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Wednesday, 3 April 1996 Volume 02 : Number 096
In this issue:
Re: dmcnews-digest V2 #95
Re: dmcnews-digest V2 #95
Tire Rotation
Horn Substitution
Mysterious Clock (Time) problem
Weird Tach - Reply
DMC - WANTED
ADMIN NOTE
Tires for my DeLorean
DeLorean Owners Association web page
Re: tachometer
Gullwing mailing list??
delorean stuff
Casper the Friendly Oil Gauge?
Re: dmcnews-digest V2 #95
Re: dmcnews-digest V2 #95
Re: dmcnews-digest V2 #95
Re: dmcnews-digest V2 #95
Cock and Rain storms
DRAINING A DMC
Poor Car!!
Re: Clock and Rain Storms
Body dents & Transmission Shifting
RE: dmcnews-digest V2 #95
RE: dmcnews-digest V2 #95
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From: gray(AT)primenet.com (stuart)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 07:39:40 -0700 (MST)
Subject: Re: dmcnews-digest V2 #95
does anyone know where i can get a delorean keychain?
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From: gray(AT)primenet.com (stuart)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 07:39:40 -0700 (MST)
Subject: Re: dmcnews-digest V2 #95
does anyone know where i can get a delorean keychain?
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From: "Brian Henderlong"
Date: 1 Apr 1996 09:46:23 -0600
Subject: Tire Rotation
>From a non-owner: What size tires does the DeLorean take? I was under the
impression that the rear wheels are slightly larger than the fronts. In that
case, what do you do about tire rotation?
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From: Don_Gowler-CFPO01(AT)email.mot.com
Date: 1 Apr 96 09:04:00 -0600
Subject: Horn Substitution
Does anyone know of an inexpensive substitute for the horns on a DMC?
Regards, The Silver Fox
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From: Don_Gowler-CFPO01(AT)email.mot.com
Date: 1 Apr 96 09:00:00 -0600
Subject: Mysterious Clock (Time) problem
To: Chase Clark - alias, Storm Rider
Regarding your mysterious clock (time advance) problem.
Did you happen to notice if the speedometer was stuck at 88mph at the same time?
There is a whole club out there dedicated to this kind of stuff that might be
able to offer you a reasonable explanation. Keep us updated.
Best regards, The Silver Fox
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From: ABARRUS(AT)novell.com (Aaron Barrus)
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 07:56:15 -0800
Subject: Weird Tach - Reply
Chase,
The tach thing does bother me too, but it seems typical of all
Deloreans I've seen (and I've looked specifically at the tach!).
Even in the owners manual that came with the car, the interior
shot shows a tach sitting at 1100 rpm.
Aaron Barrus
delorean-owner-wannabe
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From: calvin-gm(AT)granite.mv.net
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 18:55:16 -0500
Subject: DMC - WANTED
> >It seems like we have less than 20 people who actively
> >post. C'mon all you lurkers. Don't be shy. You don't have
> >to know a whole lot about DeLoreans to post here (as a few
> >people have proven (JK) :) ).
OK, my turn for some input. I've always been interested in DMCs. Last year I bought a 1981 DMC with major body
damage. I havent had alot of time to "play around" with it, so it is just stays there covered. At this point I
am looking to find another DMC that needs mechanical/drivtrain and/or interior repairs. If anyone can
point me in the right direction it wood be appreciated.
GMA
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From: James Espey
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 18:28:28 -0700 (MST)
Subject: ADMIN NOTE
I have now moved into my new apartment and will soon be updating the
archives and getting my shit together once again. I expect to have
everything up to date by the weekend, and will make a few changes to the
web page at that time as well.
I would also like to encourage all the lurkers to at least introduce
themselves to the rst of the list, especially the non-US subscribers. I'd
personally be interested in knowing not only how you found out about the
list, but how you became interested in the DeLorean. Don't be shy, as
long as you're not bashing the DeLorean, your comments are welcomed!
James Espey
List Owner, DMC-News
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From: James Espey
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 18:28:23 -0700 (MST)
Subject: Tires for my DeLorean
It's nearly tire time for my DeLorean, and I'm looking for a good tire -
I always hated the tire threads on other mailing lists, so I don't want
this to turn into a long drawn out deal. I live in the desert, so I don't
need an "all-weather" tire, 'cause the only weather we have is hot and
dry. What is everyone else using?
