Take It Apart!
According to Murphy's Laws, the problems arrive on another level of logic. So in the coldest days of this winter (so far), the cabin heating in my car deci...
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According to Murphy's Laws, the problems arrive on another level of logic. So in the coldest days of this winter (so far), the cabin heating in my car decided to quit. To add insult to injury, the heated water valve suffered the broken membrane in a way that unloaded a large amount of steam into the cabin, blocking the view within a minute!
So I visited my trusty mechanic, and we found that the half of the dashboard content - complete with the AC system - on the right-seat side, needs to be removed to access the faulty part. Somewhat less of removal was also necessary from the engine space, but still...
In short, the faulty valve replacement took about 20 minutes of the whole time, while the rest (of three hours work) was spent on removing and putting all the parts back again.
Another 15 minutes was used to weld the beginning of a fracture in the exhaust pipe, and to shorten the handbrake rope a tad... and my 13 years old Niva took me home in its usually very effectively heated interior!
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So I visited my trusty mechanic, and we found that the half of the dashboard content - complete with the AC system - on the right-seat side, needs to be removed to access the faulty part. Somewhat less of removal was also necessary from the engine space, but still...
In short, the faulty valve replacement took about 20 minutes of the whole time, while the rest (of three hours work) was spent on removing and putting all the parts back again.
Another 15 minutes was used to weld the beginning of a fracture in the exhaust pipe, and to shorten the handbrake rope a tad... and my 13 years old Niva took me home in its usually very effectively heated interior!
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January 28, 2022
True. The same valve could have easily been in the engine space, just on the other side of the place where it is now. But it is not. 😁
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January 28, 2022
The bigger one is engaging the \"reductor\", which actually divides the RPMs by half, effectively doubling the HPs output. It makes the Niva go up the 60-degree slopes. The small one is \"differential lock\" which forces all four wheels to rotate simultaneously. This gets you out of slippery spots, when one or more wheels have less traction and rotate freely. So making all four wheels rotate as one makes the one with sufficient friction to get you out of the trouble. 😁
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