From Boston to Chicago and back in under a week -- how did my DeLorean hold up?

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Just three days after upgrading my suspension, replacing my exhaust and rebuilding a brake caliper, it was time for the 1200-mile trip to the DeLorean Convention and Show. Just before I left I had another last-minute repair, but the real question is, how did the car do on such a long drive?
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:16 - DCS
00:36 - Wheel Bearing Failure
01:13 - Window Air Scoops
01:42 - Blower Motor Circuit
02:34 - MagSafe Ash Tray Holder
03:25 - Ride Height
05:07 - Lower Link Arm Adjuster
05:21 - Tire Pressure
05:48 - Transmission Kick-Down
06:27 - Rain
07:13 - First Stop: John DeLorean’s Grave Site
07:26 - Second Stop: Angell Dairy Farm
07:51 - Oil Change and Air Filter
08:09 - Wheel Bearing Failure… Again
08:30 - Sill Letters
09:07 - Closing
Thanks to Jeff Thibodau for the additional photography.
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@gren509 9 ай бұрын

BRILLIANT videos, you have the same spirit as we British bikers in the 1970's - you love the vehicle, and the challenge of having to fix it regularly.

@ncc74656m 9 ай бұрын

Bringing more cars and more parts next time! lmao You're out here doing the lord's work saving these cars. I always wanted one, right up til I found out just how much work they can be.

@joeangellx 9 ай бұрын

We’ll definitely bring more of both! For the first 20-ish years I had the car I first brought it to shops to be repaired, then I got impatient (and couldn’t justify the cost) and learned to do it myself. But now there’s a cube in the northeast, and we all help each other. There are a couple of trained mechanics and a few of us have lifts, so there’s usually someone who can figure out your problem.

@kylefarrell8214 2 ай бұрын

excellent work

@kerrykrishna 9 ай бұрын

I will never drive one of these and have only seen a single one in the last 15 years ( The dude lives in Deven Alberta about 30 klicks west of Edmonton where my Sister Sherry lives) I am still really enjoying all the vids! Thanks for all of it.

@Andrew-jh5uv 9 ай бұрын

Legend effort Joe great to see mate👏👏👊 Andrew from Oz

@MrLamf2939sh 9 ай бұрын

im glad you had a good trip!

@Seabass_The_Bass 9 ай бұрын

That 3D-printed piece for added air intake in the cabin is such a neat idea!

@joeangellx 9 ай бұрын

The guy who made them might be selling them, once he gets it print reliably. They work much better than just opening the window itself. If anyone's interested I can see if he has some contact info he wants me to share.

@mrt864 9 ай бұрын

All in all, just a normal turn of events if delorean ownership 😮

@seldomseen7835 9 ай бұрын

Love your work. It reminds me of triumph riders between any three of them they would have enough spairs , and tools to rebuild the bike on the side of the road which of course was inevitably. One of my favourite cartoons of a DeLorean on a sunny, winding road with the white line in the middle of it disappearing up the exhaust. John was a naughty boy. Wobbels the mad Aussie.

@Nigel999 9 ай бұрын

Great update on the trip, thank you. I wonder what other road users were thinking as 4 Delorean’s cruise past them? They must be such a talking point - breaking the ice at the diner’s you must have stopped at on the way there and back!

@joeangellx 9 ай бұрын

Thanks! Every time we stopped we’d hear “it’s rare to see one DeLorean, let alone four!” We were a mini car show every where we went. Sometimes one of us would pass a car and see the occupants get excited, and then the next DeLorean would pass and they’d get even MORE excited. Also, you’d be surprised how many people would see a line of DeLoreans and decide to merge in between them on the highway, instead of just waiting for us to go by.

@Frank-Thoresen 9 ай бұрын

@@joeangellxThose drivers wedging in between you don't know the difference between a Tesla and a Toyota hence they don't know how to enjoy the sight of a row with DeLoreans.

@scarfaceTWIY. 9 ай бұрын

Someone owns one in my town here in Derbyshire, ENGLAND 🇬🇬🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@stephenshallcross7832 9 ай бұрын

I worked on equipment and changed bearings all the time with no problems but never had a wheel bearing which I replaced on my car last more than a few hundred miles, I think you have the same symptoms. Love the videos.

@xushenxin 9 ай бұрын

This car has a little bit cyberpunk feeling~

@zbrady 9 ай бұрын

Joe, nice to meet you at DCS. We got nailed with rain on the drive home too and my fuel pump fuse melted in the housing on the way back, so I got to fix that in the rain on the side of the road…other than that great trip!

@joeangellx 9 ай бұрын

You too. We got lucky that the few issues we had were not in the rain. We did have a car have a fuel pump and ballast resistor wiring failure in Maine (we had to push the Time Machine through the parade, but it was mostly downhill), then trailered it back to Jeff’s so we could fix it. But otherwise, everything went well!

@vincenta1074 9 ай бұрын

Love your content. Really enjoy these videos. Hello from Vin number 6240

@TheXev 9 ай бұрын

I once had a Subaru Impreza that had a chronic failing of bearings rather quickly on one specific wheel. The only solution that eventually worked for me was to replace the wheel hub. I think the first failure I had cause damage to the inside of the wheel hub where the bearing was seated and that damage kept throwing the bearings out of the correct alignment, even with the correct tools to press them in. After replacing the wheel hub, the chronic failures finally stopped.

@joeangellx 9 ай бұрын

I think I’m at that point now too. I just had to swap in my last spare bearing, and I ordered a replacement hub. I’m going to to keep it in my trunk for the next inevitable failure, and order some more wheel bearings, just in case. Thanks!

@Mrelectric423 9 ай бұрын

I was also wondering if a new hub was the answer. I remember on older cars a bent spindle or bearing adjusted too tight would cause quick failures. This bearing is a pressed in cartridge style bearing so there is no adjustment to make too tight correct?

@joeangellx 9 ай бұрын

Right, it’s just pressed straight into the hub with no facility for adjustment. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s my fault that it’s failing. Ironically, I replaced the bearings on both sides when I installed the Big Brake Kit a few years back amd they were fine, so I’m thinking I screwed up something installing them. I did have trouble getting them started straight. Oh well. Hopefully the new hub fixes it!

@Wilson02653 9 ай бұрын

That mess of wires makes my skin crawl but great trip

@joeangellx 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, I sometimes think about tidying that up (the original wiring was all wrapped in electrical tape, and stock cars certainly do look cleaner than this), but I'll inevitably have to just cut it all way for another modification, so at this point I don't even bother. The mess of wires in the passenger footwell is because I"m doing modifications to the climate control system, which is currently functional but not complete because I've been too busy fixing the more critical issues I've been finding.

@davidbublitz6571 9 ай бұрын

What brand of wheel bearing are you using? I have a little over 2k miles on my new ones which are SKF. So far no problems. I've heard bad things about ones like centric and a few others.

@joeangellx 9 ай бұрын

I’m using SKF as well. I think my hub might be damaged. The bearings don’t seem to want to go in straight at the start, and it’s probably damaging them as well. I ordered a new hub, which arrived yesterday; I’m going to keep it in the trunk with the necessary tools to swap it out on the road if something goes wrong, since it’s pretty easy to do when you don’t have to press in a bearing.

@1sostatic 9 ай бұрын

I wonder if someone could use one of those time machines, go back to 1981, slap John DeLorean and tell him to concentrate on being a car mogul and not a drugs one. 😜