James "Mikasa" Espey
http://www.goodnet.com/~mikasa/index.html
"There is nothing more sad or more glorious than generations changing
hands..."
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From: James Espey
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 18:38:48 -0700 (MST)
Subject: DeLorean Owners Association web page
In case some people don;t know it, the DeLorean Owners Association has a
website at:
http://www.delorean-owners.org
In addition to a cumulative tbale of contents for all the back issues of
DeLorean World, it now features some neat DeLorean products that are
available to BOTH members and non-members.
Check it out!
James
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From: James Espey
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 18:49:00 -0700 (MST)
Subject: Re: tachometer
>The tach works fine when the car is running and once I turn it off
>it drops all the way down to the rest position. But when I remove the key
>from the ignition, it always climbs back up to about 1100 RPM. Is this
>normal?
Chase - As I understand it, yes it is normal for the tach to behave as
you described. My five-speed does the same thing, and all the other cars
I have seen do it as well.
James "Mikasa" Espey
http://www.goodnet.com/~mikasa/
"There is nothing more sad or more glorious than generations changing h
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From: James Espey
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 18:59:12 -0700 (MST)
Subject: Gullwing mailing list??
"The Doctor" wrote:
>Perhaps we should give the Bricklin matter a rest - or change the group
>name to "Gullwings" or "Bs & Ds", leading to a debacle of infighting
>between the Bricklin owners and DeLorean owners [and many confused
>subscribers to the latter name 8-].
While I will admit to admiring the Bricklin for what it is (and I'll keep
my thoughts to myself), I am first and foremost a DeLorean fanatic. I
wanted a DeLorean since I was about 14, when the car was first actually
sold (you do the math), and now that I own one, I wanted a place where
other DeLorean owners AND enthusiasts could converse about things related
to the DELOREAN, not a 300SL or a Cimbria or a Bricklin.
I started this list because I had questions about my DeLorean that I
couldn;t get answered easily by any of the DeLorean parts houses or even
the DeLorean Owners Association. As the founder of this list, it is my
hope that this list will remain centered on the DeLorean. Everyone who
agrees with me, please show your support by PARTICIPATING in the
constructive exchange of information - even if you're just asking a
question, you're still participating.
James "Mikasa" Espey
http://www.goodnet.com/~mikasa/
"There is nothing more sad or more glo
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From: ATMorgan1(AT)aol.com
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 23:16:53 -0500
Subject: delorean stuff
I thought for a change of pace it would be interesting to know what delorean
stuff everyone has out there. I will start with my list.
1) An original brochure.
2) A 1982 poster of a delorean.
3) Two of those toy cars everyone was talking about unopened.
4) A DMC pin (I have no idea who or where or when it was made).
5) The original issues 1977, or the prototype D in Road and track and car
and driver.
6) A hologram type sticker I got in a sticker machine 6 years ago.
7) A small personal note signed by JZD.
What does everybody else have???
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From: stormrider(AT)socketis.net (Chase Clark)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 23:00:36 -0600
Subject: Casper the Friendly Oil Gauge?
Well, here I am again pondering the ghostly attitude of DeLorean gauges
(Huhhmmm, might not have anything to do with Lucas electronics and U.K.
electricians on the assembly line). I have been told that the oil-pressure
gauge on all DeLoreans reads at or near the highest mark all the time when
the car is running (except for idling at red lights of course).
Mine isn't pegged like some others I know, but does reside between the top
two marks most of the time. I was just curious is anyone has an oil gauge
that reads lower? And if anyone has ever come up with a fix that gives the
oil gauge a more useful reading than "pegged but keep on driving"?
~ Chase
Stormrider Media Productions
Chase Clark, Co-Owner
P.O. Box 105301
Jefferson City, Missouri 65110-5301
Voice/Fax (573)635-0622
Email: stormrider(AT)socketis.net
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From: michael richard pack
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 00:17:40 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: dmcnews-digest V2 #95
Chase
the wonderful clock in the De lorean did'nt advance itself...you jut
had a really good time. ha ha.
mike pack
"live the dream... drive the DeLorean today."
