Vin #1373 - it's alive again!

Describe these cars here or do a restoration blog of your DeLorean

Vin #1373 - it's alive again!

Postby priesh » Thu Mar 01, 2018 11:10 am

Hey all,

Reassembled the engine yesterday in the garage (had some electric heaters on full blast so was actually alright).

Turned the key and car started first time :thumbsup:

For people that might not know, my clutch slave went a couple of weeks ago, so thought it would be a good time to take the car down to the valley (!) to change the distributor cap, rotor arm, leads, plugs and put new bolts in for all the ones I removed as I went (with a great mate - always good to do it with another pair of eyes and arms!).

Considering I've only had the car since the end of November, I didn't think I'd be doing such a job so soon, but it was good fun (apart from the clutch slave, that was a pain in the ass to change even with the intake off!)

Succesfully replaced all of the above - very happy to get it running again. Needs more work in the idle department, but that's a job for another day!

The rotor arm was in a right state (pictures on another thread), the cap only had one clip so wasn't flat, and a couple of the plugs were only finger tight! They were all gapped well past 1mm as well - not really sure how the car actually managed to start at all before!

Before:

Before.JPG
Before.JPG (1.72 MiB) Viewed 2621 times


After:

After.JPG
After.JPG (1.18 MiB) Viewed 2621 times


Thanks to all the members on here that helped with advice and getting the right parts - especially Arran for guiding me on what bolts and washer and brackets etc I needed!

Cheers!
priesh
 
Posts: 243
Joined: Tue Nov 28, 2017 10:28 am
VIN #: 1373

Re: Vin #1373 - it's alive again!

Postby Admin-bloke » Thu Mar 01, 2018 11:40 am

Result :jzd: :thumbsup:
Admin-bloke, "The D Whisperer"
Pie n Pint Northerner....
Vin #4068 - y'official "Mighty Auto" test car for Admin-bloke tuning.

https://www.justgiving.com/campnibble

Forum Founder [means I just installed it........] and Tech Help
DeLorean Club

The Future's Bright....
The Future's
DeLorean Club
User avatar
Admin-bloke
 
Posts: 5300
Joined: Thu May 28, 2009 6:45 pm
VIN #: 4068
Spaxed

Re: Vin #1373 - it's alive again!

Postby jerzybondov » Thu Mar 01, 2018 12:06 pm

Great work!!
VIN 7176
Official Club Reaper Extraordinaire.
User avatar
jerzybondov
 
Posts: 2603
Joined: Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:24 pm
Location: London NW2
VIN #: 7176
Spaxed

Re: Vin #1373 - it's alive again!

Postby DJK73 » Thu Mar 01, 2018 3:23 pm

Nice one, well done
Dbro4
Ex Vin#10223
Grey interior, Manual
Spaxed
Free flow
User avatar
DJK73
 
Posts: 275
Joined: Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:55 pm
VIN #: 10223
Spaxed

Re: Vin #1373 - it's alive again!

Postby priesh » Thu Mar 01, 2018 4:30 pm

Thanks all - I am glad there were no major issues along the way. Amazingly I was trying to put the pipe of agony back and then my mate put it back in in like 5 seconds - was really random!

Still a long list of other stuff to do but this was a big item!
priesh
 
Posts: 243
Joined: Tue Nov 28, 2017 10:28 am
VIN #: 1373


Return to Members Cars or Unique DeLoreans

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 12 guests

About us

The DeLorean Club UK forum for European DeLorean owners and enthusiasts. The largest DeLorean forum in Europe.

Registration is FREE and all registered users get full access

cron