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Post by spunkymonkey on Dec 8, 2009 0:40:56 GMT
Don't have a spare anti-run-on valve but it's easy enough to confirm the diagnosis. Remove it from the carb and hold the body of the valve against an earth. If you then apply 6v to the spade connection, you should see the needle pull bak towards the valve body - it's a simple solenoid and if it moves reasonably sharply it's fine.
Wear on the needle won't stop idling - it'll just reduce its effectiveness at preventing run-on. In fact, as a last resort, if you cut the needle off even a dead valve will work (but you might suffer some running on if you do this)
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Post by 33grinder on Dec 8, 2009 23:59:45 GMT
Thanks Joe, I know Matt's seen your response about the anti run-on valve.
If my goldfish memory problem doesn't return I'll ask him how he gets on testing that and see if he's found anything else. I don't know how flat that 6V battery is though...
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Post by spunkymonkey on Dec 9, 2009 0:09:32 GMT
I've learnt from my last 33 that you really need 3 people, one to bleed the brakes, another to pump the foot brake and the other to keep topping up the tiny brake fluid reservoir. ;D Wish you'd told me that before I bled Betty through for a fluid change, on my own, using a bit of fish-tank airpipe, a jam-jar, a stanley knife and a self-tapper edited to add: no problem on the valve suggestions and the battery tray actually isn't an MOT fail any more. Sounds silly (and a lot of testers think it is) but there actually isn't anything they can fail a loose battery for in the current manual
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Post by 33grinder on Dec 9, 2009 0:19:18 GMT
;D
That's not as much fun though is it! Mind you, my last 33 had brake lines made out of swiss cheese, that's probably why the fluid level used to drop so quickly! ;D
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Post by spunkymonkey on Dec 9, 2009 0:20:53 GMT
At least you didn't have to wipe the fluid off the backplates ;D
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Post by daf44 on Dec 11, 2009 23:03:06 GMT
hi. still have not actually bought a 6v battery yet (2 kids + christmas presents = no battery. ) German Swedish and French (GSF) have batteries on the shelf for £70. paul44
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Post by 33grinder on Dec 11, 2009 23:31:06 GMT
Thanks, I'll let him know. I know exactly what you mean about the Christmas stuff too.
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Post by 33grinder on Dec 13, 2009 22:49:54 GMT
Hi all, 33G here again, I've had a coconut and report that I now feel much better. ;D Well, the weekend didn't start with any Daffing for me. My land rover mechanic friend, Martin, was finishing off a replacement engine job on a freelander and wanted some help. We got quite a few bits done but the exhaust was the most stupid of designs, mounted at the back of the engine side on. Access from the top was impeded by the engine top cover which would mean removing the injection system. Access from the underneath was ok for getting the exhaust in place but not getting the studs on. No, the only way to do that was to hold each nut in the socket with some gungum, using about ten extension bars and going through the inner wing hole that the steering rack passes through. A fiddly pita job. The best thing about Martin is that I get to learn how to swear in Maltese! It's very different to our swearing. Malta is very much a roman catholic country and Martin's swearing borders on blasphomy. Thanks to my father working for a greek company most of his working life, I also know some nice Greek swearwords, much learn some Dutch ones though for when working on Gavina - more on that later though. Saturday WAS a Daffing day for Matt though as he collected his 66 1300 salloon. It is in a poor state of repair and as Matt calls it a spares part car. Nothing is unrestorable I suppose and Matt wishes to offer it to the forum for the money it stands him in, ie £200 in buying and recovering it. If nobody is interested then Matt intends to break her. Here's some pictures: Lower corner of drives side window: The bootlid is shot, rubber bumper ends and number plate lights are missing: Front valance rotten, headlamp base rusty: Front offside end of sill, rotten through to the cabin: Front nearside