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Post by pauldaf44 on Dec 16, 2010 16:59:52 GMT
Ahh I may have made a bit of a boo boo . Winding the passenger window up yesterday I managed to snap the window winder in half. Which is very annoying as I now cant open the window. Although it does teach me that when the windows been really stiff for over a year that I should investigate why rather than just using both hands to wind it up. Does anyone have any spare winders and also any advice as to why the window is so stiff would be appreciated. The drivers side is also stiff and has scratch marks along its back edge. The passengers is worse but has no scratch marks. Paul
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Post by 33grinder on Dec 16, 2010 17:34:10 GMT
I'll ask Matt if he has any spare. The mechanism itself may be salvagable with some grease around the moving parts and some WD40 in the vertical tracks...
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Post by 33grinder on Dec 16, 2010 18:04:52 GMT
Matt has a winder handle for you, he'll pop it in the post to you Paul.
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Post by Richard DAF Webmeister on Dec 16, 2010 23:23:41 GMT
B-body window winders have a bit of a reputation for "playing up". It's the winding regulator mechanism.
Common symptoms are it being very hard to wind the window up (in particular) or down. Often find that as it wears, you can usually get the window to about an inch or two open, then the mechanism "slips", and you get the sickening spinning of the handle meeting no or little resistance.
I think the only "cure" is to try to get a replacement regulator which is a springy/cable type of thing.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Dec 20, 2010 11:13:06 GMT
I wanted to go and scout out the local roads for passability earlier but Gladys is not playing ball. She is flatly refusing to start. She coughs and splutters and will fire eventually. Then will continue running untill you lift off. Then stops. Another 10 attempts and she will start again.
Me thinks its just too cold
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Post by pauldaf44 on Dec 20, 2010 13:16:12 GMT
Got her going and running nicely. Oh crap both back wheels spinning. She is well and truly stuck. I need a shovel which is unfortunatly not around
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Post by pauldaf44 on Dec 26, 2010 21:50:39 GMT
Ive been saving for a while now and want to sort out all the niggly faults on this car so she will be getting.
New Inlet manifold complete with hotspot pipes. When I order a manifold will I get the full length of pipe?
The continuing oil leaks are still bothering me despite a new crank seal. I did occur to me that maybe like an oil filter I should have rubbed oil over it before fitting it.
Is it possible to remove the pushrod tubes and change the seals with the engine in the car?Also does anyone have any ideas as to anywhere else she is likely to be leaking from.
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Post by 33grinder on Dec 26, 2010 22:40:31 GMT
Maybe the carter valve needs replacing Paul, as seen elsewhere on here I didn't know it was a service item and it could be kn@ckered hence allowing oil pressure to build and force oil past the pushrod oil seals. I'm not sure whether those seals can be done it situ. Didn't Kate try to remove the heads with the engine in situ and come unstuck?
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Post by stefan on Dec 26, 2010 23:30:22 GMT
Dafdaffer has replaced the seals on richards 33 with the engine in place
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Post by pauldaf44 on Dec 27, 2010 9:09:36 GMT
Aye Stef, but we all know that 33 engines are narrower Yes but 44 engine bays are wider. I do doubt it though as theres barely enough room to remove the roker cover I have a plan It can keep leaking slightly untill next years essex daf special where I shall park her in front of Joe and hand him a tool kit ;D ;D
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Post by 33grinder on Dec 27, 2010 11:30:28 GMT
Can I foresee the Welsh contingent arriving early on the Friday?...... ;D
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Post by spunkymonkey on Dec 27, 2010 13:45:13 GMT
I'll bring some bodyfiller and just cake the whole area in the stuff. If that doesn't seal it nothing will ;D
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Post by pauldaf44 on Dec 29, 2010 14:58:39 GMT
I seem to have sorted the carb issue. The little spring that sits behind the mixture screw was missing. Result everytime I revved the engine it adjusted the mixture ;D new spring on it and its now ok ish. It still stutters but it has a little bit all along and as macp says it has not hotspots. Although that will be changing soon. Timing was also contributing a lot as was there being next to no tension in the drivebelts. I cannot believe how quickly this new set has stretched to the point of needing a retension.
On a side that is annoying now that the timing and mixture are reasonable the idle has raised so high that I cant change gear or sit still without it pulling against the brakes. Turn down the idle I hear you say I have but it isn't changing it. I can adjust it up but not down as the idle screw is not making contact with the choke cam.
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Post by spunkymonkey on Dec 29, 2010 15:21:42 GMT
Throttle cable's adjusted too short or there's something catching the linkage. Most likely is the throttle cable - always set up the cable AFTER the carb is set so that it's just barely slack in the no throttle position
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jan 15, 2011 12:01:11 GMT
I have an unhappy DAF. Took it for a short spin this morning and it was a pig to start. Actually had to remove the airfilter to make it fire. It then ran like a bag of nails, missfiring and spluttering and continually stalling. Got it home had a play and found a few things.
Carter valve is as dead as dead can be. Its offset theres a massive gap and it had actually blown out of its holder.
Spark is good but theres play in the dizzy. Throttle wont go home even with the cable slack and there doesn't appear to be anything jamming the linkage.
Now it will not start at all. Doesn't even cough but stinks of petrol. I think the timing and mixture are probably both to blame as the points are good theres plenty of fuel, compression and a strong spark.