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From: michael richard pack
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 00:17:40 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: dmcnews-digest V2 #95
Chase
the wonderful clock in the De lorean did'nt advance itself...you jut
had a really good time. ha ha.
mike pack
"live the dream... drive the DeLorean today."
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From: michael richard pack
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 00:32:47 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: dmcnews-digest V2 #95
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON
THE ORIGINAL BRITIH CAR DAY 1996
SAME SHOW-SAME SPONSORS
SAME GREAT LOCATION
PLEASE ALERT YOUR MEMBERHIP NOW!
DATE: SUNDAT, JUNE 23,1996
LOACTION: ALLEN POND PARK
BOWIE MMARYLAND
(20 MINUTES FROM D.C. IN A DELOREAN AT THE SPEED OF 70 MPH)
last year Rob Grady from P.J. Grady DeLorean came from N.Y.
Look for an advertisment in DeLorean World about the event.
hope to see you there
Michael
mrpack(AT)wam.umd.edu
301--314-0376
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From: michael richard pack
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 00:32:47 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: dmcnews-digest V2 #95
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON
THE ORIGINAL BRITIH CAR DAY 1996
SAME SHOW-SAME SPONSORS
SAME GREAT LOCATION
PLEASE ALERT YOUR MEMBERHIP NOW!
DATE: SUNDAT, JUNE 23,1996
LOACTION: ALLEN POND PARK
BOWIE MMARYLAND
(20 MINUTES FROM D.C. IN A DELOREAN AT THE SPEED OF 70 MPH)
last year Rob Grady from P.J. Grady DeLorean came from N.Y.
Look for an advertisment in DeLorean World about the event.
hope to see you there
Michael
mrpack(AT)wam.umd.edu
301--314-0376
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From: aerostar(AT)ccia.com
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 04:33:05 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Cock and Rain storms
Chase wrote:
I came back out to my DeLorean and saw that the clock
had advanced itself about four hours past the correct time from 8:xx to
12:14.
It was a thunder storm complete with lightning and all, but I really doubt
the car was struck by a stray ray of a bolt of lightning. Any other ideas
out there, or similar experiences?
Eric writes:
A couple of summers ago, I was replacing a halogen headlight bulb on a
{non-DMC} vehicle. There was a good storm on the way with lighting, etc. I
was laying on my back trying to work the bulb in it's socket when I saw
some cloud to cloud lighting up in the sky. My own personal _clock_ got a
pretty good jolt, since my bare arm had excellent contact to the car body.
Of course, this was not a direct lightning strike; just a charge in the
atmosphere.
I would compare it to a few notches below touching a bathroom faucet while,
at the same time, turning on the light on a ungrounded circuit.
Are you talking about the clock in the original radio? Electronic circuits
can act strange when there is lighting around. I have an exercise machine
with an electronic console that will *beep* with every nearby lighting
strike in the area.
Eric
aerostar(AT)ccia.com
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From: Emptynet(AT)aol.com
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 02:30:56 -0500
Subject: DRAINING A DMC
i dont know a bunch of tech. stuff about the cars but my friends have a DMC
which ill probably end up with soon. i want to help keep it in good condition
but its been just sitting in their garage for years with the oil and gas
still in it! i need to drain them both but i dont know how. can anybody give
me "step-by-step" (very detailed) instructions on where on the car i go about
doing this and how. Also should i not bother with doing it myself and have
sombody else do it that knows what there doing do it? i really want to do it
myself so ANY help is appreciated.
C. Shirek
hemet cA
EMPTYNET
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From: DRAVEN
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 13:26:06 EST
Subject: Poor Car!!
hey there...just a little comment. Near my house, there is a body shop or
something, at one time over the winter, I drove by and noticed a delorean
sitting in the lot of this shop. All winter it was there, and I would
drop by on occasion to look at it, visit, if you will. The poor thing
sat there all winter, through one of the worst winters we've seen in years
mind you, outside...and it apeared that the only thing that held the door
closed was a log that was placed on the roof/door hinge. Now I have
since gone back to college...I returned home just last weekend...(about
about 2 months later) And she is still there!! I have to assume that
no one owns her..why would anyone let this happen?!? She still sits there,
you could tell that she has not moved yet! ARRGGGHHH!! It angers me to
see that happen. I mean, someone just lets it rot there and clearly
doesnt deserve the machine, while I wont be able to afford one for another 2
or 3 stinking years...I wish I could have it to nurse it back to health
...I could take care of it..oh well...I digress.
thats all...