corner, also rotten through to the cabin: Passenger door, rotten and skin coming away at the bottom: The interior is missing front seats and the tan back seats are damaged, the black panels are good though: Near side rear end of sill, rotten: Today was my Daffing day. Dan has been busy with work this weekend but Matt visited such that work on Gavina could continue with pace. Matt arrived in Animal of which I was quite pleased as I've always admired her. Time was tight as football in the pub beckoned for Matt. The intention was to replace all brake hoses, bleed the system and investigate the rubbing that has started again in the impellor shroud area. Here Matt models my new mac tools Head Lamp product. Matt was quite impressed with it: I'll come back to the rear offside hose later.... We then switched to the rear nearside and the hose was succesfully replaced. Matt managed to take a sneaky snap of me actually working!! ;D: Then attention was moved to the front nearside which again was quickly dispatched: It must be said that the weather had been really quite grotty, we had both been caught by showers and being out in the wet and cold (the work was done on the drive way) and handling metal tools means fingers soon loose their sense of feeling. It was time to call it a day for Matt and get to the pub for the footy. I dutyfully carried on and replaced the front offside hose. It's worth mentioning here that the hoses I got from Danny are about an inch longer than the items which were replaced. So, what of the rear offside hose. Well, this is the first time either Matt or I have replaced brake hoses on a 33, and we came up against a snag. the unions are tight on the floor pan against the secondaries on one side and the fuel tank on the other. Getting a spanner on is tricky enough, however it is possible. Once on though, there is no room to turn the spanner before hitting the tank. Has anyone experienced changing this hose and is it going to be a tank out job? I took a photo but it really is the dark hole of culcutta in there and so the picture is really poor. You may just make out the brake union, everything else that's pitch black to the right is the fuel tank. How the Ricardoens I can get in there without removing the tank I really don't know! So, we didn't get the forth hose sorted nor the brake bleeding. It didn't go too badly though and we ended the day feeling upbeat and pleased with our efforts, if a little defeated by something we think Daf could have designed with a little more consideration! I do wish we could have finished, leaving me free to MOT her. I suppose being pragmatic, Dafs have their own timescale and cannot be rushed. I feel disappointed as I am aware that I am using Matt's free time to help me, and I haven't been able to repay the favours except to be posting the reports on this forum. Having said that, Matt does have a healthy tea consumption rate (about one 2-3 mph (mugs per hour). ;D Now, I really must buy more shares in PG Tips. One thing for sure, I spoken to many Daf fans on this forum, but not met one as dedicated to the marque as is Matt: I did ask Matt whether he could face the camera and smile, the below picture both serving as a close up of Matt's tattoo and answer to my question : Just kidding mate! I would love a tattoo but I have alot of moles. I did think of joining them up but it spelt the word 'tosser' so I decided against it! ;D OK, that's all from the badlands until our next instalment. If you're back to work tomorrow then enjoy, and remember a bad day daffing beats a good day at work!! Cheese, 33G.
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Post by dafdaffer on Dec 14, 2009 5:15:17 GMT
Really intresting read. love the tattoo matt ;D i like the head torches, i have one as well and it was in full use up to 12.30am the other morning whilst doing the brakes on Onne's 44 in the cold and mist funny really because the same thing happening up here as down there just at diifferent hours. i will have bit of an update as soon as i get time. Paul
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Post by 33grinder on Dec 14, 2009 13:22:33 GMT
My friend Martin actually broke his head torch on Saturday as he dropped it on the floor (only about a foot above) and it fell apart as the plastic base of the lamp broke. No matter though, it's Mac Tools and they will replace it, as they have with other tools that Martin has broken, his tools really do suffer a high attrition rate!
