Post by 33grinder on Feb 22, 2010 18:09:26 GMT
Hello all and a belated report of daf activities from the Badlands.
I can report that our Badlands North member, Dan has changed the water pump on his 55 marathon coupe. He has encountered the usual snapping bolts problem but otherwise all is progressing well. I really must get over to Dan's at some point soon and take photos of his garage and lovely collection, which includes some of his brother's cars. Dan's brother is into Fiat 500s and 126s and there is a fine collection there.
And to Matt. The chickens came out to say hello.
Once he had finished playing with the chickens, Matt cracked on with his work on Animal and her electrical woes. Animal sulked, first loosing her horn function which later would return. Matt has checked at the fusebox and found two broken connections, although even that was not the problem.
Matt suspects bad wiring or switch connections as he's missing dipped beam although his indicators have started working again. The suspect was not found but Matt has some other ideas and battle will recommence soon!
So, state of play with Animal for MOT is as follows: 1 wiper jet to be unblocked, dipped beam to be reinstated and some small plates to be welded in. Running a Daf as his daily, Matt likes to ensure he always has a reserve Daf. Goldie has given sterling service, even keeping Animal's ropey battery going with jump starts. ;D
For my own part, having a 5 year old son means that he picks up all the colds from school and then thoughtfully shares them with mum and dad!! I have felt a little under the weather of late and so the thought of Daffing outside in the cold and wet didn't appeal. Besides, my mechanic friend Duncan called me on Saturday morning and arranged to meet me in Rayleigh at Europarts where they had a starter motor for the Renault 5 GTT which he would get for a trade price of £58. When I saw the receipt I found that the price for joe public was almost double that!! So, that's in the boot of the car as I felt even less inclined to work on the Renault.
So that's pretty much it from the Badlands. I have noticed that sometimes our thread gets plenty of comments and banter going on, whilst other times it is deadly quiet and I hear the distant chiming of church bells and see the tumble weed going past. I always think that a forum is only as good as those who participate on it and being an active member means posting text and photos for others to view.
Naturally I'm happy to do so, especially for Matt and Dan who have been of much help to me but cannot post to this forum for themselves. It does take time though to download photographs from the mobile 'phone and camera, upload onto Photobucket etc and put onto this thread. Plus this laptop can and often does chuck wobblies, it clicks back a page without being prompted to and looses all of my work thus far. The post with the Dafodil photos took about 4 hours!
Basically I'm happy to post to this thread but am aware of 'give the people what they want'. Are people happy with it? Are more photos required? Are they too long winded? Are my jokes even worse than I thought? Would it be noticed if I stopped posting to this thread? Is this merely paranoia fuelled by a surfeit of dutch moments? Do tell me and I'll give you what you want (within reason).
One thing I had thought of was to try and show you photos of individual cars at Essex Daf.
To start with, and for the special benefit of Mr. B, Matt has chosen the Mimosa 55 saloon. This one he shares with Dan. It has done 56,000 miles and is quite solid and clean, she is structurally very sound underbody and above. She has no name yet so if anyone has any ideas reply to this thread as Matt and Dan haven't been able to sort out a name based on her registration.
Here's some photos:
Matt tells me she is missing a couple of front trim peices, otherwise she's all there.
The only downside to the body work is this nasty scrape down the rear offside quarter which was there when Matt and Dan bought her.
Interior wise, she is right on the button!
So, with pictures taken, she was put away in the good company of her sibblings.
And then Animal was put away for the night. Let battle commence next weekend!!
Animal was due for some welding action this weekend, sadly that wasn't possible. I do hope she's not going to get too cosy in there, she's taking up the space for the 32!! ;D
Well, that's all for now.
Cheese,
33G.
I can report that our Badlands North member, Dan has changed the water pump on his 55 marathon coupe. He has encountered the usual snapping bolts problem but otherwise all is progressing well. I really must get over to Dan's at some point soon and take photos of his garage and lovely collection, which includes some of his brother's cars. Dan's brother is into Fiat 500s and 126s and there is a fine collection there.
And to Matt. The chickens came out to say hello.
Once he had finished playing with the chickens, Matt cracked on with his work on Animal and her electrical woes. Animal sulked, first loosing her horn function which later would return. Matt has checked at the fusebox and found two broken connections, although even that was not the problem.
Matt suspects bad wiring or switch connections as he's missing dipped beam although his indicators have started working again. The suspect was not found but Matt has some other ideas and battle will recommence soon!
So, state of play with Animal for MOT is as follows: 1 wiper jet to be unblocked, dipped beam to be reinstated and some small plates to be welded in. Running a Daf as his daily, Matt likes to ensure he always has a reserve Daf. Goldie has given sterling service, even keeping Animal's ropey battery going with jump starts. ;D
For my own part, having a 5 year old son means that he picks up all the colds from school and then thoughtfully shares them with mum and dad!! I have felt a little under the weather of late and so the thought of Daffing outside in the cold and wet didn't appeal. Besides, my mechanic friend Duncan called me on Saturday morning and arranged to meet me in Rayleigh at Europarts where they had a starter motor for the Renault 5 GTT which he would get for a trade price of £58. When I saw the receipt I found that the price for joe public was almost double that!! So, that's in the boot of the car as I felt even less inclined to work on the Renault.
So that's pretty much it from the Badlands. I have noticed that sometimes our thread gets plenty of comments and banter going on, whilst other times it is deadly quiet and I hear the distant chiming of church bells and see the tumble weed going past. I always think that a forum is only as good as those who participate on it and being an active member means posting text and photos for others to view.
Naturally I'm happy to do so, especially for Matt and Dan who have been of much help to me but cannot post to this forum for themselves. It does take time though to download photographs from the mobile 'phone and camera, upload onto Photobucket etc and put onto this thread. Plus this laptop can and often does chuck wobblies, it clicks back a page without being prompted to and looses all of my work thus far. The post with the Dafodil photos took about 4 hours!
Basically I'm happy to post to this thread but am aware of 'give the people what they want'. Are people happy with it? Are more photos required? Are they too long winded? Are my jokes even worse than I thought? Would it be noticed if I stopped posting to this thread? Is this merely paranoia fuelled by a surfeit of dutch moments? Do tell me and I'll give you what you want (within reason).
One thing I had thought of was to try and show you photos of individual cars at Essex Daf.
To start with, and for the special benefit of Mr. B, Matt has chosen the Mimosa 55 saloon. This one he shares with Dan. It has done 56,000 miles and is quite solid and clean, she is structurally very sound underbody and above. She has no name yet so if anyone has any ideas reply to this thread as Matt and Dan haven't been able to sort out a name based on her registration.
Here's some photos:
Matt tells me she is missing a couple of front trim peices, otherwise she's all there.
The only downside to the body work is this nasty scrape down the rear offside quarter which was there when Matt and Dan bought her.
Interior wise, she is right on the button!
So, with pictures taken, she was put away in the good company of her sibblings.
And then Animal was put away for the night. Let battle commence next weekend!!
Animal was due for some welding action this weekend, sadly that wasn't possible. I do hope she's not going to get too cosy in there, she's taking up the space for the 32!! ;D
Well, that's all for now.
Cheese,
33G.