Progress

So I finally made some progress today! I started out by re-brushing the worst parts of the stainless. It looked like one of the previous owners had used sand paper against the grain in a few places on the car. It looked really bad, but now it almost looks like it's supposed to. You have to look really hard in the right light to see the few remaining scratches! It looks SOOO much better! You can kind of see how bad it was in the pictures below, and I'll try to post some pictures of how it looks after re-brushing tomorrow. I didn't do the whole car yet, but I'll get to that eventually. Now I just need to install the new metal door handles, and paint all the black trim and the bumpers and it'll look almost perfect!



 
It actually looks better in the pictures than it did in real life. It really looked bad.

Thanks to the DMCTalk forum, I found out that I should check the o-ring on the fuel pressure regulator again because the replacements are known to fail. I took it out today, and I was shocked. The o-ring that we installed one year ago had flattened, hardened, and cracked into three separate pieces. One of the pieces was even missing! No wonder I was having hot start problems! I bought the part from a DeLorean vendor, so it should have been the right part. I don't know what happened. So I bought a new fuel resistant o-ring, installed it and now I don't have the hot start problem anymore! I also adjusted the idle microswitch screw, and I think that solved the stalling issue! I'll need to do some more test driving to know for sure. I'm also probably going to change the spark plugs and wires since I don't know the last time they were changed, but I know it hasn't been done in over four years.

Since I bought this car, I have wanted to install a third brake light. These cars are so low to the ground that I'm afraid someone won't be able to see my brake lights and rear end me. I've always had a specific look in my mind of what I wanted, but I haven't been able to find one. I don't really like the LED ones, because in my opinion they look like an aftermarket add-on. I wanted one that looked like it could have been a factory part. I found another owner's blog, and he had installed one that was a perfect match to what I wanted. It wasn't LED, and it followed the lines of the DeLorean perfectly! You can see it here. He said it was from a mid 80's Corvette. I went on eBay, and found one just like his for $24, so I bought it. So next week I should be installing it!

So today ended up being a very productive day! I still have quite a lot to do on the car, but I am MUCH closer to where I want it to be! A few more items to check off my to do list!


~Lyndsey