I think I might know what you're after from that 66 John, it wouldn't be the little plastic grommets that sit at the top of the door car around where the locking rods protrude, now would it? ;D
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Post by pauldaf44 on Dec 14, 2009 14:20:31 GMT
out of interest anyone know if the carpets from a 55, 66 would fit a 44? Would be nice to have a little refinement and noise insulation. If they can I may be after those carpets they look quite tidy, thats if it is broken which of course Id rather it wasn't
Paul
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Post by dafdaffer on Dec 14, 2009 16:26:34 GMT
i think we have a 66 carpet in the garage paul, only thing is all dafs have leaky windows and carpets hold water , ask Onne as his daf was 50 kg lighter when he took his carpets out the 44 ;D i would have though that they fit all.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Dec 14, 2009 17:47:30 GMT
Gladys has all new window seals since you had her, drivers side weather seal is abit dodgy on the bottom of the door but doesn't leak. Shes been stored outside and used daily for 6 months now and i haven't seen any water inside the car at all she barely even mists up even at 11pm this week she hasn't been misted up when I got in. However now ive said that she will probably start leaking like a tea strainer in order to punish me for saying that ;D
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Post by stefan on Dec 14, 2009 19:17:02 GMT
yes we have the carpet out of the 5000mile 66 that we striped to floor pans in the cabin all look the same so should fit ok. think it mat have a hole for the selector tray which 44 do not have but that is the only difference.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Dec 14, 2009 20:15:24 GMT
It would look better with a tray anyway I would have somewhere to store my junk lol
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Post by stefan on Dec 15, 2009 16:35:17 GMT
You would need to weld the tray bracket on the tunnel but not hard to do
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Post by pauldaf44 on Dec 15, 2009 17:09:52 GMT
It is when the nearest thing you have to a welder is a box of matches ;D
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Post by spunkymonkey on Dec 15, 2009 18:54:33 GMT
It is when the nearest thing you have to a welder is a box of matches ;D Silicone sealant. Smells a bit while it cures but will hold a tray in place no problems. Can also be removed without trace if you ever want to go original again
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Post by stefan on Dec 15, 2009 20:35:45 GMT
A nice modern high tech solution ;D
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Post by 33grinder on Dec 15, 2009 21:31:29 GMT
So now we return this thread to the badlands. Matt has a proposition for anyone interested, an Ovlov 340 auto, no MOT and category C write off which can be returned to the road. Matt is asking £200 for her. If there's any interest or questions state them here and Matt will see when he view the forum, or you can always PM me. There's a little ding in the tailgate. Worst damage are door on one side: Otherwise Matt tells me she is fairly clean, with only one peice of lifted paintwork. Over in the garage of Rayleigh's largest (aka only) collector, there was some Daffing today. I had taken the day off for Grinder Junior's first nativity play (he played the part of a snowflake, bless!). Having taken him to school for 8:45am I didn't need to return there until 2pm, brucey bonus! The next job on the agenda was changing the rear offside flexi brake hose which had eluded Matt and myself on Sunday. I really didn't fancy more messing around so plumped for the removing of the fuel tank option. First off was the fuel neck rubber (I removed the cap first, no funny comments about the photo please) That came off easily and then the tank earth wire was unplugged. I then put my jerry can under the tank and after undoing the rubber hose put another hose on to direct the fuel into my jerry can (Gavina had half tank of fuel or thereabouts). It must be said though that this was a very messy job and quite a lot of petrol did make it onto my garage carpet. Currently the whole of the ground floor of the Grinder household absolutely reeks of petrol and Mrs. G is not best pleased with me. Anyway, the tank was emancipated from it's rubber encumbrance: Then I could remove the old brake hose. The fecking fecker!!! The access through the wheel arch with the car jacked is quite good for one end of the hose The other end of the hose is another matter entirely. You'll see it connected up and the hole where the tank was. Getting the tank back in was easy enough, although getting the rubber around the tank seem was a little bit of an @rse, although this handy tool (for removing interior trim) came in quite handy. My tip is to start on the corner by the filler pipe as the access is more restricted and the rubber will get tighter as you work around. Only trouble is that the rubber hose on the fuel line is leaking again now, wish I had replaced it before I put the fuel back in! Hopefully on Thursday night a friend is coming over to help me bleed the brakes. Once that is done, there is the rubber impellor (again) to look at then hopefully she'll finally be MOT ready. I'll look at the fuel leak once I've used some fuel up or it has all leaked onto the garage floor! ;D Well, that's all for now, Cheese, 33G.
