Category Archives: DAF

Stuff about Jejy the DAF

One pissed off banana

Posted on 3/7/2009 by KateE

So, someone, I’m fairly certain, said that you could swap cylinder heads on a DAF 44 with the engine in situ. There’s not a great deal of space in there, but it appeared like, certainly on the R hand cylinder … Continue reading →

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Kicking my heels

Posted on 3/7/2009 by KateE

So, today I’m hoping to whip the head off Jejy and replace it with a new one (sent by the ever lovely Rich) – unfortunately he needed to send it urgently and discovered, somewhat sadly, that the exhaust was stuck. … Continue reading →

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Juicy Tasty Defeat

Posted on 21/6/2009 by KateE

So, having discussed a variety of options for getting the piston rings compressed it came down to ‘you need a ring compressor’. Since the ring compressor I’ve ordered from e-bay is the same as the one I bought it’ll be … Continue reading →

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To the middle of nowhere and back again

Posted on 20/6/2009 by KateE

So, the other reason for hiring the van was collecting 8 old clutch shoes, 5 13″ rims for the DAF, 2 exhausts, and a partridge in a pear….no, that’s not right, one DAF Workshop Manual (none of this faffy autodata … Continue reading →

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Today is…

Posted on 19/6/2009 by KateE

I dropped off Kathryn’s DAF (Vixy) at the garage this morning, which went fine. I’m praying that I’m right and that the clutch shoes are worn out… Anyhow. One of the cooler things about owning a classic, or one of … Continue reading →

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