A small update today; and not many pictures (yet - I'll take some more).
This past couple of weekends; with the weather being nice, has meant long days in the garage. It's been thoroughly pleasant but does underline how much work really goes in to this sort of thing. Easily losing 4 hours to a simple(ish) job!
Here's quick run down of the work I did:
Finished stripping the engine down to the crank - it'll now go to a local machine shop and be cleaned; the piston liners hopefully rebored and then I can start rebuilding. I believe the block to be "good" but I'll know for sure before I spend the necessary on service kits and the like. I very much doubt there is much I'll do here beyond rebuilding to a solid foundation - it'll be enough for a car I will rarely use!
Cleaned the underside of the tub - this is something I've been doing between jobs. I have no plans to paint the car or anything like that, I just want it clean. The top side - the bits you can see, they'll be done when the body/frame are re-united and I can work on each area in turn. I am keen not to take the whole car back to nuts/bolts - complete a job and move on! This is just cosmetic and to ensure everything goes back together cleanly and I don't end up with earthing problems or anything cosmetic I have to fudge.
Brakes/Suspension - When the frame was stripped I had to remove some parts complete; so I've had issues with castellated nuts where the split pins wouldn't come out; basically meaning the brake disc is still attached to the control arm. I've since finished separating those. Much of it, I'm not sure I trust - especially the front lower control arms. They may go in the bin (or more likely to someone that wants them for restoration purposes.
I've also begun to remove the brake master cylinder/servo - it's catching on the clutch but that has a rounded phillips head inside the car; that may need cutting off so I gave up and left that for another day.
Next up are the "spends". I'm going to get the frame done, the engine block cleaned and a rebuild beginning and hopefully a specialist go over the gearbox for me to see if it needs any work. I've also bought a small parts cleaner and will give rebuilding the brake calipers a go (first time but it's not like I'm in a hurry!).
This will likely all take a long time - I don't like debt so won't be doing it unless I have the cash to do so; but I expect that it'll begin to go back together fairly quickly when it does happen.
DeLorean Engine Strip by Dan Willis, on Flickr
DeLorean Engine Strip by Dan Willis, on Flickr
DeLorean Engine Strip by Dan Willis, on Flickr
DeLorean Engine Strip by Dan Willis, on Flickr