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Post by dafdaffer on Dec 16, 2009 4:58:38 GMT
I had a cat c and was told not to worry about the VIC test, a month later a copper turned up and inspected it and that was it.
true that one has seen better days ;D
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Post by stefan on Dec 16, 2009 8:04:45 GMT
You can get an mot minter from about £400 reguarly come up on Ebay or V3M forum
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Post by 33grinder on Dec 21, 2009 23:59:40 GMT
Well, there's not much to tell from the badlands at the moment. Dan's still very busy working! Matt renewed the sorn on his 55 coupe and as bad luck comes in three, in Matt's case it's batteries, with Animal's battery feeling the cold clasp of death in our recent weather. Yes, we even get that white powdery stuff down south too! For my own part, a friend assisted me with bleeding Gavina's brakes although I haven't had the chance to road test them, it would have been too much aggro to move Mrs G's 500 as the snow was fairly thick in our road. Then I had some parts for my R5 GTT to move into my friend Martin's workshop, along with some porsche spiderweb alloys which I had forgotten about but another friend who was storing them needed the space back! So if anyone knows anybody in the VW scene who wants some mismatched (colour wise) but sound alloys, send 'em my way! Incidentally, driving the Rover in this weather was shall we say, entertaining. ;D We all knew this weather was coming and our council failed to grit any of the roads. Not only that but the pavements have been treacherous. Rayleigh is one big hill which I need to traverse to get to the rail station. The pavements down this hill are like a cresta run! If I were being cynical I would say the potential cost to the council of litiagation against them from trips and falls is greatly outweighed by the cost of keeping the roads and pavements gritted. Anyway, I digress, I then thought about taking the front off Gavina and faffing around with the replacement cowling to try and cure the rubbing impellor problem, but it was too cold and I couldn't be doing with lying on the snowy driveway so I gave it a miss. So, not the most exciting weekend. At least my edition of Belting Along... has been delivered and I must say, well done Mr. B, sterling job sir! I like the postcard on page 6, it's Stef's van Poor Sam! Nice to see the restoration projects and contributors from this forum, well done all! That's all for now. Cheese, 33G.
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Post by 33grinder on Dec 26, 2009 18:11:23 GMT
Well, there's not much to report from the Badlands. Christmas is a time for family, not for our loved ones!! ;D Christmas eve started badly for me, but we were let out of work early. After spending some family time, it was evident that grinder junior was mosly interested in playing on the wife's nintendo whilst Mrs. G was doing some work on her computer. So as I wasn't missed I had the chance to give Gavina some t-cut and polish. She's come up quite well, and even her rusty bits are shiny now! There was no chance for any daffing on Chistmas day, but this afternoon there was the chance to look at the rubbing impellor problem. Regular forum visitors will be familiar with this view of Gavina: The cowling was then removed. The impellor was not rubbing against the oil cooler, so I decided to go with the three spacers. I think I've found the problem with the cowling. One of the bolts had broken from it's plastic mountings. To name one of my favorite Icelandic phrases, 'fokking fokk fokk' (translation available on request). Fortunately Matt came up with a spare, which following a clean up and algae removing exercise has come up nicely. The bolts are fine with this one, it has a very small crack where one of the centre cover poppers attaches, but it's at the bottom and hence won't be noticed, so I can live with that. I started her up and no more grinding noises were evident from that department, so the exercise was deemed a success and the grill was bolted back on. I was intending to take her for a trip up and down my road and test the recently bled brakes, but Mrs. G reminded me that she hasn't driven her car for a week and objected to starting it just to move it off the drive. Never mind, she'll be popping out in the morning, so I'll get to test them out then. If all goes well I may even consider an MOT, who knows!! Well, that's all for now, I hope everybody is enjoying their festive break and preparing for some good daffing action in the new year. Cheese, 33G.
