DeLorean Mailing List #18 - 9/25/95
Subjects:
Re: mirror problems
Re: Painting DeLoreans (Mailing List #017)
Re: Painting DeLoreans
Power Window Motors
RE: Turbo charged DeLorean
If you're convoying to Vegas...
DOOR SEALS
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From: Mike Griese
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 95 11:43:32 EDT
To: dmcnews@goodnet.com
Subject: Re:Mirror problems
This is in response to James Espey's response to the original question.
The slider switch that controls the right or left mirror is composed
of three steel roller elements held in place by springs captured within
a plastic shell. The shell is the part that moves. The rollers
ride on copper contacts that have plastic ridges separating them.
As you move the switch, the rollers ride over the ridges and then
make a connection with the other contacts. One of the three contacts
selects the mirror to move, while the other two send the direction
controls. When the switch is left in one position for a long time,
corrosion tends to form on the contacts due to the dissimilar metals
in the contacts and the rollers. The joystick uses steel rings,
bearings and springs to make the connections, so they don't have the
same dissimilar metals problem. What happened in my switch and
is probably happening in Mr. Andersson's switch is that the side to side
contact on the left mirror position has become resistive due to
the corrosion caused by leaving the switch in the left position most
of the time (on my switch, the up/down segment quit for the left mirror).
Mike Griese, Subsystem Development
Just a pixel in the big picture...
From: MARK HERSHEY
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 11:33:04 +0000
To: dmcnews@goodnet.com
Subject: Re: Painting DeLoreans (Mailing List #017)
> I'm usually one of the 'purist' types who would prefer a stainless steel
> finished DeLorean but I must admit, the picture of the black DeLorean
> posted in the photo archive on David Takeuchi's DeLorean home page is
> pretty nice. Does anybody have any other pictures of a colored
> DeLorean?
>
> Also, what's involved with painting a DeLorean? I heard someone talking
> about problems with oils in the stainless steel?
>
> --Rob Hook
Rob, the best color pictures I've seen are in the book "Stainless
Steel Illusion" by John Lamm, which, if I recall correctly, shows black, red,
and yellow cars, as well as a beautiful color photo one of the
prototype stainless cars. Book's out of print now (I've seen copies for over
$200), but it is in the Plano, Tx library and must therefore surely be in
many others.
I saw a wrecked black one here in Dallas a few years ago, and a red
one on a trip to California a few years back. Great looking,
especially with the doors up, but a little ordinary otherwise. I think the
stainless finish helps "make" the car.
Talked to a specialty high-end (read expensive) restoration shop
here in Plano and he showed me color pictures of a red one he did.
Absolutely beautiful. Used DuPont Imron with an acid-etch primer.
Still looks great six years later, so I guess they know what to do.
Noticed several other messages in the Archives about painting, might
want to check there for more detail.
My DeLorean is still stainless, in OK condition but needs the
heat-cracked dash pad replaced-- another Texas Sun victim. Anyone had
to do this? Looks a little nasty to get off without removing the
windshield, so I could use any advice...
Mark Hershey
Plano, TX.
Mark Hershey
specres@onramp.net
All lines busy....Please hold.
From: James Espey
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 95 10:28:09 MST
To: dmcnews@goodnet.com
Subject: Re: Painting DeLoreans
Rob Hook wrote:
> Does anybody have any other pictures of a colored
> DeLorean?
In the "Back From the Future" video (sold by the DeLorean Owner's Association),
there is some nice footage of painted DeLorean's, including one in a sharp
British Racing Green hue. Incidentally, this video also shows a very nice LHD
car.
James
Date: September 21, 1995
From: Bernie Kohler
Subject: Power Window Motors
The power windows motors on my DeLorean needs replacement. The window
motor itself is OK, but the mechanical mechanism between the motor
and the window is both broken and corroded. What is the best/most
cost effective way to fix this problem?
From: Rob Hook
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 19:32:36 -0400
To: dmcnews@goodnet.com
Subject: RE: Turbo charged DeLorean
Chris,
I'm mainly interested in the performance of the twin-turbo DeLorean as I drove a
normal DeLorean and was severely disappointed with the performance. Of course,
it was an automatic and probably had not been well maintained. At about what
performance level would you say your DeLorean falls into? What would you
compare it to performance wise? Cavalier Z24? Porsche 924? Corvette?
Chevette?
I'm hoping to go to Milwaukee and look at a twin-turbo DeLorean which is for
sale there. The current owner (a small car dealership) says the car was
previously owned by a doctor who owned about 10 DeLoreans. They also said the
car was purchased for the owner's son but he decided it was too much car for
him. Since it is a dealership, I'd like to look like I know what I'm doing.
What specifics should I look for?
Thanks for the help!
--Rob Hook
P.S. Who's abarrus@novell.com?
From: Dave Takeuchi
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 19:13:19 -0400
To: DMCnews@goodnet.com
Subject: If you're convoying to Vegas...
To all of you going on a convoy to Vegas, beware of this legality in the
state of Nevada...
If you're traveling with a friend with multiple vehicles and one of you
should get pulled over, the state has the right to issue a ticket to anyone
that should stop with him. So if 5 cars were traveling together, and 1 of
them gets a speeding ticket of say 85mph, and all 4 of you stop with him, all
of you can get a speeding ticket of 85mph even though you were only doing 45.
I know... it's a very stupid law, but a friend has been fighting with the
state for over 6 months now with a $175 ticket when his friend was caught
doing 85mph in Beatty, NV. He stopped after catching up with him a mile
later, and the officer handed him a ticket too!
So my suggestion would be to go a 1/2-mile away, stop and wait for your
friend (just to be on the safe side).
If anyone has any suggestions on how I can help my friend with this
aganizing problem with the state, please e-mail me. He already has a warrent
for his arrest should he go into Nevada again!
From: cooper@val.net
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 95 14:29:07 PDT
To: dmcnews@goodnet.com
Subject: DOOR SEALS
Does anyone out there know a less expensive alternative to
buying the original door seals? Mine are shot and new ones are like
$250 apiece. My wife and I are looking forward to seeing everyone at
the expo next week.
Roy Knyrim
From: Knut S Grimsrud
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 95 16:42:00 PDT
To: dmcnews@goodnet.com
Subject: Re: Painting DeLorean
> Also, what's involved with painting a DeLorean? I heard someone talking
> about problems with oils in the stainless steel?
>
> --Rob Hook
I do not know this first hand as I am not a paint expert (although my brother
owns a body shop and most of the info comes from him). I'm told that to do a
proper paint job on the car the steel first should be polished smooth to take
the texture out. After polishing, the steel should be acid etched so that the
paint will stick to the panels well (paints & primers do not adhere well to
stainles steel). After that, it is a matter of proper primer and paint
selection.
Most good paint jobs I have seen involve disassembling the car and painting the
pieces separately and then re-assembling the car afterwards.
Knut Grimsrud
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