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Post by pauldaf44 on Jun 30, 2010 15:17:08 GMT
Looks like divine intervention the Bleed nipple is completly seized and now sheared. Better wait
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Post by spunkymonkey on Jun 30, 2010 17:11:45 GMT
Just as well. Looking at those photos, the r/h (in the picture) seal is scored and the piston has bad wear marks (shiny patches) inside the seal - those will have produced corresponding wear in the bore.
The rust on the lh piston won't be due to water in the fluid btw - it's outside the main seal so shouldn't be in contact with fluid. It will be a result of moisture getting inside the dust seal, which causes rust, some of which comes loose, and chews up the main seal. Once they split or dislodge just about any decent puddle can do that for you if they don't get a chance to dry out properly.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jul 31, 2010 18:53:27 GMT
Gladys now has 2 shiny new brake cylinders fitted. The system has been thourighly bled and I am pleased to report that the pedal is good and firm, although has a bit more travel than I would like.
A few things noted that will need attention and a couple of new parts needed.
1. Passenger side rear drum is a bit scored and as a result I would quite like to change it before the next lot of shoes.
2. Passenger side rear backplate has a seized adjuster that just wont free up no matter how hard I try. This produced much swearing when trying to refit the lower spring of the shoes, as I couldn't fully back off one adjuster. I think its gonna need a new one.
3. Drivers side front adjuster have seized and the head of the lower adjuster has sheared. I have some reccon front back plated that I will fit to solve that problem Tomorrow.
The above I think explains the long pedal travel. It does however stop perfectly adequoutely and straight and true . Brake efficiency is back within MOT requirements and at long last I now have a driveable car.
Can anybody help me with rear back plate and brake drum, both of which I can collect at the essex extravaganza if so desired or the RR Gathering
Paul
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Post by Bob Scrivens on Jul 31, 2010 22:11:44 GMT
As long as the brake drum is not scored too deep you maybe able to have it skimed and cleaned up, your work shop manual should tell you what is the max you can skim the drum.
Bob.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Aug 1, 2010 9:31:12 GMT
Ive just been dafing and what a smile it puts on your face when you haven't been for a while. It did take a few attempts to start and a minute or 2 to run smoothly but now runs nicely again.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Aug 5, 2010 18:40:57 GMT
I have been giving Gladys some pampering today for which she has thanked by leaving her exhaust on the farm track!! Anyway some photos and a progress report. this is what I started with slight bubbling and the paint was crazed although not visible in the photo. After some screwdriver action the slight bubbling turned into definate swiss cheese. as its a non structural area it got the fibreglass treatment and has come out really well. Didn't get a photo of that stage though. 4 hours of scraping and sanding gets the crazed paint off. Cabinet scrapers work brilliantly. Now I can see the filler work not too badly done I might add but the top coat had not properly adhered. 1st coat of primer was rubbed down skim filled and redone twice. Although I think I prefer this colour ;D Top coat applied is Seat A6C Evergreen which is a really good match. It will be polished in at the edges tomorrow and the front wing will get the same treatment weather permitting. I am quite happy with the finish but it is by no means perfect some bumps and dips and a run. Finer wet and dry is required I think ;D
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Post by pauldaf44 on Aug 6, 2010 14:09:54 GMT
Just rushed between the showers to get some paint on the front wing and it even looks okay from ten feet ;D
I think im going to have to do a lot of t-cutting and polishing to get rid of the runs
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Post by dollywobbler on Aug 16, 2010 10:26:14 GMT
Saw Gladys in Lampeter on Saturday. She's looking pretty good! You may have seen a stripey Citroen BX estate parked up near the Uni - that was us. We were walking down the high street when a bright green Dutch car suddenly stunned our retinas!
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Post by pauldaf44 on Aug 16, 2010 18:29:37 GMT
Haha I actually live about 100yds from there. Next time your in town give us a bell and come round for a cuppa
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Post by pauldaf44 on Aug 31, 2010 14:52:55 GMT
Gladys is going well mostly. It runs happily for about a week then starts hesitating then I reset the timing all sorted for a week or so. Think I may need a new dizzy soon. Other than that all good she suprised me yet again by happily firing up after 2 weeks idle. We will make it to the frolic
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Post by spunkymonkey on Aug 31, 2010 15:20:52 GMT
It's very unlikely to be a problem with the distributor itself because that will tend to give erratic timing that "wanders" either side of what it's set to rather than actually changing the base setting.
Far more likely that the heel of the cam is wearing and causing them to open later as a result. As little as a couple of thou worn off the heel will retard the timing by a noticable amount and it's a known problem with modern plastic points rather than the old fibre ones!
You are (lightly) greasing the distributor cam where the heel of the points runs on it, aren't you? Used to be "good practice" but with modern points is pretty much essential!
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Post by pauldaf44 on Aug 31, 2010 16:29:33 GMT
Ive always brushed a bit of oil on it as per the instruction manual. It could also of course be possible that im not doing the clamp up tight enough ;D
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Post by dafdaffer on Aug 31, 2010 20:39:34 GMT
cheap points and incorrect setting, possible blowing exhaust this also causes wear? why i will never know?
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Post by spunkymonkey on Aug 31, 2010 20:59:42 GMT
Oil works fine with the old type points because the fibre heel absorbs it but plastic ones just wipe it off like a sqeegee. Hence grease being a much better bet
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Post by pauldaf44 on Aug 31, 2010 21:00:12 GMT
If the exhaust is blowing I will be very cross as its only 2 months old!! Maybe this is a sign to fit the new points ive had in the shed for the last six months. Points have been checked and set once a fortnight since I bought, not yet had any signs of pitting or blackening on the contact faces
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Post by spunkymonkey on Aug 31, 2010 21:13:56 GMT
If they've needed setting that often then it's almost certainly the heel wearing away. Bear in mind that, because of the leverage involved, it only needs about 1/2 thou of plastic to wear away for the points themselves to close by a full thou. It's a known problem and new points won't cure it because they'll be the same materials.