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Post by 33grinder on Dec 30, 2009 18:50:11 GMT
Hi all, I hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas. Today I am.... Absolutely nothing to do with a recent Dutch moment which has only served as an embellishment to my day. Nor do you need to 'Squeeze me to make me laugh!'. Nuff said. P.S. I don't suffer from 'PMS' either!! ;D
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Post by spunkymonkey on Dec 31, 2009 0:15:13 GMT
If it's not PMS and you haven't been sniffing valium then I guess John must be right about the MOT - Well done!!! ;D
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Post by 33grinder on Dec 31, 2009 0:45:29 GMT
Thanks guys. It's been a long time coming, but here it is She drove very well to and from the test station, even reaching the heady speed of 65mph, and that's with all the junk still in the boot, including the bail of toilet roles. Honestly, if I suddenly had an attack of the Montezuma's I would have been well sorted!! On initial start up the dynamo light was glowing and at the first busy roundabout she stalled on me, but after that she was fine and the light soon went out. The return journey was approximately 15 miles, mainly on dual carriageways. She even won her very first traffic light grand prix, although I'm not entirely sure the other car was trying, either that or they weren't expecting me to be!! It was also nice to see the reactions of the drivers and passengers of other cars which over took me on the dual carriage way (although I did have the pedal to the metal, honest!!). I sometimes get this with the Rover, but only from the boy racers mind!! Anyway, back to the MOT. The following were her advisories from my MOT tester friend. Play in rack. From speaking with Matt this will involve renewing the bushes. Play at lower balljoints. Here, not having tested a Daf before he didn't know how much play was within tollerance. I asked him how much play, half inch for example to which he replied 'hell no, as a maximum maybe but I'm sure it wasn' that much', so does that sound within tollerance? Not very scientific I know... ;D A fuel or brake pipe was rubbing against a swing arm. Not a problem but made me aware to keep an eye on it. O/S headlight is a foreign item so the pattern is wrong. Ahem, he didn't notice that until after the test of course. The brake pedal is stodgy. I have a replacement NOS master cylinder from Matt to fit, I didn't fit it before the MOT as I knew if I did then I wouldn't have anyone to assist in bleeding her, so 'better the devil I know' kind of thing. Having said this my mate tested the brakes (driving her, not on the brake roller) and braked firmly from 25mph. He said they were sufficient and that was without pumping the pedal. With a couple of pumps they pull up quite well. I will be replacing the master though. I must mention how very fortunate I am to have my MOT inspector friend. One of my HT leads had rubbed the fan belt, he quickly removed it and walked off, returning with the worn part of the lead patched with gaffer tape and a cable tie to tie the lead out of harms way. I then produced the small inspection hatch plate with the two self tapper screws and 'give it here, pass me that screwdriver' and he had it on in a jiffy. Top man. He also noticed I was missing an exhaust rubber and the other central rubber is worn. The rear is also worn. Hopefully replacing them will be a job for this weekend. Of equal importance will be fitting replacement cables to the heat exchangers and the new ducting from Danny so I can get some heat into the cabin. I had to drive with both quarterlights open to prevent the windscreen from heating up, and us southerners don't like the cold! I have insurance for her but no tax as I don't need tax to got to and from an MOT test and being miserly I'll wait for 1st January to tax her; I'll only be out on the razz tomorrow anyway. So, I'd like to say a big thank you to everybody on this forum, especially Matt of course, for helping me achieve her MOT. For putting up with the rants of a deranged daffer, and answering all of my banal questions. To think she was languishing in my garage for a good year or so before I happened to log onto this forum by chance and be inspired by the advice given here. So thank you everybody and a happy new year to you all from the badlands!! ;D Cheese, 33G.
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Post by spunkymonkey on Dec 31, 2009 1:29:16 GMT
Cool Steering play may or may not be bushes - but probably is. Look down into the footwell, where the steering pinion shaft comes out of the rack and joins the column, while turning the wheel side to side. If you can see the shaft jumping sideways or up and down then it needs bushes. If you can't then you should get away with adjusting the pinion. Snip the locking wire (if it's still there), loosen two bolts and tap the housing round. Tighten bolts, renew locking wire and Bob's whoever he wants to be in these PC times. Both bits are explained hereLower balljoint play seems to be a common advise but the way they're set up nothing's going to go anywhere as long as it's only vertical play - if they've reached the side-to-side stage you probably need to think about replacing Pipe rubbing the swing arm should be a gentle bend to give clearance - easier than replacing the pipe when it chafes through O/S headlight probably won't be a foreign item - the originals were universal and have a nice little sliding thingy in the bulb holder that switches them from l/h to r/h dip. Have a great New Year
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Post by stefan on Dec 31, 2009 9:33:11 GMT
well done mate good going so will we see you at a some of the meets nevt year.
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Post by dafdaffer on Dec 31, 2009 9:48:34 GMT
Well done matey, you've done well and not got disheartened like some others and carried it off.
Does this mean no more grinding? ;D
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