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Post by bettyskeeper on Sept 19, 2011 16:36:19 GMT
Dr Joe does it again within Matt's 15 minute challenge she lives. The next challenge is to be driving it around by the time Matt arrives in the morning
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Post by howard on Sept 19, 2011 17:03:17 GMT
Joe is my hero. No question. Every garage should have their own personal Joe. I want one in mine!!!
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Post by 33grinder on Sept 19, 2011 17:14:51 GMT
This man is immortal! Is there no stopping him??? I'll be back tomorrow for some Passionwagon fun
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Post by spunkymonkey on Sept 19, 2011 20:23:14 GMT
To be fair, she's not quite cured. The challenge was to get her started in 15 minutes from a standing start with just battery fitted and tools out and ready. I think I missed it by about 10 seconds but did have to find some fresh fuel with the clock running cos the stuff in her pipes was so old it was drinkable - yes, I did get a mouthful of it and it was so nicely mellowed that I didn't bother rinsing my mouth till she was running ;D
She still cuts out on idle, which isn't the idle shut-off solenoid (although she'll idle with it loosened off to let extra fuel through) and it isn't a blockage in the carb (that's been stripped and cleaned after Matt went home) so tomorrow morning she's having her vario pipes disconnected while I look for air leaks.
Must have her driving round the yard before he arrives.....
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Post by 33grinder on Sept 19, 2011 21:52:08 GMT
I have every faith that you will Joe!
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Post by kenr on Sept 19, 2011 21:56:02 GMT
I don't doubt that you will. Which one is next? Simply brilliant. Snowdrop, Vee, PW and now Dorothy. Fabulous!
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Post by spunkymonkey on Sept 20, 2011 19:37:22 GMT
She wasn't driving round when anyone arrived this morning, partly because I'd had to refill the caravan water for a shower and un-fill another bit for something else - brought back happy ( ) memories of digging trenches on Salisbury Plain ;D On top of that, Matt was here by 8:40 just to make sure I didn't have time! In the end she took most of the day to get stuff ironed out on - manifold off and new gaskets didn't cure, nor did fitting the non-existant insulator between the carb and manifold. That did stop the choke quadrant from fouling the mounting stud though, so well worth doing. Finally got to the bottom of it when I double checked the idle shut-off valve. Even though it had been supplied as NOS for a Daf 44, it was a 55 vjet instead of the required 65 so the poor girl was getting about 30% less fuel than she wanted through her idle circuit A long hunt ensued for a 65 jet on a 6v solenoid but the only one we found was the old one which had been taken off because it was intermittent. Managed to get it working again with some very blobby soldering (without any flux) and she's now running reasonably happily, if still a little hesitant if you pull away hard from a stand-still. Still, she's driveable. Then she decided that her o/s front brake was going to lock on so off came the hub (with difficulty) to confirm a bad flexi hose. No big problem changing that except that the bleed nipple was, as usual, seized and sheared off. So she got bled to the hose connection which seems to have worked well enough. In between, found time to spot weld one of her rear bumper brackets back in place without leaving too much evidence on the bumper itself and get her n/s headlight glued back together and fitted. Hope to hear some MOT type news about her over the next few weeks
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Post by kenr on Sept 20, 2011 21:52:37 GMT
All good stuff and a huge step towards road readiness.
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Post by spunkymonkey on Sept 21, 2011 7:33:45 GMT
It was about 20 minutes after you left Mac - I almost chased you
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Post by bettyskeeper on Sept 21, 2011 17:48:25 GMT
Just before we left Matt was putting some finishing touches to Dorothy
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Post by dafdaffer on Sept 21, 2011 19:05:53 GMT
that's an uncomfortable was to travel ;D
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Post by 33grinder on Sept 21, 2011 19:24:12 GMT
Now that's got to be ripe for the caption competition! ;D Dorothy should be going for her MOT on Saturday - fingers crossed everybody!
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Post by 33grinder on Sept 24, 2011 9:29:14 GMT
Good news! Matt tells me that Dorothy passed her MOT today with no advisories.
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Post by spunkymonkey on Sept 24, 2011 10:14:22 GMT
;D
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Post by kenr on Sept 24, 2011 13:40:03 GMT
Fantastic news mate. Woohoo!
'Matt quickly becomes disorientated after a severe reaction to Essex Tea Shortage.'
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