.5 bar. We found that the metal tubing at >the fuel filter was kinked closed so I installed John Hervey's filter >fix kit. I cut back the kinked section of metal tube. > >7. Inertia switch. Dave found wires upstream stripped and twisted >together providing a constant ground to the fuel pump. I separated >them and now the switch works like it should. > >8. The "De-carbonizer". Eco-disaster in a can. This stuff is cool. >Disconnect the supply and return lines from the fuel dist. Hook up >this pressure rig to the supply side and screw in the can. Start the >car. The engine runs -on the can-. Makes a wicked smoke screen but it >will positively eat anything bad in your engine. Kind of like a car- >colonic. May cause cancer in humans. > >That's all just MY car. Mike Cohee got some attention too but I'll >let him tell his story. > >The end result? My car now runs the best it has since I've owned it. >The drive home was incredible. I believe I have as much power as that >engine is supposed to make in stock form. > >Thanks guys. > >Rich A. >#5335