California, USA to England, here we go!

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California, USA to England, here we go!

Postby Westy » Thu Jan 28, 2016 9:10 pm

Hello everyone! :text-imnewhere:

Tom here and I'm very happy to say that I now own my dream car, the car I've wanted since I was little, a DeLorean of course!
Mine specifically is a 1981, Manual with black interior- VIN 2373 with the gas flap :D
I actually went and fetched it on the 21st Dec. last week along side my older brother who also has a DeLorean himself, which he's been restoring for over a year now. He gave me a big hand in getting it here, arranging shipping etc. as it was in Florida, CA :thumbsup: so thanking him for that!

But anyway the guy who I bought it off, which I'm in frequent contact with, had it in storage for 7 years after the poor girl had overheated! And at the time he was getting stupid quotes to get the heads rebuilt so in the end he just bought another one haha! So with that said I'm now left with the job of doing that, among many many other little faults :dance: And as of recently I've found out that the engine is seized! Or so it seems, considering I can't manually turn the engine. But hey, nobody said it would be easy :D but it's a total labour of love!

So here I am and hoping to stay! Put the kettle on? :dmcdoors:

Hello again! After my introduction a little while ago (Above) I have advanced......slightly haha

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Removed the top bits and labelled up
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Removed the rear bumper and the rocker covers D:
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BOOM!
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There she is!
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Uh ohhh!
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This is why the engine wouldn't move! After, the very hard task, removing the internals of the engine we found out that pistons were completely rusted to the liners! So that was the end of those pistons But!

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My new engine, top bits already removed
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The engine block was absolutely fine, on my original engine, which went to my brother who needed a new block after his welding of the valley went the way of the Bible. But the crank and heads were good, so spare parts! :thumbsup:
But because my brother dismantled it ready to make it his, it looked like this

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And THEN! He found out it was a 2.7.....thus having no need to disassemble it hahaaa.
So I'm now assembling all the gaskets for it then rebuilding time!
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Re: California, USA to England, here we go!

Postby Admin-bloke » Thu Jan 28, 2016 9:31 pm

I love pictures of things in bits :)
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Re: California, USA to England, here we go!

Postby jerzybondov » Thu Jan 28, 2016 9:55 pm

Welcome Westy!!

So you're putting a 2.7 in yours? Or your brother is putting a 2.7 in his? In which case what's going back into yours?!

All great stuff :D
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Re: California, USA to England, here we go!

Postby clocktown64dd » Thu Jan 28, 2016 9:58 pm

2.7 going in his! I'm his brother.. Haha bloody cars. My engine is all rebuilt now and im going to build him the 2.7 when the liner gaskets arrive. I must say tom this is a good progress entry! Only just had it a month and it's all in bits already!
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Re: California, USA to England, here we go!

Postby A Van » Fri Jan 29, 2016 12:14 am

Nice one , great pics keep em coming

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Re: California, USA to England, here we go!

Postby Dan 6511 » Fri Jan 29, 2016 10:44 am

Nice pics, and welcome to the forum. Keep us posted on the restoration.
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Re: California, USA to England, here we go!

Postby Domi » Fri Jan 29, 2016 6:35 pm

Congratulation on your purchase :)
Thanks for sharing your pictures ;)
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Re: California, USA to England, here we go!

Postby jerzybondov » Fri Jan 29, 2016 6:41 pm

Where did you pull the 2.7 from? Old Peugeot? Hens teeth these days...
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Re: California, USA to England, here we go!

Postby clocktown64dd » Fri Jan 29, 2016 8:44 pm

I bought it from ebay, I think the guy Steve advertised it on here. I bought it thinking it was a 2.8 but turned out to be a 2.7.. But I have the engine to him so all good!
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Re: California, USA to England, here we go!

Postby Westy » Sat Jan 30, 2016 11:06 pm

Thanks for the kind replies guys! I'm currently cleaning up the engine block, I reckon I'll post some pictures tomorrow :D
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