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Jobs since arrival	After that little scare with the water pipe I decide to put new rubber pipe sections around the cooling system. I have also had in my box of "bits to do" a new lower Speedo cable bracket, which is now on I have also now bought from Chris Parnham two new front coil springs, awaiting fitting. I have also fitted a new Stereo.. Kenwood Mask with 6 disc Auto changer. Now for the embarrassing part. I had a visit from Martin and Rich, who kindly pointed out that my engine compartment was a disgrace and to top it of the engine was only firing on 4 cylinders!!! Not to be shown up like that again. within 3 days the car received new Plugs, HT leads, Distributor Cap and Rotor Arm, and what a difference that made, let me tell you. I also set about cleaning the engine bay, Ordered a Stainless Throttle cover and header tank You can see the difference below.
What else???	I've also had new external door rubber seals from East Kent trim, however they just won't stay on. the U shaped grip is not long enough, so I'll have to get something else. I have now also had my new window motor assembly delivered from Darryl Tinnerstet, however it will have to wait, as I've got stitches in my hand from a nice sharp edge on the inside of the door. Well that's it for now watch out for the next update.
04/05/02	Today I had a bit of a get together at my house Martin, Chris and James brought their cars for a Fiddle 'n' Fix day. I also invited my local News paper to come around. They bit my hand off for the chance of a photo with not just one but four Deloreans in it. The biggest job we did in the time was change Martin's front springs. Chris and I will have to wait!!!!. Chris paraded his newly refurbished wheels which made us all turn green, so I flashed my seats, fair swap for envious glances. Many fiddly jobs were done, I had my drivers side door torsion bar adjusted, and I set out to find why my steering wheel shuddered heavily under braking or around 50mph. This was down to the bushings in the upper wish bone of the front suspension. I had new bushes however these were loose in the holes like the old ones. On the drivers side the bushes had been spot welded in place so I did the same on the passenger side, and this promptly cured the shudder.  James connected up his front speakers, and Chris repaired his Rear demister switch and replaced his reverse light switch on the gear box. Chris fiddled a lot with his striker pins for his door latches, so I hope he has adjusted them well too. All in all a good day was had by all.
13/05/02	Last Weekend, I managed a couple of fiddly jobs, and was happy with the results. First was the replacement of all the headlight brackets, this was done due to the poorly mounted lights, leading me to think there was something seriously wrong with them. And sure enough there was, The screws to adjust the angle of the lights were bent and rusted and the passenger side had one on the cups completely missing so the light fitting was held in with some niffty welding!!!! Whilst in the process of doing the lights I was able to get to the Bonnet hinge brackets and adjust the front of the bonnet height, and for the first time since owning the car I am now happy with the alignment off the bonnet. Today my wheels were picked up by B.J.V Engineering for refurbishment These will be back in 4 days, I will then post some pictures of the end result and the total cost. You will be surprised......., Check out their site for some Idea.
20/05/02	The  wheels are back and a great job has been done. Blasted, powder coated and the tyres put back on all for the sum of £98.00. See the photos below for the finished article. I have also purchased new wheel nuts from my local car shop, these again can be seen Here.
25/05/02	I have also now fitted my lowered front springs from Chris P and you can see the result above. The adjustable front shocks on the car are to be replaced tomorrow with NOS shocks from Dave Howarth. I made the decision this week to remove the push button start system in the car and go back to the original key ignition. Checking out the price parts would have cost $400, however I have managed to cross ref the parts to a Rover SDi and got brand new parts with two keys for £58. Ordered yesterday and arrived today. Very minor adjustment to the loom plug and it was fitted in 45mins. I also then removed the immobiliser that was in the car and rewired the accessory switches for the ignition. Back to factory original again.
26/05/02	Collected my shocks from Dave at the NEC today, and fitted them this evening.. Last time I drove my car it had original front springs, After market front shocks and old Bridgestone tyres. Today I drove it with new lowered springs NOS shocks and Pirelli P6000 tyres. What a noticeable difference..... Corners now like its on rails and is so much easy to drive and steer, What will it be like when I put the P6000's on the rear??
01/06/02	Today was an Interesting one to say the least, after spending last night connecting all the vacuum hose up under the dash for the air-con, I found the Mode switch leaked all the vacuum built up and failed to change the air-con settings. So out it came and was soon dismantled. The problem was the diaphragm was clogged and hard. This is a little rubber maze that directs the vacuum to the different ports. after a good clean and spray with silicone lubricant I put it back in. To my horror it was even worse........ Took it back out turned the diaphragm through 180 degrees and put it back in, and now it works perfectly. I have got to say that I've had this car nearly a year and I can now confidently jump in it at any time and just drive, and that's all I want... to drive my D.

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