In fact, new points rarely cure anything - they're just a way for garages to avoid dressing the contacts - saving time while charging for parts. Get a copy of a pre-1950s maintenance manual and you won't see points being replaced until there's no contact surface left ;D
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Post by Richard DAF Webmeister on Aug 31, 2010 21:28:44 GMT
Blowing exhaust at such a young age? I take it it's not one of ours?
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Post by spunkymonkey on Aug 31, 2010 22:43:42 GMT
Don't think it was, Richard, but he did admit to ripping part of it off on a farm track a month or so back, so it sounds like a fitting issue rather than a quality one
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Post by pauldaf44 on Sept 1, 2010 7:24:58 GMT
It was from Danny the problem was the back section had to be cut for postage. Its now been welded and sleaved and the sleave welded in place so is no longer leaking. On the farm track the O rings broke and the weld failed
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Post by pauldaf44 on Sept 2, 2010 18:27:08 GMT
I have another little project that im about to start though probably after the frolic as I want Gladys to be there. As some people might know my mother is a qualified upholsterer and she has agreed to do the interior on the DAF. The problem is that I cant get hold of a similar ribbed nylon upholstry fabric suitably kite marked for automotive use. My question is would I be strung up by my ears for using a smooth nylon fabric for the seat faces and vinyl and piping for other areas? We would replicate the stitching patterns and use fresh upholstry foam to get a nice squashy and taught finish. Materials are about £80 for the whole car. I may be able to persuade her to do a few others but not too many as she now has arthritis in her hands.
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Post by 33grinder on Sept 2, 2010 19:31:34 GMT
I think that seeing as each Daf is individual and also how bad the seats can become nobody is going to be anorac enough to criticise you for improving Gladys. Go for it! Look forward to seeing the results of your mother's hard work.
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Post by Richard DAF Webmeister on Sept 2, 2010 21:08:27 GMT
Yes, absolutely go for it. Roy had his 66's seats re-upholstered a few years ago, and like you struggled to get the same fabric. His are now interesting in that the centre sections of the seats are cloth, but the outer edges/panels are vinyl.
Looks fine.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Sept 13, 2010 15:59:31 GMT
I thought car life had been unaturally easy the past few weeks ;D Gladys has decided to change that!!
I took a 50 mile trip out in her today where she stalled at every roundabout, cut out at 20mph and when braking to a stop down hill there was a distinct rattle and judder through the steering wheel. This didn't happen every time but once in a trip is enough to make me wonder whats going on. It felt like the front wheel was going to come off! Does anyone have any ideas as to what would cause this on one occasion and be fine the next 5 times. I stopped as soon as it happened and had a look but couldn't see anything obviously wrong with the suspension system or steering.
The first two are just annoying and will probably sort by resetting points gap, timing and mixture as the tickover has slowed as well. The last a little worrying.
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Post by 33grinder on Sept 13, 2010 18:23:25 GMT
Gavina had a constant stalling episode a few months back, nothing more ominous than the mixture screw needing adjustment, probably from working itself loose from the engine vibrations. Fingers crossed it's something simples.
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Post by dafdaffer on Sept 13, 2010 19:14:22 GMT
look at the solenoid on the carb as they break down and act up. steering could be engine fallen out
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Post by pauldaf44 on Sept 13, 2010 20:28:17 GMT
I think the steering was due to gravel on the road. As I now remember there was. By gravel read (ruddy massive rocks used for the hardcore of dirt tracks) It does the same thing whenever it goes down the farm track.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Sept 16, 2010 15:24:15 GMT
Gladys has got wind that shes got a long journey planned as is protesting.
The steering thing was the road as it hasn't happened since and there was no noticable play in the bearing or the lower ball joint however a weight had come off the wheel.
Today I had a different problem. Went to put the car in reverse and it wouldn't as it had stopped in neutral I switched it off but was still only able to move the lever between neutral and drive. Went under the car and was able to select reverse from underneath and it will now change but the lever has gone incredibly stiff. I have noticed that the rubber gator that covers the bottom of the selector has split. I think about all I can do is put lots more grease on it and some gaffer tape on the gator
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Post by pauldaf44 on Sept 18, 2010 12:24:23 GMT
More attention happening today. Ive taken the tinware and impellor of the car and cleaned them and resprayed them in black. The engine as a whole is being thourighly degreased. I have also traced the oil leak which from the possision of the drips looks like push rods but is actually from the distributor drive. A new gasket and that will be sorted. Then it will all go back together be cleaned and thourighly polished all over to hopefully meet DOC approval at the frolic ;D Paul
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Post by pauldaf44 on Sept 18, 2010 16:17:42 GMT
A lesson for everyone when putting things back together pay attention to which side of the nut and bolt the washers go. After I put the impellor back on Gladys I fired her up to a very slow starter and nasty noise and smoke pouring from under the bonnet. On further investigation it turns out that I had put the coil support between the impellor housing and and its support rather than after. The result was that it twisted the housing slightly out of shape causing it to foul on the impellor. That was a massive brown trousers moment for a tiny mistake ;D
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Post by Bob Scrivens on Sept 19, 2010 22:12:12 GMT
Hi Paul, if oil leak from dizzy it could be an "O" ring that is causing the oil leak?
Bob
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