Paul
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jan 15, 2011 13:26:19 GMT
Definalty got fuel after a few attempts it stinks of the stuff. There seems to be a spark. The Play is in the whole distributter. The cap sits good and firm. I pulled the unit off to see if I could find the play I cant and put it back roughly where it sits when its running nicely. oh and heres the carter valve brace yourselves I took the cover off and thought it aint supposed to look like that close up of the valve Back in position but no doubt doing nothing
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Post by spunkymonkey on Jan 15, 2011 16:44:57 GMT
That'll just make her smoke a bit, wont stop her firing.
All you had to do was take the dizzy cap, rotor arm and leads off, wipe them dry and put back together. Works every time for sudden poor starting in the weather we're having. the key here being sudden. Timing and / or mixture don't change suddenly - in fact, mixture doesn't normally change all that much over the entire life of an engine. Damp, on the other hand, appears overnight quite easily.
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Post by 33grinder on Jan 15, 2011 18:06:01 GMT
Hmm, best to junk that carter valve I think. I'm sure I've seem them in DafHobby, unless the club has any? I'd like to replace Gavina's (both engines), they are cheap enough...
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Post by spunkymonkey on Jan 15, 2011 18:11:24 GMT
Yep, Danny has them at about 5 euros each + post (shouldn't be much on something like that). Not sure but I don't think they're in the club stock?
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Post by spunkymonkey on Jan 15, 2011 23:16:20 GMT
Haven't had a moisture problem round here for a few years either, John. But we had fog like you wouldn't believe a couple of days ago and I'm guessing mid Wales was much the same. Immediate problems with Isabel (now has new plugs and leads as a result) and Betty, and Matilda was literally dripping water off every panel despite being inside the workshop. Even the engine bits on the bench were covered in it!
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jan 18, 2011 13:29:28 GMT
I am pleased to report repairs have been made and Gladys runs again There where a few problems that Ive solved 1. The bar that the generator tensions against was floating as the stud which attaches it to the block has gone awol. Ive sourced a bolt and reatached it. Although it now rattles cause the bolt I had was a touch too long. 2.The reason for the play in the dizzy has been discovered and rectified. Again a missing bolt The clamp was clamping but was not attached to the crankcase, therefore in effect it wasn't there. This would explain why the timing kept slipping. Scarily this uses another generator mount so in fact it was only supported by one bolt. 3. The reason for the non starting was simple and soon spotted. Dizzy cap off turn engine over by hand a couple of times. Oh look the point aren't opening, a quick regapping and resetting the timing with a multimeter has her running and starting nicely. Just need to reset the mixture as im sure it will be out as the timing and points gap where. All very small little things that are now sorted. Oh and I really ought to repair the oil leak as the engine is now looking like dillys did in essex
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Post by spunkymonkey on Jan 18, 2011 13:39:16 GMT
If the mixture was last set while the timing was right then the mixture will still be right because the two adjusters are not connected. If, on the other hand, the mixture has been messed around with while the timing may have been wrong, then it could very well be wrong now.
That is why mixture should ONLY EVER be changed once you know everything else is spot on. Having done that once you should then forget where that bloomin' mixture screw is for the next 10 years because once it's set right it won't change by itself!!!
Sorry for the minor rant, but random adjustment of mixture is one of my absolute pet hates. I sometimes honestly think the Americans had the right idea by insisting on tamper-proof caps over the adjusters!
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jan 18, 2011 14:12:11 GMT
I know the timing is right so wont to check that the mixture is because it was set to make it run alright with a floating dizzy that could have been anywhere
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Post by spunkymonkey on Jan 18, 2011 14:27:04 GMT
That's the point I seem to spend forever trying to make - next time it's not running right stay away from the mixture screw because the fault is somewhere else!!!!
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Post by 33grinder on Jan 18, 2011 16:06:09 GMT
I recollect Matt had that problem once with Animal, kept setting the dwell angle and she'd run fine for a little while then he'd have to reset it, so it does happen (if I remember it's on the 'North meets South' thread, remember that one?!!).
If the 44 is like the 33 then there is a slot that the dizzy sits in. I suppose if it's not clamped down it could be like having end-float symptoms. Dan had this with the 55 coupe and effectively took away his advance curve so she would run out of puff at 40mph...a new dizzy solved that.
On a lighter and non-mixture related note, has Gladys received the window winder handle Matt sent last week?
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jan 18, 2011 16:20:06 GMT
yes she has Pete and a set of seat covers to protect her seats that are starting to fall apart now
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Post by 33grinder on Jan 18, 2011 17:32:11 GMT
Yes, Gavina's seats may get a little hot and sweaty bit at least they are durable. I thought Mrs B was looking to re-upholster them for you?
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Post by dafdaffer on Jan 18, 2011 18:01:04 GMT
you want a nice set of black blastic ones ;D i think that i have 3 sets now but only one car ;D
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jan 18, 2011 18:11:50 GMT
Yes, Gavina's seats may get a little hot and sweaty bit at least they are durable. I thought Mrs B was looking to re-upholster them for you? Mum will once shes recovered from 2 thumb joint replacements and a spinal fusion in her neck. The reason I covered them is we want the original foam to profile the new stuff and its now gone through to it. I really dont want a huge lump of the stuff missing. Plus im really allergic to the dust and with nothing inbetween me and the foam holding it I cannot drive the car for sneezing. I swapped a pair of nice vinyl seats cause im was being autistic and wanted my front and back seats to match. Paul ive found that black and the tan door cards is quite pleasing to the eye so she may go that way. Paul
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jan 18, 2011 20:03:58 GMT
and wanted my front and back seats to match. Nowt wrong wi' that. I take the approach if it came with cloth, it stays with cloth. Apart from that, when we do have a summer, I'd rather have cloth. ;D Not even to that extent with me I just couldn't stand having vinyl front seats and a cloth rear seat
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