Home / Planes, Trains and Automobiles / My 1981 DMC-12, #2100 / Repair Log - Details of repairs made. 962
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What do these go to? Edit: they're for the door buzzer -
What's this for? Edit: turn signal flasher. I put it back where it belongs. -
Torn driver's side inner CV boot -
This has GOT to go -
Replaced all the door struts, so now the doors, hood and louvers stay up -
Another shot of the newly functioning doors -
All the old gas struts -
Removing part of the center console to repair the damage done by the alarm installation -
Some of the alarm wires were routed through the relay area -
Alarm system, fully removed. The trash is too good for this thing! -
Replaced all the side marker gaskets. Here's what's left of the original ones -
Also dismantled and rebuilt the locking gas cap. It locks tight and opens smoothly now. -
Gas cap installed -
New side marker gaskets installed -
Another unidentified disconnected wire under the dashboard. Edit: not used on this VIN, was for the ignition-linked brake lights -
New tires all around. Falken Ziex 512s -
New rear tire. Had to get 225/60s instead of the OE 235/60s, but they still look fine -
Rear wheel width -
Broken power mirror switch assembly -
Ugh... so many tiny parts -
Inner contact board for the mirror switch -
Stripped out hole where the engine cover striker plate goes -
The fiberboard inside the seatback was cracked in half. A steel channel and a steel square epoxied in place and it's good as new -
This is the steel channel I found at the hardware store to fix the seatback -
Installed brand new side sill seals to keep things nice and dry -
Destroyed old side sill door seal -
Old asbestos heat shield for the muffler. Has a hole burned right through it. -
Can sort of see the hole here. This has gotta go! -
Here's the new one, made of heat absorbing material bonded to a stainless panel -
Got the old one out, so here they are side by side. Uhhh... nice try, asbestos. -
New heat shield installed and looking good -
Ooo, shiny. -
This side has the heat absorbing weave -
Mystery bolt backed out behind the taillight. Still investigating. -
Taillight connector -
Taillight circuit board. Talk about primitive... -
Fully restored battery access door -
Fan fail unit has been removed and jumpered. This was a TSB back in the day... I plan to get a modified unit that won't fail -
Uh oh. Fuse box is melting. I had hoped I would be exempt from this. Looks like there's a replacement in my future. Relays too. -
Bright shiny oil light sending unit I just installed. Should stop the majority of the oil drip. Also have to do a pulley o-ring. -
Relay for the power antenna -
Power for the antenna. I'm going to unhook this because that thing is annoying. -
Umm.. shouldn't there be something screwed in here? -
Yep, that's not right. -
Passenger side door before I take the panels off -
Door again -
Picture of the screws so I can put them back right -
More screws holding the lower door panel on -
Door panel removed -
Original lock cylinders. This one is not working and has to be removed, which means I have to do both.