Rear trim panels & fuel system status

I purchased some replacement rear grey trim panels for the car a couple of months ago. I decided to take the old ones out because I was sick of looking at the cracked vinyl and worn + broken bolsters. After removing the old ones, I noticed one of the POs had installed some crappy 90s era Pioneer speakers. I trashed these and ordered some of the Infinity 529Is. According to the DeLorean gurus, these should be a straight swap with the original brackets, which appear to be in good shape and unmolested.

Once the new speakers come in, I'll wire up some leads, mount the new speakers, and install the replacement panels.

I've also gone ahead and installed the injectors and routed everything in the engine compartment (for now). I was going to do another fuel flow test but I'm sick of it and ready to bolt everything up to see where I am. I'm going to complete the following prior to test starting.

• Drain the oil
• Change the oil filter
• Replace the oil gauge sender
• Replace the oil light sender
• Fill with new oil
• Fill the gas tank w/ 5 gallons of gas and appropriate ethanol stabilizer 
• Check all connections
• Make sure POA has gasket and won't be a vacuum leak issue
• Have a fire extinguisher handy!

Now that deer season is over for me, I should have more time to work on this! Here's a picture of the engine bay a couple of days ago.

New Steering Wheel

Merry Christmas everyone!

While still waiting on return of the rear louvre from the local body shop (dropped it off in early November), and trying to find time to take care of a few preparation steps ahead of firing up the engine after a long nap, I came across another owner online who was selling some parts. One of the parts was a steering wheel in very good shape.

My old steering wheel had the leather wrap badly deteriorated so I had pulled it off with plans to get a local upholstery shop to recover at some point.

I decided I would instead swap it out with a good unit and sell my old one to someone who wants to get it recovered on their terms.

Here is the new wheel installed. It took me 5 minutes to swap out. This was possibly one of the easiest jobs I've ever tackled on this car. I had read where others had had tough times getting them off the tapered spine shaft.

You'll notice I still have some interior parts torn down for future/in-progress jobs.

And finally, here is a picture of the old wheel on my workbench.