tjerk
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Post by tjerk on Oct 22, 2021 21:53:27 GMT
Hello everyone. I am a dutch guy who has been living in Sweden for the past 20 years.
Tomorrow, I’m gonna buy a Daf 66 close to where I live. The paint work is not really in a good condition but to me that is of lesser concern, since I will be using it as an extra car for me in case the other one fails on me.
I have never owned one of these before or even been inside one of them.
It’s coding or type is 6623 if I remember correctly and has the 1.1 liter engine. Model year is 1974.
I will try to post some pics when I get it home.
Shoot me with comments or ideas, but not too harsh, hahaha
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Post by Richard DAF Webmeister on Oct 22, 2021 22:08:56 GMT
Hello - well you have good natural DAF links - Netherlands then Sweden and the Volvo link!
The very important thing to remember with a DAF any, including the DAF 66, is to (and this will seem strange) make sure that you start the engine with the "gear lever" in forward to go forward, or backwards to reverse.
If you do what a lot of newbies do, by starting the car in neutral (i.e. with the lever between forward and reverse) you are likely to hear terrible crunching noises coming from the back of the engine (the clutch) when you try to engage forward or reverse. This is because it is a centrifugal clutch, so when the engine is revving above, say 800 rpm, the clutch is engaged, so trying to engage gear would be the same as changing gear in a manual car without using the clutch pedal.
Note that if all is set up properly, once you are in forward or reverse, you can easily move from one to the other with the engine running.
The exception to the above rule, is when, for example you are carrying out servicing work on the car, then you must have the lever in neutral, otherwise if you "blip the throttle", the car will race away.
Hope this helps!
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Post by duncan67 on Oct 23, 2021 19:06:00 GMT
Hello and welcome to the wonderful world of Daf ownership.
I too have 66 and quite new to these great little cars. In 6 months I've clocked up just over 1,500 happy and trouble free miles. They are really great cars to drive and quite nippy, also good on motorway runs happily sitting at 70 mph. As Richard explained always start in gear, this can take a bit of getting used to especially if using the choke from a cold start, I always keep my foot hard on the brake in case she decides to run off. I must get that handbrake tightened!
I hope you enjoy your 66. Happy daffing.
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