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Post by lincsrob on Sept 1, 2013 7:32:44 GMT
Spent the day with Mike yesterday polishing our Dafs and taking them for a drive. Last week saw snowdrop getting a new stainless steel exhaust. She's doing mighty fine! :-)
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Post by lincsrob on Sept 1, 2013 7:33:22 GMT
:-)
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Post by andrejuan on Sept 1, 2013 8:24:21 GMT
She's a credit to you Rob. Great photo btw.
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Post by lincsrob on Jan 7, 2014 17:27:43 GMT
I can't believe it's over a year since I got my little Daf. I've had so much fun with this little car.
Today she did me proud again, and passed her MOT with no advisories or anything. Yay!!
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Post by lincsrob on Jan 7, 2014 17:32:51 GMT
:-)
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Post by Nick the man with a daf.... on Jan 7, 2014 18:28:13 GMT
great news mate !!
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Post by lincsrob on Jan 10, 2014 21:34:32 GMT
Does anyone have a spare choke cable for a 44? Mine is on it's last legs if anyone can help. :-)
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Post by andrejuan on Jan 10, 2014 22:19:18 GMT
Rob, if it clamps either end (like a heater cable) I can provide some stainless steel wire that will do the job. I fixed a heater cable this way and it works fine.
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Post by dafdaffer on Jan 10, 2014 22:39:53 GMT
might have one rob... will have a look
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Post by lincsrob on Jan 11, 2014 16:08:47 GMT
Ok thanks Paul, if you don't have one I will go for plan B and will take you up on your offer Andre. Ta :-)
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Post by lincsrob on Mar 19, 2014 21:21:39 GMT
Hi folks! It's time for a snowdrop update! A big thanks to Steve Bidwell who came to the rescue with a new choke cable. This broke the day it went in for its MOT, which it passed again with flying colours. I had noticed that she was not changing up properly and so this was investigated in Feb, and Mike and I found that one of the diaphragms had a hole in it. I was due to go on holiday to Blackpool for my birthday and Mike said he would kindly do this repair for me whilst I was away. Upon stripping this whilst I was away, Mike was unable to do the retaining but, due to them being locktited. Some brute force and ignorance soon sorted that and Mike has been able to complete the job this week. Wow what a difference it has made. A big thanks to Mike for that. I will include some pics of the old diaphragm tommorow, when I fetch the parts in. The diaphragm had totally disintegrated. It's no wonder it wasn't working properly.
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Post by lincsrob on Mar 19, 2014 21:25:16 GMT
This is all that remains of the old diaphragm. Just a little hole eh :-)
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Post by 33grinder on Mar 19, 2014 22:27:41 GMT
What a great friend to do that for you, superb!
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Post by lincsrob on Mar 20, 2014 12:32:58 GMT
The best friend I've ever had. Very lucky. Here is the rest of the diaphragm that Mike took out.
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Post by lincsrob on Apr 16, 2014 18:42:36 GMT
Daf 44 meets Daf 33. 16 miles from my home :-)
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Post by Richard DAF Webmeister on Apr 16, 2014 21:06:31 GMT
At last, you found it! Did you speak to/see the owner?
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Post by roepers on Apr 17, 2014 9:29:52 GMT
It is a 33 combi, even here in the Netherlands they are rare.
But your 44 is a beauty for sure.
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Post by lincsrob on Apr 20, 2014 7:45:07 GMT
Indeed I have spoken to the owner. He is hoping to do some work that is required, and come to some shows. I've told him about Princethorpe event. He knows where to contact me now if he wishes. He loved snowdrop to bits and came out of his house the moment he saw a Daf driving past his window :-)
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Post by lincsrob on Apr 27, 2014 17:02:38 GMT
Took my Daf to work the other day and couldn't miss out on this Daf snapshot opportunity :-)
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