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Post by pauldaf44 on Sept 20, 2010 6:30:27 GMT
Oil leak from dizzy is solved and have now found another. It look supiciusly like the right hand exhaust pushrod tube however on closer inspection it looks like its coming from the oil pressure sender
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Post by Onne on Sept 20, 2010 12:08:23 GMT
Is that why you are bringing your mum? if Gladys breaks down there is someone to push....
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Post by pauldaf44 on Sept 20, 2010 16:53:20 GMT
Not that worried about her breaking down famous last words. Mum is coming as a second driver and as I am her carer
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Post by pauldaf44 on Sept 21, 2010 17:11:46 GMT
This is getting tedious now. She now sounds like a flipping harley davidson. I cant see any obvious holes so am assuming one of the triangular gaskets between the downpipes and main silencer have blown through.
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Post by stefan on Sept 21, 2010 18:18:57 GMT
never know these to be that bigger problem on the derbyshire Dafs
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Post by pauldaf44 on Sept 21, 2010 20:22:06 GMT
She now sounds like a flipping harley davidson. Some folk pay thousands for that potato-potato sound. ;D Oh Im not saying I dont like the noise as it sounds quite throaty and powerfull. But I don't think PC plod would approve. Oh well its easily fixed just a bit of pain. I have had some good luck I now have access to full workshop facilities 4 days a week. This car recently just seems to get niggles. Saying that though it does get run every day come rain or shine. Always starts first time, and all the hills round here have her working pretty hard. I also have a feeling those gaskets may have been replaced for gungum paste the last time the engine came out for clutch work ;D
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Post by 33grinder on Sept 21, 2010 21:00:25 GMT
The trouble I've found with the triangular gaskets is, from my experience, that the start to delaminate. I put a new set on Gavina when I first removed her engine (ah, those halcyon days!! ;D) and after a thousand miles they were pretty much the same as the knackered old ones. Having said that, whenever I've disconnected the front box the nuts always seem to be FT, so that's probably enough to make up for poor gaskets. I guess as long as there's something there it's better than nothing, I'd rather rely and some homemade cardboard items as well as the gungum.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Oct 20, 2010 17:00:54 GMT
This little lot arrived for me today ;D So 3 guesses what i'm doing tomorrow? You cant guess ok then putting a new exhaust silencer on and going DAFFING!!! The other bits and bobs you can see will be going on a week tuesday when I have access to 2 posts lifts and engine cranes. ;D
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Post by 33grinder on Oct 20, 2010 17:05:25 GMT
Ooh, shiny bits! Let's hope that's the end of exhaust woes for a while.
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Post by spunkymonkey on Oct 20, 2010 22:51:23 GMT
Ok, so I got it wrong. But I was working on a rusted exhaust with a shipyard hull-plate welder ;D
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Post by spunkymonkey on Oct 21, 2010 12:39:29 GMT
Cheers, John, but can I decline the award please because I didn't get around to Dom's van, so I clearly wasn't playing hard enough (or didn't prioritise right) ;D
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Post by pauldaf44 on Oct 21, 2010 16:35:56 GMT
Well ive just fitted the new shiny bit and it was just as hard this time as it was last time ;D Oh and Joe you did a sterling job. The weld you did was still holding but had blown lots of pinholes. The big noise was coming from where it had blown through in another place. Although your weld of the 2 clean bits of pipe together is now blowing aswell
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Post by spunkymonkey on Oct 21, 2010 18:18:31 GMT
The pinholes will be the slag inclusions from the arc rods - kind of hard to avoid when the metal is actually rust cos you can't keep a hot enough arc going to float them out. Whack some gun-gum over them and it'll be as good as new ;D Same applies to the pipe btw - again, it was a little on the thin side to keep a strong arc running on. It won't fall apart though so either bandage over it to seal or run a Mig seam over to seal it up (personally I'd bandage )
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Post by pauldaf44 on Nov 1, 2010 16:48:48 GMT
Just found out my fuel filler caps gone awol WTF?
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Post by 33grinder on Nov 1, 2010 19:35:24 GMT
Grrr! There are some mindless morons out there! (the ones with half a brain are the dangerous ones though...). Did they cause any damage to the pipe? Thought it was lockable? If not them that'll be the answer before someone decides you have too much petrol in your tank (is it still there?) or need to relieve themselves...
