So after 5 hours of work on the DAF (Vixy) she’s in exactly the same state as she was before, only now the brake fluid instead of looking like this:
Looks more like brake fluid. That there is brakefluid with added flecks of crap. I suspect it’s disintegrating rubber from the insides of the tubes. Not teh internet’s tubes, but the brake hoses. The flexible bits. They mostly look fine from the outside, after much footling, one of them looks ‘iffy’. Plan is to whip one front and one rear off and see how much my local Allparts want for a set. This really is the last-and-final thing though.
I footled with the minor – the ‘safety’ on the passenger door is now working again, and I think that the exhaust probably isn’t fouling the suspension any more – but it’s lowest point remains ridiculously low and I can’t see any way of making it higher… anyway. Bed beckons.
