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Post by spunkymonkey on Jan 4, 2014 18:57:03 GMT
Ouch! I know rubber has gone up recently, but that's quite scary. Personally I've never had a problem with part-worns, but then I drive all year on summer rubber as well so I'm clearly recklessly irresponsible (yes, I've been hanging round Pistonheads recently )
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Post by Nick on Jan 4, 2014 19:35:41 GMT
www.tyretraders.com 138 for a set of 5 delivered, they were a continental tyre with "3d water groove" technology
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Post by Nick on Jan 4, 2014 19:36:02 GMT
of course cost of fitting needs to be put to this so its not always a bargain
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Post by macplaxton on Jan 4, 2014 23:01:59 GMT
...so I decided I might as well get cracking with the exhaust mount. To my surprise, both the 50mm and the 45mm universal rings I had ordered were too big, so I had to adapt the 45mm one to fit with a zip-tie through its centre. If anyone has the part code for the proper DAF part (which looks like a Volvo 700/900 mount, but has half the thickness), kindly let me know The middle section is held up with to O-rings either side of the silencer. Ooh look! It's in the Cross-reference section! essexdafs.proboards.com/thread/361/miscellaneousThe rear section is held up with three different mounts BOSAL 255-159 (c. 50p a pop at good factors)
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Post by Sigmund Fraud on Jan 5, 2014 15:34:44 GMT
Joe, anyone who's not driving around in a brand-new BMW/VAG diesel which is expertly* maintained by the main dealer is recklessly irresponsible by PH standards...
Nick, tyre fitting locally is around £12 a corner so those £138 tyres would end up costing £186 !
Mac, thanks for the hint, I'll see if any of those can be obtained easily.
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Post by Sigmund Fraud on Jan 5, 2014 16:29:50 GMT
Update time !!!
The rain finally stopped for a while, so I took Ena out for a drive. My main objective was to see if she was more keen to change up now that the throttle microswitch had been reconnected.
I noticed that not much happens in the variomatic until you go above 30mph. You need to give it quite a bit of throttle to get there, and the poor thing makes an awful racket. Backing off at this stage doesn't lead to any change-up effect, it just slows you down.
Once you're over 35ish, you can ease off the throttle and hear the revs go down as the variomatic changes up. There seems to be a 'sweet spot' that allows you to accelerate gently without any audible increase in the engine revs.
So my question is : is this normal variomatic behaviour ? Or does it indicate a fault ?
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Post by 33grinder on Jan 5, 2014 17:13:04 GMT
I think that sounds normal. On the carb you may find a threaded rod. Adjusting the number of turns adjusts the change up speed but be careful to make small and measured adjustments between each test run.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jan 5, 2014 19:29:46 GMT
Update time !!! The rain finally stopped for a while, so I took Ena out for a drive. My main objective was to see if she was more keen to change up now that the throttle microswitch had been reconnected. I noticed that not much happens in the variomatic until you go above 30mph. You need to give it quite a bit of throttle to get there, and the poor thing makes an awful racket. Backing off at this stage doesn't lead to any change-up effect, it just slows you down. Once you're over 35ish, you can ease off the throttle and hear the revs go down as the variomatic changes up. There seems to be a 'sweet spot' that allows you to accelerate gently without any audible increase in the engine revs. So my question is : is this normal variomatic behaviour ? Or does it indicate a fault ? Sounds normal to me. Gladys was very specific with the speed she would happily change up 33.5mph I just used to floor it to 35 and then back off she would then keep happily at 30 without revving her tits off. If your worried post a video and we will soon tell you if she sounds right.
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Post by macplaxton on Jan 5, 2014 23:23:26 GMT
On the carb you may find a threaded rod. Adjusting the number of turns adjusts the change up speed but be careful to make small and measured adjustments between each test run. Ignore this, as Pete's dreaming of two-pot DAF world. There isn't a 4 stub mechanical vacuum valve operated by a rod on the carburettor on these four pot motors....
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Post by spunkymonkey on Jan 5, 2014 23:55:58 GMT
No, but there is a microswitch which has a similar adjustment function Adjusting it is a bit of a pain and it really helps to have a vacuum gauge available. To be honest, the change points you're describing sound a little high - personally I like to be able to get some sort of obvious change from about 25 - 30mph up. But yours is well within "driveable" range and these engines really don't care about a few extra revs!
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