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Post by pauldaf44 on Nov 1, 2010 20:14:50 GMT
not lockable but on a 44 so most people wouldn't know where too look. Now got a push on jobbie. Lucky for me there was near enough no petrol in the tank anyway and I mean less than a gallon
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Post by pauldaf44 on Nov 2, 2010 17:33:04 GMT
Took this car into the workshop today. The plan was engine out change clutch bearings and crankcase oil seal and put it back in one day. However like all the best laid plans that didn't happen. 6 hours after starting the engine came free of the car, the reason some of the tightest bolts I have ever come accross securing the cross brace that has to come out with the engine. As a resut Gladys is now sitting outside the garage with her engine inside.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Nov 3, 2010 18:01:58 GMT
Another day at it. Bearings replaced and crankcase seal replaced. The engine has been wrestled back into place id forgotton how difficult that is, so tomorrow will see the ancilleries go back on and Gladys back on the road.
Oh and as for autodatas press the clutch shaft out of the bearing using a block of wood and hammer yeahh right. What is actually required is 5 tons of pressure in a bench press before it gives in
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Post by spunkymonkey on Nov 3, 2010 18:10:25 GMT
You obviously need a bigger hammer ;D
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Post by 33grinder on Nov 3, 2010 20:40:13 GMT
Well done Paul, I'd missed this somehow (too busy wallowing in self pity). 6 hours isn't so bad and at least you have the sense of achievement, which is priceless.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Nov 4, 2010 18:18:42 GMT
Gladys is back together and drove home. The new clutch bearing has made a world of difference it no longer groans at idle is noticably smoother on the road and feels like it has more power. One slight side as I pulled away the oil pressure light came on. Only because I forgot to connect it ;D and it has a distinctive jingling at certain revs so something must be loose.
Oh and did I say locating the engine and doing up that big bar at the front is a right pain in the backside!! and takes a lot of carefull jacking to align.
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Post by 33grinder on Nov 4, 2010 19:16:52 GMT
Yep, been there and done that! Try connecting the prop to clutch spline on a 33. Matt has definately got the knack of it now, which will be handy when, inevitably, Gavina's engine has to come out again! ;D
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Post by pauldaf44 on Nov 4, 2010 19:54:39 GMT
Yep, been there and done that! Try connecting the prop to clutch spline on a 33. Matt has definately got the knack of it now, which will be handy when, inevitably, Gavina's engine has to come out again! ;D it aint easy to connect it on a 44 . But having a 2 post lift 4 people and a ten ton engine crane does help I had to align the prop it engaged but didn't go all the way up the splines. as the spring at the back was compressed. The way to solve it was stick it up in the air, use a rubber mallet and then start her up and run her with the wheels off the ground that sorted it. Oh I also noticed my belt dimensions. Left hand 36mm right hand 31mm me thinks its time to put those new ones on. Thats next weeks job then Have a picture of a poorly Gladys sorry its the only one I remembered to take.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Nov 5, 2010 15:50:06 GMT
Just discovered what that rattling was. The little clips that hold the choke cable in place and they've gone. Now she wont start. I tried making a hook out of the end of the cable but that didn't work so now it probably needs a new one of them too. What a nuisance.
Can anyone help with the fixings for attaching the cable at the carb end and any others in the engine bay. I warn you they are TINY!!
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Post by 33grinder on Nov 5, 2010 20:27:11 GMT
Ah yes, I know what you mean! Like a little square block with a screw. I'll ask Matt. Andy had the same problem with that missing from Blue Thunder. They are a fecker for getting lost and fiddly to attach. I think Andy got round the problem thus: Remove airbox, set choke flap manually, start car then switch off choke manually when engine warm and replace airbox. Luckily Matt had a carb repair kit which contained one. In the meantime I'd ordered one from Danny and received the fixing for the cabin end, ie the dashboard knob. Must be a language thing I guess! Edited to add: Matt's seen your post, he'll have a look tomorrow for you Paul.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Nov 5, 2010 20:35:46 GMT
comes with a little circlip as well that holds that square block in
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Post by spunkymonkey on Nov 5, 2010 20:45:37 GMT
Find a small nut and bolt that'll fit through the hole, drill a 1mm hole through it for the cable, then bolt the whole lot up. Works for just about every other carb maker
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Post by 33grinder on Nov 5, 2010 20:58:44 GMT
Yes, you'll probably find something suitable in certain types of household plug.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Nov 24, 2010 21:39:47 GMT
Pulling away from junctions earlier today splutter splutter POP pulls away ok. I think I better check my timing
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Post by pauldaf44 on Dec 14, 2010 17:19:26 GMT
As of today the rough running is sorted and she is wearing a new set of belts. I have the aching hands and cuts to prove it.
The right hand belt was a good half inch narrower than the left so would explain the tendency to wander on decel. New ones in place and adjusted and she now picks up with the customery whine and feels more solid on the road.
the rough running was sorted using gas analysis. Which showed her CO output to be 7.8% thats a lot lot too much. Some tweaking of the mixture and timing have that down to 1.6% and shes running a lot better for it.
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