MacLeod...There can be only one.
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From: "martin jellema"
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 96 14:56:59 CST
Subject: Re: Clock and Rain Storms
>From: stormrider(AT)socketis.net (Chase Clark)
>Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 13:14:32 -0600
>Subject: Clock and Rain Storms
>
>Well, I drove my DeLorean for the first time in a rain storm and, of
>course, something weird happened. My clock has always kept the correct
>time, until last night. I met friends at a restaurant. We sat and ate for
>about two hours and I came back out to my DeLorean and saw that the clock
>had advanced itself about four hours past the correct time from 8:xx to
>12:14.
>
>It was a thunder storm complete with lightning and all, but I really doubt
>the car was struck by a stray ray of a bolt of lightning. Any other ideas
>out there, or similar experiences?
>
>~ Chase
Lightning is a very powerful electrical current which always comes with
powerful magnetic waves. These magnetic waves induce electrical currents in
any electricity conducting material within a certain range from the
lightning strike, like in the wiring of your clock so that it may have
altered the time. But there is another point.
Magnetic waves cannot enter a closed metal box. This is known as the
Faraday box. Cars are just like these Faraday boxes. Magnetic waves do
not enter the car. So I doubt the lightning would have anything to do
with the advancing of your clock.
Martin
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From: BMims(AT)tyler.net (Bobby Mims)
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 09:21:29 -0600
Subject: Body dents & Transmission Shifting
My D was kicked by a good ole' boy with his cowboy boot outside a
night club. It is not bad but you can see the dent in the driver's side
door when you get the light right. What is the likelihood of popping it out
from the inside of the door panel? Are there any special techniques that a
person needs to know about working with stainless steel as opposed to sheet
metal? I can live with it the way it is because I'm the only person who
notices it util I bring it to their attention. SUGGESTIONS?
My auto transmission does not shift into third gear. I am afraid
that it needs a new governor. The one on it was replaced about three years
ago but it has less than a thousand miles on it(I drive the car infrequently
but keep it immaculately maintained). Before I send it to Steve Winn at
DeLorean One in Houston I would like to have ideas from others who have
found similar problems with their automatic transmissions. I have had
transmission problems since the first day I owned the car. I replaced the
transmission once to the tune of $4000.00 with Pat Wiley in Plano. I
immediately started having the same problems.
I have been told to check the throttle cable alignment and the cable
to the transmission. I do not know how to do this but I have the manual and
the tools to do it. If anyone has solved shifting problems this way please
post a reply on this bulletin board. By the way when I go up hills and
really hit the throttle the transmission will pop into third. I was told
that this may be a symptom of cable misalignment. I hope so and am willing
to try but would appreciate some advice from others. Thanks
Bob Mims
Tyler, Texas
bmims(AT)tyler.net
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From: BRS6688(AT)ACS.TAMU.EDU
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 18:01:07 -0600 (CST)
Subject: RE: dmcnews-digest V2 #95
Chase,
I response to your clock time travel incident, as I have been told
the clocks installed in the Deloreans have a 100% failure rate.
Maybe yours is starting to go. A possibility.
Burton
BRS6688(AT)acs.tamu.edu
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From: BRS6688(AT)ACS.TAMU.EDU
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 18:05:19 -0600 (CST)
Subject: RE: dmcnews-digest V2 #95
Howdy everybody,
I have a little concern with my engine temp. gauge. It almost
never reads but a little above the bottom. I'd say maybe
half way to the first tic mark. Is this normal? I am extremely
paranoid about my car's cooling system sstatus as when I bought
it I drove for 25 miles with a blown head gasket. (LOTS of stops
for water) Any info is appreciated.
Burton
BRS6688(AT)acs.tamu.edu
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