Parts prepping

Transmission:
First off I sandblasted the transmission with walnut shells just to get the grime and muck off of it. It turned out pretty good:

Ed recommended that I don't paint or powder coat it to keep heat transfer at its maximum.

Output nuts re-torque:
A common issue on the manual transmission is either of the two output nuts backing off and grenading. So to make sure I'm covered I removed the transmission's rear cover and retorqued both of them (using a very nice loaner torque wrench from O'Riley's Auto) to spec and staked the nuts into place. I also applied transmission grade Loctite:

Heavy duty shaft coupler:
Later on, SEO will split the gearbox open and add a heavy duty shaft coupler and roll pin for all that torque:

"Bullet proof shaft coupler", courtesy of DMCNW

Luckily, Ed will not need to undo the output nuts I have just secured.

Pedal box assembly:
Next I tackled the pedal box assembly: After straightening it, sanding/painting, lubing it and installing all new miscellaneous hardware and springs, it looked and worked like brand new.

The springs were a challenge to get in place given that the pedals are pre-tensioned. (Come to think of it, replacing pedal springs must be impossible with the pedal box installed in the car, so if you have it out I would recommend to anyone that they also replace the springs to avoid a mess later. (Removing the pedal box is not a small job, btw!))

Parts plating:
Apart from degreasing and painting everything, a large part of the components were shipped to Dave and Julee at Delorean MidWest (DMCMW) for plating. A few years back I had also "fake"-painted some components to look like they were plated but over time it started looking tacky. I pulled those parts off of the stock motor and added them to the batch thinking that someday, somehow someone might appreciate that:




Before plating

After plating

just LOOK at that....

DMCMW is well known in the D community for being fast, customer oriented, friendly whie providing good pricing and top quality and this time was no different.